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TOEFL考试常考100词_托福词汇

abyss:::: hole so deep as to appear bottomless

  acquiesce:: agree, accept without protest

  affable::::polite and friendly, easy to talk to

  affliction::::distress, suffering

  affluent::::wealthy, abundant

  agitate::::move, shake, stir up

  ambiguous:: having more then one meaning

  annex:::: take possession of

  aqueous::::of or like water

  arduous::::demanding great effort, strenuous

  aroma:::: quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical

  atone:::: make repayment

  avarice::::greed

  bellicose::::inclined to fighting

  calisthenics::exercises to develop strong bodies

  captor::::person who takes smb captive

  concoct::::invent, prepare by mixing together

  dangle::::hand or swing loosely

  deprive::::take away from, prevent from using

  diligent::::hard-working

  disrobe::::undress

  docile::::easily trained or controlled

  doleful::::dismal, mourful

  drought::::a long period of dry weather

  dubious::::feeling doubt

  dumbfound:: astonish

  efface::::rub or wipe out, obliterate

  elucidate::::to make understandable

  enchant::::charm, delight

  endeavor:: to make an effort, to try very hard

  endorse::::approve, support a claim or statement

  enthral::::take the whole attention, enslave

  exploit::::to use for selfish advantage or profit

  extensive::::far-reaching

  extol::::::to praise highly

  flimsy::::lacking solidarity, strength

  fraud:::: a fault, a deception

  gaudy:::: too bright and showy

  ghastly::::death-like, pale and ill

  grumble::::to complain

  harass::::worry, trouble

  heretic::::very busy; active

  impediment:: smth that hinders (esp in speech)

  indigenous:: native

  insatiate::::never satisfied

  intrepid::::fearless

  irate::::::angry

  jeopardy::::danger

  leash:::: control

  loafer::::an idle, lazy person

  lucrative::::profitable

  lustrous::::bright; shining

  malign::::to slander

  meddle::::to interfere, to intrude

  mend:::: to repair

  mirth:::: being merry and happy

  nausea::::feeling of sickness

  neglect::::pay no attention to

  nocturnal::::of or in the night

  obese:::: very fat

  obsolete::::no longer useful, outdated

  perch:::: take up a high position

  pervade::::spread through every part of

  petulant::::unreasonably impatient or irritable

  pillage::::plunder (esp in war)

  presumptuous::too bold or self-confident

  quashed ::::annuled

  quenching:: satisfy, put an end to, put out

  refurbished:: make clean, as if like new

  rejoicing::::happiness, joy

  reticent::::in the habit of saying little

  reverberate be sent back, again and again

  rigor::::::sternness, strictness, severe conditions

  rotundity::::state of being round

  salvage::::the saving of property from loss

  scattered::::not situated together

  shatter::::to break into many pieces

  shunned::::avoided, kept away from

  sketchy::::shortly, roughly, quickly

  sporadic::::happening from time to time

  stifled::::suppressed, kept back

  strive::::to make great efforts, to struggle

  subsequent:: following

  succumb::::yield, die

  taciturn::::unspoken, silent

  tantalize::::raise hopes that cannot be realized

  tentative::::uncertain, probable

  torpid::::dull and slow

  treacherous not to be trusted, perfidious

  tremor::::thrill

  tyro::::::a beginner

  uproar::::noise and excitement

  vanity::::a foolish pride

  vehemence:: forcefulness; intensity; conviction

  vigilance::::watchfulness

  vindicate::::prove the truth

  voluptuous:: arousing sensual pleasures

  wan::::::looking ill, not bright

  wile::::::a trick

  wrinkle::::make small lines (eg forehead)