3500 ACT Vocabulary

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large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron


Spelling Word: caldron
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slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times


Spelling Word: catapult
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absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories


Spelling Word: categorical
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measure of temperature, used widely in Europe


Spelling Word: centigrade
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act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity


Spelling Word: cerebration
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reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses


Spelling Word: cistern
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distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental


Spelling Word: cloying
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power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility


Spelling Word: cogency
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held in common; of a group of people


Spelling Word: communal
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disclose; reveal; tell in confidence


Spelling Word: confide