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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
anecdote     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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small kernels of corn exploded by heat
a short account of the amusing or interesting event; short narrative; a secret story of history or biography
road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
small toy with a human figure, normally for little children
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billion     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
the surface where pictures can be projected for viewing; examine; test
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
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boulder     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil
someone who regularly travels from home in a suburb to work in a city
rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
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cosmopolitan     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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sophisticated; of worldwide scope
without an equal; being the only one of its kind
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
unable to have children
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
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deposit     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
money given as a guarantee or security
something that discourages; tending to deter
similarity in form or character; agreement
tier; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
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dissipate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
mark with spots or lines, which are often colored; add notes to
supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
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enormous     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
clearly; without question and beyond doubt
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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financing     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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someone who tells a story
subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
state of violent agitation; eddying motion; an unstable flow of a liquid or gas; violent disturbance and disorder
the waste matter that contaminates the water or air, or soil
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
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harsh     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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without an equal; being the only one of its kind
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
unproductive of success; producing no fruit
rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
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injustice     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
step; pace; significant progress
unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair
sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
a complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
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layer     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
tier; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
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ounce     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound
study of origin and nature of ideas
summit; apex; maximum; prime
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
tax on goods coming into a country
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pioneer     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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originator; explorer; a person who is one of the first people to do something
state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
persistent adherence to your ideas; being difficult to handle or overcome
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qualm     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
tax on goods coming into a country
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
restraint; avoiding excesses
weather condition; atmosphere; environment
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remedy     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
relieve or cure; correct; repair
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
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secular     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
unprincipled; immoral; without scruples
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
relative; based on, or involving comparison
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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solidarity     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
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threadlike     Speak
 
(18)
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made from sediment left by the action of water, ice, or wind
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
showing a natural gift for something
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
thin in diameter; resembling a thread
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tuition     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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unfair use of someone's work, giving little in return
standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
teaching pupils individually; the fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
someone who tells a story
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workload     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
speech sound made with the vocal tract open
a complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
short and thin stick of wood used in making matches
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