TOEFL Vocabulary

Not yet used or drawn upon

A grotesque misrepresentation or poor imitation; to parody something

An animal without a backbone; lacking a backbone

To develop or exploit something primarily for financial profit

Exposed to and shaped by strong winds

An assumption or belief held without firm evidence; a conjecture

The level or concentration of salt in a solution

A container for storing things; the base of a flower where petals attach

A buzzing sound of rapid motion; to move with such a sound

An animal with a backbone; having a backbone

Allowing great freedom; lenient and not strict in discipline

A person practicing strict self-denial; characterized by severe self-discipline and abstinence

A skilled and eloquent public speaker

Natural light display in the sky (aurora borealis/australis); Roman goddess of dawn

To drive back or repel; to cause disgust; a rejection

Unwillingness to speak or share information; reserve

Smelling of fish; suspicious or doubtful

Relating to or existing as gas

Cunning and dishonest; roundabout

Without careful distinction or selection; randomly

To drag feet or scrape a surface (v.); a scratch or scrape mark (n.)

The study of form and structure, especially in biology or linguistics

Feeling great joy and triumph

To border on or be adjacent to something

A change in shape or form, especially due to stress

Wood floating on or washed ashore by water

The wearing away of a surface by friction; a scraped area on skin

A decorative addition or ornamental detail

Of enormous size or power; colossal

To mildly rebuke someone; an expression of criticism or shame

The quality of being extremely large or wide in extent

An exact copy or reproduction; to send by fax

To expand or widen; to speak at length

Copying another's work and presenting it as one's own

Highly pleasing or delicious; something delightful

To chop or cut with an axe; to shape by cutting

Land left unplanted for a season; inactive or undeveloped

The quality of being stubborn

A large insect with a long body and transparent wings

Rudely brief or abrupt in speech

Able to be shaped without breaking; easily influenced

To be a sign or omen that something bad is about to happen

Scornfully mocking and cynical

To show or demonstrate clearly

Resembling rubber in texture; flexible and elastic

A person who tends and drives a herd of animals

Able to burn or corrode tissue; sharply sarcastic

People of high social standing, just below the nobility