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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
adversity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
strong inclination; definite liking
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
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beat     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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mark with spots or lines, which are often colored; add notes to
utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
serve as an example of; embody
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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cater     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for a special occasion
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
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condition     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
writing that is not fictional
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
token; figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
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cube     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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volume; something contained; material, including text and images
lack of trust or confidence
stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
status of a citizen with rights and duties
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
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dilute     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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weave; interweave three or more strands
weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
serve as an example of; embody
speak or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
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exposure     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
tier; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
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finance     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit
something resembling a pool of liquid; a small body of standing water
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
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hatchet     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a structure on which something is shown; place, time, or circumstance in which anything occurs
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
short ax used to chop wood
region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory
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inconclusive     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
without any apparent results or proof
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
submarine; beneath the surface of the water
utterly; not viewed in relation to other things or factors
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membrane     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
small smooth rounded rock
attention; curiosity; dividend; yield
money given as a guarantee or security
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mock     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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remove the cover from; expose; disclose
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
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picturesque     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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reluctant, irresolute; tending to wait, or proceed with caution or reservation
similar; in the same manner or to the same degree
scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
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postage     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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removal of salt; a process of removing salt from seawater to make drinking water
token that postal fee has been paid; charge for mailing something
space between two objects; length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate
study of origin and nature of ideas
repetition of a beginning sound in poetry
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renunciation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
the craft of making earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay
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sewerage     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a small section of filmed or filed material
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
waste matter; drainage; waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
a secret agreement for any illegal purpose; conspiracy
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solder     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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represent; embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for a special occasion
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
take on; embark on; assume
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synonymous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; inferior to in rank; unworthy of
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
worthy of notice; extraordinary
true; real; being, existing, or acting at the present moment; current
capable of acting on or influencing each other
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torpor     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
status of being a champion; position or title of a winner
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upheaval     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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study of nutrition as it relates to health
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
strike; an act of leaving or quitting a meeting, company, or organization, especially as a sign of protest
someone who intrudes without permission
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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