3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat


Spelling Word: cadence
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious


Spelling Word: cantankerous
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slow gallop; moderate running pace of horse


Spelling Word: canter
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swiftness of action or motion; speed


Spelling Word: celerity
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure


Spelling Word: censorious
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of hundredth anniversary; lasting or aged a hundred years


Spelling Word: centennial
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trivial or worthless matter; thin dry bracts or scales, especially


Spelling Word: chaff
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noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest


Spelling Word: clamor
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split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to


Spelling Word: cleave
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do something that cannot be changed; cause to be admitted


Spelling Word: commit