3500 ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
pacify 
1
 | (可接受的,美味的) acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
| (爱国的) inspired by love for one's country |
| (可以得到的,可以抓住的) capable of grasping or holding; having keen intellect |
| (安抚,平静) ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence |
palliate
2
| (多语言) speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages |
| (辩论的,好辩的) aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
| (减轻) lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| (放荡的,放肆的,不检点的) inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
parsimony
3
| (提升,促进) help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize |
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗鲁的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (过度俭省,吝啬) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
pauper
4
| (坚持不懈,持续) endurance; tenacity; state or quality of being persistent; persistency |
| (叫花子,很可怜的人) very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity |
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗鲁的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (提升,促进) help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize |
peculate
5
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (挪用（公款）,侵吞,盗用) embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care |
| (劝其改宗,改宗) induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith |
| (可接受的,美味的) acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
peremptory
6
| (爱管闲事的,无理的) improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance |
| (推迟,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (推迟,使延期) hold back to a later time; delay; defer |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
pert
7
| (辩论的,好辩的) aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
| (整洁的,精准的,精确的) very precise and formal; exceedingly proper |
| (后裔) one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product |
| (爱管闲事的,无理的) improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance |
philanderer
8
| (整洁的,精准的,精确的) very precise and formal; exceedingly proper |
| (学究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (调情,轻佻的人) faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men |
| (足病医生) doctor who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments |
piebald
9
| (花斑的,斑驳的) mottled; spotted or patched, especially in black and white |
| (令人望而却步地,(价格)极高地) forbiddingly; in a prohibitive manner; so as to prohibit |
| (开创性的) initial; groundbreaking; originating; serving to pioneer |
| (弄倒,降伏) put or throw flat with face down; cause to lie flat |
pioneering
10
| (辩论的,好辩的) aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
| (推进剂) something that propels or drives forward |
| (肤浅的,不投入的,漠不关心的) done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care |
| (开创性的) initial; groundbreaking; originating; serving to pioneer |