3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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efface  Speak Example sentences
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shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
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production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
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having softening or soothing effect, especially to skin
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
effrontery  Speak Example sentences
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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journey organized for a particular purpose
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free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely
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shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
effusive  Speak Example sentences
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education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance
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pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
eminent  Speak Example sentences
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
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infuriate; put into a rage; provoke to fury or madness; make furious
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cancel; remove; erase or strike out
empirical  Speak Example sentences
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fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
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act of throwing or shooting out; darting or casting forth; uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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cancel; remove; erase or strike out
engrave  Speak Example sentences
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encode; convert plain message into code
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shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
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feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance
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carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
enlightenment  Speak Example sentences
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
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education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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departure of a large number of people
envelop  Speak Example sentences
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encode; convert plain message into code
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ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
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enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering
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face; confront; meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
ephemeral  Speak Example sentences
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
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departure of a large number of people
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irregularly; off and on
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encode; convert plain message into code
equinox  Speak Example sentences
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in an ethical manner; according to the doctrines of morality
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journey organized for a particular purpose
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weaken or destroy strength or vitality of; remove a nerve or part of a nerve
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period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn