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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
advocate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands
speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
revoke; call off; omit or delete
unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
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barrenness     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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small branch or division of a branch
property of not supporting life, no children, or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
religious image; idol; an essential and enduring symbol
act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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coarse     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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understandable; clear to the mind
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
humorously sarcastic or mocking
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comparable     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy of being ranked with
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
done or undertaken of one's own free will; unforced
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
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declare     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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state clearly; make known formally or officially
support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
serve as an example of; embody
blend; fuse; merge
swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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diffuse     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
take on; embark on; assume
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
remove the cover from; expose; disclose
sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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fermentation     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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tree with 10 - 40 meters tall; hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
a substance believed to cure all ills
conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
token that postal fee has been paid; charge for mailing something
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fusion     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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union; an act of melting together by heat
a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
wetness caused by water
silvery ductile metallic element
two crossed bones used as a symbol of danger or death
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improbable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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understandable; clear to the mind
the fewest; the least possible
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
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instrumentalist     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a taxonomic group that is a division of a species
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
a small stream, often a shallow tributary to a river; brook
story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
someone who plays a musical instrument
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liberty     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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religious image; idol; an essential and enduring symbol
state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
a substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
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migratory     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled
uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
widespread; far-reaching; wide
restricting scope or freedom of action; crowded
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
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parachute     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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volume; something contained; material, including text and images
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
someone who intrudes without permission
supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
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qualm     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
written instructions from a doctor; written order; an act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions
restraint; avoiding excesses
a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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represent     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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remove flaws from; rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean it and make it shine
stop; impede; shut out from view
see briefly; catch sight of
changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
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scramble     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way
slender-bodied non-stinging insect
a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
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steady     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
selfless; self-forgetting; generous or altruistic
wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce
unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
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swallow     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
take back what one has said; enclose or envelop completely
utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands
undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
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tundra     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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shine, polish, or sparkle; soft reflected light
spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
a substance used to color materials
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viscous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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the fewest; the least possible
with great urgency; seriously; severely
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
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