TOEFL WORDS TEST 3



1.
retribution
  adj. disgustingly excessive
  adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous
  adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing
  n. the reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness, or other action
 
2.
compunction
  adj. trembling
  v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up
  v. to prove incorrect or false
  n. regret for wrongdoing
 
3.
novice
  n. excessive greed
  adj. likely; inclined or disposed
  n. a beginner
  adj. secret; stealthy
 
4.
fiasco
  adj. self-assertive; attacking, offensive
  n. a ludicrous and complete failure
  adj. of various colors; of mixed ingredients
  adj. widely known (in a bad sense)
 
5.
flaccid
  adj. lacking firmness
  adj. self-assertive; attacking, offensive
  adj. fat
  n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time
 
6.
turgid
  adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age
  adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words
  v. to estrange
  adj. equivalent
 
7.
anarchy
  adj. bulging or swelling out
  adj. positive in expressing an opinion
  adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical
  n. state of confusion or lawlessness
 
8.
panacea
  n. lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
  adj. forgetful; absent-minded
  n. a remedy for all ills
  v. repeat (several times)
 
9.
anonymous
  n. state of confusion or lawlessness
  v. to speak clearly or distinctly
  adj. unfeeling or insensitive
  adj. of unknown authorship
 
10.
discourse
  v. to converse or talk; to discuss
  adj. fat
  n. a disorderly quarrel
  adj. unconquerable
 
11.
retrieve
  n. a principle of belief held as true
  adv. with distrust
  adj. widely known (in a bad sense)
  v. to make good; to recover
 
12.
antithesis
  adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age
  adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes
  n. historical records
  n. contrast; the direct opposite
 
13.
compatible
  v. to warn or find fault gently
  n. working together secretly for an evil purpose
  adj. capable of existing together in harmony
  v. to tear down completely
 
14.
sanguinary
  adj. bloody
  adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor
  adj. winding; indirect
  adj. pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar
 
15.
laconic
  n. a trick or deception; a practical joke
  adj. saying much in few words
  adj. sentimental to the point of tears
  v. to beg earnestly
 
16.
dolorous
  adj. gentle; polite
  adj. forgetful; absent-minded
  adj. sorrowful; mournful
  adj. bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite
 
17.
larceny
  adj. excessive
  n. theft
  adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous
  adj. positive in expressing an opinion
 
18.
banal
  adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor
  adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad
  adj. engaged in war
  adj. bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite
 
19.
refute
  adj. unfeeling or insensitive
  v. to prove incorrect or false
  adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive
  adj. deserving blame or censure
 
20.
gossamer
  ad. indicating a happy outcome
  n. a humorous imitation of an author's style and mannerisms
  n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one)
  n. a very thin gauzelike fabric or structure
 
21.
zenith
  adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words
  adj. accidental
  n. the highest point
  v. to read carefully
 
22.
extemporaneous
  adj. done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation
  n. trickery, deception
  n. meaning; significance or importance
  v. to make public or reveal
 
23.
instigate
  adj. understood by only a select few
  v. to stir tip
  v. to instruct or uplift, particularly in morals or religion
  adj. good-natured; friendly
 
24.
sacrosanct
  adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike
  adj. very holy
  adj. juicy
  n. a feeling of hatred
 
25.
fatuous
  adj. foolish; silly
  n. government by the best people; a privileged class
  n. a self -contradictory statement; something 'that appears to be absurd and yet may be true -"Life is too important a matter to he taken seriously."
  adj. all-powerful
 
26.
reiterate
  n. a disorderly quarrel
  v. repeat (several times)
  n. a state of happiness; a high ability
  adj. very holy
 
27.
remunerative
  adj. tedious, monotonous
  v. to speak angrily or bitterly
  adj. profitable
  v. to tempt by flattery or an attractive offer
 
28.
ken
  v. to make public or reveal
  n. range of sight or understanding
  adj. traveling about; wandering
  adj. coarse and stupid
 
29.
respite
  v. to do speedily; to send off
  adj. spirited; ardent
  n. extravagant exaggeration for effect
  n. temporary deferment or cessation of work or pain; a temporary delay in the execution of -a sentence
 
30.
writhe
  v. to twist about (usually with pain)
  n. eagerness; cheerful promptness
  n. an introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step
  v. to echo
 
31.
delectable
  adj. very pleasing
  v. to scold or blame loudly, find fault with in abusive language
  n. temporary deferment or cessation of work or pain; a temporary delay in the execution of -a sentence
  n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend.
 
32.
genealogy
  adj. traveling about; wandering
  v. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time
  n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute
  n. a record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives
 
33.
vituperate
  n. a great flood; downpour
  n. a branching; sub-division
  v. to scold or blame loudly, find fault with in abusive language
  adj. harmless; inoffensive
 
34.
analogy
  n. unwise or reckless boldness
  n. a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost
  n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge
  n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics
 
35.
allude
  adj. incapable of being penetrated
  v. to imprison
  adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving
  v. to refer to indirectly
 
36.
misnomer
  n. contrast; the direct opposite
  v. to twist about (usually with pain)
  n. a beginner
  n. a name or term that describes wrongly
 
37.
latent
  adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon
  adj. hidden; present but not fully developed
  n. adopting and reproducing, without acknowledgment, the writings or ideas of another and passing them off as one's own
  adj. spotless; pure
 
38.
elucidate
  n. a branching; sub-division
  n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another
  v. to make clear; to explain
  adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing
 
39.
lucid
  adj. clear; transparent
  adj. excessive
  adj. self-satisfied
  v. to make clear; to explain
 
40.
apprise
  n. regret for wrongdoing
  adj. rambling from one subject to another
  n. a little world, or a universe in miniature
  v. to inform
 
 


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