toefl vocabulary test - thorough
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TOEFL Vocabulary Test (40 Questions)
Select Meaning by Word
1. Insatiable
adj. unable to be satisfiedv. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country
v. to check or hindern. a. personal peculiarity
2. Anonymous
ad. indicating a happy outcome
n. one who denies that God existsadj. of unknown authorship
v. to root out, destroy totally
3. Atheist
v. to make clear; to explain
n. a state of happiness; a high abilityv. to smile in a silly or affected way
n. one who denies that God exists
4. Cogent
v. to prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary by appropriate actions
adj. pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar
adj. having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reasonn. approval; praise
5. Apprehensive
adj. fearfuladj. unable to be satisfied
n. working together secretly for an evil purpose
adj. foul-smelling; harmful
6. Compensation
n. payment for servicesv. to give a false idea of
v. to draw out
adj. sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning
7. Countenance
adj. excessiven. eagerness; cheerful promptness
adj. worthy of belief
n. a face
8. Fictitious
n. amazement; lack of courage caused by fearful prospect
n. a remedy for all illsadj. unreal; made-up
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v. to paralyze with horror, fear, or surprise
9. Archetype
v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up
adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike
n. an original patternn. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge
10. Erudite
adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profitadj. having or containing a lot of specialist knowledge
v. to exclaim or utter suddenly
adj. moderate in the use of food or drink
11. Plagiarism
adj. roomyv. to yield; to admit as true
n. adopting and reproducing, without acknowledgment, the writings or ideas of another and
passing them off as one's ownv. to exercise self control; to keep from
12. Innuendo
n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory)adj. festive; gay
adj. having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reason
adj. objectionable
13. Raconteur
n. a little world, or a universe in miniature
n. a skilled storytelleradj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance
adj. excessive
14. Misanthropic
adj. deserving blame or censure
adj. excessiveadj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad
adj. hating or distrusting mankind
15. Incisive
v. to be sorry for
adj. cutting, penetratingadj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon
adv. with distrust
16. Onus
n. nearness
adj. gloomy; ill-humored
n. boredom; weariness of mindn. burden; duty
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17. Aesthetic
n. compelling a person by physical force or other means to do something against his willn. a branching; sub-division
adj. winding; indirect
adj. pertaining to the beautiful
18. Convivialadj. secret; stealthy
n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuseadj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words
adj. festive; gay
19. Dolorous
adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes
n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory)adj. sorrowful; mournful
n. a privilege or power attaching to a position
20. Culpableadj. deserving blame or censure
adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon
v. to quicken, speed tipn. eagerness; cheerful promptness
21. Anthology
n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory)
n. payment for services
n. a collection of choice literary works
n. one who dabbles in the fine arts for amusement only and without concentrated study
22. Promulgate
adj. fearfuladj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit
v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad
adj. of low morals; corrupt
23. Crass
adj. rigorously self-denyingadv. with distrust
adj. traveling about; wandering
adj. coarse and stupid
24. Proletariat
n. the wage-earning class
v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortuneadj. devoted to religious observances
adj. objectionable
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25. Sleazy
n. a cliffn. a distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling
n. one who is at home in all countries
adj. flimsy and cheap
26. Grimaceadj. smooth-spoken, fluent
v. to twist about (usually with pain)n. a distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling
v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
27. Exultation
n. faithfulness
adj. positive in expressing an opinionn. coward
n. great rejoicing
28. Bizarreadj. pertaining to money
n. an extreme patriot
adj. queer; unusual in appearancev. display or wave boastfully
29. Ubiquitous
v. to postpone or put off to another time
adj. all-powerful
v. to smile in a silly or affected way
adj. existing everywhere
30. Exotic
adj. strange and foreignv. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream)
adj. pretending to be religious
adj. demonstrating originality, skill, or resourcefulness
31. Promontory
adj. tremblingadj. apparent; pretended
n. a cliff
n. to interpret, explain the sense of, or analyze
32. Hyperbole
adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government
adj. ridiculous; producing laughtern. extravagant exaggeration for effect
n. boredom; weariness of mind
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33. Jettison
n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledgeadj. lacking in self-confidence
v. to throw overboard (as cargo); to throw off (as a burden or something in the way )
adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing
34. Blitheadj. gay and light-hearted in spirit or mood
adj. sorrowful; mournfuladj. of little worth or importance
adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment)
35. Benevolent
v. to encourage -or support
adj. kindly; charitablen. boredom; weariness of mind
adj. genuine
36. Fiascoadj. deadly
n. a ludicrous and complete failure
adj. queer; unusual in appearancen. one who is at home in all countries
37. Flaunt
v. display or wave boastfully
adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed
adj. despotic
n. great rejoicing
38. Writhe
adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, othersv. to twist about (usually with pain)
n. a. personal peculiarity
adj. unrefined in speech or manners
39. Ire
adj. flimsy and cheapv. to follow or result
n. an assumption made for the sake of argument
n. anger
40. Hypothesis
adj. in an early stage of development
n. an assumption made for the sake of argumentadj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun
adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun
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VOA Special English Vocabulary Test (40 Questions)
1. Convention
n. a collection of recorded music
n. any business that produces goods or provides services; the work and related activity infactories and offices
n. a large meeting for a special purpose
v. to take and hold or to control by force
2. Reach
n. all the people in a place, city or country
conj. equally; whenv. to know what is meant; to have knowledge of
v. to put a hand toward; to arrive at
3. There
v. to send to another country
n. a part of the body that has a special purpose, such as the heart or brain
ad. in that place or position; to or toward that placead. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat
4. Lift
n. the force produced when something is pushed down or against something else
v. to take or bring up to a higher place or level
n. anything on or in which a person or thing can travel or be transported, especially anythingon wheels; a car or truck
n. the space occupied by something; how long, wide or high something is
5. Brief
n. a prison for those waiting to be tried for a crime or for those serving sentences for crimesthat are not serious
v. to move into or be in a position in which only the feet are on a surface; to be in oneposition or place
n. a device of strong, light material that rises when filled with gas lighter than air
ad. short; not long
6. Tax
n. a strong, hard metal used to make machines and toolsn. the money a person or business must pay to the government so the government can
provide services
v. to use force to move something toward the person or thing using the force; opposite pushv. to aim one's finger toward; to aim
7. Engineer
n. a long written work for readingn. a person who designs engines, machines, roads, bridges or railroads
v. to go down quickly; to come down
v. to express happiness or pleasure when someone arrives or something develops
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8. Deaf
ad. as much as necessary
n. the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-ninedays
n. the space above the earth
ad. not able to hear
9. Workv. to believe, think or imagine; to expect
v. to go or come back; to bring, give, take or send backv. to use physical or mental effort to make or do something
v. to make known publicly; to declare officially
10. Enzyme
v. to make something go or move faster
n. the group that includes children and their parentsad. acting safely; with much thought
n. a special kind of protein; it produces changes in other substances without being changed
itself
11. Black
ad. not one or the other of two
ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rightsn. the settlement of an argument where each side agrees to accept less than first demanded
ad. dark; having the color like that of the night sky
12. Wire
v. to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings
n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain
n. a long, thin piece of metal used to hang objects or to carry electricity or electroniccommunications from one place to another
pref. for, supporting (pro-labor, pro-government)
13. Marry
ad. of or about a person or group that is secret; opposite public
v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)
v. to end (a dispute); to agree about (a problem)
v. to make sick with something that causes disease
14. Rice
prep. along or by the side of; togethern. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room
n. a food grain
ad. many times
15. Program
n. a plan of action; the different events or parts of a meeting or show
n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness ordisease
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v. to come to be
n. a white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used to affect the taste of food
16. Publicv. to separate into two or more parts; to divide or break into parts
n. the best; the winner
v. to say something or to do something that makes another person angry or dishonoredad. of or about all the people in a community or country; opposite private
17. Equal
ad. added to; toon. any substance that is not solid or liquid; any substance that burns to provide heat, light or
power
ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rightsn. an electronic machine for storing and organizing information, and for communicating with
others
18. Water
n. a creature that lives and can breathe in water
n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceansn. what a person legally and morally should be able to do or have
n. something round
19. Surround
ad. not the same
v. to form a circle around; to be in positions all around someone or something
ad. short; not longprep. for the reason that
20. Good
n. a device or system for sending sounds, especially the voice, over distancesad. from higher to lower; in a low place
ad. away from the inside; opposite of in
ad. pleasing; helpful
21. Reason
n. the cause for a belief or act; purposead. smooth; having no high places
n. the written record or description of past events; the study of the past
n. a device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too faraway to be seen
22. Boat
v. to hit again and again
n. an organization that keeps and lends money
n. something built to travel on water that carries people or goods
ad. without delay; very near in time or place
23. Root
v. to give form ton. the part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil
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n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain
n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans
24. Best
v. to desire; to wish for
v. to break into pieces; to end the existence of
prep. from a time in the past until nowad. the most good
25. Protein
n. substances responsible for the growth of tissue and for fixing damaged tissuen. a talk given to a group of people
ad. at that time; existing
n. something known only to a few and kept from general knowledge
26. Move
n. forces, groups or nations joined togethern. the movement of people, vehicles or ships along a street, road or waterway
v. to change position; to put or keep in motion
v. to make a sudden attack
27. Bring
v. to come with something
v. having the power to do somethingpref. not (dishonest, disobey)
n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or
disease
28. Temperature
n. a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt
n. any instrument or device designed to help one do workad. lost; not found
n. the measurement of heat and cold
29. Transportation
v. to direct and observe the work of others
n. the act or business of moving goods or peoplen. something round
ad. separated from others
30. Laser
n. an instrument that makes a thin, powerful light
n. the group that includes children and their parentsad. like something else but not exactly the same
ad. the most important or largest
31. Climate
v. to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut
ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about
weapons that explode by using energy from atoms
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v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife
(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)
n. the normal weather conditions of a place
32. Push
ad. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat
v. to make less in size or amountv. to use force to move something away from the person or thing using the force; opposite
pullad. great in size, importance or amount
33. Gray
ad. having the color like that made by mixing black and white
v. to keep or put away for future usen. a very small town
n. the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument
34. Without
v. to cause injury or destruction
n. a number of people or things together; a gathering of people working for a commonpurpose
prep. with no; not having or using
n. a form of energy that flows through wires to provide heat and light, and power to machines
35. Loyal
n. a small animal that often lives with humans
v. to make better; to become bettern. a device that receives electronic signals and makes them into pictures and sounds; the
system of sending pictures and sounds by electronic signals over a distance so others can
see and hear them on a receiver
ad. showing strong friendship and support for someone or something
36. River
v. to lose bloodn. a large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean
ad. at any time
n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no light
37. Must
v. a word used with an action word to mean necessaryad. not short; measuring from beginning to end
ad. not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage
v. to control or to restrict freedoms by force
38. Apologize
n. that which something is known to have or be; amount of value or excellence
v. to express regret for a mistake or accident for which one accepts responsibilityn. any game or activity of competition involving physical effort or skill
v. to discover or learn something by searching or by accident; to decide a court case
39. Prize
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n. a movement; a continuing change of position or place
n. something offered or won in a competition; something of value that one must work hard
for to getv. to say; to make a statement
n. a government lawmaking group
40. Tie
v. to join or hold together with some materialv. to stretch out in area or length; to continue for a longer time
v. to make good or right againad. not able to see
TOEFL Vocabulary Test (40 Questions)
1. v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words
alienate
paraphrase
extraneousprotuberant
2. n. a feeling of hatred
animusdelectable
genesis
effete
3. n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds
presumption
poignantdisparity
imminent
4. adj. pretending to be religious
bereave
convivialsanctimonious
arbiter
5. n. a speech by one person
nautical
monologueabrogate
diverting
6. adj. sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others
cynical
academic
admonishrespite
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7. v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around
soporificpoignant
chicanery
circumvent
8. v. to pierce through with a pointed instrumentimpale
tenetextemporaneous
ingenious
9. adj. accidental
vanquish
fortuitousgesticulate
stoic
10. adj. understood by only a select fewquash
recapitulate
hovelesoteric
11. adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit
dictum
garnish
feign
mundane
12. v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions
retrieveabdicate
imprecation
gesticulate
13. adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior
cravenerratic
accord
apathy
14. n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a
group or trade
depletemeander
jargon
flamboyant
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15. v. to soil or dirty
besmirch
venerablecynical
diffident
16. n. employment entailing little or no responsibility or labor
fictitiousdeluge
waivesinecure
17. n. misfortune
sallow
insatiable
expurgateadversity
18. adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of actioncircumspect
deprecate
credulous
low
19. adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words
kaleidoscopicalacrity
delectable
turgid
20. n. scarcitynoisome
dearthantithesis
sultry
21. adj. flimsy and cheap
sleazy
tremulousuntenable
inscrutable
22. adj. moderate in the use of food or drink
creditable
zealous
benevolentabstemious
23. v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual
consecrate
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frustrate
punitive
condone24. v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
condole
attributeentreat
dictum
25. v. to refuse or reject with contempt
spurn
pensive
depreciateeffete
26. adj. innumerable
dynamic
immaculate
myriadfeasible
27. adv. with one's identity concealed
quashmalicious
dictum
incognito
28. adj. wicked; hateful
accord
sultryheinous
depraved
29. adj. industrious
protuberant
inhibitexultation
assiduous
30. adj. very heavy; clumsy
ponderous
obtrusiveapprehensive
creditable
31. adj. quick to find fault about trifles
captious
rudimentary
idiosyncrasyvicarious
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32. v. to do speedily; to send off
vanquish
congenialblight
dispatch
33. n. conversation which is amusing and not serious
panegyric
banter
engenderdissolute
34. adj. spirited; ardent
gregarious
sacrosanct
fervidimpostor
35. n. burden; duty
extirpateonus
condone
awry
36. adj. serving as a model; commendable
condign
exemplaryasseverate
utilitarian
37. adj. wise; shrewd
sally
egregiousemissary
sagacious
38. v. to give up claim to
machiavellian
corpulentabdicate
apprise
39. v. to penetrate and understand
stringent
fathom
archetypetantamount
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40. n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view
ingenious
lavishexodus
heresy
VOA Special English Test (40 Questions)
1. n. a joining together; in atomic fusion, atomic particles are joined together to produce
nuclearenergyfusion
salt
fishtruck
2. n. a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating andcuring disease or improving health
medicine
cooperate
completebell
3. n. a grown person
toward
adult
yellow
clergy
4. n. a drink made from the plant of the same name
sharpcoffee
airplane
top
5. n. sound, especially when loud
truecombine
humor
noise
6. n. violent weather, including strong winds and rain or snow
south
talkstorm
time
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7. n. a competition by opposing political candidates seeking support from voters; a connected
seriesof military actions during a wartrap
balancevoice
campaign
8. v. to join or hold together with some material
dis
plastic
tieally
9. n. the different effects of light on the eye, making blue, red, brown, black, yellow and others
civilian
color
announcespecial
10. v. to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts
meanremains
learn
before
11. pron. the boy or man who is being spoken about
he
haltwill
mix
12. v. to cause pain, injury or damage
sad
hithurt
bright
13. n. an examination in a court of a question or dispute to decide if a charge is true
trial
territoryby
open
14. v. to make something not open
loan
close
throughattend
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15. n. all surrounding things, conditions and influences that affect life; the natural world of
land, sea,air, plants and animalscopy
sell
stayenvironment
16. v. to come to life; to come into existence
meetstone
adult
born
17. v. to forgive for a crime and release from punishment
pardonback
fit
protest
18. v. to pull apart, often by force
below
jumptear
week
19. n. something known or proved to be true
welcome
box
officefact
20. n. a small animal that often lives with humans
conference
cat
worthdetail
21. v. to injure; to hurt
much
magnet
woundriot
22. n. cleans liquid wastes from the body
kidneyless
water
top
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23. v. to cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal
nextwelcome
nice
punish
24. n. a ceremony held in connection with the burial or burning of the deadafter
escapefuneral
lake
25. n. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room
examine
reduceprovide
door
26. prep. in the direction of; leading tolung
sense
towardrelease
27. n. a payment ordered by a court to punish someone for a crime
fine
identify
skill
destroy
28. v. to put something over a person or thing
alivethey
cover
it
29. ad. involving machines, processes and materials in industry, transportation and
communications;of or about a very special kind of subject or thingsea
movie
technicalplant
30. conj. connecting word used to link things that may be similar, but are not equal
loantroop
than
bleed
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31. ad. quiet; peaceful
whatteam
halt
calm
32. n. political protection given by a government to a person from another countrypublish
asylumorder
ruin
33. ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or
about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms
producereach
drive
nuclear
34. v. to use cigarettes or other tobacco products by burning them and breathing in the smoke
day
needeach
smoke
35. n. the center part of an atom or cell
machine
grandfather
nucleusthrow
36. n. a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the body
deal
get
cancercompound
37. ad. not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage
dismiss
severe
shineleft
38. n. a living thing, often so small it can be seen only through a microscope
traditionadvise
organism
pass
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39. v. to bring or gather together in one place; to demand and receive
bluecollect
owe
immediate
40. v. to approve; to say that something is truecrew
grassconfirm
bus