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TOEFL Essential Vocab

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1. Creative a. something newly introduced; creative






2. Erratic adj. not consistent; irregular






3. Regularly a.occuring at specific - determind period of time






4. Precise adj. careful and exact






5. Expansive adj. having a lot of room






6. Enormous adj. very large






7. Baffling adj. not easily understood or figured out






8. Adj. of unclear meaning; something that can be understood in more than one way syn. vague






9. Launch v. to begin; to establish; to take decisive action without help n2 a






10. Survive v. to fight without surrender; to persist






11. V. to change a belief or behavior by argument or reason syn. convince






12. N. an ability - happening - or opportunity that has not occured or been developed syn. possibility






13. Hazardous adj. not safe - firm - or steady






14. Vulnerable adj. to be subject to influence; capable of being affected by a person or thing






15. Objective adj. showing no favoritism; being fair or just






16. Conceal v. to hide the usual appearance of something (n=v) a






17. Legislate v. to pass a law






18. Diverse adj. to select or represent something chosen from many sources or places






19. Neglect v. to leave out - not include n a






20. Medium adj. not too much - not too little






21. Located adj. being found in a certain place






22. Unclear adj. not clear; ambiguous






23. Adv. regularly; usually done syn. ordinarily






24. Logical a. well reasoned; ideas that are clearly presented n v av






25. Conquer v. to defeat - fight with success; to take control of an individual






26. Adv. the most important or most common syn. mostly






27. Growth n. the act of making larger v a






28. River n. a natural flow of something; a pouring out






29. Consume v. to use up; to reduce greatly






30. Ignore v. to pay no attention






31. Strong adj. powerful - full of action






32. Produce v. to cause something new to exist; to create






33. Crawl v. to move slowly and quietly close to the ground; to begin to happen






34. Depict v. to represent; to act n






35. Elements n. things combined to make something; the contents of something






36. Ignorant adj. to be unaware of or forgetful






37. V. to follow established rules or patterns of behavior syn. adapt






38. Sturdy adj. something that last a long time






39. Around av. almost correct; not exact n v=a






40. Inactive adj. not growing or producing; asleep






41. Adj. needing careful treatment; sensitive - easily broken syn. fragile






42. V. to alert someone of danger - warn someone to take care or pay attention to something syn. warn






43. Adv. being measured or judged by comparison syn. relatively






44. Summarized adj. made smaller; shortened; merged






45. Humor n. a joke; a funny story






46. Dispersed a. to be spread out or separated widely v






47. Disappear v. to vanish






48. Picturesque a. concerning pleasant natural surroundings n2 av






49. Insight n. knowledge and understanding






50. Display v. to show or demonstrate