3500 ACT Vocabulary

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(扑灭,镇压,平息) extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet


Spelling Word: quell
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(批准,认可) approve formally; confirm; verify


Spelling Word: ratify
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(可挽回的) capable of being remedied or cured; set straight or right


Spelling Word: remediable
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(批判) disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of


Spelling Word: repudiate
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(追溯的(由制定之日前的某一天生效)) extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions


Spelling Word: retroactive
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(可敬的,尊敬的) greatly respected; profoundly honored


Spelling Word: revered
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(高兴的,有希望的,乐天的) cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy


Spelling Word: sanguine
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(讽刺的,挖苦的) ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds


Spelling Word: sarcastic
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(严肃的,认真的) grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; really intending what is said


Spelling Word: serious
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(自言自语,独白) talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience


Spelling Word: soliloquy