3500 ACT Vocabulary

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narcotic  Speak Example sentences
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(устаревших) no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
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(наркотических) addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
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(перехитрить) outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
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(тонкости) precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude
nascent  Speak Example sentences
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(заро��дающейся) incipient; coming into existence; emerging
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(упрямая) stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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(оскорбительный) bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous
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(очевидно) exposed; easily discovered; plain
nicety  Speak Example sentences
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(всеядны) eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having interest in a variety of subjects
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(кочевых) leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
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(тонкости) precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude
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(всемогущим) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
noncommittal  Speak Example sentences
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(уклончиво) very reluctant to give out information
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(новорожденных) newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
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(всеядны) eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having interest in a variety of subjects
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(остракизму) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
nostalgia  Speak Example sentences
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(акушер) physician specializing in delivery of babies
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(ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.
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(навязывать) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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(скрыть) confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
nostrum  Speak Example sentences
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(получения) get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
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(наивность) lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
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(всемогущим) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
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(Nostrum) patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
oblique  Speak Example sentences
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(косой) having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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(перехитрить) outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
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(упрямая) stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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(нумизмата) collector and student of money, in particular of coins
obsequious  Speak Example sentences
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(общей) general; comprehensive; from one end to the other; including everything
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(открытой) open to view; not secret or hidden
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(подобострастно) slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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(навязывать) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
onerous  Speak Example sentences
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(обременительным) burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
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(колеблются) swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver
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(ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.
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(тонкости) precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude
opiate  Speak Example sentences
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(всеядны) eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having interest in a variety of subjects
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(упрямая) stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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(заведомо) in notorious manner; ; publicly; openly; plainly
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(опиатов) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction