3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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knoll  Speak Example sentences
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grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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untrustworthy person; deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; man of humble birth; male servant
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small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
laborious  Speak Example sentences
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demanding much work or care; tedious
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inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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educated; schooled; one who can read and write
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wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled
languor  Speak Example sentences
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general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
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feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
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mental disorder with delusions of grandeur
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picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into surface
larva  Speak Example sentences
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demanding much work or care; tedious
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hypnotize; attract strongly, as if with magnet; bring into a state of mesmeric sleep
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intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
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newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis
laurels  Speak Example sentences
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collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works
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build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in manner of a monument
legacy  Speak Example sentences
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build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
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educated; schooled; one who can read and write
lilliputian  Speak Example sentences
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failure; breakdown; faulty or abnormal functioning
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general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
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excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details
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extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
loll  Speak Example sentences
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be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in relaxed manner
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imaginary circle on surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon
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escape fluid from container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
malleable  Speak Example sentences
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intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
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dying; in dying state; approaching death; about to die
menagerie  Speak Example sentences
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honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept