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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
alliteration     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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repetition of a beginning sound in poetry
token that postal fee has been paid; charge for mailing something
white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
stage; a raised horizontal surface
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assumption     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
stage; a raised horizontal surface
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
supply; provision; a piece of equipment necessary or useful for comfort or convenience
state of being unable to pay your debts
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collaborate     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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yield assent; accord; agree, or acquiesce; adapt one's self; fulfill; accomplish
swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
slip; usually move in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
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complicated     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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too soon; too early; occurring before a state of readiness
solitary; by oneself, not with any other people
sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
difficult to analyze or understand
relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
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desalination     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
state of being lower than or not as good as
desire to know or learn
freight carried by ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
removal of salt; a process of removing salt from seawater to make drinking water
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dwell     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
scold harshly; criticize severely
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
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fertile     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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made from sediment left by the action of water, ice, or wind
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
very surprising or shocking
wonderful; extraordinarily good
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glazed     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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violent; not restrained or controlled
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
varied; distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of objects
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
having a shiny surface or coating; lacking liveliness, used of eyes; fitted or covered with glass
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harness     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
a student who continues studies after graduation
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
property of not supporting life, no children, or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
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issue     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
seasoning; something used to give relish to food; something used to enhance the flavor of food, like salt or pepper
virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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laundry     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
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obsession     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
unit of weight for precious stones; a measure of fineness of gold
task or assignment undertaken; career
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polarize     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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split into opposite extremes or camps
surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
take back what one has said; enclose or envelop completely
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rayon     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
review; look back upon; remember
a substance believed to cure all ills
synthetic silk-like fabric
spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
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reiterate     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
suddenly outburst; glare; shine with sudden light
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
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scour     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
restore to good condition; renew
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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skyscraper     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
a very tall building with many stories
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space
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tactics     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
song of praise or patriotism; the song of devotion or loyalty
a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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trivial     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
continuous, without interruption; intact
widespread; far-reaching; wide
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
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witness     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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someone who sees an event and reports what happened; observe; watch
small and economical car; small cosmetics case
transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
strain; pass liquid or gas through a device that blocks some matter by a particular criterion
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