3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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(典范,模式) one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality


Spelling Word: paradigm
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(解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others


Spelling Word: paraphrase
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(突然一阵的,突发的(痛苦,笑,愤怒)) sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease


Spelling Word: paroxysm
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(长者,家长,酋长,族长) father and ruler of family or tribe


Spelling Word: patriarch
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(专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal


Spelling Word: peremptory
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(尽善尽美,完美) flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect


Spelling Word: perfection
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(掠夺) rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils


Spelling Word: pillage
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(富豪统治) society or government ruled by wealthy class


Spelling Word: plutocracy
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(多角形的,多边形的) having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons


Spelling Word: polygonal
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(打扮) become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to


Spelling Word: primp