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TOEFL English Vocab (A - M)
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- 1abandon:lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
- 2abash:embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
- 3abdicate:give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
- 4abet:aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
- 5academic:related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
- 6banter:good-humored, playful conversation
- 7biased:favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced
- 8blemish:mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
- 9candid:straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
- 10chronic:lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
- 11collusion:secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
- 12compatible:harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
- 13construction:act of constructing or building something
- 14copious:plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
- 15curt:having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
- 16delete:erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
- 17deluge:great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
- 18denounce:condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
- 19devastation:an event that results in total destruction; the state of being decayed or destroyed
- 20disconsolate:sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
- 21diverse:differing in some characteristics; various
- 22edict:decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
- 23elicit:draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
- 24erudite:learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
- 25exodus:departure of a large number of people
- 26feasible:capable of being accomplished or brought about
- 27fiasco:complete failure; sudden and violent collapse
- 28fluctuate:rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
- 29genesis:coming into being of something; origin
- 30gregarious:sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
- 31hail:call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously
- 32heinous:grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
- 33hovel:shack; small, wretched house
- 34immune:resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
- 35import:bring in from another country
- 36incarcerate:imprison; put into jail; shut up or inclose
- 37inordinate:exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly
- 38jargon:language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
- 39labyrinth:maze; complex structure of interconnecting passages
- 40lavish:liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
- 41lucid:easily understood; clear; intelligible
- 42masquerade:assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks
- 43mediocre:moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
- 44meticulous:excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details
- 45mimic:copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
- 46mundane:belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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