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Advanced Vocabulary Development For TOEFL Word List 08
Advanced Vocabulary Development For TOEFL Word List 08
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PSAT
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SAT
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GRE
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Word list 8
Group 1
Notes
Atheist
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Colloquial
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Dotard
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Furrow
groove
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Instigator
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Misnomer
wrong name
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Percipient
perceptive; insightful
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Quaff
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Staunch
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Vilification
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Group 2
Notes
Atrophy
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Collusion
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Drawl
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Furtive
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Insurgent
a rebel
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Misogynist
hater of women
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Perdition
damnation
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Quagmire
marsh; bog
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Stereotype
fixed image
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Vindicate
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Group 3
Notes
Attenuate
weaken
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Commandeer
take possession of
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Drivel
nonsense
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Futile
useless; hopeless
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Interminable
never-ending
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Misrepresentation
deliberately deceiving
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Peremptory
in a commanding manner
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Quaint
picturesque
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Stevedore
dockworker
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Virtuoso
an accomplished musician
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Group 4
Notes
Augment
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Complacent
self-satisfied; smug
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Droll
dryly amusing
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Galleon
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Intermittent
sporadic; irregular
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Mitigate
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Perfidy
treachery
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Quandary
dilemma; puzzle
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Stifle
suppress
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Virulent
dangerous; harmful
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Group 5
Notes
Auspicious
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Compliant
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Drone
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Gambol
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Intransigence
stubbornness
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Modicum
small amount
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Perfunctory
superficial; cursory
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Quarantine
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Stoic
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Vital
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Group 6
Notes
Austere
severely plain
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Concatenate
link together
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Dubious
doubtful
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Garble
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Intransigent
stubborn; unyielding
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Momentous
very important
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Peripatetic
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Quarry
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Stoke
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Vitriolic
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Group 7
Notes
Aversion
a dislike of
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Concatenation
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Dupe
to fool someone
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Garish
gaudy
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Intrepid
brave
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Monotonous
dull; unvarying
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Peripheral
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Querulous
always complaining
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Stolid
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Vivacity
liveliness; animation
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Group 8
Notes
Balk
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Conciliate
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Dynamic
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Garner
gather; collect
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Inveterate
habitual
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Moratorium
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Perjury
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Quirk
oddity
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Stratagem
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Vivify
enliven
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Group 9
Notes
Banal
common; dull
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Concise
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Ebullient
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Garrulous
talkative
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Invidious
arousing envy
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Moribund
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Pernicious
destructive; harmful
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Ramble
wander aimlessly
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Strident
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Vociferous
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Group 10
Notes
Banality
ordinariness; dullness
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Condescend
talk down to
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Eccentric
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Gaunt
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Inviolable
cannot be invaded
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Morose
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Persnickety
fastidious; fussy
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Ramifications
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Stringent
strict or severe
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Volatile
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