ACT vocabulary list- junior- list 1

Such bill collectors may also accost recovering surgical patients, demanding funds at their bedside.

Neuroscience researchers when studying patience, humility, altruism, and concern for the common good, note these are qualities often associated with what many mysteriously call wisdom. New York Times (Oct 27, 2010)

The couple, who have a daughter, announced a trial separation in October 2010 but remained on amicable terms, saying they remained "best friends".

Astute Oscar-watchers also know that besides director, another category often foretells a best picture winner: editing.

Why a usually benign virus infection can morph into something far more insidious has mystified scientists for years and two general theories emerged.

Occasionally, women come directly after their husbands have beaten them, blue bruises burgeoning under their eyes and split lips still throbbing and raw.

Beside him munching on a few straggly weeds, a cantankerous mule took little notice of his surroundings. United States. Work Projects Administration

"A lot of these anti-aging clinics and charlatans are selling these products, and we need to examine the long-term health problems."

Employees who are most compliant receive higher travel scores or higher percentages. New York Times (May 21, 2012)

In other words, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are so scientifically convoluted that only the health department is qualified to manage them. Slate (Mar 13, 2013)

Israeli officials today say they are taking care to make sure such a debacle does not happen again.

More than a decade ago, Chinese officials banned video game consoles denouncing them as "electronic heroin".

Dubious online merchants are selling feed to farmers but never delivering.

After countless hours looking down on terrain, pilots’ eyes can discern patterns hidden from the rest of us. Salon (Jan 20, 2013)

Last week, the edifice was closed behind fences as crews in construction hats worked in the sanctuary. Washington Post (Sep 4, 2011)

Considered one of the game’s most promising talents since turning pro 12 years ago, he had been an enigma in majors. Chicago Tribune (Jul 22, 2012)

Apple's maps are incomplete, illogical, positionally erroneous, out of date, and suffer from thematic inaccuracies.

And above all, don't let anybody finagle you into making any claims about knowing the future. Piper, H. Beam

So far as is at present known, women are as competent intellectually as men are, to undertake any and all human vocations. Hollingworth, Harry L.

They are, as a group, essentially optimistic people: athletic, handsome, gregarious, well-adjusted.