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TOEFL Vocabulary # TOEFL/M1

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v. delineate
(a) to ruin; to decay; to destroy
(b) to speak out against; to condemn; to accuse; to censure
(c) to purify of offensive material; to censor
(d) to outline; to describe; to sketch; to draw
 
n. fiasco
(a) setting forth facts; public exhibition; show; clarification
(b) party slogan
(c) ludicrous and complete failure; disaster
(d) faithfulness; loyalty
 
v. paraphrase
(a) to attack with words; to question the truthfulness or integrity; to challenge
(b) to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer
(c) to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel
(d) to restate the meaning of a passage in other words
 
v. exploit
(a) to deprive or leave desolate by loss; to suffer loss
(b) to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock
(c) to push away; to repel; to reject
(d) to use for one's selfish purpose
 
adj. sanctimonious
(a) contemptible; degrading; humiliating; ignoble; contempt; base; mean
(b) wise; prudent; sensible; discreet
(c) pretending to be religious; self-righteous
(d) inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon; naive; gullible; deceivable

 

adj. amiable
(a) friendly; genial; pleasant
(b) pertaining or relating to a church
(c) unconquerable; unbeatable; invulnerable; indisputable
(d) understood but not plainly stated; without doubt; indirectly suggested; implied; unconditional; contained within
 
n. craven
(a) person who abandons something, as a religion, cause or movement; traitor
(b) mass departure; emigration
(c) esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation
(d) coward; abject person
 
adj. captious
(a) having the power to influence or convince; persuasive; influential
(b) disposed to find fault; picky; narrow-minded
(c) equivalent to; equal to
(d) thoughtful; contemplative; meditative; musing
 
n. misnomer
(a) similarity; correlation; parallelism; comparability
(b) name or term that describes wrongly
(c) regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience
(d) principle accepted as authoritative; belief
 
n. myriad
(a) party slogan
(b) similarity; correlation; parallelism; comparability
(c) large number; a lot; innumerable; endless; infinitive; multiple
(d) offender; person who is guilty of an offense

v. delineate (d) to outline; to describe; to sketch; to draw
n. fiasco (c) ludicrous and complete failure; disaster
v. paraphrase (d) to restate the meaning of a passage in other words
v. exploit (d) to use for one's selfish purpose
adj. sanctimonious (c) pretending to be religious; self-righteous
adj. amiable (a) friendly; genial; pleasant
n. craven (d) coward; abject person
adj. captious (b) disposed to find fault; picky; narrow-minded
n. misnomer (b) name or term that describes wrongly
n. myriad (c) large number; a lot; innumerable; endless; infinitive; multiple

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