TOEFL Vocabulary

To mock or ridicule with contempt

The quality of being practical or feasible

A large glossy black bird; jet-black in color

The degree of steepness of a slope or rate of change

Quick and light in movement; mentally alert

Having the properties of an acid; with a pH less than 7

Extremely small; a word form expressing smallness or endearment

Relating to or resembling sculpture

An excessive load; to burden or supply power excessively

To correct an error or put an undesirable situation right

A belief contradicting established religious or accepted doctrine

A run-down apartment building rented to multiple tenants in a poor area

To reduce the value or quality of something

In a thin or scattered manner

The ability to anticipate and plan wisely for the future

Very old-fashioned or out of date

Containing salt; salty; a salt-water solution

Emotionally distant and unfriendly; apart from others

The business of operating a ranch and raising livestock

A light snack or drink; something that restores energy

Having a distinct surface quality; not smooth

The dry outer shell of seeds or fruits; to remove such a shell

Warm and friendly in manner; a sweet concentrated fruit drink

To strike with a beak; a quick light kiss; a unit of dry measure

A small-scale representation of something larger

Sovereign authority over a territory; a governed nation

Based on instinct; done without conscious thought

Done with great care and attention to detail; very thorough

Making someone look good or feel complimented; pleasingly complimentary

A noisy disorderly fight; to engage in such a fight

Having a hidden or obscure meaning; mysterious and hard to understand

Currently holding power, a title, or a championship

Welcoming and generous to guests; favorable and open

A frequency multiple of a fundamental tone; relating to musical harmony

The art of creating and arranging dance movements for a performance

Located underground; hidden or secret

A strong unpleasant smell; to give off a bad odour

To permanently abandon or renounce someone or something

To be intensely agitated or angry; to boil or bubble

A guess or unproven idea; to form an opinion without sufficient evidence

A claim to a quality or status, often undeserved; pretentiousness

To make something void or prove it wrong

To scorch or burn a surface with intense heat; dry and withered

Pleasant to taste; acceptable or agreeable

To gush out suddenly; a sudden burst of liquid or activity

The process of giving new life or energy to something that has declined

A group of islands in the sea

An expert with refined taste in art, food, or other fields