TOEFL Word List 11-29 Day 1

Zhiyu W. (China)
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  1. amenity
    something that provides value, pleasure, or convenience
  2. avalanche
    a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain
  3. cellist
    someone who plays a violoncello
  4. ceramic
    an artifact made of clay baked at a high temperature
  5. compress
    squeeze or push together
  6. concave
    curving inward
  7. confer
    present
  8. contour
    a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
  9. crumple
    gather something into small wrinkles or folds
  10. depot
    a station for loading and unloading passengers or goods
  11. dogged
    stubbornly unyielding
  12. drowsy
    half asleep
  13. electrode
    a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
  14. elongate
    lengthen
  15. enactment
    the passing of a law by a legislative body
  16. expressly
    with a clear or definite meaning or purpose
  17. ferment
    cause to undergo the breakdown of sugar into alcohol
  18. finch
    any of numerous small songbirds with short bills
  19. furnace
    an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced for a building
  20. genesis
    a coming into being
  21. glossy
    reflecting light
  22. granite
    a type of igneous rock with a visibly crystalline texture
  23. graphite
    a soft, dark gray mineral made of carbon
  24. hieratic
    associated with the priesthood or priests
  25. hitherto
    up to this point; until the present time
  26. inanity
    the quality of being meaningless or foolish
  27. incongruity
    the quality of disagreeing
  28. insulin
    a glucose-regulating hormone produced in the pancreas
  29. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  30. invertebrate
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
  31. lettuce
    any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
  32. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  33. luster
    the property of something that shines with reflected light
  34. marvel
    be amazed at
  35. mason
    a craftsman who works with stone or brick
  36. metric
    based on a decimal unit of measurement
  37. modeling
    the act of representing something
  38. monastery
    the residence of a religious community
  39. mythical
    based on or told of in traditional stories
  40. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  41. outfit
    a set of clothing
  42. pastel
    any of various pale or light colors
  43. petition
    a formal request that something be submitted to an authority
  44. receptacle
    a container that is used to put or keep things in
  45. recurring
    coming back
  46. refraction
    the change in direction of a propagating wave
  47. refurbish
    improve the appearance or functionality of
  48. revolt
    rise up against an authority
  49. sanctuary
    a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
  50. segregate
    divide from the main body or mass and collect
  51. soprano
    the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
  52. squid
    widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
  53. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  54. stratigraphy
    the branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata
  55. stunt
    check the growth or development of
  56. suffragist
    an advocate of the extension of voting rights
  57. tedium
    the feeling of being bored by something
  58. thorn
    a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
  59. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  60. troupe
    an organization of performers and associated personnel
  61. twine
    a lightweight cord
  62. unravel
    become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers of
  63. yield
    give or supply
Created on Sat May 14 01:28:41 EDT 2011 (updated Sun May 15 19:19:25 EDT 2011)

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