6000 TOEFL Vocabulary List
| Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes |    |
entice 
1
 | a. not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for |
| a. causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful |
| a. containing or derived from error; mistaken |
| v. attract by arousing hope or desire |
exaggeration
2
| v. be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent |
| v. make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine |
| n. overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual |
| v. utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound |
fellowship
3
| a. very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren |
| n. relation of associate; the companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; state of being together |
| v. utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound |
| v. make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred |
flimsy
4
| a. exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly |
| a. weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity |
| n. bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy |
| a. very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren |
grate
5
| a. beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage |
| v. make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred |
| v. make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of |
| n. act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward |
grievous
6
| n. gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty |
| a. causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful |
| n. bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy |
| a. easily deceived or cheated; easily tricked because of being too trusting |
havoc
7
| n. lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received |
| v. frighten; make timid; fill with fear |
| n. wide and general destruction; devastation; waste |
| v. be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent |
hoist
8
| n. state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness |
| n. gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty |
| n. act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward |
| v. raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth to drink |
holocaust
9
| n. great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter |
| v. cause; bring into existence; give rise to |
| a. highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity |
| n. evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers |
increment
10
| n. process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent |
| a. weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity |
| a. lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive |
| a. beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage |