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TOEIC Reading Vocabulary (1)

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acquisition
adolescent
adverse
aesthetic
affiliate
afflict
aggravate
agitation
alleviate
amends
anonymous
appraisal
articulate
ascertain
ascribe
assault
assert
asset
assimilate
attorney
augment
authentic
avail
avert
baffle
barren
batch
bizarre
bleak
blunder
blunt
bonus
brace
brittle
capsule
casualty
ceramic
cereal
commentary
commitment
commute
compatible
competence
compile
compulsory
concede
conceive
concession
concise
confer
configuration
conform
confusion
consecutive
consensus
conserve
conspicuous
constituent
constrain
consultant
contaminate
contemplate
contempt
contend
contradict
contrive
controversial
controversy
converge
convict
cordial
corps
corrode
corrupt
costume
courtesy
cripple
criterion
crucial
culminate
cumulative
curb
curt
cynical
deficit
degenerate
deliberate
denote
denounce
depict
designate
despise
deteriorate
diffuse
dilemma
dilute
discern
discrepancy
discrete
disguise
dismay
dispatch
disperse
disposition
disrupt
dissipate
distil
disturbance
divine
drastic
dubious
dwell
eccentric
edible
ego
elicit
elite
eloquent
embark
empirical
endow
enhance
ensue
entail
entity
entrepreneur
envisage
epoch
equilibrium
erosion
erroneous
escort
essence
ethics
ethnic
evoke
exemplify
exempt
exotic
expertise
explicit
exposition
exquisite
extinct
extinguish
fabricate
facet
facilitate
feeble
flap
fling
fluctuate
flutter
foam
foil
formidable
formulate
fort
fossil
foster
foul
fracture
fraud
fringe
frustrate
galaxy
gaol
garment
gear
glide
gloomy
gorgeous
gossip
graze
grease
grief
grieve
grim
hamper
hatch
haul
haunt
heal
heave
heir
heritage
hierarchy
hinder
hinge
hitherto
homogeneous
hose
hover
humidity
hurl
hypothesis
hysterical

Word and Definition List
acquisition   Speak
n. Syn. acquirement; attainment
(приобретение) act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
adolescent   Speak
n.
(подростков) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;
adverse   Speak
a. Syn. unfavorable; hostile
(неблагоприятных) in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
aesthetic   Speak
a. Syn. artistic; elegant
(эстетическое) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
affiliate   Speak
v. Syn. associate; incorporate
(филиал) associate; incorporate
afflict   Speak
v. Syn. plague; suffer; torment
(страдает) cause pain, suffering or distress
aggravate   Speak
v. Syn. worsen; exacerbate
(усугубить) worsen; make worse or more troublesome
agitation   Speak
n. Syn. anxiety; disturbance
(агитация) anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
alleviate   Speak
v. Syn. relieve; moderate; reduce
(облегчения) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
amends   Speak
n.
(вносит) compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation
anonymous   Speak
a. Syn. unknown; nameless
(Аноним) having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
appraisal   Speak
n. Syn. assessment; evaluation
(оценки) assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
articulate   Speak
a. Syn. effective; distinct
(сформулировать) expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
ascertain   Speak
v. Syn. discover; insure
(установить) find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
ascribe   Speak
v. Syn. refer; attribute; assign
(приписывают) inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
assault   Speak
n. Syn. attack; onslaught
(нападение) attack; onslaught
assert   Speak
v. Syn. declare
(утверждать) declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly
asset   Speak
n. Syn. properties; advantage
(активов) properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
assimilate   Speak
v. Syn. absorb
(ассимилировать) incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
attorney   Speak
n. Syn. lawyer
(адвокат) lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
augment   Speak
v. Syn. increase
(увеличить) make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
authentic   Speak
a. Syn. genuine; real; valid; trustworthy
(подлинные) not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
avail   Speak
v. Syn. profit; promote
(воспользоваться) turn to advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote
avert   Speak
v. Syn. prevent
(предотвратить) prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
baffle   Speak
v. Syn. frustrate; perplex
(перегородки) frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
barren   Speak
a. Syn. desolate
(бесплодной) desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
batch   Speak
n.
(партия) quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together
bizarre   Speak
a. Syn. fantastic
(странное) fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
bleak   Speak
a. Syn. cold; cheerless
(мрачная) cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
blunder   Speak
n. Syn. error
(ошибка) serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
blunt   Speak
a. Syn. insensitive
(тупой) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
bonus   Speak
n.
(Бонусы) an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
brace   Speak
n.
(скобка) something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod;
brittle   Speak
a.
(хрупкого) easily broken; having little elasticity
capsule   Speak
n. Syn. pill
(капсулы) small container; pill in form of small rounded gelatinous; shortened version of a written work
casualty   Speak
n.
(авария) serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
ceramic   Speak
a.
(керамика) of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
cereal   Speak
n.
(зерновых) grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
commentary   Speak
n.
(Комментарий) written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
commitment   Speak
n.
(обязательства) pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
commute   Speak
v.
(коммутируют) obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
compatible   Speak
a. Syn. harmonious
(совместимые) harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
competence   Speak
n.
(компетенции) quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
compile   Speak
v. Syn. assemble; gather; accumulate
(компи��яции) put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
compulsory   Speak
a. Syn. mandatory; obligatory
(обязательного) mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
concede   Speak
v. Syn. admit; yield
(уступать) admit; yield; give up physical control of another
conceive   Speak
v. Syn. design; consider
(себе) form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
concession   Speak
n.
(концессии) act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
concise   Speak
a. Syn. succinct; terse
(краткой) brief and compact; expressing much in few words
confer   Speak
v.
(конференции) bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
configuration   Speak
n.
(Конфигурация) arrangement of parts or elements; outline
conform   Speak
v.
(соответствовать) comply with; follow; fit; meet
confusion   Speak
n.
(путаницы) mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order
consecutive   Speak
a. Syn. successive; sequential
(последовательных) following one after another without interruption; sequential
consensus   Speak
n. Syn. Agreement; accord
(консенсуса) general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
conserve   Speak
v. Syn. retain; preserve
(сохранение) retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
conspicuous   Speak
a. Syn. noticeable; prominent
(заметными) noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
constituent   Speak
n. Syn. component; element; ingredient
(учредительных) component or part; citizen, voter
constrain   Speak
v. Syn. restrain; confine
(ограничить) restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
consultant   Speak
n.
(консультант) an expert who gives advice
contaminate   Speak
v. Syn. taint; pollute; defile
(загрязнять) make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
contemplate   Speak
v. Syn. ponder; meditate
(созерцать) look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
contempt   Speak
n. Syn. disgrace
(презрение) state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
contend   Speak
v.
(бороться) strive in opposition; contest; dispute; struggle for
contradict   Speak
v. Syn. confront; oppose
(противоречит) confront; oppose
contrive   Speak
v.
(придумать) form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
controversial   Speak
a. Syn. controvertible; disputable
(спорных) controvertible; disputable
controversy   Speak
n. Syn. contention; argument
(споры) contentious speech act; argument
converge   Speak
v. Syn. approach
(сходятся) approach; tend to meet; come together
convict   Speak
v.
(осужденного) find or declare guilty
cordial   Speak
a. Syn. gracious
(сердечные) gracious; showing warm and friendliness
corps   Speak
n.
(корпуса) an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together
corrode   Speak
v.
(коррозии) destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
corrupt   Speak
a. Syn. spoiled; tainted
(коррумпированных) changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
costume   Speak
n. Syn. dress; attire
(костюм) dress; attire; aset of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
courtesy   Speak
n.
(любезно) polite behavior; act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of fact
cripple   Speak
n. Syn. handicap; maim; disable
(калекой) person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
criterion   Speak
n.
(критерии) standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test
crucial   Speak
a.
(важнейших) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
culminate   Speak
v.
(завершится) reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
cumulative   Speak
a.
(совокупный) increasing by successive addition
curb   Speak
v.
(обуздать) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
curt   Speak
a.
(Курт) having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
cynical   Speak
a.
(циничным) skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
deficit   Speak
n. Syn. shortfall; shortage
(дефицит) inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage
degenerate   Speak
v. Syn. deteriorate
(вырождаться) become worse; decline; fall
deliberate   Speak
v. Syn. consider; ponder
(преднамеренное) consider; think about carefully; weigh
denote   Speak
v. Syn. signify; indicate; show
(обозначим) indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically
denounce   Speak
v. Syn. condemn; criticize; announce
(денонсировать) condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
depict   Speak
v. Syn. portray; describe
(и��ображать) represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
designate   Speak
v. Syn. nominate; assign; name
(назначают) indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
despise   Speak
v.
(презирают) dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn
deteriorate   Speak
v. Syn. decline
(ухудшаться) become worse; decline
diffuse   Speak
v.
(диффузного) spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
dilemma   Speak
n. Syn. predicament
(дилемма) predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
dilute   Speak
v. Syn. weaken; attenuate
(разбавленных) weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
discern   Speak
v. Syn. detect; perceive
(различать) detect; perceive
discrepancy   Speak
n. Syn. difference
(расхождение) lack of consistency; difference
discrete   Speak
a. Syn. separate; distinct
(дискретного) separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
disguise   Speak
n.
(замаскировать) dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
dismay   Speak
v. Syn. discourage; frighten
(тревоге) destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
dispatch   Speak
n. Syn. expedition; sending off
(отправки) act of sending off something; property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
disperse   Speak
v. Syn. scatter
(разгона) move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
disposition   Speak
n. Syn. temperament; nature; tendency
(расположение) natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
disrupt   Speak
v. Syn. upset; interrupt
(нарушить) upset; throw into confusion or disorder
dissipate   Speak
v. Syn. waste; scatter
(рассеять) spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
distil   Speak
v.
(дистиллированной) drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream
disturbance   Speak
n. Syn. disorder; turmoil
(нарушение) disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
divine   Speak
v.
(божественной) perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
drastic   Speak
a. Syn. radical; severe
(резкое) radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
dubious   Speak
a. Syn. questionable
(сомнительных) questionable; filled with doubt
dwell   Speak
v. Syn. reside; inhabit
(останавливаться) live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
eccentric   Speak
a. Syn. irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre
(эксцентричный) departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
edible   Speak
a. Syn. eatable
(пищевые) eatable; substance that can be used as food
ego   Speak
n.
(эго) self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; exaggerated sense of self-importance
elicit   Speak
v. Syn. provoke
(вызывают) draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
elite   Speak
n.
(элита) a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
eloquent   Speak
a. Syn. expressive; persuasive
(красноречивым) vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
embark   Speak
v. Syn. commence
(начать) commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
empirical   Speak
a.
(эмпирических) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
endow   Speak
v. Syn. grant; award
(придать) grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
enhance   Speak
v. Syn. increase; improve
(повышения) make better or more attractive; increase; improve
ensue   Speak
v. Syn. follow
(наступить) pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
entail   Speak
v. Syn. require; necessitate; involve
(влечет) imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
entity   Speak
n.
(лица) real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
entrepreneur   Speak
n. Syn. businessperson; enterprise
(предприниматель) person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
envisage   Speak
v.
(предусмотреть) look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
epoch   Speak
n. Syn. era
(эпохи) particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
equilibrium   Speak
n. Syn. balance
(равновесие) mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
erosion   Speak
n. Syn. corrosion
(эрозии) corrosion; a gradual decline of something
erroneous   Speak
a. Syn. mistaken; wrong
(ошибочных) containing or derived from error; mistaken
escort   Speak
n.
(сопровождение) one who conducts someone as attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey
essence   Speak
n.
(сущность) most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
ethics   Speak
n. Syn. morals; principles
(этика) morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
ethnic   Speak
a. Syn. racial
(этнических) relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
evoke   Speak
v. Syn. bring out; arouse
(вызывают) bring out; arouse; call forth
exemplify   Speak
v. Syn. embody
(иллюстрируют) serve as an example of; embody
exempt   Speak
a.
(освобождены) not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
exotic   Speak
a. Syn. strange
(экзотические) from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
expertise   Speak
n. Syn. skill
(Экспертиза) specialized knowledge; expert skill
explicit   Speak
a. Syn. definite; outspoken
(явный) precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
exposition   Speak
n.
(Экспозиция) exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue
exquisite   Speak
a. Syn. excellent; flawless
(изысканный) excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
extinct   Speak
a. Syn. nonexistent; vanished; dead
(вымерших) no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
extinguish   Speak
v.
(тушения) quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
fabricate   Speak
v. Syn. build
(изготовления) build; put together out of components or parts
facet   Speak
n. Syn. side
(грань) small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
facilitate   Speak
v. Syn. promote; expedite
(содействовать) help bring about; make less difficult
feeble   Speak
a. Syn. weak; frail
(слабый) lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
flap   Speak
n.
(заслонка) flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat; slap
fling   Speak
v. Syn. discard
(бросать) throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
fluctuate   Speak
v. Syn. waver; shift
(колебаться) rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
flutter   Speak
v.
(флаттера) vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
foam   Speak
n.
(пена) white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids
foil   Speak
v. Syn. hinder
(фольги) prevent from being successful
formidable   Speak
a. Syn. menacing; threatening
(грозным) arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
formulate   Speak
v. Syn. policy; theory
(сформулировать) decide upon and express in words
fort   Speak
n. Syn. fortress; stronghold
(Форт) a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
fossil   Speak
n. Syn. remnant
(ископаемых) remnant; remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age
foster   Speak
v. Syn. rear
(содействовать) rear; promote the growth of; help develop
foul   Speak
n. Syn. disgusting; filthy
(фол) act that violates of the rules of a sport
fracture   Speak
v. Syn. break; crack
(разрушения) break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse
fraud   Speak
n.
(мошенничество) getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
fringe   Speak
n. Syn. margin; periphery
(края) margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
frustrate   Speak
v. Syn. thwart; defeat
(сорвать) make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
galaxy   Speak
n.
(Галактики) large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
gaol   Speak
n. Syn. jail
(тюрьма) place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
garment   Speak
n.
(одежда) any article of clothing, as coat or gown
gear   Speak
n.
(передач) toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
glide   Speak
v. Syn. slide; slip
(скольжения) slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
gloomy   Speak
a. Syn. dusky; dim
(мрачные) imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
gorgeous   Speak
a. Syn. beautiful; magnificent
(великолепный) dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
gossip   Speak
n. Syn. rumor
(сплетни) rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
graze   Speak
v. Syn. feed
(пасутся) scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
grease   Speak
n.
(смазка) oil; fat; state of being covered with unclean things
grief   Speak
n.
(горе) pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness
grieve   Speak
v.
(скорбим) cause to be sorrowful; distress
grim   Speak
a.
(мрачные) unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
hamper   Speak
v. Syn. obstruct
(препятствовать) put at disadvantage; prevent progress or free movement of
hatch   Speak
v. Syn. breed
(люк) breed; emerge from the egg
haul   Speak
v. Syn. transport; drag
(магистральных) draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
haunt   Speak
v. Syn. torment; bother; disturb
(преследовать) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb
heal   Speak
v. Syn. cure
(исцелить) cure; make or get healthy again
heave   Speak
v. Syn. lift; raise; hoist; throw
(бросать) cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
heir   Speak
n. Syn. descendent; offspring
(наследник) person who inherits some title or office
heritage   Speak
n. Syn. legacy; bequest; tradition
(наследия) legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
hierarchy   Speak
n. Syn. class; order
(иерархии) arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
hinder   Speak
v. Syn. stunt; inhibit; hamper; impede
(препятствовать) put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
hinge   Speak
n.
(шарнир) a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
hitherto   Speak
ad.
(ранее) to this place; to a prescribed limit; up to this time; as yet; until now
homogeneous   Speak
a. Syn. uniform; similar
(однородных) of the same or similar nature or kind
hose   Speak
n.
(шланг) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
hover   Speak
v. Syn. float; waver; vacillate
(наведении) hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
humidity   Speak
n. Syn. dampness; moisture
(влажность) dampness; moisture
hurl   Speak
v. Syn. throw; cast; toss
(бросать) throw with great force; cast; toss
hypothesis   Speak
n. Syn. assumption; theory
(гипотезы) assumption; theory
hysterical   Speak
a.
(истерический) marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic