TOEFL Vocabulary

Coming from an external source; occurring by chance

Relating to plague; morally harmful or highly annoying

An alcoholic drink; to drink alcohol habitually

To send off quickly; an urgent official message

To formally call people together for a meeting

Superior to all others; outstanding in quality or importance

To move or guide carefully; a planned tactical movement or clever strategy

To dispute or argue against something

To occur after something; to assign a later date to a document

The act of making something impure by adding inferior substances

Producing no profit or benefit

A substance or device that removes unpleasant odors

Brilliant success or dazzling effect

The scientific study of earthquakes

The doctrine that life is driven by an immaterial vital force

Tending to cause internal conflict and division

Failing to plan or save for the future; reckless

One who plunders or robs by force

A decorative pin used to secure a necktie

Artificially created; not genuine or natural

A small, compact harpsichord or upright piano

A curse calling down evil upon someone

To disturb the order or arrangement of something

Pleasant and agreeable to the ear; harmonious in sound

Incapable of feeling pain, suffering, or emotion

Payment or financial benefit for employment or office

To correct and revise a written text

A feeling of uncritical self-satisfaction

The quality of being lively and energetic

Of or relating to embryology

The act of heating something again, especially previously cooked food

A four-sided polygon; having four sides

Nausea caused by aircraft motion

A lustrous gem from an oyster shell; something precious

Covered with coarse or abundant hair

To cause to lose balance; an excess of weight or value

The quality of being brief and clear

Familiar with or having personal knowledge of someone or something

A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards

Relating to aesthetics or beauty; another form of 'aesthetic'

A pleasant or useful feature or facility

To make something old-fashioned or obsolete

Weapons; heraldic symbols of a family or state

Support or sponsorship from an organization or person

Pioneering new ideas, especially in the arts; innovative and experimental

To declare openly; to confirm as true

A person who cares for children while their parents are away

The conductor of a brass or military band