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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
approve     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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ratify; consider right or good; think or speak favorably of
sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime; allot; distribute
take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
shut eyes briefly; wink
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barrel     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point, or area farthest from the front
supply; provision; a piece of equipment necessary or useful for comfort or convenience
vessel; large cylindrical container
subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
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cab     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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taxi; a one-horse vehicle for public hire
summit; apex; maximum; prime
something produces a result; the basis for an action or response; a reason
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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concurrent     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
showing a high degree of refinement
salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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deterrent     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
taxi; a one-horse vehicle for public hire
the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
something that discourages; tending to deter
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discipline     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space
a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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excursion     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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trip; usually a short journey made for pleasure
unfair treatment; lack of discrimination or judgment
someone who bears the blame for others
act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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grasshopper     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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swamp; bog; low lying wetland with grassy vegetation
terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
ultimate goal; the place to which one is going or directed
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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impart     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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restore from a depression; renew
reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others
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insight     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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state that is intermediate between extremes
sign; feature; a mark indicating quality or excellence
a shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in a rock
sequence; an act of moving forward toward a goal
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
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memorandum     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
thin, smooth, shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
written proposal or reminder
conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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microscopic     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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suitable; modest.; honorable; meeting accepted standards
round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving
tiny; extremely precise with great attention to details; of or relating to or used in microscopy
having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
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overlap     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
silliness; words or signs having no intelligible meaning
time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
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primal     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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serving as an essential component
under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
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recession     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
one who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
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sewer     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews
teaching pupils individually; the fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
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spinet     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
thin, smooth, shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
small and compactly built upright piano
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sturdy     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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remaining without essential change
robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
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trespasser     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the central part no longer exists
written proposal or reminder
act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
someone who intrudes without permission
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walnut     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
tree with 10 - 40 meters tall; hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees
story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
single-mast sailing boat
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