TOEFL Vocabulary

Nervous or timid around others; to flinch or avoid

Waste material; rubbish; to discard or damage something

The feel or surface quality of a material; the overall character of something

A border region; the leading edge of knowledge or development

A chemical substance produced by the body to regulate organs or tissues

A fine mist of liquid; to scatter liquid in fine droplets

A person who owns or manages a bank

To meddle or obstruct uninvited

A large or dangerous animal; a violent person

The outer shape of something; to summarize main points

Forming opinions without firm evidence; risky financial investment

A beam of light or radiation; to radiate outward

To remove a cover from; to reveal something hidden

The act of being present; the number of people present

The interest or representation of someone, used in 'on behalf of'

Featuring new ideas or methods; creative and forward-thinking

A machine or building for grinding grain; to grind or process

To encourage activity or arouse a response

A label attached to something; to attach a label or mark

Pointing straight up or down; perpendicular to the horizontal

To force or pressure someone to do something

With great urgency or intensity; extremely

Responsiveness to stimuli; awareness of others' feelings

A very short moment; happening immediately; at once

To announce or declare something officially and publicly

A long walk for pleasure; to walk or raise prices sharply

Spanning the entire world; globally

A distinctive smell or fragrance; to detect by smell

An orderly pile; to arrange in a pile; to manipulate unfairly

A large storage bag; to dismiss from a job; to plunder a captured place

A flat shallow container for carrying or holding items

To stop or come to an end

To receive property or traits from a predecessor or parent

A person who leads the way in a new field or territory; to be the first to develop something

To become smaller; to flinch; informally, a psychiatrist

A picture or diagram in a text; an example used to clarify something

Newly developing or becoming prominent

A cereal grain used to make flour; pale golden-brown in color

A small round spot or point; to mark with dots

Based on reason and logic; sensible

Extremely violent, aggressive, or intense; ferocious

To imagine or picture something in one's mind

A country ruled by a king or queen; a domain or realm

Relating to the voice or singing; expressing opinions openly

Only; solely; without including anything or anyone else

An area of land and its physical features

Not fair or just; biased or dishonest

Involving danger or the possibility of loss