TOEFL Vocabulary

A large printed notice or picture used for advertising or decoration

Freedom from control or oppression; the right to act freely

To move slowly on hands and knees; a slow pace; a swimming stroke

A colorless, odorless gas essential for life, making up 21% of the atmosphere

A total of numbers added together; an amount of money; to add up

Showing signs of future success; likely to develop well

Awake and aware; deliberately aware of something

Firm resolve to achieve a goal; the act of deciding or finding out something

A person who donates money, blood, or organs to help others

A dramatic theatrical work performed with music and singing

The act of obtaining something; something gained

A hole in the ground; a small hollow on a surface; to set in opposition against

Wild animals and other organisms living in their natural environment

The act of leaving; a deviation from a plan

A mechanical device for carrying people or goods between floors of a building

A sculpted three-dimensional figure of a person or animal

To fix something broken or damaged; the act of fixing something

Spoken rather than written; a spoken examination

An office or shop worker handling records or serving customers

Appropriate, respectable, and morally acceptable; adequately good

A hand with fingers curled inward; to strike with the fist

The place set as the end point of a journey or route

To give official approval or support; to sign the back of a cheque

The act of traveling or investigating to discover new things

Willing to give freely; kind and magnanimous; larger than expected

By that means; as a result of that

A range of colours from light; a broad range of related things or ideas

A colour between red and blue; of purple colour

The light and warmth from the sun

A device producing an intense, focused beam of light; to cut or treat with a laser

Courageous and daring; visually striking; bold typeface

A high level of skill or knowledge in a particular field

Unwilling or hesitant to do something

Almost; in effect or in actuality

A public procession or display; to march or show off

Suddenly and steeply; harshly or severely

An indirect suggestion or clue; to suggest indirectly

A kingdom; a sphere of knowledge or influence

To mix together; a mixture of things

To call off or annul something planned; to cross out or neutralize

The fundamental laws governing a country; a person's physical makeup

A person who receives something

The system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; the accounting profession

To toss or turn over quickly; a quick rotating movement

To pause or be slow to act due to uncertainty or doubt

An unfair preference or prejudice; to influence unfairly

A figure of speech implying similarity between two unlike things

A thing or organization with a distinct independent existence