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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
ambivalence     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
study of nutrition as it relates to health
state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
first light of day; first advent or appearance
secession; retreat or retirement
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bear     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
take away a vital or essential part of
remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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coin     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
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conservative     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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without question; beyond doubt
difficult to analyze or understand
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
unprincipled; lacking honesty
sociable; going out or away; departing
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desolate     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
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digression     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
the chemical combination brought about by the action of light
wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
unconcern; disinterest; lack of enthusiasm
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famine     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
something used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
shortage of food; starvation
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glossy     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
undamaged in any way; integrated; a whole
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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halt     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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step on; mate with; place the foot
stop; stand in doubt; hesitate
ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to; consider; suppose
speculate; suppose; believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
restrict; become stiff or stiffer
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issue     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
status of a citizen with rights and duties
token that postal fee has been paid; charge for mailing something
risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
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meaningful     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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stated explicitly or in detail; definite
taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
significant; having meaning, function, or purpose
without advance preparation; naturally
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mournful     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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unproductive of success; producing no fruit
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
varied; distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of objects
extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
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pollination     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
watchfulness; wakefulness; a process of paying close and continuous attention
someone who regularly travels from home in a suburb to work in a city
one who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures
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pressure     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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study of nutrition as it relates to health
a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
something that completes or makes up a whole or brings to perfection
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
sending of cargo; an act of sending off something
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renovate     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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shield away from; prevent
throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
engage the services of; put to work; apply
restore to good condition; renew
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
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robust     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
short-lived; enduring a very short time
steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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stain     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a small, rectangular musical instrument, played by blowing and sucking air through it
a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound
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tense     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
showing a natural gift for something
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
stretch or force to the limit; tight
suitable for or reaching long distances; involving an extended span of time
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ultrasonic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
of soft and watery soil; low, wet, and spongy
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
slightly wet; damp or humid
relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
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utterance     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish-white color, used as a drawing implement
vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
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