3500 ACT Vocabulary

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(持久的,容忍) lasting for a long time; enduring; permanent


Spelling Word: abiding
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(控制,限制(自己)) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


Spelling Word: abstain
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(加速的) increasing in speed


Spelling Word: accelerating
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(勾画出轮廓,隐约显示,预示,蒙上阴影) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade


Spelling Word: adumbrate
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(支持,辩护) support; active pleading on behalf of something


Spelling Word: advocacy
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(增加,附于) fasten; append; add on; secure to something


Spelling Word: affix
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(令人愉快的,礼貌的) convenient features; courtesies


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


Spelling Word: anathema
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(反高潮,突降) letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise


Spelling Word: anticlimax
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(对立面) contrast; direct contrast; opposition


Spelling Word: antithesis