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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
adhere     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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stand or rest; find support; take a stand and refuse to give way; be persistent
try to stir up public opinion; promote the growth of; apply warm lotion to
shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
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assortment     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
unconcern; disinterest; lack of enthusiasm
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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coach     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers
secession; retreat or retirement
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comprehensive     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
having many small waves; rough with small waves
useful; in good working order
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
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craft     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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something made by people; vessel
a substance used to color materials
an established disposition of the mind or character; distinctive dress, especially of a religious order
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
vacation spot; an act of turning to for assistance
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divide     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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worsen; make worse or more troublesome
unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
tire excessively; fatigue to exhaustion
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
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ephemeral     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
short-lived; enduring a very short time
reluctant, irresolute; tending to wait, or proceed with caution or reservation
unable to help oneself; powerless or incompetent; vulnerable; weak
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
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garbage     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
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icon     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
religious image; idol; an essential and enduring symbol
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
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jagged     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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yearly; each year; returning every year; year by year
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
usually; as a rule; regularly; according to a rule
short-lived; enduring a very short time
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majority     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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small and compactly built upright piano
a small, rectangular musical instrument, played by blowing and sucking air through it
greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
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orbit     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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grip; take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand
mark with spots or lines, which are often colored; add notes to
revolve around a center of attraction
represent; signify; stand for
seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
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peculiar     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
set down as a rule or guide; stated
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
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rare     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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scarce; infrequently occurring; uncommon
violent; not restrained or controlled
striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
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recession     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
state of being present; current existence
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shell     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
slip; usually move in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
restrict; become stiff or stiffer
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siege     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
small smooth rounded rock
unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges
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suspense     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
repetition of a beginning sound in poetry
uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
term; half a year; 6 months; one of two divisions of an academic year
shortage of food; starvation
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trilogy     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
change toward something smaller or lower; gradual falling off from a better state
thin, smooth, shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
someone who flies a balloon
three-part novel; a set of three works with related subject
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workload     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
turning or twisting force
someone who travels into little known regions
substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
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