3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (4) - Matching Quizzes
dais 
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 | (失败主义者) attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome |
| (影响,有负面效果) have a negative effect on; impact something |
| (讲台) raised platform for guests of honor |
| (掠夺) deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils |
decadence
2
| (贬低,降低) reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| (赤字,不足额) inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage |
| (颓废,腐坏) process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay |
| (有害的) causing damage or harm; injurious |
decapitate
3
| (扭曲,歪曲) twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent |
| (斩首,杀头) behead; cut off the head of |
| (散漫的,不得要领的) tending to depart from main point or cover a wide range of subjects |
| (浸泡,弄湿,弄灭) plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish |
deleterious
4
| (有害的) having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous |
| (失败主义者) attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome |
| (断开) separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence |
| (颓废,腐坏) process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay |
despoil
5
| (反对) differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval |
| (影响,有负面效果) have a negative effect on; impact something |
| (掠夺) deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils |
| (悲伤,沮丧) sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting |
despot
6
| (暴君) tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop |
| (沮丧) low in spirits; depressed; directed downward |
| (大相径庭的,没关系的) fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar |
| (贬低,降低) reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
detrimental
7
| (察觉,发觉,探测,侦查) feel; discover the presence of; identify |
| (咒骂,批评) condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner |
| (有害的) causing damage or harm; injurious |
| (成对角线地,斜对地) in a diagonal manner; not square to any direction |
dimly
8
| (分析,解剖) analysis; cutting apart in order to examine |
| (反对) differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval |
| (伪装,做作,掩饰) disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of |
| (朦胧地,模糊地) vaguely; in a dim or obscure manner; with dull or imperfect vision or a faint light; not brightly or clearly |
disjointed
9
| (出名,出格) excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference |
| (断开) separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence |
| (可识别的) distinguishable; perceptible; capable of being seen or noticed |
| (不满意,不满足) dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind |
disrepute
10
| (坏名声,不光彩) discredit; dishonor; the state of being held in low esteem |
| (冷漠的,远离的) far in space or time; cold in manner |
| (居民,常客) inhabitant or resident; regular visitor |
| (可疑的,疑心的) distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion |