TOEIC Reading Vocabulary
| TOEIC Reading Vocabulary | Introduction |
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a. increasing by successive addition |
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curb |
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v. bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
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curt |
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a. having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner |
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cynical |
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a. skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
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deficit |
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n. Syn. shortfall; shortage inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage |
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degenerate |
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v. Syn. deteriorate become worse; decline; fall |
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deliberate |
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v. Syn. consider; ponder consider; think about carefully; weigh |
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denote |
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v. Syn. signify; indicate; show indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically |
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denounce |
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v. Syn. condemn; criticize; announce condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner |
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depict |
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v. Syn. portray; describe represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe |
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designate |
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v. Syn. nominate; assign; name indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to |
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despise |
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v. dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn |
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deteriorate |
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v. Syn. decline become worse; decline |
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diffuse |
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v. spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely |
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dilemma |
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n. Syn. predicament predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options |
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dilute |
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v. Syn. weaken; attenuate weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water |
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discern |
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v. Syn. detect; perceive detect; perceive |
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discrepancy |
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n. Syn. difference lack of consistency; difference |
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discrete |
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a. Syn. separate; distinct separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts |
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disguise |
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n. dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception |