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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 1
ailment     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
thin, smooth, shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
state of being emotionally aroused
tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
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avoid     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
shield away from; prevent
teach; make aware of
reverse; overthrow; upset something
hold fast or adhere to something; stick together and resist separation; remain emotionally
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bound     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
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compensatory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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sound of a sudden heavy fall; well-rounded and full in form
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
varied;  consisting of various types mixed together
following one after another without interruption; sequential
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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cushion     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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time of animals sleep through the winter
task or assignment undertaken; career
naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
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drowsy     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
sophisticated; of worldwide scope
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eye-catching     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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seizing the attention; visually attractive
act or state of giving out intense heat and light; luminous
thorough; concentrated; tending to give force or emphasis
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
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filter     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
understanding; feeling; effect or product of perceiving
someone who flies a balloon
strain; pass liquid or gas through a device that blocks some matter by a particular criterion
walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
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hurl     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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give variety to; spread out activities or investments
remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
surprise someone very much; shock
throw with great force; cast; toss
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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itinerant     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
unable to help oneself; powerless or incompetent; vulnerable; weak
robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
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malign     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to; consider; suppose
retire from military service
remove a part from the whole
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
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motionless     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
undamaged in any way; integrated; a whole
unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding
at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving
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pants     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
step; pace; significant progress
toll highway; an expressway on which tolls are collected
tiny particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
trousers; underwear; garment extending from waist to knee or ankle
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prerequisite     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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sign; feature; a mark indicating quality or excellence
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
single-mast sailing boat
struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
variation; act of changing forms or qualities
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rectify     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
stop motion; curb or restrain
set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
unite a shoot or bud with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact; join or unite closely
speak or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
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sample     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
someone paddling a canoe
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
turning or twisting force
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silicate     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; salt of silica acid
the wood of a coniferous tree
writing that is not fictional
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submerge     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
treat with fumes; apply smoke to; expose to smoke or vapor, especially to disinfect or eradicate pests
sink; immerse; put underwater
restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime; allot; distribute
unwrap; unfold; remove the contents of
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underwater     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
submarine; beneath the surface of the water
hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
rich and superior in quality; lavish
wonderful; extraordinarily good
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withdrawal     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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short and thin stick of wood used in making matches
trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
secession; retreat or retirement
type of environment in which an organism or group usually lives
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