3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
parch 
1
 | (跳进,投入,陷入) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
| (一贫如洗,穷困潦倒) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| (翼龙) extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods |
| (使焦干,使干透,烘干) burn surface of; roast over fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity |
parliamentary
2
| (禁止) command against; banish; outlaw |
| (使焦干,使干透,烘干) burn surface of; roast over fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity |
| (有势力的,影响力大的,强大的) powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible |
| (议会(制)的) having the supreme legislative power |
paucity
3
| (借口,托辞) excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason |
| (无产阶级的,蓝领的) member of working class; blue collar person |
| (长者,家长,酋长,族长) father and ruler of family or tribe |
| (少量,缺乏) scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
penury
4
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (演哑剧) communication by means of gesture and facial expression |
| (哀伤的) expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad |
| (一贫如洗,穷困潦倒) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
pervasive
5
| (超自然的) being beyond normal course of nature; differing from natural |
| (深入人心,普遍的) pervading; spread throughout every part |
| (闲聊,胡说,废话唠叨) speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly |
| (有势力的,影响力大的,强大的) powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible |
pithy
6
| (深入人心,普遍的) pervading; spread throughout every part |
| (精炼的,抓住灵魂的) precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
| (有势力的,影响力大的,强大的) powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible |
| (一贫如洗,穷困潦倒) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
platitude
7
| (微薄的薪水) very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money |
| (亵渎) violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (一贫如洗,穷困潦倒) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
plunge
8
| (出色的,出类拔萃的) outstanding; superior to or notable above all others |
| (亵渎) violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse |
| (使焦干,使干透,烘干) burn surface of; roast over fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity |
| (跳进,投入,陷入) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
polarize
9
| (跳进,投入,陷入) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
| (极化,分化,两极分化) split into opposite extremes or camps |
| (消灭,杜绝) make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate |
| (辛勤的) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
positive
10
| (圆滑的,柔韧的,弯曲的) flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| (无产阶级的,蓝领的) member of working class; blue collar person |
| (积极的,正的,阳极的) involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident |
| (深入人心,普遍的) pervading; spread throughout every part |