3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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facade  Speak Example sentences
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over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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front of building; superficial or false appearance
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prevent by taking action in advance
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well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
facetious  Speak Example sentences
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free from deceit; sincere; honest
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steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
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dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
feign  Speak Example sentences
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
fertilize  Speak Example sentences
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free, without charge; costing nothing
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enrich; make fertile; make fruitful or productive
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free from deceit; sincere; honest
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flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; small crystalline bit of snow
forego  Speak Example sentences
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precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
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large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
forestall  Speak Example sentences
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movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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prevent by taking action in advance
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns
frigid  Speak Example sentences
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flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; small crystalline bit of snow
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
furniture  Speak Example sentences
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over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
gainsay  Speak Example sentences
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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leave someone who needs or counts on you
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acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
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flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; small crystalline bit of snow
galleon  Speak Example sentences
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force of attraction between all masses in the universe
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steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
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large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns
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ice crystal; weather cold enough to cause freezing; provide with a rough surface or appearance