Barron's Essential Words for the TOEFL-L.4-6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ambiguous | adj. of unclear meaning; something that can be understood in more than one way syn. vague |
| arbitrary | adj. an action or decision made with little thought, order, or reason syn. haphazard |
| assert | v. to express or defend oneself strongly; to state positively syn. declare |
| astounding | adj. very surprising syn. astonishing |
| astute | adj. very intelligent, smart, clever syn. perceptive |
| concur | v. to have the same opinion or draw the same conclusion syn. agree |
| deceptively | adv. making something appear true or good when it is false or bad syn. misleadingly |
| designate | v. to specify, name, or select to do to a task; to indicate syn. assign |
| determined | adj. strong in one's opinion, firm in conviction, to find out syn. resolute |
| elicit | v. to get the facts or withdraw out the truth syn. extract |
| instigate | v. to cause a conflict or argument syn. initiate |
| petition | v. to make a request syn. appeal |
| relinquish | v. to give up control syn. abdicate |
| resilient | adj. strong enough to recover from difficulty or disease syn. tenacious |
| temp | v. to make it attractive to do something, usually something not good syn. entice |
| baffle | v. to confuse to a point at which no progress can be made syn. puzzle |
| bear | v. to produce, to carry; to show; to endure syn. yield |
| blur | v. to make something difficult to see syn. cloud |
| brilliant | adj. intensely bright or colorful; intelligent syn. radiant |
| caution | v. to alert someone of danger, warn someone to take care or pay attention to something syn. warn |
| delicate | adj. needing careful treatment; sensitive, easily broken syn. fragile |
| enhance | v. to increase in a positive way, such as in value, power, or beauty syn. strengthen |
| incessant | adj. nonstop, continual, or never-ending syn. constant |
| in conjunction with | prep. ph. in addition to, alongside syn. along with |
| intrigue | v. to interest greatly syn. fascinate |
| obstruct | v. to prevent movement, progress, or success syn. block |
| persuade | v. to change a belief or behavior by argument or reason syn. convince |
| shed | v. to throw off naturally; to give out syn. discard |
| unique | adj. to be the only one of a kind; special syn. rare |
| well-suited | adj. to be complementary or appropriate; a good match syn. compatible |
| chiefly | adv. the most important or most common syn. mostly |
| coarse | adj. not fine or smooth; not delicate syn. rough |
| commonplace | adj. ordinary syn. frequent |
| comparatively | adv. being measured or judged by comparison syn. relatively |
| complex | adj. difficult to understand or explain; having many parts syn. complicated |
| conventional | adj. following accepted rules or standards syn. traditional |
| curious | adj. odd or strange; eager to learn syn. peculiar |
| emit | v. to send out; give off syn. release |
| exceedingly | adv. very; to an unusual degree syn. extremely |
| exclusively | adv. no one else; nothing else; not shared syn. restrictively |
| immense | adj. extremely large syn. massive |
| rigid | adj. not easy to bend; firm; inflexible syn. stiff |
| routinely | adv. regularly; usually done syn. ordinarily |
| sufficiently | adv. enough; in a satisfying manner syn. adequately |
| visibly | adv. can be seen syn. noticeably |
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