MEDIUM TOEFL WORDS
1.adversary
**someone who offers opposition
eg--The students are united by shared suffering, and by a common adversary.
2.apprehensive
**great coolness and composure under
strain
eg- virga still feels apprehensive when visiting an unfamiliar zoo.
3.
aplomb
** great
coolness and composure under strain
Eg- I wish I had handled it with aplomb.
4. aptitude
*** inherent
ability
Eg- I was recently asked in an interview, what is more valued by
companies –aptitude
5. banish
** send
away from a place of residence, as for punishment
Eg- Napoleon loses so big that he is banished to an island.
6. bluff
** frighten
someone by pretending to be stronger than one is
Eg- Sporting a pith helmet, Nixon observed that “whoever is
talking the loudest is pretty sure to be bluffing”
7. brackish
** slightly
salty
Eg- Brackish water can be
used, but freshwater is easier and less costly.
8. commotion
** confused
movement
Eg- Moments later came commotion,
followed by shouts of “Stop pushing me!”
9. concoction
** any
foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
Eg- There are some food combos that blend beautifully with
each other to create truly tasty concoctions.
10. conspicuous
** obvious
to the eye or mind
Eg- Today, the link is more conspicuous:
highlighted in blue, it appears directly beneath the site’s login form.
11.deft
** skillful
in physical movements; especially of the hands
Eg- To make it work requires a deft hand.
12. diminish
** decrease
in size, extent, or range
Eg- By Friday morning, most of the heavy rain is expected to
diminish.
13. disdain
** lack
of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Eg- In the visage of Grumpy Cat, it seems, her fans found
the perfect holy expression of indifferent disdain
for all things.
14. dispel
** force
to go away
Eg- For most of us, dispelling the darkness
is as simple as turning on a light.
15. eavesdrop
** listen
without the speaker's knowledge
Eg- They eavesdrop on the noises
that other birds make while hiding food in order to steal the stash later, new
research shows.
16. engross
** consume
all of one's attention or time
Eg- I don’t know how long I was reading; I was so engrossed in the paper that I did not hear any
footsteps.
17. exasperation
** a
feeling of annoyance
Eg- Like many a teenager on his school holidays, Parys is in
bed, his mother explains with exasperation.
18. exhilarate
** fill
with sublime emotion
Eg- “To see Yosemite Falls coming to life this morning is
truly exhilarating,” Park
Superintendent Don Neubacher said in a statement.
19. falter
** move
hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Eg- “The rocket has faltered, but it won’t
crash,” he said.
20. foresight
** seeing
ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
Eg- But nobody had the wherewithal or foresight to think that day would actually happen.
21. furtive
** secret
and sly or sordid
What muffled whispers do they share, what furtive games are they playing?
22. gusto
** vigorous
and enthusiastic enjoyment
Eg-They each approach their tasks with gusto that can only be admired, even if the results
can’t.
23. hasten
** speed
up the progress of; facilitate
Eg- Rather than wait for that day, he set out to hasten its arrival.
24. headway
** forward
movement
25. ignite
** cause
to start burning
Eg- Firefighters say the blaze started when stain-soaked
rags ignited on the front porch.
26. illuminate
** make
free from confusion or ambiguity
EG- The problem is that for illuminating
answers, you need to ask the right questions.
27. impending
** close
in time; about to occur
Eg- First, he gives the enemy 12 days of warning about impending air attacks.
28. jargon
** technical
terminology characteristic of a particular subject
Eg- Steer clear of jargon, me-too claims,
and statements without substance.
29. jut
** extend
out or project in space
Eg- From its long beak juts
a fearsome tooth.
30. kindle
** call
forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
Eg- Recently in class I saw the fire of an idea flicker in a
first-year student’s eyes—and so to kindle it I cold-called
him.
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