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