5000 TOEFL Vocabulary List
| 5000 TOEFL Vocabulary | Introduction |
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| Group (1) - Matching Quizzes | Next |
acid 
1
 | n. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide n. any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt |
| a. causing irritation or annoyance n. the act of troubling or annoying someone |
| n. someone who manages a government agency or department n. someone who administers a business |
| v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) v. cause to be alert and energetic |
adornment
2
| a. composed of two legislative bodies a. consisting of two chambers |
| n. the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting n. a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
| v. perform in order to get a role n. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty |
| v. provide with something desired or needed v. have room for; hold without crowding |
affluent
3
| n. a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
| a. bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured n. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is |
| n. an affluent person; a person who is financially well off n. a branch that flows into the main stream |
| v. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way a. consisting of segments held together by joints |
akin
4
| a. bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured n. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is |
| a. similar in quality or character a. related by blood |
| n. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them v. make a budget |
| n. habitual absence from work |
alliteration
5
| n. a structure or object that impedes free movement n. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective |
| n. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| a. enough to be estimated or measured |
| a. having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends a. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight |
ancestral
6
| a. enough to be estimated or measured |
| n. (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
| a. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent a. of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor |
| n. an affluent person; a person who is financially well off n. a branch that flows into the main stream |
apologize
7
| v. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning v. acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing |
| n. the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting n. a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
| a. requiring full use of your abilities or resources a. having a strong desire for success or achievement |
| n. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening |
appreciable
8
| n. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| n. an auxiliary activity |
| v. gleam or glow intermittently v. briefly shut the eyes |
| a. enough to be estimated or measured |
audition
9
| v. perform in order to get a role n. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty |
| v. gleam or glow intermittently v. briefly shut the eyes |
| v. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way a. consisting of segments held together by joints |
| a. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular a. infested with bugs |
authenticate
10
| v. establish the authenticity of something |
| n. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off n. erosion by friction |
| a. requiring full use of your abilities or resources a. having a strong desire for success or achievement |
| a. having a capacity for adaptation |