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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
adequate     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
having many small waves; rough with small waves
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attempt     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
watch worn on a band that fastens about the wrist
the action of trying at something
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chronology     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
time sequence; an arrangement of events in time
a passage from one form or state to another; change
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complicated     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
difficult to analyze or understand
weak; lacking firmness
with meaning; letter by letter
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
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desirable     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
acting or done without or against one's will
having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
relying on another for support
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
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diplomacy     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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the science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape
tact; politics; negotiation between nations
restraint; avoiding excesses
a sign posted in public place as an advertisement
sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
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eviscerate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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see briefly; catch sight of
take away a vital or essential part of
stop; stand in doubt; hesitate
take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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filter     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
type of environment in which an organism or group usually lives
strain; pass liquid or gas through a device that blocks some matter by a particular criterion
resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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hurl     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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retire from military service
uphold; retain; maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm
throw with great force; cast; toss
write; create; make or create by putting together parts or elements
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
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ineligible     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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supposed to be accurate; reasonable as a supposition
unsuitable; disqualified by law, rule, or provision; unworthy of being chosen
having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
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melody     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
terror; fear; intense dislike
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
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occasionally     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
now and then; from time to time; infrequently; irregularly
thin in diameter; resembling a thread
unbound; untied; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined
under the level of the ground; buried
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perpendicular     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
relying on another for support
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
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presence     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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state of being present; current existence
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
soaking up; small absorbent contraceptive pad, used for bathing or cleaning
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
weather condition; atmosphere; environment
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recurring     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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repeated; returning again; repetitious
separately; individually; in the order given
uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
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sewer     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
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silica     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a person authorized to act as a representative for another; deputy
silvery ductile metallic element
something used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
freight carried by ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
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succumb     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
uphold; retain; maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm
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undo     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
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vie     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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restrict; become stiff or stiffer
migrate to and settle in; plant
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
trade goods or services without the exchange of money
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