3500 ACT Vocabulary
| 3500 ACT Vocabulary | Introduction |
| Group (10) - Matching Quizzes |    |
pandemic 
1
 | (拍动,跳动,搏动) beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements |
| (琐碎的东西,零碎的随身物品) personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity |
| (广泛传播的,流行的) widespread; affecting majority of people |
| (寓言) short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson |
pander
2
| (杂色的,斑驳的) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored |
| (低级趣味的,拉皮条) offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations |
| (广泛传播的,流行的) widespread; affecting majority of people |
| (巨大的) impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous |
parable
3
| (寓言) short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson |
| (钱的,货币的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (放荡的,放肆的,不检点的) inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| (倾向,自然倾向) inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
parry
4
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (躲避) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
| (拍动,跳动,搏动) beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements |
| (献出,赠送,提供) hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance |
perceptive
5
| (使迷惑的,使莫名其妙的) lacking clarity of meaning; confusing |
| (有洞察力的,警觉的,智慧的) insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive |
| (广泛传播的,流行的) widespread; affecting majority of people |
| (筛子似的) full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
periphery
6
| (钱的,货币的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (超自然的) being beyond normal course of nature; differing from natural |
| ((圆形的)边缘) edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference |
| (顶尖,顶点) peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak |
phenomena
7
| (献出,赠送,提供) hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance |
| (现象) observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation |
| (巨大的) impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous |
| (演哑剧) communication by means of gesture and facial expression |
philanderer
8
| (放荡的,放肆的,不检点的) inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| (一贫如洗,穷困潦倒) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| (献出,赠送,提供) hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance |
| (调情,轻佻的人) faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men |
pied
9
| (献出,赠送,提供) hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance |
| (杂色的,斑驳的) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored |
| (花粉) fine granular substance produced in flowers; fine bran or flour |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
pinnacle
10
| ((圆形的)边缘) edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference |
| (顶尖,顶点) peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak |
| (序（诗歌,歌剧的）) introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| (演哑剧) communication by means of gesture and facial expression |