400 must have words for the TOEFL

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• Feature n part characteristic
• Generation n group people born time
• Abandon v leave give to
• Adversely adj harmful negatively developments affected business
• Aggregate adj gathered amounting >the smaller minorities votes
• Land cultivation n preparing grow crops improvement agricultural
• Fertilize v supply nourishment plants adding helpful substances
• Intensify v increase power act increased strength dispute
• Irrigation n supplying water dry land
• Obtain v gain possession to
• Photosynthesis n process green plants make food combining
• Precipitation n water falls earth's surface pacific northwest,the
• Anticipate v expect sense to
• Catastrophic adj extremely harmful causing financial physical ruin
• Collide v great violent force
• Eruption n sudden violent outburst
• Famine n severe hunger drastic food shortage
• Flood n overflowing water excessive amount
• Impact n strong influence assess climate change higher
• Persevering persevere v ˌpɜː.sɪˈvɪə r continue determined problems
• Plunged unemployment rate sharply plunge v suddenly decrease
• Unleash v release thing emotion lefèvre’s comments unleashed
• Adapt v adjust circumstances make suitable children finding
• Diverse n showing lot differences group subjects pop
• Evolved evolve v develop fish prehistoric sea creatures
• Inherent adj naturally characteristic found basic part thing
• Migration n movement place group people animals
• Related physical adj body materials felt
• Process n series steps leading result
• Survive v continue living danger illness
• Constraint n restricts thought action
• Contamination n made clean germ hazardous substance
• Deplete v greatly decrease supply resource material salmon
• Dispose v throw rid kill incinerator built toxic
• Elementally adv terms elements basically love fear elemental
• Emission n sending small space general environment substance
• Extinction n complete disappearance end existence conservationists save
• Reservoir n place liquid collected stored cult members
• Shrink v reduced size amount i’m worried washing
• Stable adj firm dependable showing change
• Adjust v change accustomed to
• Arbitrary adj chosen simply whim chance specific reason
• Denominator n number written line fraction
• Exponentially adv fast rate at
• Infinitesimal adj immeasurably small temperature
• Maximize v increase make great
• Parallel adj equal distance being
• Proportion n part relation women graduates increased recent
• Rate n cost unit good service motion change
• Sequence organize v arrange succession volunteers asked files
• Accuracy n precision exactness
• Adjacent adj əˈdʒeɪ.s ə nt formal adjective touching
• Compress v press to together
• Feasibly adv practically work in
• Inside remove building fire gutted organs gut v
• Integrally adv complete manner in
• Overlap v lie part elements common assistants fired
• Retain v hold possession goods state control food
• Seeped seep v pass slowly long time liquid
• Structure n constructed building something
• Move circulate v area group circular route
• Corrode v slowly weakened chemical reactions acidic water
• Derive derived word latin v long slow process
• Detection n discovering easily found
• Expeditiously adv quickly efficiently issues presented court considered
• Implement v make carry software installed filing system
• Installation n setting position something
• Maintenance n act keeping good condition
• Simulation n imitation representation an
• Innovative adj ˈɪnəvətɪv ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv ahead times approach language
• Combustion n process burning the
• Component n part system one
• Convey v transport place transmit make
• Discretely adv separately distinctly order understand engine worked,each
• Nucleus n central essential part gathered core
• Permeate v spread flow pass penetrate smell cooking
• Rotate v turn sequence to
• Solar adj relating sun of
• Source n point origin creation
• Trigger v set initiate i mention politics big
• Acquisition n act taking possession sites development
• Anomaly n əˈnɒməli əˈnɑː unusual days woman professor
• Consciously adv awareness one's actions
• Degrade v reduce strength to
• Gap n opening big difference amount quality
• Indisputable adj doubt unquestionable beyond
• Intervene v police don’t disputes husbands wives army
• Intuitively adv means natural sense things hard observe
• Recede v move back to
• Retrieve v bring back bent earring dogs trained
• Agnostic adj believing humans god devoutly christian parents
• Animism n belief natural objects trees souls desert
• Atheist n existence supreme one
• Inclined v favor opinion action candidate favored vote
• Contemplate v thoughtfully step long complete project time
• Deify leader v worship god people country abuse
• Ecclesiastical adj relating church specifically university study history
• Exalt v praise honor virtues wife
• Pious adj ˈpaɪəs exhibiting religious reverence rest felt
• Sacrifice v offered deity religious thanksgiving giving order
• Aggravate v ˈæg.rə.veɪt make worse anger intensify running
• Decrepit adj dɪˈkrep.ɪt weakened worn age illness excessive
• Disease n unhealthful condition caused infection long-term physical
• Fatally adv causing death disaster
• Forensics n fəˈrensɪks zɪks science technology investigate facts
• Persist v continue exist hold purpose obstacle
• Prognosis n educated guess develop disease room fell
• Terminal adj located end approaching death cancer ward
• Vein n tubes form branching system carry blood
• Wound v inflict injury to
• Anesthesia war n techniques reducing sensation feeling control
• Augment v make bigger adding type popular cosmetic
• Certifiably adv manner officially recognized institutionalized declared insane
• Countable makes complications n ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃ ə noun uncountable
• Cure v restore health laughter illnesses
• Implant v set firmly insert body surgically actress
• Inject v insert liquid means syringe
• Obese adj excessively overweight
• Procedure n specific performing a
• Scar n mark skin left wound healed lasting
• Astrological adj related study position stars sun planets
• Divination n foretelling future finding patterns physical objects
• Form haunt v continually ghost place person princess
• Horror n strong fear mixed disgust
• Intermediary n acting agent people things plaintiff's lawyer
• Invoke v call support religious believers god holding
• Meditate v reflect quietly deeply long time morning
• Phantom n dimly visible form thought spirit dead
• Psychic adj relating supposed ability human mind sense
• Self-perpetuating adj power renew oneself indefinite period time
• Assimilate v consume incorporate similar overseas students rigidly
• Cremation n act burning dead cremationis common japan,where
• Domesticate v make suitable home plant animal barnes
• Folklore n traditional myths people beliefs customs stories
• Fossilize v preserved clay stone ash death natural
• Relic n left long-ago culture time period person
• Rite n ceremony meant achieve purpose cultures fertility
• Ritually ritual adv part traditional ceremony habit children
• Long story saga n important events ago heroic
• Vestige n visible trace existed wilted flowers romantic
• Amend v change to for
• Biased adj leaning unfairly direction newspaper article criticized
• Burden n carried source stress worry
• Hockey countered counter v act opposition offer response
• De facto adj job officially popular support established
• Ratio attackers n relationship number amount military analysts
• Discriminate v choose carefully options make unjust prejudicial
• Notion n belief fanciful impulse conception desire esp
• Oppress v force weigh heavily unjust exercise authority
• Paradigm n pattern model set assumptions usual economic
• Prejudiced adj causing judge prematurely unfairly consumers commercial
• Curriculum n courses study offered educational institution teachers
• Distinctly adv readily distinguishable senses i remember meet
• Erudite adj highly educated showing great knowledge learning
• Fortify v strengthen protect attack high-priced drink extra
• Implicitly adv stated unquestioningly directly expressed joining competition,she
• Local parochial relating area church adj restricted outlook
• Rigor n strictness difficult situations rules strictly wrestler
• Roster names n list misspelled
• Secular adj ˈsek.jʊ.lə r worldly spiritual related religion
• Suspended suspend v stop period hang free movement
• Allegiance n loyalty commitment country based respect principles
• Artillery guns n large shoot powerful shells army
• Battle v fight to against
• Cease v stop lightning continued thunder ceased usage
• Hierarchy n system levels places people high low
• Fighting trenches adv'l middle hardest work unrealistic view
• Mobilize v put members group motion terrible storm,the
• Rank v put many-leveled order depending importance achievement
• Strategic adj related long-term plans achieving goal
• Annex v possession area land country force permission
• Apex point n highest gregory knew running skills
• Collapse collapsed v fall weakness uncle ted’s chair
• Conquest n takeover force continued effort recorded mt
• Devise v dɪˈvaɪz find original make object plan
• Invasive surgery adj aggressively entering else's territory laser
• Prevailing adj strongest common attitude neighbors friendly
• Resist v refuse give strong force desire native
• Severely adv harshly extremely commanders punished soldier criticized
• Violation n action breaks law agreement mistreatment deserves
• Chronologically adv order time allen’s book arranged crusade
• Coincide v happen exist time viking attacks western
• Consequence n result time global warming flooding low
• Core film n area object center india’s industry
• Deny v true movie star allen butcher denied
• Smaller diminished diminish v make weaker protestant reformation
• Running line longitude system imaginary north south earth's
• Milieu n ˈmiːljɜː general environment surroundings vietnam veterans
• Orwellian government adj frightening controlled interferes aspect personal
• Reconciliation n coming back peacefully enemies south africa
• Billion things allocate v give amounts purposes budget
• Commodity n thing bought sold grain oil wood
• Amateurish adj good work professionals
• Decline v decrease power amount politely refuse america’s
• Equity n one's share investment barnard’s business one-third
• Inflation n situation prices items rise fast rapid
• Net adj costs subtracted amount gross salary pay
• Capita adv person research shows we’re sell light
• Exchange regulate v control set rules trading york
• Subsidy n ˈsʌbsdi money government organization support activity
• Tangible adj real touched observed benefit putting electrical
• Accumulate v build large amount generations,the hardington family
• Affluence n wealth style life mohadzir grew amid
• Elite group educated political adj ɪˈliːt noun countable
• Impoverish v make person group poor collapse steel
• Luxury n extreme comfort automakers give cars image
• Nobility people n nəʊˈbɪliti group socially prominent special
• Prestige n honor respect average grassleys enjoyed living
• Privileged special position powerful adj enjoy advantages one's
• Prosper v one's business personal life vargas prospered
• Working class jobs n people low-paying unskilled poor
• Acquire special v meaning bart hoped d indian
• Assess v estimate barnes building assessed million,but sell
• Assets n possession positive corporation billion company’s
• Hazardous adj dangerous parents careful buy children’s clothes
• Cast n group actors play movie television show
• Jointly adv parties states,a husband wife assumed possessions
• Lease v rent long time months years drivers
• Liability person n legal responsibility harming property thing
• Proprietor n owner business building hekman’s windows nels
• Protect safeguard v harm damage measure burglar-alarm system
• Sole adj people wanted invest harry’s publishing business
• Compensate v give employee money things exchange work
• Dynamic adj full energy activity progress job requires
• Enterprising make adj creative thinking ways money immigrants
• Exploit company v advantage treat inconsiderately order profit
• Incentive n benefit motivates person thing city’s willingness
• Industrious adj work hard dutch settlements ottawa county
• Marginal adj significant effective advertising campaign success raising
• Merit based n success one's work luck pay
• Promote v move higher position company meeting trade
• Resign v quit one's job
• Distill v remove liquid mixture boiling valuable confusing
• Entrepreneurial business adj create opportunities wide variety circumstances
• Extract v international mining companies malay peninsula region’s
• Haggle v argue back price customer shopkeeper haggled
• Intrepid adj fearless years,only colonists cross appalachian mountains
• Merchant n ˈmɜːt͡ʃənt person makes living selling things
• Charismatic adj extremely attractive charming
• Proportionately adv amount recipients food aid distributed family,with
• Prototype n made machine system airplane manufacturer robots
• Reward n greatest parent child make wise decision
• Shuttle v move back places small jet kuala
• Advocate v speak favor publicly recommend support environmentalists
• Authority n power make decisions governor call legislature
• Bitterly adv strongly lot bad feelings senator thomas
• Candidate n chosen election position u.s elections,there major-party
• Coalition n group countries working achieve goal local
• Contest v challenge oppose action decision theory mistaken
• Election n process people choose officials problems vote-counting
• Bring public inaugurated inaugurate v office start formally
• Policy n approved approaching kind situation government money
• Poll v find small group's opinion guess larger
• Accuse v wrong e.g committed crime jordan accused
• Allegedly company adv people proof chief financial officer
• Civil adj involving dispute citizens criminal charge suit
• Convict guilty v decide crime declare criminal offense
• Guilty bad adj responsible jury found director embezzlement
• Offense n specific act breaks law convicted reckless
• Person judgment peer n one's social equal age
• Suspect n səˈspekt opinion police committed crime investigating
• Verdict reach n judgment court case jury minutes
• Witness v crime happen witnessing car theft,rodney called
• Apprehend v capture understand perceive police apprehended robbery
• Ascertain v make police failed man arrested gregory
• Bureaucratic adj related large organization lot complicated procedures
• Condemn v speak strong terms express complete disapproval
• Evidence n makes truth statement convincing garner robbed
• Implicate v suggest involved crime wrong behavior convey
• Inquiry n investigation act information fbi launched relationship
• Intrusively adv brings unwanted person thing else's affairs
• Seize v owner's federal agents private homes property
• Surveillance suspected n process watching long time person
• Parts analyze v examine chemists analyzed white powder
• Assail v attack criticize forcefully dna evidence crime
• Contrary adj opposite studies,dr ito’s work shows world’s
• Hypothesize v make guess correctness eventually investigated systematically
• Impair ability v make effective usual snow impaired
• Inference n conclusion drawn evidence inspector dowd’s ms.miller
• Objectively i adv based unbiased standards personal opinion
• Suspicious neighbors adj believing wrong acting makes people
• Teacher tolerate v avoid upset math lot talking
• Versus sports legal prep esp debate,it pro-war senators
• Bribery police bribe n giving money gifts government
• Cynically adv sınıkəlı disrespectfully emphasizing weaknesses respected things
• Eroded erode v wear smaller people’s respect government
• Evade v catch robbery suspects police fleeing canada
• Grotesque adj extremely unattractive catches lot attention comically
• Integrity n personal honesty good character don’t problem
• Prevalent adj common easy find exists great amounts
• Reform v make big improvements typically social political
• Scandal n case wrongdoing hurts someone's reputation watergate
• Unmask v reveal expose hidden forge trucking company
• Abduction n kidnapping action instance forcibly taking pirates
• Coerce v force put pressure criminal’s confession usable
• Detain v prevent short time police detained men
• Deviant adj style normal offensive artist based reputation
• Distort v twist misrepresent make hold pencil glass
• Intentionally adv purpose accident on
• Piracy practice copying n ˈpaɪ.rə.si noun uncountable sailor
• Predicament n prɪˈdɪk.ə.mənt]slightly formal noun countable unpleasant situation
• Smuggle smuggled country v smug‧gle ˈsmʌɡəl verb transitive
• Villainy n ˈvɪləni noun uncountable formal humorous exceptional
• Addictive adj əˈdɪktɪv adjective substance drug body starts
• Cartel n kɑːr noun countable group similar independent
• Concentrated adj strong large amounts space
• Interdict v reaching place prohibit forbid faster patrol
• Juxtapose v place exhibition picasso's early drawings works
• Misconception based n ˌmɪs.kənˈsep.ʃ ə noun countable idea
• Modify v make small order result
• Potent adj ˈpoʊ.t ə nt powerful great power
• Residual adj left thing i felt bitterness ten
• Subtly adv ˈsʌt.l ̩.i ˈsʌt adverb quiet hard-to-notice
• Ancestral adj ænˈses.trəl adjective noun relating family members
• Cohesion n koʊ ˈhiː.ʒ ə cohesiveness formal noun
• Descendants live n dɪˈsen.d ə nt noun countable
• Inheritance n things passed ancestors
• Kin family n bre kɪn noun plural relatives
• Legitimate acceptable politicians government adj lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət adjective fair
• Paternal adj relating father showing affectionate feelings lovely
• Proximity n nearness
• Sentiment i area n uk ˈsen.tɪ.mənt t ̬ə
• Sibling n ˈsɪb.lɪŋ formal noun countable brother sister
• Affection display n əˈfek.ʃ ə noun deep aunt
• Associate people v əˈsəʊ.si.eɪt connect mind brand good
• Bond connection close people n bɑːnd noun joining
• Clique group people n uk kliːk klɪk small
• Confide v kənˈfaɪd verb intransitive transitive secret personal
• Exclusive adj keeping people out
• Fluctuate prices v ˈflʌk.tju.eɪt verb intransitive change continuously
• Common adv shared characteristic in
• Solidarity n uk ˌsɒl.ɪˈdær.ɪ.ti ˌsɑː.lɪˈder.ə.t ̬i noun uncountable
• Needed adj happy fly night cheaper ticket volunteer
• Complex adj simple involving parts work
• Despondent feel adj uk dɪˈspɒn.d ə nt ˈspɑːn
• Devotion loyalty n uk dɪˈvəʊ.ʃ ə ˈvoʊ noun
• Dilemma n d ɪˈlem.ə dɪˈlemə noun countable president
• Engender make v uk ɪnˈdʒen.də r dɚ formal
• Loyal friends remained adj ˈlɔɪ.əl adjective firm changing
• Passion powerful interest n ˈpæʃ ə noun countable
• Proliferation ə number n uk prəˌlɪf rˈeɪ.ʃ əˈreɪ
• Reciprocity n practice exchanging things mutual benefit dan
• Vanish v disappear suddenly to
• Antipathy deep n ænˈtɪp.ə.θi noun countable uncountable strong
• Opinion arrogantly adv uk ˈær.ə.g ə nt.li ˈer
• Angry berated berate v insulting disrespectful things bɪˈreɪt
• Contemptuous n respect kənˈtem p.tju.əs adjective manner/laugh popular
• Despise despised v dɪˈspaɪz verb transitive continuous feel
• Humiliation n event feel lost respect hjuːˌmɪl.iˈeɪ.ʃ ə
• Obnoxious she's adj uk əbˈnɒk.ʃəs ˈnɑːk disapproving adjective
• Shame n dishonor wrong because
• People stigmatize v ˈstɪg.mə.taɪz verb transitive passive stigmatizing
• Vitriolic adj uk ˌvɪt.riˈɒl.ɪk ˈɑː.lɪk adjective showing extreme
• Child young adolescent he’s kid i person youth
• N political social goal believes works achieve river
• Conflict fight v kənˈflɪkt fit poorly differences problem
• Delinquency illegal acceptable n dɪˈlɪŋ.kw ə t.si noun
• Fringe edge hair fringed part hanging material n
• Hedonistic adj ˌhiːdəˈnɪstɪk excessively interested seeking pleasure philosophy
• Hypocritical hypocritically adv uk ˌhɪp.ə ʊ ˈkrɪt.ɪ.k ə
• Manipulation n quietly moving influencing people things order
• Rebelled rebel v rɪˈbel ll fight government refuse
• Status quo n uk ðəˌsteɪ.təsˈkwəʊ əsˈkwoʊ noun singular
• Abstract adj concrete realistic related every-day experience
• Context important historical word remarks n larger environment
• Depict people v show pictures dɪˈpɪkt verb transitive
• Dimension n direction surface measured aspect
• Esthetically adv uk esˈθet.ɪ.kli ˈθet adverb relates beauty
• Intrinsic adj part basic nature
• Perspective situation investments year n location thinking attitude
• Portrayal n pɔːˈtreɪ ə l pɔːr noun countable
• Realism n uk ˈrɪə.lɪ.z ə m ˈriː.ə technique
• Spectrum n range things colors
• Advent n coming arrival notable person thing event
• Ambiguous adj meaning opp unambiguous language minister’s statement
• Connotation meaning word n implied stated directly ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən
• Decipher read v dɪˈsaɪfə ər find meaning difficult
• Denote v represent colour red passion danger
• Illiterate adj ɪˈlɪt ə r.ət adjective unable read
• Ingenious adj clever imaginative very
• Inscription n written piece rock metal read darling
• Phonetic adj related sounds language
• Symbolic adj acting sign thing idea
• Gala celebration sports swimming adj ˈgɑːlə ˈgeɪlə ˈgælə/noun
• Hilarious adj uk hɪˈleə.ri.əs ˈler.i adjective extremely funny
• Improvisation n ˌɪmprəvaɪˈzeɪʆn ɪmˌprɑːvə-/noun c,u performance actor musician
• Incompetent ability skill adj ɪn ˈkɑːm.pə.t ̬ənt adjective
• Medium n channel meaning expressed
• Skit n short informal play i thought politicians
• Zeal n enthusiasm deep determination religious/revolutionary/missionary approached job
• Bulk n largeness heavy appearance
• Capricious adj kəˈprɪʃ.əs literary adjective changing mood behaviour
• Cumbersome adj ˈkʌm.bə.səm adjective awkward large heavy effective
• Exotic adj interesting unusual coming faraway place flowers/food/designs
• Growth inhibit v prevent slow process workers inhibited
• Minimum n smallest amount level
• Striking bears similarities adj noticeable easily attracting attention
• Trend n movement direction widespread change fashion surveys
• Vanity excessive one's n concern appearance pride admiration
• Vulnerable adj exposed harm to

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