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TOEFL Essential Vocab

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1. Adj. a slight bother; disturbing to a person syn. bothersome






2. Adj. not fine or smooth; not delicate syn. rough






3. Surround v. to make a circle around






4. Marks n. a sign or object that represents something or somebody marks






5. Emotional adj. something that captures the imagination; exciting






6. Capriciously adv. acting without thinking






7. Adj. producing a desired result based on truths or fact syn. convincing






8. Emphasize v. to highlight - to give more importance to






9. Include v. to surround completely; to envelop






10. Thick adj. closely packed or crowded; difficult to see though






11. Renew v. to restore to life or bring back into memory






12. Adj. to be complementary or appropriate; a good match syn. compatible






13. Characteristic n. something that is thought to belong to a person or thing; a quality by which something is identified






14. Retrieve v. to get back; to have something returned






15. Overstate v. to make something more than what it is






16. Appeal n. a special quality that endears other people to the person who has this quality






17. Shallow adj. simple; not deeep; near the surface






18. Adj. displeasing - objectionable - or bad syn. unfavorable






19. Steadily adv. slowly - but surely






20. Adv. making something appear true or good when it is false or bad syn. misleadingly






21. Dangerous adj. threatening or risky; harmful






22. V. to divide among people or to give out syn. dispense






23. House n. where people live






24. Wonder n. something that surprises or impresses






25. Disorganized adj. being in complete disorder and confusion






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






27. Strange a. unusual; uncommon n av






28. Confront v. to be in the presence of and oppose






29. Significantly adv. in a deep way; showing deep knowledge of a subject






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






31. Cover v. the length of time or distance from one limit to the other; to cross






32. V. to make something difficult to see syn. cloud






33. Diversion n. something that holds interest and is enjoyable






34. Adv. having no order or pattern; by chance syn. arbitrarily; carelessly






35. Dependably adv. without changing; keeping the same principles - ideas - or quality






36. Strange adj. unusual






37. Assessable adj. able to determine how much or how many






38. Establish v. to establish - start up






39. Thriving a. active and growing; healthy v






40. V. to suggest or plan to do something syn. suggest






41. Alter v. to change from one form or state to another






42. Stop v. to stop or discontinue






43. Dependably av. in a trusted way n2 v a2






44. Adj. strong in one's opinion - firm in conviction - to find out syn. resolute






45. Quantity n. the amount of something contained in a space






46. Incorrect a. having errors n






47. Colorless adj. lacking color; unintenteresting - boring






48. Arbitrary adj. not chosen carefully; unplanned






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






50. Weakening adj. weakening