3500 ACT Vocabulary

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(外围的,切线的) peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing


Spelling Word: tangential
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(同义反复) unnecessary repetition, especially for same sense in different words ; redundancy


Spelling Word: tautology
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(聚集) large group of people gathered or crowded closely together


Spelling Word: throng
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(吝啬鬼) one who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money; miser


Spelling Word: tightwad
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(害怕的) fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant


Spelling Word: timorous
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(半透明的) partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen


Spelling Word: translucent
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(不威胁的) not intimidating; not making one fearful


Spelling Word: unintimidating
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(不稳定的) inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing


Spelling Word: unstable
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(度假,休假) leisure time away from work; act of making something legally void


Spelling Word: vacation
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(转向) shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly


Spelling Word: veer