TOEFL Vocabulary

A piece of space rock that lands on the earth's surface

Not relating to a specific person; lacking warmth or personal feeling

To shape or carve material into a three-dimensional artwork

A set of beliefs or principles, especially religious ones

To spread through every part of something; to permeate

Impossible to imagine; inconceivable

Too small or unimportant to be worth considering

Excitement or anxiety about an uncertain outcome

Drug-induced loss of sensation or consciousness, used in surgery

A narrow water channel; a difficult situation

Able to read and write; educated and knowledgeable

A sticky natural or synthetic substance used in varnishes and plastics

A painting made on wet plaster; the technique of making such paintings

A panel enclosing a vehicle's wheel; a boat's side cushion

Lacking strength or effectiveness; weak

To take the place of someone or something; to supersede

A slanting line connecting non-adjacent corners; slanting or oblique

A large, important city, especially the main city of a country or region

Basic and undeveloped; at the most elementary level

Showing warmth and love toward others

To reduce or neutralize the effect of something by acting against it

Separated; emotionally uninvolved; (of a house) not joined to another

An untidy collection of things; to fill with disorder

A hole dug by an animal; to dig or tunnel into the ground

To disguise by blending with surroundings; a method of concealment

A small sheltered coastal inlet; a small cave

To refill or restore a supply that has been used up

To disturb or upset someone; to shake; to campaign for a cause

Something spoken; the act of expressing words or sounds

Highly skilled or competent; an expert

A wheeled cart; an electric streetcar or tram

A natural talent or inclination; curved or determined

Full of frantic activity; very busy and confused

To divide into opposing extremes; to cause polarization

Not flowing or changing; inactive and stale

A deep narrow valley; to eat greedily and excessively

To ooze liquid; to radiate a quality or feeling strongly

The state of depending on each other mutually

A light silvery-white metallic element, symbol Mg

A deep bluish-red colour; having such a colour

A short moral story, often with animal characters; a legend

A seabird; to deceive or cheat

Relating to regular seasonal movement between regions

A soft, silvery-white reactive metal, atomic number 19

To increase rapidly in number or spread widely

A rhythmic flow or beat in movement, speech, or music

Polite and courteous behaviour; a polite act

A pattern of crossing lines; to move back and forth across; crossing one another