3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (12) - Matching Quizzes
taciturn 
1
 | (苍白的) having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress |
| (过渡,转换,跃迁) going from one state of action to another |
| (等候,逗留,混日子) delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait |
| (沉默寡言的) silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse |
tame
2
| (驯服的,没精打采的) domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften |
| (翻滚,挣扎,骚乱,搅乱) turmoil; bewildering jumble; confused mass |
| (精力,活力) vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| (术语学) vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art |
tenderness
3
| (变化,多样性,变种) diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied |
| (亲切,温柔) gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings |
| (闹哄哄的,令人捧腹大笑的) characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter |
| (减少,变弱) decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end |
threateningly
4
| (分水岭) crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems |
| (胁迫地) in a menacing manner; aggressively |
| (丘陵地带,高地) land or an area of land of high elevation |
| (甜蜜的) overly sweet; cloyingly sentimental |
topsoil
5
| (锐化,刺激) sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate |
| (表层土) layer of soil on the surface |
| (卓越的,非比寻常的) surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior |
| (无常的,古怪的) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious |
torrid
6
| (未触及的) intact; not mentioned; not touched |
| (有激情的,热带的) passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid |
| (精力,活力) vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| (口技表演者) one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing |
treatise
7
| (论文) systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject |
| (胁迫地) in a menacing manner; aggressively |
| (真实性) undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth |
| (飘荡,信号) cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water |
unprepossessing
8
| (不吸引人的) unattractive; unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary |
| (苍白的) having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress |
| (统一,使成一体) integrate; make into or become one unit |
| (变化,多样性,变种) diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied |
vaporize
9
| (亲切,温柔) gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings |
| (蒸发,汽化) turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear |
| (过渡,转换,跃迁) going from one state of action to another |
| (拓扑学) physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place |
variety
10
| (浑浊的,搅动了沉淀物的) muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog |
| (改变顺序,互换位置,〈音〉变调,移调) substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange |
| (变化,多样性,变种) diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied |
| (闹哄哄的,令人捧腹大笑的) characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter |