3500 ACT Vocabulary

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(节制(饮食),调节) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate


Spelling Word: abstemious
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(强调,重音) emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent


Spelling Word: accentuate
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(搭讪,邂逅) approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request


Spelling Word: accost
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(装饰) enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments


Spelling Word: adorn
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(熟练,有技巧) skillful and adept under pressing conditions


Spelling Word: adroit
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(暗指,暗示) indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor


Spelling Word: allusion
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(友谊) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations


Spelling Word: amity
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(诅咒) solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse


Spelling Word: anathema
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(先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order


Spelling Word: antecede
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(反对,厌恶) strong feeling of aversion; dislike


Spelling Word: antipathy