3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim


Spelling Word: abdicate
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


Spelling Word: abstain
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growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion


Spelling Word: accretion
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indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party


Spelling Word: accusation
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having properties of vinegar; sour


Spelling Word: acetic
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be next to; be contiguous to; border on


Spelling Word: adjoin
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struck by shock, terror, or amazement


Spelling Word: aghast
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refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion


Spelling Word: allude
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definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion


Spelling Word: aphorism
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untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious


Spelling Word: apocryphal