Vocabulary for TOEFL Reading 10

Vocabulary for TOEFL Reading 10

Text 1:

Properly (adv): appropriately, suitably

Nervous (adj): anxious, fearful

Shallow (adj): superficial

End (n): edge, borderline

Float (v): drift, waft

Sink (v): plummet, plunge

Tuck in (v): stuff in, put into

Stretch out (v): extend, elongate

Glide (v): sail, skip

Regular (adj): common, typical

Immerse (v): submerge, douse

Text 2:

Vertical (adj): upright

Puffy (adj): bulgy, bloated

Horizontal (adj): parallel, level

Blanket (n): covering, quilt

Curl (n): loop, curve

Feather (n): plumage, tuft

Group (v): cluster, assemble

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Vocabulary for TOEFL Reading 10

Altitude (n): height above sea level

Compose of (v): comprise of, consist of

Mostly (adv): mainly, chiefly

Droplet (n): bead, small amount of liquid

Text 3:

Planet (n): celestial body orbiting a star

Solar (adj): heliacal

Revolve (v): rotate, gyrate

Orbit (n): circuit, circumgyration

Distant (adj): far

Comet (n): falling star

Asteroid (n): planetoid

Meteor (n): shooting star, burning rock entering the Earth’s atmosphere from space

Dust (n): dirt, grime

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