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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
yield assent; accord; agree, or acquiesce; adapt one's self; fulfill; accomplish
set in opposition to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
surprise someone very much; shock
take off; leave; set out
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below     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; inferior to in rank; unworthy of
taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
usually; as a rule; regularly; according to a rule
with elaboration; with perplexity
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chalk     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish-white color, used as a drawing implement
tact; politics; negotiation between nations
teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
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compensatory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
rich and superior in quality; lavish
unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
with great urgency; seriously; severely
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dehydrate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
travel with; be associated with
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
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distort     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks; add a touch of flavor to
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
represent; signify; stand for
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explorer     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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specialized knowledge; expert skill
thorough physical examination
something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
someone who travels into little known regions
road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
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flyspeck     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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shoulder firearm with a long barrel
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
state that is intermediate between extremes
terror; fear; intense dislike
very small; minute or insignificant spot
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ideology     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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status of a citizen with rights and duties
warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
study of origin and nature of ideas
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justly     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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uneven; rough; very difficult
striking one object against another sharply
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
with honesty; rightfully; fairly
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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lumbering     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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without question; beyond doubt
clumsy or awkward; heavy, slow, and laborious
sharp; having the power of entering or piercing
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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odor     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a vehicle that can fly, such as an airplane, helicopter, balloon
a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil
a substance that prevents infection; a substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
tiny particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates or is perceived by the sense of smell
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penal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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lacking education or knowledge; unaware
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
two-sided; mutual;  involving two groups or countries
true; real; being, existing, or acting at the present moment; current
subject to punishment by law
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prevalent     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
salty; any huge body of saltwater
showing a high degree of refinement
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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respectively     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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separately; individually; in the order given
wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
rubbing away; tending to grind down
serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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sample     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
tier; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
someone who tells a story
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
travel for discovery
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sideways     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
with the side forward; to or from a side
utterly; not viewed in relation to other things or factors
successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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symbiotic     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
very suddenly and noticeably
used of organisms living together but not necessarily in a relationship beneficial to each
unluckily; by bad luck
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transcript     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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unusual largeness in size or extent
weather condition; atmosphere; environment
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
a tendency to keep together
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
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wring     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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twist; squeeze; compress, especially to extract liquid
swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
restrict; become stiff or stiffer
suppose; presume; take on; bear
remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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