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TOEFL Vocabulary # TOEFL/M31

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n. apathy
(a) lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest
(b) payment for services; repayment
(c) agreement; harmony; settlement
(d) extreme patriot; person who is excessively devoted
 
n. parody
(a) piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation
(b) opinion contrary to popular belief
(c) trickery; deception; scheming
(d) dirty or wretched dwelling; hut; shack
 
n. expatriate
(a) something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds; impudent boldness; arrogance
(b) exaggeration; overstatement
(c) person who lives in a foreign country
(d) large number; a lot; innumerable; endless; infinitive; multiple
 
n. labyrinth
(a) setting forth facts; public exhibition; show; clarification
(b) partner; ally; colleague
(c) maze; complicated network of passages; something confusing or bewildering
(d) inordinate desire for gaining and possessing wealth; greed
 
n. cosmopolitan
(a) person who currently holds an office or position
(b) person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world
(c) widespread ruin; destruction
(d) contrast; direct opposite

 

n. genesis
(a) origin; beginning; creation
(b) partner; ally; colleague
(c) state of happiness; high ability; talent; joy
(d) amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm
 
n. dilemma
(a) indirect reference (often literary); hint
(b) difficult situation; difficult decision
(c) witty or satirical poem or statement; letter; ingenious saying; proverb; phrase
(d) state of happiness; high ability; talent; joy
 
n. compunction
(a) insult; curse; affront; offense
(b) person sent on an errand or mission; envoy; representative; messenger; delegate
(c) coward; abject person
(d) regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience
 
n. ken
(a) face; appearance; features; encouragement; support
(b) dull and commonplace remark; banality; superficiality; commonplace
(c) conversation which is amusing and not serious; tease; joke
(d) one's understanding; perception; consciousness; knowledge; awareness
 
n. idiosyncrasy
(a) mass departure; emigration
(b) pompous speech; pretentious words; trite cliches
(c) personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity
(d) one who manipulates public emotions to gain power or popularity

n. apathy (a) lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest
n. parody (a) piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation
n. expatriate (c) person who lives in a foreign country
n. labyrinth (c) maze; complicated network of passages; something confusing or bewildering
n. cosmopolitan (b) person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world
n. genesis (a) origin; beginning; creation
n. dilemma (b) difficult situation; difficult decision
n. compunction (d) regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience
n. ken (d) one's understanding; perception; consciousness; knowledge; awareness
n. idiosyncrasy (c) personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity

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