TOEFL Test

1.
reiterate
  adj. industrious
  adj. able to do many things skillfully
  v. repeat (several times)
  adj. taking the place of another; felt, received, or done in place of another
 
2.
promulgate
  v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around
  n. an assumption made for the sake of argument
  n. departure, emigration
  v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad
 
3.
resilient
  n. government by the best people; a privileged class
  adj. faultless
  adj. elastic; light-hearted
  v. to speak against
 
4.
raconteur
  adj. unsound; misleading
  n. theft
  v. to refuse or reject with contempt
  n. a skilled storyteller
 
5.
renegade
  adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun
  n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting
  n. one who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith
  adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree
 
6.
quash
  adj. forceful
  n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others
  v. to set forth in detail; to explain
  v. to crush; to render void
 
7.
querulous
  v. to smile in a silly or affected way
  n. a gap or vacancy; break
  n. one who is at home in all countries
  adj. given to fault-finding and complaining
 
8.
retribution
  n. the reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness, or other action
  v. to punish or criticize severely
  adj. temporary; for the time being
  n. a beginner
 
9.
quixotic
  adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical
  n. range of sight or understanding
  adj. excessive
  v. to read carefully
 
10.
protuberant
  adj. bulging or swelling out
  adj. having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reason
  n. eagerness; cheerful promptness
  n. scarcity
 
11.
reprisal
  adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner
  n. injury inflicted in turn for one received
  adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose
  n. theft
 
12.
radical
  adj. spotted or streaked with varied colors
  n. meaning; significance or importance
  adj. genuine
  n. one who advocates extreme basic changes
 
13.
redolent
  n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one)
  adj. fragrant; reminiscent of
  v. to tempt by flattery or an attractive offer
  v. to sketch or portray
 
14.
reverberate
  adj. traveling about; wandering
  n. an introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step
  v. to greet
  v. to echo
 
15.
provisional
  v. to make public or reveal
  adj. temporary; for the time being
  n. a situation calling for a choice between two equally difficult alternatives; hence, a difficult or perplexing situation
  n. an officeholder
 
16.
raze
  v. to tear down completely
  n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute
  adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor
  adj. mentally distressed; distracted
 
17.
redoubtable
  n. a trick or deception; a practical joke
  adj. commanding fear or respect
  adj. pertaining to spring
  n. government by the best people; a privileged class
 
18.
respite
  adj. despotic
  n. temporary deferment or cessation of work or pain; a temporary delay in the execution of -a sentence
  n. an increase
  adj. forgetful; absent-minded
 
19.
presumption
  n. evenness of temper or mind
  n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds
  adj. unsound; misleading
  n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship
 
20.
resentment
  n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse
  n. an officeholder
  v. to encourage -or support
  v. to set apart as sacred; to devote or dedicate to some aim
 
21.
refute
  v. to prove incorrect or false
  adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing
  adj. elastic; light-hearted
  adj. likely; inclined or disposed
 
22.
prognosticate
  n. disposition; spirit
  adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others
  adj. lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs
  v. to forecast
 
23.
punitive
  v. to trim or decorate
  adj. perfect or highly accomplished
  v. to free from blame
  adj. inflicting, or concerned with, punishment
 
24.
reciprocal
  n. a feeling of hatred
  adj. mutual; done in return for something received
  adj. profitable
  adj. close, hot, and moist
 
25.
remunerative
  n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory)
  adj. pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar
  adj. profitable
  adj. fragrant; reminiscent of
 
26.
proximity
  adj. very holy
  n. nearness
  adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action
  n. a feeling of hatred
 
27.
retrieve
  adj. easily angered
  v. to warn or find fault gently
  v. to make public or reveal
  v. to make good; to recover
 
28.
ramification
  n. a branching; sub-division
  n. a persistent feeling, idea, activity, etc., which dominates a person; the state of being exclusively preoccupied by a fixed idea
  adj. foolish; silly
  n. to interpret, explain the sense of, or analyze
 
29.
pseudonym
  adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding
  n. an original pattern
  n. a false name assumed by a writer
  adj. inclined to cat to excess
 
30.
procrastinate
  adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree
  v. to postpone or put off to another time
  n. general agreement
  n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics
 
31.
promontory
  n. esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation
  adj. lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs
  n. a cliff
  n. a trick or deception; a practical joke
 
32.
prevaricate
  v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie
  adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest
  n. evenness of temper or mind
  v. to yield; to admit as true
 
33.
recapitulate
  adj. pretending to be religious
  adj. despotic
  v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up
  adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving
 
34.
recumbent
  adj. lying down; leaning back or down
  adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness
  adj. temporary; for the time being
  n. a person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure
 
35.
proletariat
  n. the wage-earning class
  adj. cutting, penetrating
  adj. accidental
  v. display or wave boastfully
 
 
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