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TOEFL Vocabulary # TOEFL/W17

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v. to lose self-confidence; to confuse; to put to shame; to disconcert; to embarrass
(a) allure
(b) abash
(c) delete
(d) ken
 
n. trust; belief; confidence; faith
(a) denunciation
(b) delinquent
(c) credence
(d) onus
 
n. amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm
(a) myriad
(b) larceny
(c) prelude
(d) consternation
 
adj. incapable of being defended or held; uninhabitable
(a) curt
(b) untenable
(c) convivial
(d) heedless
 
n. tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true
(a) armistice
(b) deference
(c) paradox
(d) exposition

 

v. to talk or write excitedly; to scold; to lecture
(a) transgress
(b) paraphrase
(c) raze
(d) harangue
 
adj. winding; wandering aimlessly
(a) cantankerous
(b) fulsome
(c) meander
(d) feasible
 
v. to calm; to lessen in severity; to mollify; to relieve
(a) reiterate
(b) allay
(c) exploit
(d) condole
 
n. embankment used as a fortification; an idea; object serving as a protection
(a) chicanery
(b) spurn
(c) construe
(d) bulwark
 
v. to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
(a) promulgate
(b) incarcerate
(c) abdicate
(d) castigate

v. to lose self-confidence; to confuse; to put to shame; to disconcert; to embarrass (b) abash
n. trust; belief; confidence; faith (c) credence
n. amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm (d) consternation
adj. incapable of being defended or held; uninhabitable (b) untenable
n. tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true (c) paradox
v. to talk or write excitedly; to scold; to lecture (d) harangue
adj. winding; wandering aimlessly (c) meander
v. to calm; to lessen in severity; to mollify; to relieve (b) allay
n. embankment used as a fortification; an idea; object serving as a protection (d) bulwark
v. to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand (d) castigate

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