TOEFL Vocabulary

Lively and energetic; produced as an animated film or cartoon

Lasting for a long time without significant change

To restrain or control; the edge of a pavement

Implied but not directly stated; absolute and unquestioning

The scientific study of human beings, their origins and cultures

To defeat by force; to overcome a challenge

To bend low with knees bent and body close to the ground; such a position

Relating to medical treatment; having a healing or beneficial effect

In a way that relates to genes or genetics

Round or moving in a circle; a printed notice for wide distribution

Not occupied or in use; empty; showing no thought

Something that completes another thing; to enhance by providing what is lacking

Physically or mentally exhausted; to make or become tired

To set aside or distribute resources for a specific purpose

A very wealthy person worth at least one million

Insufficient in supply; rare or hard to find

Generous in helping others; kind and tolerant

A military blockade of a place to force surrender

A seemingly self-contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true

Most common or dominant at a particular time

An outdoor grill or cookout event (n.); to cook on a grill (v.)

Spreading widely; present or felt everywhere

Clear, certain, and free from doubt

To treat unfairly based on prejudice; to distinguish between things

At the present time; in the current era

To move from usual place; to force out; to take the place of

A low-lying area of wet, grassy land

Relating to the earth's poles; having opposite extremes

Living or done alone; a person who lives in seclusion

Written materials providing evidence, instructions, or official records

A sharp decline in activity or value; to collapse or fall heavily

The part left over after removal or division

Awaiting a decision; while waiting for something

An empty space; to make invalid; empty or having no legal force

A hard igneous rock used in construction

To gradually wear away or weaken by natural forces or ongoing processes

Made artificially by chemical synthesis; not from natural sources

To hold back or control; to restrict freedom of action

A thick sweet liquid used as a food flavoring or medicine

A credential or skill that makes someone suitable for a role

Any drinkable liquid such as tea, coffee, or juice

To imitate someone, especially to mock; a person who imitates others

To make a hole with a sharp object; to penetrate

An offspring of two different species; something of mixed origin or composition

A harmful insect or animal; an annoying person

A small cabin or guesthouse; to stay temporarily or become firmly stuck

A large, flat, treeless grassland, especially in North America

A person who regularly travels between home and work