TOEFL Vocabulary

A break or empty space; a significant difference between two things

Of the highest quality; exceptionally good

To pull along a surface (v.); a force resisting motion; something that slows progress (n.)

A list of items to be discussed or a plan of things to do

To regain something lost; to return to good health

The act of choosing; a range of options to choose from

The covering forming the top of a building; to cover with a roof

The food one regularly eats; a controlled eating plan; to follow such a plan

To seize someone by legal authority; to stop a process

Money provided to support a project or organization

Treatment of a physical or mental health condition

A timetable of planned activities; to plan something for a specific time

Short in duration or concise in expression; a summary of key information; to inform someone concisely

a job or pole; to send mail or publish online

to buy; something bought

Still present after others have gone or been used

Relating to sight or vision; an image or graphic element

In a just way; to a moderate degree; quite

Involving great physical force or harm; very intense

A small broken piece; a silicon microchip; to break off small pieces

to assume or believe; to think as likely

To become aware of something through the senses; to understand or interpret

A single thickness of material; one level in a series of stacked items

To move smoothly across a surface; a playground slide; a landslide

A ceremony celebrating the beginning of a marriage

A part or share of something; a serving of food

An area of land under a government's control; a field of knowledge or activity

Happening at once without delay; very close or direct

A person who opposes or competes against another

To desert or give up completely (v.); uninhibited freedom from restraint (n.)

To change completely in form or nature; a mathematical conversion operation

Mental or emotional strain; physical tightness or pulling force; conflict between opposing forces

Most important or successful; ranking first; providing guidance

To be made up of particular parts or elements

To give the ability or means to do something; to make possible

To curve or cause to curve; a curved section of a road or river

To abandon; a large dry barren land; uninhabited

A mistake or inaccuracy; to malfunction due to a fault

To protect from harm or decay; to treat food for storage; a fruit spread

A section of text or music; a narrow path; the act of passing through

Following official rules or conventions; a formal social event

The process of changing from one state or stage to another

To organize or put in order; to plan or prepare in advance

The gases surrounding a planet; the mood or feeling of a place

Located across from; completely different; the contrary of something

To be worthy of or entitled to something

Always the same; in agreement with something

Opposition to something; a force that opposes motion or change