3500 ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (3) - Matching Quizzes
cabal 
1
 | (内阁) small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests |
| (智取,包围) surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit |
| (推断,作出结论) enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end |
| (帆布,画布) heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative |
careworn
2
| (滑稽的,好笑的,喜剧的) arousing or provoking laughter; ridiculous; amusing; humorous |
| (城堡,高级旅馆) impressive country house or castle in France; large country house |
| (饱经忧患的,忧心忡忡的) worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses |
| (迂回累赘的话,遁词) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing |
castigate
3
| (强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| (给与,割让) yielding to another; ceding or surrendering |
| (典礼,仪式,礼节) formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom |
| (严厉批评,惩罚) criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication |
catapult
4
| (接合,结合,合并) combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
| (弹弓,弹射器) slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times |
| (内阁) small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests |
| (隆重的) marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual |
ceremony
5
| (华氏) measure of temperature, used widely in Europe |
| (思考) act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity |
| (典礼,仪式,礼节) formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom |
| (帆布,画布) heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative |
cession
6
| (征用,招募) force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force |
| (抱怨,怨言) expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; criticism |
| (给与,割让) yielding to another; ceding or surrendering |
| (典礼,仪式,礼节) formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom |
chauvinist
7
| (磨练) rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof |
| (接合,结合,合并) combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
| (盲目爱国主义) person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind |
| (清秀,美丽,漂亮,有吸引力的) pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful |
circumlocution
8
| (难以讨好的,吹毛求疵的,爱挑毛病的) intended to confuse in an argument |
| (迂回累赘的话,遁词) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing |
| (强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| (强迫,引起) force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force |
claustrophobia
9
| (抱怨,怨言) expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; criticism |
| (相似的) similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with |
| (幽闭恐怖症) abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces |
| (给与,割让) yielding to another; ceding or surrendering |
commemorate
10
| (纪念) serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony |
| (迂回累赘的话,遁词) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing |
| (强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| (征用,招募) force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force |