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300 Toefl Words 4
300 Toefl Words 4 - Words 101-140
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DEPLETE | To empty or to use up - depleted the public treasury by vast building programs. Synonyms: exhaust, drain. Antonyms: replenish; (adj.) replete |
| DEPRAVED | Of low morals; corrupt - a depraved mind, devising evil. Synonyms: debased, wicked, vicious, perverted |
| DEPRECIATE | To lessen the value or price of- depreciated John's acting ability. Synonyms: disparage, derogate (adj. derogatory). Antonyms: enhance, magnify, extol, laud, eulogize |
| DEVASTATION | Widespread ruin - the city left in utter devastation by war. Synonyms: destruction, desolation |
| DEVIOUS | Not straightforward; shifty or crooked- used devious means to attain his wicked ends. Synonyms: crooked, erring |
| DEVOID | Lacking in; not possessing - a speech devoid of even a trace of ill-will. Synonym: destitute Synonyms: abounding, prevalent |
| DEVOUT | Devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior - devout in his regularity of attendance at worship. Synonyms: pious, religious Antonym: impious |
| DILEMMA | A situation calling for a choice between two equally difficult alternatives; hence, a difficult or perplexing situation - faced with a dilemma defying solution. Synonyms: predicament, quandary, plight |
| DISCONCERT | To disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely. . Synonyms: perturb, discomfit, discompose, abash, disquiet, fluster |
| DISCRETE | Apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts. |
| DISPARITY (adj.: DISPARATE) | Inequality; difference in image, quantity, character, or rank - great disparity between promise and performance. |
| DISPASSIONATE | Free from feeling or partiality - coldly dispassionate as the chairman of the meeting. Synonyms: palm, impartial Antonym: partial |
| DISPATCH (verb) | To do speedily; to send off - dispatched with remarkable promptness. . Synonym: expedite |
| DISMISS | 1. to permit or cause to leave 2. to reject serious consideration of - dispelled a doubt that had lingered. Synonyms: dissipate, disperse, diffuse |
| DISSENT (noun: DISSENSION) | To disagree; to differ in opinion - He dissented violently, rejecting compromise. |
| DISTRAUGHT | Agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain; upset - distraught by trials and tribulations. Synonym: harassed |
| DIVERSE (verb: DIVERSIFY) | Of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions. Synonym: multifarious |
| DIVULGE | To make public or reveal - refused to divulge his source of information. Synonyms: disclose, impart |
| DYNAMIC | Pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm. . Synonym: energetic Synonyms: static, inert, dormant, torpid, sluggish, quiescent |
| EGREGIOUS | Extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. |
| ELICIT | To draw out - elicited no response from the audience. Synonyms: evoke, extract, extort |
| ENSUE | To follow or result from -Silence ensued when the leader arose to speak. |
| ENTREAT | To beg earnestly - entreated the judge to show mercy. Synonyms: solicit, supplicate, beseech, implore, importune; (adj.) importunate, mendicant, suppliant |
| ERR (noun: ERROR) | To be mistaken or go astray - To err is human, to forgive divine. Synonyms: stray, blunder |
| ERRATIC | Irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior, reflecting his queer ideas. |
| ERUDITE | Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary. |
| EXEMPLARY (noun: EXEMPLAR) | Serving as a model; commendable - exemplary conduct approved by all. . Synonyms: illustrative, typical; praiseworthy, laudable |
| EXODUS | A mass departure or emigration - the pathetic exodus of refugees from their homeland. |
| EXPATRIATE (verb) | To banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country - expatriated for treachery to his country. (noun): An expatriated person - expatriates who left the United States to live in Paris. Antonym: repatriate |
| EXPEDIENT (adj.) | Suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance- found it expedient to maintain silence at that moment. Synonyms: opportune, seasonable. (noun): A means to accomplish something - tried all expedients to achieve a quick result. |
| EXPLOIT (verb) | To use for one's selfish purpose – refugees exploited by unscrupulous employers. (noun): A brilliant deed - lauded for his exploits in science. Synonym: feat |
| EXPOUND (noun: EXPOSITION) | To set forth in detail; to explain - expounded his theory in a learned article. |
| EXTEMPORANEOUS | Done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation - an extemporaneous speech. Synonyms: impromptu, offhand |
| EXTINCT | No longer existing or active - the extinct dinosaur, alive only in history. Synonym: defunct Antonym: extant |
| EXULTATION | Great rejoicing - received the good news with exultation. Synonym: jubilation |
| FACADE | Front or face, especially of a building - a facade of marble. |
| FACETIOUS | Given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun - brightened the evening with his facetious remarks. Synonyms: jocose, droll, flippant, frivolous Antonyms: solemn, grave, saturnine |
| FALLIBLE | Liable to make mistakes or be deceived - Being human, Tom was naturally fallible. Synonyms: infallible, unerring |
| FATHOM | To penetrate and understand - difficult to fathom his mysterious actions. |
| FEASIBLE | Capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan. . Antonym: impracticable |
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