TOEFL Vocabulary
The following is a list of TOEFL Vocabulary words that often appear on the TOEFL test. It is recommended that students using this workshop frequently refer to the definitions. TOEFL is an acronym that stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language. It measures your proficiency in the English language in an academic context. Most universities and colleges in the US and Canada require you to take the TOEFL test if you want to apply for a place to study there. In most countries the TOEFL is a computer-based test (CBT), this means you have to follow instructions on a screen and answer questions interactively. The TOEFL test consists of the following disciplines: reading, listening and writing. If you want to score high marks in all three sections, you need an extensive vocabulary. That's why we have analyzed typical TOEFL test questions to pick out those words that occur frequently. Abandon Abash Abdicate Abet Abridge Abrogate Abstemious Academic Accede Accelerate Accolade Accord Acrimonious Acumen Admonish Admonition Adversary Adverse Adversity Aesthetic Affable Affluent Aggression Aggressive Alacrity Alienate 1
Allay Allude Allure Allusion Ambiguous Amenable Amiable Anachronism Analogous Analogy Anarchy Animus Annals Anonymous Anthology Antithesis Antithetical Apathetic Apathy Apprehend Apprehensive Apprise Approbation Apt Aptitude Aptness Arbiter Archetype Arid Aristocracy Armistice Artful Articulate Ascetic Askance Asseverate Assiduous Asylum Atheist Attribute Augment Auspicious Authentic Autocratic Avarice Awry Banal Bane 2
Baneful Banter Baton Belie Bellicose Belligerent Benevolent Bereave Besmirch Biased Bibliophile Bizarre Bland Blandishment Blemish Blight Blithe Bog Bombast Bombastic Boorish Bucolic Buffoon Bulwark Bumptious Cabal Cacophonous Cadaverous Callous Calumniate Candid Candor Cantankerous Capricious Captious Caricature Castigate Celestial Chauvinist Chicanery Chronic Circumspect Circumvent Civil Clamorous Clandestine Clement Coalesce 3
Coalition Coercion Cogent Collusion Commodious Compatible Compendious Compendium Compensation Complacent Compunction Concede Condign Condole Condolence Condone Confederate Congenial Conjecture Consecrate Consensus Consternation Construction Construe Consummate Contemptuous Convivial Copious Corpulent Cosmopolitan Coterie Countenance Crass Craven Credence Credible Creditable Credulous Cringe Crucial Cryptic Culpable Cumbrous Curb Cursory Curt Cynical Dearth 4
Deference Deity Delectable Delete Delineate Delinquent Deluge Demagogue Demeanor Demure Denounce Denunciation Deplete Deplore Depraved Deprecate Depreciate Devastation Devious Devoid Devout Dictum Didactic Diffident Dilemma Dilettante Disconcert Disconsolate Discourse Discrete Discursive Disparate Disparity Dispassionate Dispatch Dispel Dissension Dissent Dissolute Distraught Diverse Diversify Diverting Divisibility Divulge Dogmatic Dolorous Dynamic 5
Ecclesiastic Edict Edify Effete Egotistic Egregious Ejaculate Elicit Elucidate Emissary Engender Ennui Ensue Entreat Ephemeral Epicurean Epigram Epitaph Epithet Equable Equanimity Err Erratic Erratum Erudite Esoteric Exceptionable Exculpate Exemplar Exemplary Exodus Exotic Expatiate Expatriate Expedient Exploit Exposition Expound Expurgate Extemporaneous Extinct Extirpate Extraneous Exultation Facade Facetious Fallacious Fallacy 6
Fallible Fathom Fatuous Fealty Feasible feign Feint Felicitous Felicity Fervid Festoon Fetish Fiasco Fictitious Flaccid Flagrant Flamboyant Flaunt Fleeting Fluctuate Forbear Forbearance Forensic Fortuitous Fracas Frustrate Fulsome Garnish Genealogy Genesis Gesticulate Ghastly Gibe Glib Glut Glutton Gluttonous Gossamer Gregarious Grimace Hail Harangue Harbinger Haughty Heedless Heinous Heresy Hiatus 7
Histrionic Hoax Homonym Hovel Hyperbole Hypothesis Idiosyncrasy Ignominious Ignominy Immaculate Imminent Immune Immunize Impale Impeach Impeccable Impervious Implacable Implicit Import Impostor Imposture Imprecation Impregnable Impropriety Improvident Impugn Incarcerate Incisive Incognito Incontrovertible Increment Incumbent Indefatigable Indigenous Indomitable Inference Ingenious Ingenuous Ingratiate Inhibit Innocuous Innuendo Inordinate Insatiable Inscrutable Insidious Instigate 8
Integrity Invective Inveigh Irascible Ire Irksome Itinerant Jargon Jaunty Jeopardy Jettison Jibe Judicious Kaleidoscopic Ken Labyrinth Labyrinthine Lachrymose Laconic Larceny Latent Lavish Lethal Longevity Low Lucid Ludicrous Luminary Machiavellian Malice Malicious Masquerade Maudlin Meander Mediocre Mercenary Meretricious Meticulous Mettle Mettlesome Microcosm Mimic Misanthrope Misanthropic Misnomer Monologue Morose Motley 9
Mottled Mundane Murky Mutable Myriad Nautical Nettle Nocturnal Noisome Nonchalant Nostalgia Notorious Novice Obdurate Oblivion Oblivious Obsession Obsolete Obtrude Obtrusive Obviate Omnipotent Onus Ostensible Ostracize Panacea Panegyric Paradox Paraphrase Parody Peccadillo Pecuniary Pedant Pedantic Pensive Peremptory Pertinacious Peruse Perverse Petrify Plagiarism Platitude Plebeian Plebiscitea Poignant Ponderous Precarious Precipitous 10
Precocious Predatory Predilection Prelude Prerogative Prestige Presumption Prevaricate Procrastinate Prognosis Prognosticate Proletariat Promontory Promulgate Protuberant Provisional Proximity Pseudonym Punitive Quash Querulous Quixotic Raconteur Radical Ramification Raze Recapitulate Reciprocal Recumbent Redolent Redoubtable Refute Reiterate Remunerative Renegade Reprisal Resentment Resilient Respite Retribution Retrieve Reverberate Rudimentary Rue Rueful Sacrosanct Sagacious Sagacity 11
Sallow Sally Sanctimonious Sanguinary Sanguine Sartorial Satellite Scintilla Scourge Scrutinize Shibboleth Simper Sinecure Sinister Sleazy Slovenly Soporific Sordid Sovereign Sporadic Spurn Stoic Stringent Stupendous Succulent Sultry Supine Tangible Tantamount Taunt Teeming Temerity Temporal Temporize Tenet Tenuous Tranquil Transgress Tremulous Trivial Truculence Truculent Turgid Ubiquitous Untenable Utilitarian Vanquish Vaunt 12
Veneer Venerable Vernal Versatile Vicarious Vicissitude Virago Vituperate Vituperation Vituperative Waive Whim Whimsical Writhe Zealot Zealous Zenith
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