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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
adhesive     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
tame; accustomed to home life
too soon; too early; occurring before a state of readiness
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
sticky; glutinous; tending to persist
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audience     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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the action of trying at something
wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
travel for discovery
attention; curiosity; dividend; yield
a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
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career     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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represent;  advantage, benefit, the interest of someone
seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
profession or occupation; individual's work and life roles over their lifespan
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consequence     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
watchfulness; wakefulness; a process of paying close and continuous attention
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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custom     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
something formed in mind; thought or notion
something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
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dragonfly     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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study of nutrition as it relates to health
slender-bodied non-stinging insect
voting; survey; some votes cast or recorded
the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
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feeble     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
difficult to analyze or understand
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
tame; accustomed to home life
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
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frugality     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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illustrate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
terminate; make a break in
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insight     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood; white ant
a task that was given to students; job; distribution; appointment
study of artifacts and relics of early humankind
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
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marvel     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
residence; place to live in; abode
unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound
shortening something by omitting parts of it
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miserable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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poll     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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voting; survey; some votes cast or recorded
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
the action of trying at something
change toward something smaller or lower; gradual falling off from a better state
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prairie     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
unfair treatment; lack of discrimination or judgment
terror; fear; intense dislike
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reliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
two-sided; mutual;  involving two groups or countries
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
weak; lacking firmness
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shingle     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
short ax used to chop wood
a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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siege     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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watch worn on a band that fastens about the wrist
unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
small cut; V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface
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theme     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the subject of conversation or discussion; topic; essay
the waste matter that contaminates the water or air, or soil
unreal reflection; an optical illusion
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; storage; the entire range of skills
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unload     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
weaken the consistency; purify or refine; lessen the density
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others
unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
take something off a container
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withdrawal     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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secession; retreat or retirement
money given as a guarantee or security
vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
thin, smooth, shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
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