3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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clever, witty remark often prompted by occasion


Spelling Word: quip
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excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering


Spelling Word: rapacious
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small brook or stream; streamlet


Spelling Word: rivulet
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isolate; separate; keep away from others


Spelling Word: seclude
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school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls


Spelling Word: seminary
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forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom


Spelling Word: servitude
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isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied


Spelling Word: solitary
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half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep


Spelling Word: somnolent
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sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness


Spelling Word: soporific
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duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points


Spelling Word: span