3500 ACT Vocabulary

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(减短,缩写) make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase


Spelling Word: abbreviate
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(旷课,旷工) habitual not to appear, especially for work or other regular duty


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


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(有知识的,知晓的) known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar


Spelling Word: acquainted
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(尖锐,尖酸) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent


Spelling Word: acrid
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(正面肯定,确认) positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath


Spelling Word: affirmation
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(炼金术士) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming


Spelling Word: alchemy
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(寓言) symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form


Spelling Word: allegory
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(结合,整合) combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury


Spelling Word: amalgamate
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(无政府主义者) person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority


Spelling Word: anarchist