TOEFL Vocabulary

In a fair and unbiased manner

To plunder or rob by force

Embarrassed or ashamed

Producing income or financial benefit; profitable

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in closely connected words

Resistant to fire; to make resistant to fire

To swell or expand due to internal pressure

Clear, transparent, and easy to understand

Not causing offence or harm; harmless

Conforming to the natural usage of a language; using idioms

Submissive like a slave; blindly imitative

Relating to prediction or prognosis; a sign of future events

Having or moving on two feet

A polygon with six sides and six angles

Having teeth or tooth-like projections

Relating to gymnastics or physical exercise

By chance or accident; luckily

To move swiftly, especially of wind-driven clouds (v.); wind-driven clouds or rain (n.)

To put into motion; to motivate someone to act

The process of compressing something into a denser form

An exit or way out; to leave or go out

Mournful, expressing sadness

A system of sewer pipes for removing wastewater

A position as an assistant, especially in a university

Scheming and crafty; the process of creating designs

The beginning of dawn; the start of something

In a lyrical or expressively emotional manner

To isolate or keep apart from others

To satisfy fully or to excess; fully satisfied

To steal something of small value; to pilfer

Arrogant and dismissive of those considered inferior

The visible luminous surface layer of a star

The process or result of food or goods becoming spoiled

To read a text carefully to find and correct errors

A smooth gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop; to move at this pace

A person who trains and hunts with birds of prey

Infectious or contagious; attractively appealing

Living in trees; relating to trees

Lacking elasticity or flexibility; unresponsive to change

Loud and noisily insistent; making persistent outcry

Difficult to understand; obscure and complex

A person who operates a film projector in a cinema

To scold or criticize severely

Too ready to believe things without sufficient evidence; gullible

To merge or combine different things into one

Gradually becoming narrower or smaller toward one end

The formal transfer of rights, territory, or property to another

To separate grain from husks by beating; to beat hard