3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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facilitate  Speak Example sentences
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help bring about; make less difficult
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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jewel; precious stone that may be used as a jewel when cut and polished
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grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
facsimile  Speak Example sentences
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exact copy or reproduction, as of a document; fax
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fertility; fruitfulness; productive or creative power
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without any valuable effect; idly; vainly
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block legislation by making long speeches
falter  Speak Example sentences
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handle or manage carefully or skillfully; handle with a deceptive
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
fastidious  Speak Example sentences
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difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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help bring about; make less difficult
filibuster  Speak Example sentences
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block legislation by making long speeches
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smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
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vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
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loud, rude burst of laughter; horse-laugh
fishy  Speak Example sentences
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handle or manage carefully or skillfully; handle with a deceptive
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young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
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dull and expressionless, like the eye of a fish; suspicious; inspiring doubt
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droplets of water vapor suspended in air near ground ; haze
fledgling  Speak Example sentences
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grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
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sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
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reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
flourish  Speak Example sentences
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doctrine that is believed to be of great importance
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grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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build; put together out of components or parts
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elaborately or excessively ornamented
fluctuate  Speak Example sentences
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ancestor; person from whom one is descended
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bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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elaborately or excessively ornamented
forage  Speak Example sentences
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hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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without any valuable effect; idly; vainly
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try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
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reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt