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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
alteration     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use
a passage from one form or state to another; change
any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
shoulder firearm with a long barrel
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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avoid     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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reverse; overthrow; upset something
make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
shield away from; prevent
sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
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bud     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use
one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
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consecutive     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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following one after another without interruption; sequential
reluctant, irresolute; tending to wait, or proceed with caution or reservation
shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
weak; lacking firmness
unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding
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dehydrate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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travel with; be associated with
sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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economical     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
having the same quantity, measure, or value as another; identical
without alteration or misrepresentation
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emphasize     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
remove the surface from
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
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fruitless     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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skilled; experienced; having many social graces; polished or refined
subject to punishment by law
unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
unproductive of success; producing no fruit
having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
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hollow     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
tame; accustomed to home life
scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
supposed to be accurate; reasonable as a supposition
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intelligible     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving
understandable; clear to the mind
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
clumsy or awkward; heavy, slow, and laborious
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merit     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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stage; a raised horizontal surface
virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
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minimum     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
the smallest possible quantity
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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percussion     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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striking one object against another sharply
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
repulsed; having a strong distaste; irritated and out of patience
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
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primal     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
serving as an essential component
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
relying on another for support
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refurbish     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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speak or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
renovate; make bright by polishing
strengthen; magnify; increase the contrast of
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
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semester     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
term; half a year; 6 months; one of two divisions of an academic year
wetness caused by water
spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
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stride     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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result; end or consequence; a result of a random trial
profession or occupation; individual's work and life roles over their lifespan
state of being absent; state of being away
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
step; pace; significant progress
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symptom     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy
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trespasser     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil
a secret agreement for any illegal purpose; conspiracy
a tendency to keep together
someone who intrudes without permission
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
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venturesome     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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used of organisms living together but not necessarily in a relationship beneficial to each
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
weak; lacking firmness
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
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