ESL ACT Vocabulary

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a. Syn. skeptical
(懷疑的) difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical


Spelling Word: incredulous
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a. Syn. casual
(非正式的,不拘禮節的) absence of ceremony; casual


Spelling Word: informal
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n. Syn. combination; union
(合併,吞併) combination; union of two or more commercial corporations


Spelling Word: merger
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a. Syn. nude; bare
(裸體的,無遮蓋的) bare and pure; completely unclothed


Spelling Word: naked
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a. Syn. careless; inattentive
(疏忽的,粗心大意的) careless; inattentive


Spelling Word: negligent
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a.
(離岸的,海面上的) at some distance from the shore


Spelling Word: offshore
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n.
(開始,開頭) beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin


Spelling Word: outset
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n.
(拋擲) action or manner of throwing something


Spelling Word: pitch
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n.
(肖像畫法) activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character


Spelling Word: portraiture
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a.
(身後的,遺腹的) after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death


Spelling Word: posthumous