TOEFL WORDS TEST 11



1.
devious
  adj. roomy
  n. a person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure
  adj. given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form
  adj. winding; indirect
 
2.
irksome
  adj. tedious, monotonous
  adj. high-sounding; pretentious in language
  n. a state of happiness; a high ability
  adj. entertaining
 
3.
demagogue
  n. a leader who tries to stir the passions of people for his own purposes
  adj. likely; inclined or disposed
  n. partiality or preference for; a favorable opinion arrived at beforehand
  adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others
 
4.
dispatch
  adj. no longer existing or active
  adj. inclined to cat to excess
  v. to do speedily; to send off
  n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse
 
5.
culpable
  adj. rigorously self-denying
  adj. unable to be satisfied
  adj. incapable of being defended or held
  adj. deserving blame or censure
 
6.
pseudonym
  n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another
  n. trust or belief
  adj. no longer in use
  n. a false name assumed by a writer
 
7.
err
  adj. able to do many things skillfully
  n. a place offering shelter and retreat
  adj. lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs
  v. to make a mistake or to do something wrong
 
8.
judicious
  v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country
  adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit
  adj. wise; using or exhibiting good judgment
  adj. queer; unusual in appearance
 
9.
querulous
  n. a curse
  adj. occurring singly, at irregular intervals; scattered
  adj. given to fault-finding and complaining
  adj. prejudiced
 
10.
microcosm
  n. a little world, or a universe in miniature
  v. to crush; to render void
  n. a phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) in a person or thing
  n. a forerunner; ail announcer
 
11.
felicity
  adj. sharp or harsh in language or temper
  n. a state of happiness; a high ability
  adj. excessive
  adj. full of enthusiasm or eagerness
 
12.
animus
  adj. unconquerable
  v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; slander
  n. a feeling of hatred
  v. to paralyze with horror, fear, or surprise
 
13.
platitude
  n. keenness of mind or insight
  n. a dull and commonplace remark
  n. a place offering shelter and retreat
  n. approval; praise
 
14.
insidious
  v. to make good; to recover
  adj. working secretly or slyly
  n. origin
  v. to estrange
 
15.
arbiter
  adj. sly; crafty
  n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute
  adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing
  adj. containing hidden meaning
 
16.
sporadic
  n. a record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives
  n. improper act, manners, or expression
  n. honesty, moral soundness
  adj. occurring singly, at irregular intervals; scattered
 
17.
implacable
  v. to irritate or provoke
  adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving
  adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun
  n. an increase
 
18.
dispassionate
  adj. engaged in war
  adj. free from feeling or partiality
  n. a humorous imitation of an author's style and mannerisms
  n. one who is at home in all countries
 
19.
awry
  n. a trace; a particle
  adj. unsymmetrical; not straight
  n. a great flood; downpour
  adj. moderate in the use of food or drink
 
20.
impeach
  v. to accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing; to cast discredit upon
  v. to punish or criticize severely
  n. unwise or reckless boldness
  n. a remedy for all ills
 
21.
deplore
  adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals
  adj. to express sorrow or grief over
  n. a name or term that describes wrongly
  v. to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly
 
22.
exotic
  v. to speak angrily or bitterly
  n. a record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives
  adj. strange and foreign
  adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest
 
23.
delete
  v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove
  adj. having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally
  v. to agree to
  v. to boast
 
24.
demure
  v. to give up (privileges, etc.); to do without
  v. to estrange
  v. to trim or decorate
  adj. affectedly or falsely modest or prim
 
25.
genesis
  n. origin
  v. to deliver a long. noisy speech
  n. a little world, or a universe in miniature
  adj. cutting, penetrating
 
26.
autocratic
  adj. despotic
  n. keenness of mind or insight
  v. to imprison
  n. a dirty or wretched dwelling
 
27.
jaunty
  adj. faultless
  adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness
  adj. hard-hearted; stubborn
  n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics
 
28.
avarice
  n. excessive greed
  v. to irritate or provoke
  adj. in an early stage of development
  n. trickery, deception
 
29.
arid
  n. an assumption made for the sake of argument
  adj. dry; barren
  adj. destructive, poisonous
  adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes
 
30.
distraught
  adj. mentally distressed; distracted
  adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike
  adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words
  n. an increase
 
31.
poignant
  n. a collection of choice literary works
  v. to punish severely; to afflict
  adj. high-sounding; pretentious in language
  adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed
 
32.
allude
  n. two words having the same sound but different meanings
  v. to do speedily; to send off
  v. to refer to indirectly
  adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding
 
33.
convivial
  n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade
  adj. outstandingly bad
  adj. festive; gay
  n. a trick or deception; a practical joke
 
34.
epigram
  adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving
  v. to penetrate and understand
  v. to sketch or portray
  n. a brief pointed saying
 
35.
abandon
  adj. sorrowful; mournful
  adj. unmoved or indifferent; casual
  v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; slander
  v. to give up completely
 
36.
idiosyncrasy
  adj. thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence
  n. a. personal peculiarity
  v. to make good; to recover
  adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed
 
37.
boorish
  adj. of various colors; of mixed ingredients
  adj. outstandingly bad
  adj. unrefined in speech or manners
  n. scarcity
 
38.
extirpate
  adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad
  v. to root out, destroy totally
  n. a trick or deception; a practical joke
  v. to make clear; to explain
 
39.
glib
  adj. roomy
  adj. smooth-spoken, fluent
  n. regret for wrongdoing
  n. amazement; lack of courage caused by fearful prospect
 
40.
coterie
  adj. native
  adj. hating or distrusting mankind
  adj. unsymmetrical; not straight
  n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend.
 
 


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