3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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abate  Speak Example sentences
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(减弱,减少) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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(乐于助人的) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
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(熟练,有技巧) skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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(攻击) assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
accretion  Speak Example sentences
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(洞,穴,孔) opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
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(勤奋) constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
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(增长) growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
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(先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
adroit  Speak Example sentences
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(熟练,有技巧) skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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(考古学) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
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(亲缘关系) natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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(先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
affinity  Speak Example sentences
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(神圣,典范) elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
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(先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
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(亲缘关系) natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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(用具,器具) durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
anthropomorphic  Speak Example sentences
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(攻击) assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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(反祖,隔代遗传) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations
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(人形的) having human form or characteristics
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(管理) govern; supervise; give or apply medications
antithesis  Speak Example sentences
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(无政府主义者) person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
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(无神论者) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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(成就) something, such as an accomplishment or achievement; achievement
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(对立面) contrast; direct contrast; opposition
aperture  Speak Example sentences
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(假的,捏造的) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
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(洞,穴,孔) opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
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(时代错误) having time error in story; erroneous in date; in wrong time
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(恐高症) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
apex  Speak Example sentences
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(尖锐) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
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(奉承,恭维) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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(高点,顶点,高潮) highest point; vertex; summit; climax
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(评判,裁断,判决,宣判) hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
apocryphal  Speak Example sentences
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(假的,捏造的) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
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(人形的) having human form or characteristics
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(减弱,减少) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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(暗指,暗示) indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
apotheosis  Speak Example sentences
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(神圣,典范) elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
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(选集) book of literary selections by various authors
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(减弱,减少) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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(获取) gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system