Ultimate TOEFL Vocabulary List - The 327 Best Words To Know

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The 327 TOEFL Words You Need to Know

Below are the 327 best TOEFL vocabulary words, in alphabetical order.
Sample
Word Definition
Sentence
Living close to a
Present in large lake means we
Abundant
quantities. have an abundant
supply of water.
Each fall, leaves
To gradually
Accumulate accumulate in our
collect.
driveway.
Make sure your
address is
Correct; free from
Accurate accurate before
errors.
submitting your
online order.
Having 8AM
Used to classes means
Accustomed
something. I’m accustomed to
getting up early.
When my
grandmother died,
To come into
Acquire I acquired her
possession of.
cookbook
collection.
Refusing to The defendant
Adamant change an was adamant that
opinion. he was innocent.
Our house isn’t
Enough to suit big, but it’s
Adequate
your needs. adequate for the
two of us.
The park is
Close to or next
Adjacent adjacent to the
to.
school.
To change The bike seat
something so it may be too high;
Adjust
serves its purpose you’ll probably
better. need to adjust it.
Something that His height gives
Advantage makes it easier to him an advantage
achieve success. in basketball.
My aunt is a
To publicly major advocate
Advocate
support. for women’s’
rights.
I had an adverse
Unfavorable; reaction to my
Adverse against one’s medication and
desires. had to stop taking
it.
We should
aggregate our
Aggregate To combine. resources to
share them more
easily.
Aggressive Assertive and The salesperson
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pushy. was very

aggressive when
trying to get us to
buy the television.
The village needs
To put aside for a to allocate funds
Allocate
specific purpose. for building the
new school.
If the ATM is
broken, an
Another option or
Alternative alternative
choice.
solution is to stop
by the bank.
Someone who is
He’s an amateur
inexperienced or
soccer player and
Amateur not highly skilled
is still learning the
in a particular
rules of the game.
area.
When I asked the
Having several
HR manager what
potential
my chances were
meanings;
Ambiguous of getting the job,
unclear and
she gave me a
difficult to
very ambiguous
understand.
reply.
My son is very
ambitious and
Having large
Ambitious hopes to be a
goals.
millionaire by the
time he’s thirty.
I believe we
To change for the
Amend should amend our
better; to improve.
country’s tax laws.
Our new
apartment has
Ample Plentiful.
ample space for
the two of us.
The basketball
player is the
team’s best free
Deviation from the
Anomaly thrower, so his
norm.
missing both
shots was an
anomaly.
The annual
company
Annual Occurring yearly. barbeque takes
place every
August.
The boy loves to
To tease or be
antagonize his
Antagonize hostile towards a
little sister by
person or group.
pulling her hair.
After she got
grounded, the
teenager had a
Attitude Manner or feeling.
bad attitude for
the rest of the
day.
Attribute To give credit. Be sure to
attribute credit to
your sources
when writing a
research paper.
Flipping a coin is
Based on a whim
an arbitrary way
Arbitrary or random
to make a
decision.
decision.
After you cross
Requiring a lot of the bridge, there’s
Arduous
effort. an arduous walk
up the hill.
The mother
To lessen a assuaged her
Assuage
negative feeling. child’s fear of the
dark.
I assumed he was
To suppose
rich because he
Assume without solid
worked as a
proof.
lawyer.
She augments
To increase or her regular salary
Augment
make larger. by babysitting on
the weekends.
A benefit of doing
Something homework on
Benefit positive or Friday is that your
advantageous. weekend will be
free.
Our neighbor
berated us after
Berate To scold. we broke his
window playing
baseball.
The medal was
bestowed upon
Bestow To give as a gift.
him by the
president.
To brag or talk He always boasts
Boast with excessive of his talents after
pride. he wins a game.
I gave him a pep
To help raise or talk to boost his
Boost increase self-esteem
something. before his
speech.
The brash man
Rude and always asked
Brash
tactless. inappropriate
questions.
It will only have a
brief meeting, so
Short (in terms of
Brief you’ll still have
time).
plenty of time for
lunch.
After being away
for so long, I
Abrupt to the
Brusque expected more
point of rudeness.
than her brusque
greeting.
Cacophony A harsh, The cuckoo clock
unpleasant shop lets off a
mixture of noise.
cacophony every
hour.
I wish they would
Cease To stop.
cease arguing.
Every parent in
To express strong our district
Censure
disapproval. censured the
education cuts.
Put the historical
events in
Arranged in order chronological
Chronological
of time or date. order to make
them easier to
study.
I didn’t
To make clear; to understand the
Clarify remove instructions, so I
confusion. asked the teacher
to clarify them.
The people on the
To combine or street eventually
Coalesce
grow together. coalesced into a
group.
The young boy
To force someone
was coerced into
Coerce to do something
stealing by his
against their will.
friends.
Before mountain
Being aware or climbing, you
Cognizant having knowledge need to be
of something. cognizant of the
risks.
Water molecules
show strong
Uniting; becoming
Cohesion cohesion when
one.
they stick
together.
This year
To occur at the Thanksgiving
Coincide
same time. coincided with my
birthday.
The old building
finally collapsed,
To fall down or
Collapse leaving nothing
break down.
but a pile of
rubble.
To hit one another The two cars
Collide with a forceful collided on the
impact. freeway.
Joining a school
play is a big
Dedication to a commitment.
Commitment
cause or activity. You’ll need to
practice every
evening.
The Chinese
community in my
A group of people
city is hosting a
Community who live or work
New Year
together.
celebration next
week.
Conceal To hide. The mountains

concealed the
ocean from view.
He believes
women should be
Concur To agree. paid as much as
men, and I
concur.
The conflict
between the two
A disagreement
Conflict families has been
or fight.
going on for
generations.
You should move
your plant to a
To restrict or
Constrain bigger pot,
repress.
otherwise you’ll
constrain its roots.
I spend a lot of
time
To consider
Contemplate contemplating
thoughtfully.
what career I
want to have.
My neighbors
have been
To go on without continuously
Continuously
stopping. blasting their
music since last
night.
I told the
employees that
sales were down,
To give the
Contradict but my boss
opposite opinion.
contradicted me
and said sales
were actually up.
To give something
Every roommate
(usually money or
contributes part of
Contribute time) to a
his paycheck to
common fund or
the grocery bill.
cause.
I’ve conveyed my
Convey To make known. interest in working
for that company.
He always takes
copious notes
Copious Abundant.
during class to
study later on.
Although many
employees left the
Central; of main
Core company, the core
importance.
leadership
remained.
The rust corroded
To gradually wear
Corrode the paint on my
away.
car.
Trying to carry
Burdensome; four grocery bags
Cumbersome
clumsy at once was very
cumbersome.
Curriculum The courses Our school needs
given by a school to add more

or program. music courses to
its curriculum.
The data from
Facts, statistics, these graphs
Data or pieces of show that yearly
information. temperatures are
increasing.
To decline in After the tree
Decay health or died, its wood
excellence. began to decay.
He deceived me
To trick or
Deceive by pretending to
mislead.
be a millionaire.
The spy
To find the
Decipher deciphered the
meaning of.
secret code.
He made a
An declaration to the
Declaration
announcement. office that he was
quitting.
Decline 1. To politely 1. I declined his
refuse. offer of a ride
home.
2. Her health has

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2. To deteriorate
(especially in
terms of health.)
My attempt at
cake degraded
Degrade To lower in quality.
into a crumbly
mess.
Let me
demonstrate the
Demonstrate To show. proper way of
throwing a
football.
To state that
He denied being
Deny something isn’t
the robber.
true.
Your shopping
To significantly sprees have
Deplete
decrease. depleted my
savings.
Please deposit
To deliver and your books in the
Deposit
leave an item. bin outside the
library.
Bravery is a
Worth having or desirable trait for
Desirable
wanting. firefighters to
have.
I despise early
Despise To hate.
morning classes.
The police dog
To locate detected the
Detect
something. missing child’s
scent.
The warning signs
on the house
Deter To discourage.
deterred
trespassers.
I decided to
deviate from my
To differ from the
Deviate normal route
norm.
home and took a
shortcut.
Devise To plan or create. The coach
devised a plan for
winning the game.

The politician
A sharp criticism went into a
Diatribe
or attack. diatribe against
her opponent.
The teacher
digressed from
To wander from
Digress the lecture to
the main subject.
discuss the
weather.
The student faced
A situation where
the dilemma of
one must choose
Dilemma attending school
between two
sick or missing
difficult choices.
her exam.
Sprinkle baking
To shrink or soda on the
Diminish
reduce. carpet to diminish
the stain.
I need to dispose
Dispose To get rid of.
of this trash.
The piece of pie I
Too large or small
received was
Disproportionate when compared
disproportionately
to something else.
small.
The protesters
To interrupt by
disrupted the
Disrupt causing a
politician’s
disturbance.
speech.
The camera filter
Distort To misrepresent. distorted the
image.
Distribute the
To give portions of
Distribute materials evenly
something.
among the class.
This city has a
Showing a lot of
Diverse very diverse
variety.
population.
Because of the
accident, the
To cause a
Divert police had to
change of course.
divert traffic down
a side street.
The theater has
dynamic shows,
Constantly
Dynamic so you never
changing.
know what you’ll
see.
To reduce This prescription
Ease unpleasantness will ease your
or difficulty. allergies.
Now that I’m
following a
Maximizing
Efficient schedule at work,
productivity.
I’m much more
efficient.
Our team lost the
match and was
Eliminate To remove.
eliminated from
the competition.
Elite A select, above- The elite detective
average group. team were also

sent for when
there were big
crimes.
Her eloquent
Moving speech or
Eloquent writing has gained
writing.
her many fans.
To give special The teacher
importance to emphasized the
Emphasize
when speaking or due date of the
writing. project.
To suffer through He has endured
Endure something difficult four knee
with patience. operations so far.
The falling snow
To intensify or enhanced the
Enhance
magnify. beauty of the
small village.
The duchess is
A perfect example
Epitome the epitome of
of something.
class.
Twenty-four is
Equivalent Equal. equivalent to two
dozen.
He apologized for
Erroneous Incorrect. his erroneous
statement.
Try to get an
estimate of the
An approximate
Estimate number of people
value.
attending the
concert.
By hiding in the
bathroom, we
To avoid or
Evade were able to
escape.
evade the
intruder.
At the end of the
class, every
student will
Evaluate To assess.
evaluate how well
the professor
taught.
Facts or
information that These fossils are
Evidence help prove or evidence of
disprove evolution.
something.
The small school
To gradually evolved into a
Evolve
change. world-class
institution.
She is an
exemplary
Worthy of
Exemplary student, and you
imitation.
should copy her
study habits.
The young boy
was excluded
Exclude To leave out.
from his friends’
soccer game.
Exclusive Not admitting the We may not be

majority. able to get in
since that club is
very exclusive.
Adding air to bike
To increase in
Expand tires will cause
size.
them to expand.
Expert knowledge The surgeon’s
Expertise or skill in a expertise is knee
particular field. surgeries.
The company
exploited its
Exploit To use selfishly. workers by
making them work
long hours.
The emails
presented
To reveal or
Expose exposed the
unmask.
company’s
corruption.
If you’re sick on
the day the paper
An act of making is due, the
Extension
something longer. teacher may give
you an extension
on the due date.
The dentist
To get or remove
Extract extracted one of
something.
my teeth.
Millions of
A time when there children in
Famine is an extreme lack Ethiopia died due
of food. to the famine
there.
This study plan
you made for me
Feasible Possible to do. sounds feasible,
even with my
work schedule.
Remember that
Having an end or
Finite life is finite; you’re
limits.
not immortal.
A feature that I got the diamond
ruins the for a reduced
Flaw
perfection of price since the
something. stone had a flaw.
I’m not sure what
to wear since the
To change
Fluctuate temperature has
continually.
been fluctuating
so much.
The program is
The central point going to focus on
Focus
or idea. environmental
issues.
The king decided
to fortify the castle
Fortify To strengthen. walls to protect
them during
attacks.
Framework A skeletal Skyscrapers must
structure have a strong

designed to framework to
support support all the
something. floors.
You must stop
spending your
Unnecessary; of
Frivolous money on
little importance
frivolous
purchases.
The function of
A purpose natural
petals is to attract
Function to a person or
insects to the
thing.
plant.
Learning scales is
Of primary fundamental to
Fundamental
importance. being a good
piano player.
Be careful to
A space in
avoid the gap
Gap between to
between the two
objects.
steps.
Our answering
Communication machine is so bad
Garbled that is distorted that people’s
and unclear. voices are always
garbled.
The fire generates
Generate To produce. heat, which keeps
the room warm.
The actress had
only one small
Pompous; overly
Grandiose part before she
important.
got grandiose
ideas of her fame.
HIs poems
Overused and contain many
Hackneyed
unoriginal. hackneyed
phrases.
There was no
schedule, so the
Haphazard Lacking planning.
event was very
haphazard.
Her comments on
Not gentle; my performance
Harsh
unpleasant. were very harsh
and not kind at all.
In order to avoid
the police, the
Hasty In a hurry.
robbers made a
hasty retreat.
The nuclear
reactor has a lot
Hazardous Full of risk.
of hazardous
waste.
She hesitated
To pause, often before entering
Hesitate
due to reluctance. the abandoned
building.
Hierarchy A ranking system. In the office
hierarchy, the
manager is higher
than the
associate.
Her hatred of
public
Something that transportation is a
Hindrance causes delay or hindrance when
resistance. trying to get
around New York
City.
The dead tree is
Hollow Empty inside.
hollow.
The haunted
An intense feeling
Horror house filled me
of fear.
with horror.
My ex-boyfriend’s
Extremely new girlfriend was
Hostile
unfriendly. very hostile
towards me.
An unproven idea You’ll need to
that attempts to conduct an
Hypothesis
explain experiment to test
something. your hypothesis.
The twins were
Identical Exactly the same. completely
identical.
Because he’d
never been able
Illiterate Unable to read. to attend school,
the man was
illiterate.
The professor
To explain by illustrated the
Illustrate
using an example. lesson with a
personal story.
His moving words
Effect or
Impact had a large
influence.
impact on me.
Drinking alcohol
Impair To worsen. will impair your
driving abilities.
We will implement
the new schedule
Implement To carry out.
starting next
semester.
My mother
implied that I was
To strongly
Imply the one who
suggest.
forgot to take out
the trash.
After the riots, the
mayor imposed a
Impose To force upon.
curfew on the
town.
These medical
To reduce to
Impoverish bills are going to
poverty.
impoverish me.
I hate my job, but
the big paychecks
A reason to do
Incentive are a good
something.
incentive to stick
with it.
Incessant Continuing I can’t sleep

without pause. because of the
dog’s incessant
barking.
Don’t worry about
your grade on this
Incidental A minor part. quiz; it’s only an
incidental part of
your grade.
The ringleader
incited the
Incite To urge on.
soldiers to
rebellion.
My inclination is
Inclination A preference.
to go to bed early.
The incompetent
Incapable; lacking
Incompetent worker was fired
ability.
from his job.
His pitching has
Changing been very
Inconsistent
randomly. inconsistent all
season.
She is an
indefatigable hiker
Indefatigable Untiring.
and can walk all
day.
She’s the
Not able to be indisputable star
Indisputable
challenged. of the basketball
team.
The drug was
Not producing any shown to be
Ineffective
major impact. ineffective at
curing cancer.
Even if you’re
Unable to be healthy, death is
Inevitable
avoided. inevitable in the
end.
I inferred that she
To guess based was annoyed
Infer
on evidence. based on her
body language.
Getting a
To increase in promotion has
Inflate
size. really inflated his
ego.
The older sister
The ability to have has been a
Influence an impact of positive influence
something. on her younger
siblings.
This cleaning
To hinder or spray inhibits the
Inhibit
restrain. growth of
bacteria.
She was the initial
Initial The first. president of the
company.
Inquiry An investigation Congress
to determine the launched an
truth. inquiry after the
senator was
accused of taking
bribes.
Necessary to You can’t quit.
Integral complete the You’re an integral
whole. part of this team.
When making a
cake, you need to
Integrate To combine. fully integrate the
wet and dry
ingredients.
I need you to
To explain the
interpret this
Interpret meaning of
German speech
something.
for me.
To come between When the toddlers
people, objects, couldn’t share
Intervene or an event and their toys, their
change what is mothers had to
happening. intervene.
The intrepid
mountain climber
Intrepid Fearless.
reached the top of
Mt. Everest.
The pattern on
Intricate Highly detailed. this blanket is so
intricate.
We found the
stranger’s
Invasive Intrusive. questions too
personal and very
invasive.
The police are
To examine or going to
Investigate
study. investigate the
crime scene.
Even though my
grandfather
Irascible Easy to anger. seems irascible,
he’s actually very
loving.
“I love spending
The use of words
my Friday nights
to give a meaning
Irony doing homework,”
opposite to their
she said with
literal meaning.
irony.
Not sure which
direction to go in,
Irresolute Uncertain.
he stood
irresolute.
To be a
Words specific to successful doctor,
Jargon a certain job or you’ll need to
group. learn a lot of
medical jargon.
The newlyweds
Jointly Together. jointly opened up
a bank account.
Knack A special talent or My brother has a
skill. real knack for
solving tricky
math problems.
Building a house
Labor Work or effort. requires a lot of
labor.
I stayed with the
front group of
runners for the
Lag To fall behind.
first few miles, but
after that I began
to lag.
The cartoonist
To mock or lampooned the
Lampoon
ridicule. president’s
speech.
During winter
break, my plants
languished since I
To become weak;
Languish was visiting my
to be neglected.
parents and
couldn’t water
them.
The professor will
A talk given to an give a 30 minute
Lecture
audience. lecture before the
quiz.
I’m leery of taking
Leery Wary. the dark-looking
shortcut.
The way he
became mayor is
Legitimate Lawful.
completely
legitimate.
The judge gave
the criminal a
Merciful; less
Lenient lenient sentence
harsh.
due to his bad
childhood.
I don’t have much
homework, so it’s
Likely Probable.
likely I’ll be able to
go out tonight.
His claims about
Ludicrous Ridiculous. me are absolutely
ludicrous.
She has
To continue at the maintained the
Maintain
same level. same weight
since high school.
This test is a
Major Very important. major part of your
final grade.
He tried to
To influence,
manipulate the
Manipulate especially in an
results of the
unfair way.
election.
The store’s goal
To increase to the
this year is to
Maximize greatest possible
maximize its
size.
profit.
Measure To find the size By measuring the
and dimensions of tree, I found it

something. was seven feet
tall.
The meal the chef
Ordinary,
Mediocre made was only
average.
mediocre.
My mother will
Mend To fix. mend the hole in
my shirt.
Her method for
A way of doing
Method making bread
something.
takes three days.
Every fall, the
To move from one
Migrate geese migrate to
place to another.
Florida.
You need to get a
The smallest or
minimum of 70%
Minimum lowest amount
on the test to
possible.
pass the class.
The
advertisement for
the weight loss
Giving the wrong pills is very
Misleading
idea. misleading since
studies have
shown they’re
ineffective.
I need to modify
my style so it
Modify To change.
looks more
professional.
The boy was
morose after
Gloomy,
Morose hearing he didn’t
depressed.
make the football
team.
The negligent
babysitter invited
Negligent Lazy, neglectful. her friends over
while the children
were upstairs.
I was hurt when
Indifferent, my friend greeted
Nonchalant
unexcited. me so
nonchalantly.
My dog always
To follow orders
Obey obeys me when I
or instructions.
ask her to sit.
The spy obtained
Obtain To get. the secret codes
we need.
The large poster
of Michael
Jackson over her
Easily
Obvious bed made it
understood.
obvious who her
favorite singer
was.
Opponent Someone on the The soccer player
opposite side for blocked her
a game or opponent’s shot at

contest. the goal.
For the past ten
generations the
royal family has
To unfairly
Oppress oppressed the
burden.
peasants by
keeping them in
poverty.
The source; The explorers are
Origin where something trying to find the
began. origin of the Nile.
This work of art is
a paradigm of the
A typical example
Paradigm period; you’ll see
of something.
many examples of
it in the museum.
The parsimonious
woman only
Parsimonious Frugal, stingy.
donated a dollar
to charity.
My leg was
feeling much
better, so I
Partake To join in.
decided to
partake in the
soccer match.
We can get
strawberry ice
Preferring one
cream, but I’m
Partial option over
actually more
others.
partial to
chocolate.
Something During the
existing in very drought, the town
Paucity
small amounts; had a paucity of
scarcity. fresh water.
Winning the
The highest or
championship
Peak most important
was the peak of
point.
his career.
There are some
Located on the peripheral fights
Peripheral
side or edge. going on at the
outdoor concert.
Let the maple
syrup permeate
To penetrate or
Permeate your waffles
pass through.
before eating
them.
I may have lost
To continue, my last six
Persist especially when games, but I will
facing opposition. continue to persist
trying to win.
How does your
Pertain Relate. question pertain
to the lecture?
Phase A period or stage In high school, I
in a process. went through a
phase where I
only wore black

clothes.
The polls show
A record of that my candidate
Poll
opinions or votes. is going to win the
election.
Only take one
sleeping pill since
Potent Powerful.
they’re very
potent.
Your boyfriend is
too dramatic. I
Practical,
Pragmatic think you need a
sensible.
more pragmatic
man.
The book is the
To give approval best I’ve ever
Praise
or admiration. read; I can’t
praise it enough.
The flower girls
preceded the
Precede To come before. bride when they
walked down the
aisle.
When collecting
data, it’s important
Precise Exact. that your
measurements
are very precise.
Harvard is one of
the most
Having a high
Prestigious prestigious
reputation.
colleges in the
United States.
If more people
don’t start
washing their
Prevalent Widespread.
hands, disease
will become more
prevalent.
Maeve’s primary
First; most
Primary goal in life is to
important.
become a doctor.
Prior to becoming
Previous or a teacher, Elena
Prior
earlier. worked as a book
editor.
I’m sorry for
To continue doing interrupting;
Proceed
something. please proceed
with your speech.
The dog’s
Progeny Offspring. progeny all have
yellow fur.
I’m promoting this
To further to new indie movie
Promote progress of so that more
something. people will buy
tickets to it.
Prosper To do well. Dave hopes his
new business will
prosper and make

him a millionaire.
The twins hated
to be apart, so
Nearness in time they bought
Proximity
or space. houses in close
proximity to each
other.
Nina and her
Disagreement or
boyfriend always
Quarrel fight; to have an
quarrel over
argument.
money.
The distance
The range of ages
between two
at the concert
Range things, often the
spanned from 12
maximum and the
to 65.
minimum.
Archibald was
An official position promoted to the
Rank
or station. rank of first
captain.
After staying out
To sternly
too late, Grace
Rebuke disapprove or
received a rebuke
reprimand.
from her parents.
At the end of his
speech, the
To give a brief politician made
Recapitulate
summary. sure to
recapitulate his
main points.
Two days after
the flood, the
Recede To retreat. seawater finally
began to recede
from our house.
I need to ask Mr.
To present
Smith if he’ll
someone with
Recommend recommend me
confidence and
for this leadership
approval.
position.
Melanie’s father is
To make changes
in charge of
Reform that improve
reforming to
something.
school system.
Ben needs to
To supervise or
regulate how
control a process
Regulate much he eats in
so that it functions
order to stay at a
correctly.
healthy weight.
The builders
reinforced the
To strengthen with
Reinforce house’s wooden
added support.
frame with steel
beams.
Lydia rejected my
To say no to
invitation to the
Reject something that is
homecoming
offered.
dance.
Release To free; to allow to The CEO decided
be known. to release the
company’s profits
from last year.
I rely on coffee to
Rely To depend on. get my through
my mornings.
The coach
To express
reproached the
Reproach disapproval or
players for failing
disappointment.
to play their best.
The camping trip
requires that
To need for a every participant
Require
specific purpose. bring their own
food and sleeping
bag.
I’ve always
To feel bitterness resented my
or anger towards sister because
Resent
someone or she is my
something. mother’s favorite
child.
Due to his
declining health,
To give up an
Resign the mayor
office or position.
decided to resign
from office.
Resist the
To withstand the impulse to have
Resist
effect of. ice cream for
breakfast.
Matt resolved to
get better grades
To come to a firm
Resolve next semester by
decision.
studying every
night.
My doctor told me
To confine or to restrict myself
Restrict
keep within limits. to one glass of
wine a day.
To continue to do I’ve decided to
Retain something or retain my normal
keep something. hairstyle.
1. I felt calmer
after the lion
1. To draw back retracted its
in. claws.
2. To withdraw 2. After
Retract
something after numerous errors
it’s found to be were found, the
untrue. newspaper
retracted the
story.
Alexis got out of

the car to retrieve
Retrieve To bring back. the ball her little
brother had
thrown.
Rhetorical Used just for style You aren’t
or impact. expected to
actually answer
rhetorical
questions.
The boys’ father
was happy to see
Rigid Stiff; unyielding. the base of the
treehouse was
rigid and sturdy.
Rotate the
sculpture so I can
Rotate To turn.
see the other
side.
A retirement fund
Something that
is one way to
serves as
Safeguard safeguard your
protection or
finances for the
ensures safety.
future.
The judges were
looking for
To very carefully
Scrutinize perfection, so
examine.
they scrutinized
every entry.
This section of the
A part of the
Section stadium dressed
whole.
completely in red.
Jane selected a
blue dress to
Select To choose.
wear to the
wedding.
Librarians need to
Things that follow
know how order
Sequence each other in a
books in the
certain order.
correct sequence.
1. The robbers
suffered severe
consequences for
1. Harsh or strict. stealing.
Severe
2. Grave, critical. 2. My uncle is
currently battling
a severe illness in
the hospital.
You don’t need to

worry about
Shallow Not deep. getting your dress
wet. The water is
very shallow here.
The empty barn
To protect from
gave the men
Shelter something
shelter during the
harmful.
storm.
Hopefully this
To become
Shrink cream will cause
smaller.
my scar to shrink.
The Gettysburg
Address was a
Important,
Significant significant event
noteworthy.
during the Civil
War.
Source A person, place, You shouldn’t use
or thing where Wikipedia as a
something was source when

obtained. writing school
papers.
The farm was
almost empty;
Sparse Thinly scattered. there were just a
few sparse trees
here and there.
You need to
specify which size
To clearly indicate
Specify shirt you want
which one.
before I can order
it.
My sister loves to
To form a theory
speculate on the
Speculate without strong
private lives of
evidence.
celebrities.
The hermit lives a
Alone; without solitary existence
Solitary
others. deep in the
mountains.
After losing the
competition, the
Gloomy;
Somber chess players
depressing.
were very
somber.
The mother sang
To calm or
Soothe a lullaby to soothe
comfort.
her crying baby.
The shelter was
Filthy and
Squalid squalid and
unpleasant.
overcrowded.
We’re lucky to live
Unlikely to in a country with
Stable
change or fail. such a stable
government.
With few new jobs
created, the
Sluggish, showing economy has
Stagnant
little movement. remained
stagnant for the
past five years.
The football team
A plan to reach a will need a good
Strategy
desired outcome. strategy to win the
game tomorrow.
The first king was
a good ruler, but
Coming after
Subsequent subsequent kings
something in time.
have all been
corrupt.
If you don’t have
A person or thing sugar, honey
Substitute acting in place of makes a good
another. substitute for this
recipe.
Maya’s perfume
was very subtle;
Difficult to notice
Subtle you had to get
right away.
close to her to
smell it.
Sufficient Enough to serve a Make sure you

particular have sufficient
purpose. food for the
camping trip.
The class didn’t
have time to read
To briefly give the the book, so the
Summarize
main points. professor
summarized it for
them.
My dad didn’t
think we were old
To oversee work enough to build
Supervise
or a process. the fort on our
own, so he
supervised us.
The king was
supplanted by his
To take the place treacherous
Supplant
of something else. younger brother
who locked him in
the dungeon.
1. The power
1. To temporarily outage
stop. suspended the
school concert.
Suspend 2. To hang
something from 2. The lamp is
somewhere. suspended from
the high ceiling.
The couple
became
Having the belief suspicious when
that someone is they saw strange
Suspicious doing something men removing
dishonest or their neighbor’s
illegal. expensive
electronics during
the night.
I stopped trying to
sustain the
Sustain To keep going. friendship after he
made fun of how I
looked.
A cross is
Serving as a
Symbolic symbolic of
symbol.
Christianity.
The laptop
manual is full of
Relating to a
technical terms
Technical specific subject or
only a computer
craft.
expert can
understand.
Everyone on the
Situated at the train must get off
Terminal
end. at the terminal
stop.
I tolerate the rude
man since he is
Tolerate To put up with.
my husband’s
best friend.
Transfer To move from one Ben’s work is

place to another. going to transfer
him from Chicago
to Detroit.
The transition
Changing from
from student to
one state or
Transition employee can
condition to
often take awhile
another.
to get used to.
1. The glass vase
is completely
1. See-through transparent.
material.
Transparent 2. Her attempt to
2. Easy to detect. flatter the movie
star was very
transparent.
College tuition
The fee for
prices have gone
Tuition instruction at a
up in recent
school.
decades.
The prince’s
bodyguards had
Not attracting
Unobtrusive mastered the art
attention.
of being
unobtrusive.
Ian was lucky to
walk away from
Unscathed Unharmed.
the car crash
unscathed.
Even when she’s
having a bad day,
Upbeat Happy; optimistic. my mom always
has an upbeat
attitude.
Since I tried my
hardest on the
Unjust Unfair. exam, I felt my
teacher’s criticism
of me was unjust.
She vacillated
between the two
To waver or be
Vacillate dresses before
indecisive.
finally deciding to
wear a skirt.
The soldiers had
Just; well- valid concerns
Valid
founded. about the battles
they’d be facing.
The plane
To disappear
Vanish vanished behind
quickly.
the clouds.
To be different
Vary from something
else in a group.
A judgement or The jury delivered
Verdict
decision. a guilty verdict.
Vestige A small trace of The empty castle
something that is still had a few
disappearing or
has already vestiges of its

disappeared. former wealth.
The chemist
A small container
carefully filled the
Vial used to hold
vial with the
liquids.
bubbling solution.
Mark was vilified
To speak poorly
Vilify by his angry ex-
of; to slander.
girlfriend.
The puffy wedding
Taking up a lot of dress had
Voluminous
space. voluminous
sleeves.
I always save my
money whereas
Whereas On the contrary.
my brother is
constantly in debt.
The monk is
Wholly Completely. wholly devoted to
his faith.
There is
Occurring over a widespread
Widespread
large region. poverty across
that country.
Plants will wilt if
To droop and
Wilt you don’t water
become limp.
them regularly.

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pushy. was very

Conceal To hide. The mountains

given by a school to add more

2. Her health has

winning the game.

average group. team were also

Exclusive Not admitting the We may not be

structure have a strong

Incessant Continuing I can’t sleep

and dimensions of tree, I found it

a game or opponent’s shot at

only wore black

prosper and make

Alexis got out of

You don’t need to

something was source when

Sufficient Enough to serve a Make sure you

Transfer To move from one Ben’s work is

has already vestiges of its

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