3500 ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
palimpsest 
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 | (痛苦,悲怆,哀婉) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| (泵) draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities |
| (预示) foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction |
| (重写手稿,（刮去原文后的）重刻的碑) manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased |
parity
2
| (前提,基于的假定) essential premise; underlying assumption |
| (被掠食者,牺牲者,食物) hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense |
| (相等,势均力敌,奇偶) equality in status or amount; similarity or close |
| (牧场,草地) field covered with grass; meadow |
pasture
3
| (哀伤的) expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad |
| (牧场,草地) field covered with grass; meadow |
| (铜绿,光泽,古色) green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| (迅速增长,传播,扩散) cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number |
pathos
4
| (痛苦,悲怆,哀婉) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| (鸟类的羽毛) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
| (凝视,仔细看) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with |
| (叫花子,很可怜的人) very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity |
peculate
5
| (弄倒,降伏) put or throw flat with face down; cause to lie flat |
| (泵) draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities |
| (当权者) monarch; ruler who is unconstrained by law |
| (挪用（公款）,侵吞,盗用) embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care |
peer
6
| (凝视,仔细看) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (序（诗歌,歌剧的）) introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| (散文) essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality |
penury
7
| (序,先驱,先导) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (铜绿,光泽,古色) green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| (困难,困苦,短缺,缺少) hardship; state of extreme poverty |
| (一贫如洗,穷困潦倒) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
percolate
8
| (彩色粉笔,彩色粉笔画,轻淡色彩,淡而柔和的色彩) any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor |
| (滤出,滴出,（思想,感情等）为人所感受到) spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter |
| (深入人心,普遍的) pervading; spread throughout every part |
| (尽善尽美,完美) flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect |
perdition
9
| (毁灭) entire ruin; utter destruction, especially, utter loss of soul, or of final happiness in future |
| (一贫如洗,穷困潦倒) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| (爱国的) inspired by love for one's country |
| (主要的) first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief |
permeate
10
| (繁荣,好运) good fortune; financial success; physical well-being |
| (牧场,草地) field covered with grass; meadow |
| (偷窃) steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove |
| (传播,流传) spread or flow throughout; pervade |