ESL ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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interest  Speak Example sentences
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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
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attention; curiosity; dividend; yield
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decoration; something used to beautify
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appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
invertebrate  Speak Example sentences
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become aware of through the senses; detect
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begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off
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branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
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animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
league  Speak Example sentences
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by chance; accidentally
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based on experience; useful
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association; union
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appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
libel  Speak Example sentences
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defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character
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device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer
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act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
mania  Speak Example sentences
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an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
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actions that are carried out by people in authority in order to achieve a particular result
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ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable
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craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
meager  Speak Example sentences
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appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
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act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
measures  Speak Example sentences
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actions that are carried out by people in authority in order to achieve a particular result
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craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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clear; distinct; strongly marked; easily noticeable; spoken; voiced
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deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
multicellular  Speak Example sentences
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consisting of many cells
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become aware of through the senses; detect
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a craftsman who shapes pottery; work lightly
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diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant
ornament  Speak Example sentences
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decoration; something used to beautify
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bait; charm; attract
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confront; set into opposition or rivalry
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attractive; comfortable
phonetics  Speak Example sentences
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connection; joint; intersection; crossing
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by chance; accidentally
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branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
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be all mixed up or jumbled together;