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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