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TOEFL Top 100
Most frequent diffcult vocabulary words on the TOEFL Reading
Question | Answer |
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abyss | hole so deep as to appear bottomless |
acquiesce | agree, accept without protest |
affable | polite and friendly, easy to talk to |
affliction | distress, suffering |
affluent | wealthy, abundant |
agitate | move, shake, stir up |
abyss | hole so deep as to appear bottomless |
acquiesce | agree, accept without protest |
affable | polite and friendly, easy to talk to |
affliction | distress, suffering |
affluent | wealthy, abundant |
agitate | move, shake, stir up |
ambiguous | having more then one meaning |
annex | take possession of |
aqueous | of or like water |
arduous | demanding great effort, strenuous |
aroma | quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical |
atone | make repayment |
avarice | greed |
bellicose | inclined to fighting |
calisthenics | exercises to develop strong bodies |
captor | person who takes smb captive |
concoct | invent, prepare by mixing together |
dangle | hand or swing loosely |
deprive | take away from, prevent from using |
diligent | hard-working |
disrobe | undress |
docile | easily trained or controlled |
doleful | dismal, mourful |
drought | a long period of dry weather |
dubious | feeling doubt |
dumbfound | astonish |
efface | rub or wipe out, obliterate |
elucidate | to make understandable |
enchant | charm, delight |
endeavor | to make an effort, to try very hard |
endorse | approve, support a claim or statement |
enthral | take the whole attention, enslave |
exploit | to use for selfish advantage or profit |
extensive | far-reaching |
extol | to praise highly |
flimsy | lacking solidarity, strength |
fraud | a fault, a deception |
gaudy | too bright and showy |
ghastly | death-like, pale and ill |
grumble | to complain |
harass | worry, trouble |
heretic | very busy; active |
impediment | smth that hinders (esp in speech) |
indigenous | native |
insatiate | never satisfied |
intrepid | fearless |
irate | angry |
jeopardy | danger |
leash | control |
loafer | an idle, lazy person |
lucrative | profitable |
lustrous | bright; shining |
malign | to slander |
meddle | to interfere, to intrude |
mend | to repair |
mirth | being merry and happy |
nausea | feeling of sickness |
neglect | pay no attention to |
nocturnal | of or in the night |
obese | very fat |
obsolete | no longer useful, outdated |
perch | take up a high position |
pervade | spread through every part of |
petulant | unreasonably impatient or irritable |
pillage | plunder (esp in war) |
presumptuous | too bold or self-confident |
quashed | annuled |
quenching | satisfy, put an end to, put out |
refurbished | make clean, as if like new |
rejoicing | happiness, joy |
reticent | in the habit of saying little |
reverberate | be sent back, again and again |
rigor | sternness, strictness, severe conditions |
rotundity | state of being round |
salvage | the saving of property from loss |
scattered | not situated together |
shatter | to break into many pieces |
shunned | avoided, kept away from |
sketchy | shortly, roughly, quickly |
sporadic | happening from time to time |
stifled | suppressed, kept back |
strive | to make great efforts, to struggle |
subsequent | following |
succumb | yield, die |
taciturn | unspoken, silent |
tantalize | raise hopes that cannot be realized |
tentative | uncertain, probable |
torpid | dull and slow |
treacherous | not to be trusted, perfidious |
tremor | thrill |
tyro | a beginner |
uproar | noise and excitement |
vanity | a foolish pride |
vehemence | forcefulness; intensity; conviction |
vigilance | watchfulness |
vindicate | prove the truth |
voluptuous | arousing sensual pleasures |
wan | looking ill, not bright |
wile | a trick |
wrinkle | make small lines (eg forehead) |