TOEFL Vocabulary

A beginner or inexperienced person

A remark expressing praise; to express admiration to someone

The process of moving forward or developing; a sequence with a fixed pattern

A small amount remaining after the main part has been removed

Water flowing off land into streams; a deciding round of a competition

To make someone familiar with something through repeated experience

To become progressively worse in quality or condition

To crash into something with force; to come into conflict

To harvest crops; to obtain a reward or result

Possible and practical to do or achieve

Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance

Questionable, suspicious, or uncertain

The front of a building; a false outward appearance

To lie beneath; to form the basis of something

A person who writes plays

An opening for gas or air to escape; to express strong feelings

An astronomical event blocking a celestial body's light; to overshadow or surpass

To anticipate or predict a future event

Not able to cause harm; safe and inoffensive

Serious danger or risk; to put in danger

A dark mark on skin caused by a blow; to cause such a mark

To walk through water or something that impedes progress

Domestic birds raised for food

The period of a monarch's rule; to rule as a monarch or be dominant

Showing love and devotion to one's country

The branch of biology dealing with heredity and inherited characteristics

To cause something to continue indefinitely or be preserved

Following current popular trends or styles

Materials used to wrap goods; the packing industry

Of or relating to a parliament or its procedures

Property or titles received after someone's death; traits passed on genetically

Well known for something bad or evil; notoriously disgraceful

Based on measurements and quantities rather than qualities

The edge of a steep place or a dangerous situation

A payment received by an employee for work; one's salary

A long, complex orchestral composition

An underground storage room; a wine collection

The ending of a relationship; disintegration or division

To move back or withdraw gradually; to become less intense

To exist in large quantities; to be plentiful

To cook in an oven or over fire; roasted meat; cooked by roasting

To fall or drop suddenly and steeply

Strong sexual desire; to crave intensely

A work of outstanding quality; the greatest work of an artist

To reach the highest point or final stage

A complex network of confusing paths; a bewildering situation

Very noticeable or strongly marked

The process or system of removing liquid by draining