Ultimate TOEFL Vocabulary List: The 327 Best Words to Know (part1)

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Abundant Present in large quantities. [Living close to a lake means we have an abundant supply of water.]
Accumulate To gradually collect. [Each fall, leaves accumulate in our driveway.]
Accurate Correct | free from errors. [Make sure your address is accurate before submitting your online order.]
Accustomed Used to something. [Having 8AM classes means I’m accustomed to getting up early.]
Acquire To come into possession of. [When my grandmother died, I acquired her cookbook collection.]
Adamant Refusing to change an opinion. [The defendant was adamant that he was innocent.]
Adequate Enough to suit your needs. [Our house isn’t big, but it’s adequate for the two of us.]
Adjacent Close to or next to. [The park is adjacent to the school.]
Adjust To change something so it serves its purpose better. [The bike seat may be too high | you’ll probably need to adjust it.]
Advantage Something that makes it easier to achieve success. [His height gives him an advantage in basketball.]
Advocate To publicly support. [My aunt is a major advocate for women’s’ rights.]
Adverse Unfavorable | against one’s desires. [I had an adverse reaction to my medication and had to stop taking it.]
Aggregate To combine. [We should aggregate our resources to share them more easily.]
Aggressive Assertive and pushy. [The salesperson was very aggressive when trying to get us to buy the television.]
Allocate To put aside for a specific purpose. [The village needs to allocate funds for building the new school.]
Alternative Another option or choice. [If the ATM is broken, an alternative solution is to stop by the bank.]
Amateur Someone who is inexperienced or not highly skilled in a particular area. [He’s an amateur soccer player and is still learning the rules of the game.]
Ambiguous Having several potential meanings | unclear and difficult to understand. [When I asked the HR manager what my chances were of getting the job, she gave me a very ambiguous reply.]
Ambitious Having large goals. [My son is very ambitious and hopes to be a millionaire by the time he’s thirty.]
Amend To change for the better | to improve. [I believe we should amend our country’s tax laws.]
Ample Plentiful. [Our new apartment has ample space for the two of us.]
Anomaly Deviation from the norm. [The basketball player is the team’s best free thrower, so his missing both shots was an anomaly.]
Annual Occurring yearly. [The annual company barbeque takes place every August.]
Antagonize To tease or be hostile towards a person or group. [The boy loves to antagonize his little sister by pulling her hair.]
Attitude Manner or feeling. [After she got grounded, the teenager had a bad attitude for the rest of the day.]
Attribute To give credit. [Be sure to attribute credit to your sources when writing a research paper.]
Arbitrary Based on a whim or random decision. [Flipping a coin is an arbitrary way to make a decision.]
Arduous Requiring a lot of effort. [After you cross the bridge, there’s an arduous walk up the hill.]
Assuage To lessen a negative feeling. [The mother assuaged her child’s fear of the dark.]
Assume To suppose without solid proof. [I assumed he was rich because he worked as a lawyer.]
Augment To increase or make larger. [She augments her regular salary by babysitting on the weekends.]
Benefit Something positive or advantageous. [A benefit of doing homework on Friday is that your weekend will be free.]
Berate To scold. [Our neighbor berated us after we broke his window playing baseball.]
Bestow To give as a gift. [The medal was bestowed upon him by the president.]
Boast To brag or talk with excessive pride. [He always boasts of his talents after he wins a game.]
Boost To help raise or increase something. [I gave him a pep talk to boost his self-esteem before his speech.]
Brash Rude and tactless. [The brash man always asked inappropriate questions.]
Brief Short (in terms of time). [It will only have a brief meeting, so you’ll still have plenty of time for lunch.]
Brusque Abrupt to the point of rudeness. [After being away for so long, I expected more than her brusque greeting.]
Cacophony A harsh, unpleasant mixture of noise. [The cuckoo clock shop lets off a cacophony every hour.]
Cease To stop. [I wish they would cease arguing.]
Censure To express strong disapproval. [Every parent in our district censured the education cuts.]
Chronological Arranged in order of time or date. [Put the historical events in chronological order to make them easier to study.]
Clarify To make clear | to remove confusion. [I didn’t understand the instructions, so I asked the teacher to clarify them.]
Coalesce To combine or grow together. [The people on the street eventually coalesced into a group.]
Coerce To force someone to do something against their will. [The young boy was coerced into stealing by his friends.]
Cognizant Being aware or having knowledge of something. [Before mountain climbing, you need to be cognizant of the risks.]
Cohesion Uniting | becoming one. [Water molecules show strong cohesion when they stick together.]
Coincide To occur at the same time. [This year Thanksgiving coincided with my birthday.]
Collapse To fall down or break down. [The old building finally collapsed, leaving nothing but a pile of rubble.]
Collide To hit one another with a forceful impact. [The two cars collided on the freeway.]
Commitment Dedication to a cause or activity. [Joining a school play is a big commitment. You’ll need to practice every evening.]
Community A group of people who live or work together. [The Chinese community in my city is hosting a New Year celebration next week.]
Conceal To hide. [The mountains concealed the ocean from view.]
Concur To agree. [He believes women should be paid as much as men, and I concur.]
Conflict A disagreement or fight. [The conflict between the two families has been going on for generations.]
Constrain To restrict or repress. [You should move your plant to a bigger pot, otherwise you’ll constrain its roots.]
Contemplate To consider thoughtfully. [I spend a lot of time contemplating what career I want to have.]
Continuously To go on without stopping. [My neighbors have been continuously blasting their music since last night.]
Contradict To give the opposite opinion. [I told the employees that sales were down, but my boss contradicted me and said sales were actually up.]
Contribute To give something (usually money or time) to a common fund or cause. [Every roommate contributes part of his paycheck to the grocery bill.]
Convey To make known. [I’ve conveyed my interest in working for that company.]
Copious Abundant. [He always takes copious notes during class to study later on.]
Core Central | of main importance. [Although many employees left the company, the core leadership remained.]
Corrode To gradually wear away. [The rust corroded the paint on my car.]
Cumbersome Burdensome | clumsy [Trying to carry four grocery bags at once was very cumbersome.]
Curriculum The courses given by a school or program. [Our school needs to add more music courses to its curriculum.]
Data Facts, statistics, or pieces of information. [The data from these graphs show that yearly temperatures are increasing.]
Decay To decline in health or excellence. [After the tree died, its wood began to decay.]
Deceive To trick or mislead. [He deceived me by pretending to be a millionaire.]
Decipher To find the meaning of. [The spy deciphered the secret code.]
Declaration An announcement. [He made a declaration to the office that he was quitting.]
Decline To politely refuse. [1. I declined his offer of a ride home. 2. Her health has declined ever since she turned 70.]
Degrade To lower in quality. [My attempt at cake degraded into a crumbly mess.]
Demonstrate To show. [Let me demonstrate the proper way of throwing a football.]
Deny To state that something isn’t true. [He denied being the robber.]
Deplete To significantly decrease. [Your shopping sprees have depleted my savings.]
Deposit To deliver and leave an item. [Please deposit your books in the bin outside the library.]
Desirable Worth having or wanting. [Bravery is a desirable trait for firefighters to have.]
Despise To hate. [I despise early morning classes.]
Detect To locate something. [The police dog detected the missing child’s scent.]
Deter To discourage. [The warning signs on the house deterred trespassers.]
Deviate To differ from the norm. [I decided to deviate from my normal route home and took a shortcut.]
Devise To plan or create. [The coach devised a plan for winning the game.]
Diatribe A sharp criticism or attack. [The politician went into a diatribe against her opponent.]
Digress To wander from the main subject. [The teacher digressed from the lecture to discuss the weather.]
Dilemma A situation where one must choose between two difficult choices. [The student faced the dilemma of attending school sick or missing her exam.]
Diminish To shrink or reduce. [Sprinkle baking soda on the carpet to diminish the stain.]
Dispose To get rid of. [I need to dispose of this trash.]
Disproportionate Too large or small when compared to something else. [The piece of pie I received was disproportionately small.]
Disrupt To interrupt by causing a disturbance. [The protesters disrupted the politician’s speech.]
Distort To misrepresent. [The camera filter distorted the image.]
Distribute To give portions of something. [Distribute the materials evenly among the class.]
Diverse Showing a lot of variety. [This city has a very diverse population.]
Divert To cause a change of course. [Because of the accident, the police had to divert traffic down a side street.]
Dynamic Constantly changing. [The theater has dynamic shows, so you never know what you’ll see.]
Ease To reduce unpleasantness or difficulty. [This prescription will ease your allergies.]
Efficient Maximizing productivity. [Now that I’m following a schedule at work, I’m much more efficient.]
Eliminate To remove. [Our team lost the match and was eliminated from the competition.]
Elite A select, above-average group. [The elite detective team were also sent for when there were big crimes.]
Eloquent Moving speech or writing. [Her eloquent writing has gained her many fans.]
Emphasize To give special importance to when speaking or writing. [The teacher emphasized the due date of the project.]
Endure To suffer through something difficult with patience. [He has endured four knee operations so far.]
Enhance To intensify or magnify. [The falling snow enhanced the beauty of the small village.]
Epitome A perfect example of something. [The duchess is the epitome of class.]
Equivalent Equal. [Twenty-four is equivalent to two dozen.]
Erroneous Incorrect. [He apologized for his erroneous statement.]
Estimate An approximate value. [Try to get an estimate of the number of people attending the concert.]
Evade To avoid or escape. [By hiding in the bathroom, we were able to evade the intruder.]
Evaluate To assess. [At the end of the class, every student will evaluate how well the professor taught.]
Evidence Facts or information that help prove or disprove something. [These fossils are evidence of evolution.]
Evolve To gradually change. [The small school evolved into a world-class institution.]
Exemplary Worthy of imitation. [She is an exemplary student, and you should copy her study habits.]
Exclude To leave out. [The young boy was excluded from his friends’ soccer game.]
Exclusive Not admitting the majority. [We may not be able to get in since that club is very exclusive.]
Expand To increase in size. [Adding air to bike tires will cause them to expand.]
Expertise Expert knowledge or skill in a particular field. [The surgeon’s expertise is knee surgeries.]
Exploit To use selfishly. [The company exploited its workers by making them work long hours.]
Expose To reveal or unmask. [The emails presented exposed the company’s corruption.]
Extension An act of making something longer. [If you’re sick on the day the paper is due, the teacher may give you an extension on the due date.]
Extract To get or remove something. [The dentist extracted one of my teeth.]
Famine A time when there is an extreme lack of food. [Millions of children in Ethiopia died due to the famine there.]
Feasible Possible to do. [This study plan you made for me sounds feasible, even with my work schedule.]
Finite Having an end or limits. [Remember that life is finite | you’re not immortal.]
Flaw A feature that ruins the perfection of something. [I got the diamond for a reduced price since the stone had a flaw.]
Fluctuate To change continually. [I’m not sure what to wear since the temperature has been fluctuating so much.]
Focus The central point or idea. [The program is going to focus on environmental issues.]
Fortify To strengthen. [The king decided to fortify the castle walls to protect them during attacks.]
Framework A skeletal structure designed to support something. [Skyscrapers must have a strong framework to support all the floors.]
Frivolous Unnecessary | of little importance [You must stop spending your money on frivolous purchases.]
Function A purpose natural to a person or thing. [The function of petals is to attract insects to the plant.]
Fundamental Of primary importance. [Learning scales is fundamental to being a good piano player.]
Gap A space in between to objects. [Be careful to avoid the gap between the two steps.]
Garbled Communication that is distorted and unclear. [Our answering machine is so bad that people’s voices are always garbled.]
Generate To produce. [The fire generates heat, which keeps the room warm.]
Grandiose Pompous | overly important. [The actress had only one small part before she got grandiose ideas of her fame.]
Hackneyed Overused and unoriginal. [HIs poems contain many hackneyed phrases.]
Haphazard Lacking planning. [There was no schedule, so the event was very haphazard.]
Harsh Not gentle | unpleasant. [Her comments on my performance were very harsh and not kind at all.]
Hasty In a hurry. [In order to avoid the police, the robbers made a hasty retreat.]
Hazardous Full of risk. [The nuclear reactor has a lot of hazardous waste.]
Hesitate To pause, often due to reluctance. [She hesitated before entering the abandoned building.]
Hierarchy A ranking system. [In the office hierarchy, the manager is higher than the associate.]
Hindrance Something that causes delay or resistance. [Her hatred of public transportation is a hindrance when trying to get around New York City.]
Hollow Empty inside. [The dead tree is hollow.]
Horror An intense feeling of fear. [The haunted house filled me with horror.]
Hostile Extremely unfriendly. [My ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend was very hostile towards me.]
Hypothesis An unproven idea that attempts to explain something. [You’ll need to conduct an experiment to test your hypothesis.]
Identical Exactly the same. [The twins were completely identical.]
Illiterate Unable to read. [Because he’d never been able to attend school, the man was illiterate.]
Illustrate To explain by using an example. [The professor illustrated the lesson with a personal story.]
Impact Effect or influence. [His moving words had a large impact on me.]
Impair To worsen. [Drinking alcohol will impair your driving abilities.]
Implement To carry out. [We will implement the new schedule starting next semester.]
Imply To strongly suggest. [My mother implied that I was the one who forgot to take out the trash.]
Impose To force upon. [After the riots, the mayor imposed a curfew on the town.]
Impoverish To reduce to poverty. [These medical bills are going to impoverish me.]
Incentive A reason to do something. [I hate my job, but the big paychecks are a good incentive to stick with it.]
Incessant Continuing without pause. [I can’t sleep because of the dog’s incessant barking.]
Incidental A minor part. [Don’t worry about your grade on this quiz | it’s only an incidental part of your grade.]
Incite To urge on. [The ringleader incited the soldiers to rebellion.]
Inclination A preference. [My inclination is to go to bed early.]
Incompetent Incapable | lacking ability. [The incompetent worker was fired from his job.]
Inconsistent Changing randomly. [His pitching has been very inconsistent all season.]
Indefatigable Untiring. [She is an indefatigable hiker and can walk all day.]
Indisputable Not able to be challenged. [She’s the indisputable star of the basketball team.]
Ineffective Not producing any major impact. [The drug was shown to be ineffective at curing cancer.]
Inevitable Unable to be avoided. [Even if you’re healthy, death is inevitable in the end.]
Infer To guess based on evidence. [I inferred that she was annoyed based on her body language.]
Inflate To increase in size. [Getting a promotion has really inflated his ego.]
Influence The ability to have an impact of something. [The older sister has been a positive influence on her younger siblings.]
Inhibit To hinder or restrain. [This cleaning spray inhibits the growth of bacteria.]
Initial The first. [She was the initial president of the company.]
Inquiry An investigation to determine the truth. [Congress launched an inquiry after the senator was accused of taking bribes.]
Integral Necessary to complete the whole. [You can’t quit. You’re an integral part of this team.]
Integrate To combine. [When making a cake, you need to fully integrate the wet and dry ingredients.]
Interpret To explain the meaning of something. [I need you to interpret this German speech for me.]
Intervene To come between people, objects, or an event and change what is happening. [When the toddlers couldn’t share their toys, their mothers had to intervene.]
Intrepid Fearless. [The intrepid mountain climber reached the top of Mt. Everest.]
Intricate Highly detailed. [The pattern on this blanket is so intricate.]
Invasive Intrusive. [We found the stranger’s questions too personal and very invasive.]
Investigate To examine or study. [The police are going to investigate the crime scene.]
Irascible Easy to anger. [Even though my grandfather seems irascible, he’s actually very loving.]
Irony The use of words to give a meaning opposite to their literal meaning. [“I love spending my Friday nights doing homework,” she said with irony.]
Irresolute Uncertain. [Not sure which direction to go in, he stood irresolute.]
Jargon Words specific to a certain job or group. [To be a successful doctor, you’ll need to learn a lot of medical jargon.]
Jointly Together. [The newlyweds jointly opened up a bank account.]
Knack A special talent or skill. [My brother has a real knack for solving tricky math problems.]
Labor Work or effort. [Building a house requires a lot of labor.]
Lag To fall behind. [I stayed with the front group of runners for the first few miles, but after that I began to lag.]
Lampoon To mock or ridicule. [The cartoonist lampooned the president’s speech.]
Languish To become weak | to be neglected. [During winter break, my plants languished since I was visiting my parents and couldn’t water them.]
Lecture A talk given to an audience. [The professor will give a 30 minute lecture before the quiz.]
Leery Wary. [I’m leery of taking the dark-looking shortcut.]
Legitimate Lawful. [The way he became mayor is completely legitimate.]
Lenient Merciful | less harsh. [The judge gave the criminal a lenient sentence due to his bad childhood.]
Likely Probable. [I don’t have much homework, so it’s likely I’ll be able to go out tonight.]
Ludicrous Ridiculous. [His claims about me are absolutely ludicrous.]
Maintain To continue at the same level. [She has maintained the same weight since high school.]
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