TOEFL Vocabulary

The process of population movement from cities to suburbs

The region around a planet dominated by its magnetic field

A long, tedious or angry speech or piece of writing; a leveling layer in construction

To confuse or perplex someone greatly

Easy to manage or control; obedient

Impossible to bribe or corrupt; completely honest and upright

Mutually related or connected in a systematic way

The quality of being easily shaped or influenced

Hardworking, diligent, and persistent

To make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed; to frustrate plans

Spacious and comfortable; having plenty of room

Making something worse; annoying

To make more urban in character or develop into an urban area

To set text in from the margin; a notch or indentation

A vehicle that travels over land or water on a cushion of air

Preventing sound from passing through; to make resistant to sound

Indecisiveness; repeatedly changing one's mind

Impossible to bridge or overcome

The state of being infertile or unable to support life

The process of extracting metal from ore by melting

To confuse or stupefy someone

Relating to or functioning as a gland

Excessive self-interest; the belief that morality is based on self-interest

A person who eats greedily or excessively; a lover of good food

Extremely greedy for wealth or material gain

A craftsperson who works with stone

To turn into a fossil; to become rigid or outdated

Skillful and nimble with one's hands

Having no equal; incomparable

A ritual or ceremonial washing of the body

Not essential; able to be done without

The upper atmospheric layer containing free electrons that reflect radio waves

Refusal to conform to accepted practices or standards

To satisfy thirst or a strong desire; to cool or quench

To speak ambiguously or vaguely in order to mislead

To make magnetic; to attract strongly

A person who does not conform to accepted customs or standards

A crosswise cut or shortcut; to cut across something

Consisting of many cells

A bird's wing; a small gear wheel; to bind someone's arms

Narrow regional outlook; a word or expression used only locally

The imposition of strict order or discipline

A small sparkling metallic decoration sewn on clothing; to sparkle or decorate with such pieces.

A serious effort toward a goal; to try strenuously (British spelling)

A large choral and orchestral composition on a religious theme

Relating to teaching or education

An instrument for detecting and recording earthquakes

Sluggish, inactive, or dormant