3500 ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (1) - Matching Quizzes
abet 
1
 | (使恼怒,打扰) disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate |
| (帮助,鼓励) aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
| (神圣,典范) elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something |
| (无神论者) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality |
abominable
2
| (尖锐) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
| (可恶的,非常糟糕) detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad |
| (富有的,丰富的) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
| (历史环境,历史背景) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
accumulation
3
| (头韵) repetition of beginning sound in poetry |
| (高级的,年老的,先进的) improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive |
| (刺激,激起,唤醒) excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep |
| (积聚) increase by natural growth or addition; concentration |
aggravating
4
| (恼人的,讨厌的) irritating; annoying; making worse or more heinous |
| (憎恨) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate |
| (拨款) funding; money set aside for a specific purpose |
| (挖苦的,尖酸的（语言,行为）) bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner |
alliteration
5
| (觉醒,激励) act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep |
| (炼金术士) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming |
| (积聚) increase by natural growth or addition; concentration |
| (头韵) repetition of beginning sound in poetry |
allusion
6
| (暗指,暗示) indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor |
| (高级的,年老的,先进的) improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive |
| (加速的) increasing in speed |
| (传讯,责问) officially charge someone in a court of law |
anoint
7
| (无神论者) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality |
| (炼金术士) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming |
| (神圣化) apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration. |
| (增加,附于) fasten; append; add on; secure to something |
anomalous
8
| (攻击) assault; attack with or as if with violent blows |
| (思想敏锐) mental keenness; quickness of perception |
| (拨款) funding; money set aside for a specific purpose |
| (不正常的,变态的) deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule |
antecedents
9
| (严厉的,朴素的) strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented |
| (隐匿,逃避,躲债) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution |
| (刺激,激起,唤醒) excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep |
| (历史环境,历史背景) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
anthology
10
| (仲裁者) person with power to decide a dispute; judge |
| (选集) book of literary selections by various authors |
| (攻击) assault; attack with or as if with violent blows |
| (意外地,偶然地) inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically |