3500 ACT Vocabulary

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(البخل) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily


Spelling Word: parsimony
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(رثاء) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings


Spelling Word: pathos
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(الزنجار) green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting


Spelling Word: patina
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(الأقران) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with


Spelling Word: peer
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(متأمل) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative


Spelling Word: pensive
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(متساهل مثابرة) endurance; steady persistence in adhering to a course of action


Spelling Word: perseverance
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(زير النساء) faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men


Spelling Word: philanderer
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(شرك) hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard


Spelling Word: pitfall
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(مبلغ زهيد) very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money


Spelling Word: pittance
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(بلاتو) highland; upland; relatively flat highland


Spelling Word: plateau