3500 ACT Vocabulary

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facetious  Speak Example sentences
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(贫嘴) talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
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(家具) movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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(令人恐惧的,引起突然惊恐的) inspiring with fear; causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
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(不合时宜的玩笑,幽默) joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
feint  Speak Example sentences
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(假的,淡的,不鲜明的,佯攻) trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
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(满的) furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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(贪吃的人,喜欢吃喝的人) person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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(恶臭的) unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
felicitous  Speak Example sentences
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(措辞巧妙的,精巧的) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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(耐心) patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting
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(充斥,过量) fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly
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(发牢骚) complain or grumble; seek or shoot grouse
fingertip  Speak Example sentences
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(味觉的) relating to sense of taste; relating to gustation
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(自命不凡,堂皇,夸张) impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
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(奉承) attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
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(指尖) extreme end or tip of a finger
fitful  Speak Example sentences
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(不合时宜的玩笑,幽默) joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
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(瘦骨嶙峋,憔悴,荒芜) very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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(机密灵巧,计策) handle or manage carefully or skillfully; handle with a deceptive
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(断断续续,间歇) intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
fitness  Speak Example sentences
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(健康) health; vigor; state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriateness
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(苦的,凄凉的) sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
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(不合时宜的玩笑,幽默) joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
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(野生的,未驯服的) not domestic; wild; existing in wild or untamed state
flamboyant  Speak Example sentences
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(华丽的) elaborately or excessively ornamented
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(味觉的) relating to sense of taste; relating to gustation
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((语言)流利) quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
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(整个领域) entire range; all notes in musical scale
fragile  Speak Example sentences
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(发牢骚) complain or grumble; seek or shoot grouse
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(易碎的,脆的) easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
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(粒化) form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
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(格斗,摔跤) wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands
fraught  Speak Example sentences
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(大冰块,大浮冰) mass of floating ice; ice formed by freezing of surface-water of polar oceans
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(假的,淡的,不鲜明的,佯攻) trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
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(满的) furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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(喷涌,涌流) flow forth suddenly in great volume; make an excessive display
fray  Speak Example sentences
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(有教养,文雅) quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
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(华丽的) elaborately or excessively ornamented
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(争吵) battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
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(扭曲) twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work