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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
abnormal     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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unusual; not typical; not normal
sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
the smallest possible quantity
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backbone     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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summit; apex; maximum; prime
support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
works for an expert to learn a trade; beginner; learner
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cancel     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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revoke; call off; omit or delete
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
suppose; presume; take on; bear
throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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condiment     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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seasoning; something used to give relish to food; something used to enhance the flavor of food, like salt or pepper
supply; provision; a piece of equipment necessary or useful for comfort or convenience
stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
solemn promise; commitment to telling the truth
season of growth; a season of spring
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dawn     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
small and compactly built upright piano
time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
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digression     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of the contract
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excellent     Speak
 
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done or undertaken of one's own free will; unforced
serving as a model; outstanding; typical
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
unable to help oneself; powerless or incompetent; vulnerable; weak
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fluctuate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
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ideology     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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remainder; small part or portion that remains after the central part no longer exists
without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
study of origin and nature of ideas
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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intelligible     Speak
 
(10)
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understandable; clear to the mind
unaffected; incapable of being affected
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
relative; based on, or involving comparison
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leisurely     Speak
 
(11)
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unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
supposed to be accurate; reasonable as a supposition
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misfortune     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
watchfulness; wakefulness; a process of paying close and continuous attention
a stage for drying fish; a rack for storing
bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
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percussion     Speak
 
(13)
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striking one object against another sharply
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
subject to punishment by law
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precipitation     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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study of nutrition as it relates to health
wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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refurbish     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
migrate to and settle in; plant
weigh more heavily; exceed in weight, value, or importance; surpass; throw off the balance
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
renovate; make bright by polishing
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separate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
revolve around a center of attraction
set or keep apart; disunite; divide; disconnect
reverse; overthrow; upset something
take place; be found to exist; come to one's mind
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stanza     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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tax on goods coming into a country
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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superficial     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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state of being held in high esteem and honor
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
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unquestionably     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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without question; beyond doubt
repeated; recurring at intervals of time
substantially; significantly; to a degree worth considering
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
showing a natural gift for something
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vestige     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
trees usually having narrow leaves
tiny particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
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