TOEFL Test
1.
adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun
facetious
predilection
dispel
plebiscite
2.
n. a brief pointed saying
sleazy
epigram
import
ponderous
3.
adj. done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation
extemporaneous
dissent
dissolute
sacrosanct
4.
n. a tombstone inscription
epitaph
expatiate
monologue
omnipotent
5.
n. front or face, especially of a building
ensue
facade
nostalgia
dispatch
6.
adj. having or containing a lot of specialist knowledge
fictitious
erudite
exultation
prerogative
7.
adj. unsound; misleading
dictum
panegyric
artful
fallacious
8.
adj. foolish; silly
luminary
sanguine
panacea
fatuous
9.
v. to purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material
sagacious
teeming
venerable
expurgate
10.
v. to penetrate and understand
fathom
bellicose
poignant
ambiguous
11.
n. faithfulness
feign
epitaph
fealty
dissolute
12.
v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country
vituperate
expatriate
import
entreat
13.
adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior
idiosyncrasy
precocious
dispatch
erratic
14.
adj. workable, proved practical by previous experience.
teeming
commodious
bombastic
feasible
15.
v. to set forth in detail; to explain
expound
cursory
simper
sordid
16.
adj. serving as a model; commendable
exemplary
gluttonous
mercenary
copious
17.
v. to free from blame
hyperbole
exculpate
culpable
abdicate
18.
v. to pretend
gibe
immune
cantankerous
feign
19.
adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived
credible
integrity
askance
fallible
20.
v. to make a mistake or to do something wrong
cosmopolitan
dispatch
err
histrionic
21.
n. a phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) in a person or thing
consummate
epithet
lachrymose
teeming
22.
adj. strange and foreign
exotic
taunt
misnomer
assiduous
23.
adj. objectionable
exceptionable
fallacious
peccadillo
accord
24.
v. to speak or write at great length
bereave
fleeting
expatiate
innocuous
25.
n. evenness of temper or mind
equanimity
jaunty
venerable
sleazy
26.
n. departure, emigration
exodus
ludicrous
clamorous
animus
27.
v. to root out, destroy totally
extirpate
spurn
ingenuous
monologue
28.
v. to use for one's selfish purpose
facetious
fealty
exploit
copious
29.
n. a person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure
epicurean
refute
idiosyncrasy
mediocre
30.
n. great rejoicing
admonish
exultation
idiosyncrasy
reciprocal
31.
adj. very short-lived
notorious
augment
obtrusive
ephemeral
32.
adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose
amiable
compendium
expedient
peremptory
33.
adj. not essential; foreign
epicurean
aesthetic
extraneous
disconcert
34.
adj. understood by only a select few
esoteric
archetype
nostalgia
idiosyncrasy
35.
adj. no longer existing or active
compensation
denounce
extinct
gibe
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