ESL ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
SAT Vocabularies: 3000 Words 500 Hard Words 500 Essay Words
Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
defect 
1
 | (颶風,暴風雨) big storm; severe tropical cyclone |
| (民主政體,民主政府,民主國家,民主) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| (缺點,瑕疵,變節) abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty |
| (引起,激起,喚起) bring out; arouse; call forth |
documentation
2
| (文件) confirmation that some fact or statement is true |
| (席捲,吞沒) absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely |
| (多事的,充滿大事的;意義重大的) busy; momentous; full of events or incidents |
| (孵化) breed; emerge from the egg |
drill
3
| (服裝(尤指某類人穿的)) costume; dress |
| (改建,表面修改) a renovation that improves the outward appearance; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face |
| (鑽孔,打眼,鍛煉) bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train |
| (古怪的,奇怪的) departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern |
embellish
4
| (超越,衰落,失色) darken; exceed in importance; outweigh |
| (擁擠) a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd |
| ((美)一角硬幣) a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar |
| (裝飾) adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate |
engrave
5
| (世仇,部落或家族間的怨恨) bitter quarrel between two parties |
| (使沮喪,使害怕) destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
| (雕刻,鐫版,銘刻在心) carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving |
| (鑽孔,打眼,鍛煉) bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train |
essay
6
| (有魅力的,有吸引力的) charming; tending to draw attention or affections |
| (破壞的,毀滅性的) devastating; ruinous |
| (引起,激起,喚起) bring out; arouse; call forth |
| (隨筆,文章) composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than formal paper |
eventful
7
| (貼金箔,鍍金,,鍍金物) coating of gold or of something that looks like gold |
| (多事的,充滿大事的;意義重大的) busy; momentous; full of events or incidents |
| (雕刻,鐫版,銘刻在心) carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving |
| (肥料) any substance used to make soil more fertile |
facelift
8
| (多事的,充滿大事的;意義重大的) busy; momentous; full of events or incidents |
| (隨筆,文章) composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than formal paper |
| (危險) dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks |
| (改建,表面修改) a renovation that improves the outward appearance; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face |
fortuitous
9
| (民主政體,民主政府,民主國家,民主) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| (偶然的) accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause |
| (服裝(尤指某類人穿的)) costume; dress |
| (分解,(使)腐爛) decay |
fortuitously
10
| (偶然地,意外地) by good fortune |
| (鑽孔,打眼,鍛煉) bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train |
| (超越,衰落,失色) darken; exceed in importance; outweigh |
| (犯規) act that violates of the rules of a sport |