TOEFL Vocabulary

To scold someone harshly

Bred to live with humans; accustomed to home life

The highest point in the sky or of achievement

Fair and impartial; without prejudice

A person who traps wild animals for their fur or meat

A supposed cure-all remedy or solution to all problems

Too great or difficult to be overcome

Fine mud deposited by water; to clog with silt

The quality of being easily broken or weak

To prove something is false or incorrect; to refute

A return to illness or bad behavior after improvement; to fall back into a worse state

Polite and well-mannered; affectedly refined or respectable

The process of cooling or freezing to preserve food

To irritate or make sore by rubbing; to feel annoyed or impatient

To attack violently or with harsh words

A large monkey with a dog-like muzzle, native to Africa and Asia

An optical illusion of water in the distance; something illusory or unattainable

To tease by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach

An ancestor or forefather

Lukewarm; showing little enthusiasm

To make narrower by squeezing; to limit or restrict

To remove a leader from power; to give sworn testimony

Brief yet complete; expressing much in few words

To make someone or something seem unimportant; to disparage

Showing great enthusiasm and dedication

Odd or unconventional behaviour; eccentricity ratio in geometry

A shelter or facility for dogs; to house a dog in such a place

To rob or loot by force; goods taken by looting

A person who opposes or is hostile to another

A self-paced instructional guide; a small-group university class led by a tutor

Very poor; a person in poverty

To turn something upside down or in the opposite order

An object with supposed magical power; a sexual fixation; an obsession

To enter someone's property without permission; such an unlawful act

Not fitting or matching the surrounding context; out of place

Hostile and aggressive; a nation engaged in war

Great shock or dismay that leaves one unable to think clearly

To fascinate or captivate completely

To decline in quality or morals; morally corrupt; a corrupt person

An extra charge added to the standard price; to impose such a charge

A condition or requirement in an agreement

Trying to appear more important or impressive than one really is

Unpleasantly dark, cold, and damp

In large amounts; plentifully

To calm or appease an angry person

A non-expert or non-clergy person; someone without specialist knowledge

To absorb all attention; to monopolize

Transfer of heat through fluid by circulating currents