ESL ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
SAT Vocabularies: 3000 Words 500 Hard Words 500 Essay Words
Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
democracy 
1
 | (民主) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| (偶然地,意外地) by good fortune |
| (血统,世袭) ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward |
| (随笔,文章) composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than formal paper |
dentistry
2
| (偶然地,意外地) by good fortune |
| (牙科) branch of medicine dealing with teeth |
| (民主) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| (飓风,暴风雨) big storm; severe tropical cyclone |
desert
3
| (沙漠) area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon |
| (牙科医生) a person qualified to practice dentistry |
| (分开,分割) act or process of diving anything into parts; state of being divided; separation |
| (争论,争执) argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate |
dispute
4
| (争论,争执) argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate |
| (织物,布) cloth; stuff; artifact made by weaving or synthetic fibers; structure; framework |
| (系统地阐述,创立理论) decide upon and express in words |
| (图表) chart; a drawing illustrating the relations |
energetic
5
| ((地质学)断层) crack; a crack in the earth; defect; flaw; a wrong action |
| (卷缩,群集) crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together |
| (精力充沛的,积极的) active; brisk; vigorous |
| (令人气馁的) causing people to lose interest and enthusiasm, the opposite of encouraging |
entertain
6
| (发展,演变) development; progression |
| (娱乐,款待) amuse; host |
| (织物,布) cloth; stuff; artifact made by weaving or synthetic fibers; structure; framework |
| (血统,世袭) ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward |
eventful
7
| (难懂的,难捉摸的,令人困惑的) difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind |
| (沙漠) area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon |
| (牙科医生) a person qualified to practice dentistry |
| (多事的,充满大事的;意义重大的) busy; momentous; full of events or incidents |
evolution
8
| (精力充沛的,积极的) active; brisk; vigorous |
| ((门等)铰链,枢纽) a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
| (扩大,膨胀,扩张) become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details |
| (发展,演变) development; progression |
exempt
9
| ((地质学)断层) crack; a crack in the earth; defect; flaw; a wrong action |
| (应得) be worthy of; have a right to |
| (使免除,豁免) be free from; free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject |
| (遗传上,由基因决定的,与遗传有关的) by genetic mechanisms |
fabric
10
| (华丽的,灿烂的) dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent |
| (毁坏) an event that results in total destruction; the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| (精力充沛的,积极的) active; brisk; vigorous |
| (织物,布) cloth; stuff; artifact made by weaving or synthetic fibers; structure; framework |