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TOEFL Vocab: Relationships
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english
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Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A close connection
vanish
berate
proliferation
bond
2. To change often - from one condition to another
berate
descendant
fluctuate
reciprocity
3. Hate very much
vanish
proximity
willing
despise
4. Extremely sad and without hope for the future
dilemma
willing
despondent
proliferation
5. True and respectable; in the context of family - born of a mother and father who were married to each other
affection
humiliation
vanish
legitimate
6. A direct relative in a later generation (such as one's son - daughter - or grandchild)
descendant
clique
contemptuous
confide
7. In a way that shows a high opinion of oneself and a low opinion of others
engender
obnoxious
arrogantly
vanish
8. An increase in the number of something and in the number of places it can be found
proliferation
fluctuate
descendant
willing
9. Faithful
clique
despondent
loyal
affection
10. A willingness to keep supporting someone you admire
devotion
loyal
bond
inheritance
11. An emotional closeness or warmth
engender
sibling
affection
despondent
12. To mark with a visible feature that makes other people think; perhaps incorrectly - that someone or something is wrong
stigmatize
cohesion
legitimate
associate
13. A difficult choice between two things
humiliation
berate
dilemma
stigmatize
14. Relating to family members from earlier generations
stigmatize
ancestral
inheritance
fluctuate
15. Not simple; involving many parts that work together
humiliation
willing
complex
bond
16. An event that causes someone to feel that she or he has lost the respect of others
vitriolic
affection
humiliation
berate
17. Nearness
proximity
descendant
stigmatize
devotion
18. Dishonor because one has done something wrong
shame
despondent
kin
reciprocity
19. Standing together despite pressure to move apart
legitimate
descendant
solidarity
paternal
20. As a shared characteristic
in common
sibling
obnoxious
descendant
21. Keeping out all but a few people
affection
exclusive
complex
kin
22. To say insulting and disrespetful things
berate
solidarity
sibling
loyal
23. A small group of friends who are unfriendly to people outside the group
clique
proliferation
confide
affection
24. A strong - long-lasting negative feeling
loyal
antipathy
vitriolic
contemptuous
25. Showing an extreme - hateful anger
despise
humiliation
sentiment
vitriolic
26. Ability to stay together as a unit
cohesion
devotion
in common
legitimate
27. Relating to a father
paternal
sibling
cohesion
fluctuate
28. To regularly spend time together
humiliation
ancestral
vitriolic
associate
29. An extremely strong emotion - like love or anger
contemptuous
reciprocity
passion
obnoxious
30. To tell very personal things
exclusive
humiliation
confide
solidarity
31. Feelings - opinion based on feelings
proximity
sentiment
descendant
cohesion
32. To disappear suddenly
exclusive
vanish
dilemma
shame
33. To bring into being; to cause to exist
despondent
contemptuous
proliferation
engender
34. Things passed down to you from your ancestors
fluctuate
inheritance
bond
contemptuous
35. Having no respect
legitimate
descendant
complex
contemptuous
36. Bothersome; doing small things that others don't like
kin
obnoxious
fluctuate
passion
37. Doing as much for another as he or she has done for you
proliferation
associate
reciprocity
contemptuous
38. Relatives
kin
legitimate
willing
descendant
39. Agreeable and ready to do something
sibling
berate
associate
willing
40. Brother or sister
sibling
solidarity
kin
humiliation