3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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effectiveness; quality or property of being efficient; ratio of useful output to the total input in any system


Spelling Word: efficiency
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waste; foul-smelling outflow or vapor


Spelling Word: effluvia
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ban on commerce or other activity


Spelling Word: embargo
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high praise; formal expression of praise; tribute


Spelling Word: encomium
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in danger, at risk; small in numbers, with significant possibility of extinction, of species


Spelling Word: endangered
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eagerly; wholeheartedly; in a lavish or enthusiastic manner


Spelling Word: enthusiastically
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learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books


Spelling Word: erudite
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explode; burst out; become violently active


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study of historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words


Spelling Word: etymology
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impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable


Spelling Word: evenhanded