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Barron's TOEFL p37

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to realize your potential/ambition, etc   to reach or achieve: She never _______ her ambition of performing on TV.We try to help all students ____________ their potential.  
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an individual, (can also be an adjective)   The competition is open to teams and _______________. She's got a very _____________style.  
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to yield   to produce or result in: This savings account ___________ very good returns. The research has ___________ a lot of useful information.  
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to thrive   to do well, become healthy. The children ______ on the good food in the refugee camp. He ran a _________ (adj) company for many years.  
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to wither   to become weak. The plants ______ in the strong sunlight. All our hopes ______ away.  
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to vary   to be different from each other (in size, colour, etc.) The quality of students' work ______ a lot. Class numbers ______ between 15 and 30.  
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to contribute   to be a cause of: Many factors can _______ to higher cancer risks, for example smoking, poor diet and so on. To increase or improve: This research ______ a lot to our understanding of the problem.  
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malnutrition   poor food quality/eating habits. mal= poor, bad.  
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a host of   a lot of: The research showed there is a ______ of factors that contribute to the problem.  
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to contend   to say sthg is true (esp in an argument): Many experts _______ that drinking coffee brings a host of health benefits.  
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to counter   to answer by saying that sthg is not true: Such ideas are not easily _______. He ____ by giving evidence from other research studies.  
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an attribute   a special quality or feature: Patience is an important ____ of a good teacher. The actress had many special _____ that made the director want her for the role.  
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a highly controversial study, topic, book, etc.   There is a _________ plan to build a new airport in Istanbul. Thatcher is a _________ politician. People strongly disagree about her ideas and actions.  
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to undergo (past - underwent)   to experience sthg, usually unpleasant: Some children undergo a complete change in personality when they become teenagers.  
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to be committed to   to be loyal: Many men are _____ to their wives and families. He was _____ to socialism all his life.  
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to stem from   to be the result of, because of: The increase in smoking among teenagers seemed to _____ from easily availability of cigarettes.  
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to compensate, compensation   to pay someone money because they lost sthg or someone: The courts ordered the airlines to pay ________ after the crash. Getting wiser _______ for the loss of youth as one gets older.  
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to be determined by   to be decided by: A person's character is ________ by their childhood experiences and personality.  
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