3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
pacifist 
1
 | (语言学) study of language; investigation of language and its literature |
| (倾向,自然倾向) inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
| (能导致疾病) able to cause disease; producing disease |
| (和平主义者) one opposed to force; antimilitarist |
paramount
2
| (琐碎的东西,零碎的随身物品) personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity |
| (终年的,永久的) lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
| (极为重要的) foremost in importance; supreme in rank |
| (怀孕的) expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life |
parsimony
3
| (精明的,明智的,诡计多端的,谨慎的) expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy |
| (传说的,谣传的) assumed to be such; supposed; rumored |
| (过度俭省,吝啬) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| (倾向,自然倾向) inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
pastiche
4
| (传说的,谣传的) assumed to be such; supposed; rumored |
| (摹写,模仿) imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing |
| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
peer
5
| (消灭,杜绝) make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (倾向,自然倾向) inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
| (凝视,仔细看) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with |
photosphere
6
| (劝其改宗,改宗) induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith |
| (光球) intensely luminous surface of a star ,especially the sun |
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (终年的,永久的) lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
phylum
7
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (精明的,明智的,诡计多端的,谨慎的) expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy |
| (门,语群) major class of plants; primary branch of animal kingdom; division |
| (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 |
pillage
8
| (背信弃义的,不诚实的) tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| (被掠食者,牺牲者,食物) hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense |
| (倾向,自然倾向) inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
| (掠夺) rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils |
plaintive
9
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (哀伤的) expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (突出的) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary |
plunge
10
| (跳进,投入,陷入) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
| (能导致疾病) able to cause disease; producing disease |
| (极为重要的) foremost in importance; supreme in rank |
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |