3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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(装饰,装饰品) embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament
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(降低,羞辱) humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
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(瞄,斜视) with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
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(技巧,欺骗) subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
absenteeism  Speak Example sentences
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(旷课,旷工) habitual not to appear, especially for work or other regular duty
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(毗邻) border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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(合适的) strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
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(声学的) science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
adhesive  Speak Example sentences
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(洗) washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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(双手都灵巧) capable of using either hand with equal ease
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(名字,标题) name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
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(胶,粘贴物) glue; paste ; substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
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(历史环境,历史背景) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
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(小隔间,壁橱) nook; small, recessed section of a room
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(毗连,临近,贴近) be next to; be contiguous to; border on
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(大胆的,鲁莽的) fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
adjudicate  Speak Example sentences
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(大胆的,鲁莽的) fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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(寓言) symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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(止痛药,起安慰作用的事物) source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain
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(评判,裁断,判决,宣判) hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
admiration  Speak Example sentences
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(有志者,有抱负的人) one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
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(瞄,斜视) with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
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(助手,助教) helper; person who assists or helps someone else
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(钦佩,赞美) favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
alien  Speak Example sentences
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(外国的,外国人的,来自其他星球的) dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
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(避免) make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
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(属性,声望) essential quality; reputation; honor
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(双手都灵巧) capable of using either hand with equal ease
allegory  Speak Example sentences
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(寓言) symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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(减弱,减少) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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(刺激,激起,唤醒) excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep
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(断言) state without proof; assert to be true
anodyne  Speak Example sentences
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(声学的) science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
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(止痛药,起安慰作用的事物) source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain
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(毗邻) border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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(适合的,适应的) having a capacity for adaptation; capable of adapting
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(毗邻) border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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(技巧,欺骗) subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
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(减弱,减少) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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(历史环境,历史背景) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background