toefl词汇

toefl词汇

1. Abbreviate: reduce a word or phrase to a shorter form.

2. Accessible: easy to find, reach or use.

4. Anticipate: expect or predict something.

5. Appraise: consider in detail in order to make an

judgement.

6. Articulate: expressing oneself clearly and fluently.

7. Assertive: stating opinions or claims confidently and

forcefully.

8. Assimilate: absorb or take in.

9. Assumption: a belief or opinion that is accepted as true

without proof.

10. Attribute: a feature or quality belonging to or

characteristic of someone or something.

11. Authenticity: the quality or condition of being genuine.

13. Constraint: a restriction, limitation or restriction.

14. Critique: an analysis or evaluation of a text,

performance or artwork.

15. Derive: obtain or develop from a specified source,

origin or history. 16. Discreet: behaving or done in a careful and restrained

way.

17. Distinguish: recognize or the right difference in or

between.

18. Endorse: give support or approval to, especially

publicly.

19. Enhance: make better or more attractive.

20. Facilitate: make easer or less difficult.

21. Generate: create or cause to happen or exist.

22. Hazard: a source of danger.

23. Impartial: treating all rivals or disputants equally.

24. Incentive: an inducement to do something or to in

someone to work harder.

27. Liberal: open to new behaviour or opinions and willing

to discard traditional values.

28. Manifest: make clear or evident to the eye or the

understanding.

29. Maximize: make as great as possible.

31. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase

is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally

applicable. 32. Moderate: avoid extremes of behavior or expression.

33. Mutual: shared or experienced by each of two or more

parties.

34. Negotiate: discuss and reach an agreement with another

party.

35. Novel: (of an idea or product) new and original.

36. Objective: not influenced by personal feelings or

opinions.

37. Optimize: make the best or most effective use of a

situation or resource.

38. Paradox: a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or absurd.

39. Pearl: a smooth lustrous round of white or coloured

substance, highly prized as a gem.

41. Persistent: continuing firmly or steadily in a course of

action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

42. Perspective: a view of things in their true relationship

or relative importance.

43. Pillar: a vertical structure forming part of a building

or standing alone as a landmark. 44. Prevalent: widespread in a particular area at a

particular time.

45. Primal: belonging to an early stage of development or

evolution.

46. Principal: most important, consequential, or influential.

47. Prioritize: organize or do (something) according to its

relative importance.

48. Probe: research or investigation in order to discover or

revise information.

50. Prominent: important, famous, and attracting a lot of

attention.

51. Prospect: a future possibility or potential.

52. Protocol: the official procedure or system of rules

governing affairs of state.

53. Pursue: follow or chase someone or something.

54. Rational: based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

55. Register: enroll or enter in a register.

56. Relic: an object surviving from an earlier time,

especially one of historical, archaeological, or cultural.

57. Resolve: reach a decision or solution. 58. Segregate: separate or isolate (a person or group) from

others.

59. Signal: a gesture, action, or sound that is used to

convey information or instructions.