3500 ACT Vocabulary

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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage


Spelling Word: daunt
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standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate


Spelling Word: deadlock
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process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay


Spelling Word: decadence
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downward slope, as of a hill


Spelling Word: declivity
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous


Spelling Word: deleterious
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior


Spelling Word: demure
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have a negative effect on; impact something


Spelling Word: dent
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discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest


Spelling Word: descant
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in a diagonal manner; not square to any direction


Spelling Word: diagonally
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set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between


Spelling Word: differentiate