托福考试词汇备考资料:Top 100 Words
abyss: hole so deep as to appear bottomless acquiesce agree, accept without protestaffable: polite and friendly, easy to talk to
affliction: distress, suffering
affluent: wealthy, abundant
agitate: move, shake, stir up ambiguous having more then one meaning
annex: take possession of
aqueous: of or like water
arduous: demanding great effort, strenuous
aroma: quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical
atone: make repayment
avarice: greed
bellicose: inclined to fighting calisthenicsexercises to develop strong bodies
captor: person who takes smb captive
concoct: invent, prepare by mixing together
dangle: hand or swing loosely
deprive: take away from, prevent from using
diligent: hard-working
disrobe: undress
docile: easily trained or controlled
doleful: dismal, mourful
drought: a long period of dry weather
dubious: feeling doubt dumbfound astonish
efface: rub or wipe out, obliterate
elucidate: to make understandable
enchant: charm, delight
endeavor to make an effort, to try very hard
endorse: approve, support a claim or statement
enthral: take the whole attention, enslave
exploit: to use for selfish advantage or profit
extensive: far-reaching
extol: to praise highly
flimsy: lacking solidarity, strength
fraud: a fault, a deception
gaudy: too bright and showy
ghastly: death-like, pale and ill
grumble: to complain
harass: worry, trouble
heretic: very busy; active
impediment smth that hinders (esp in speech) indigenous native
insatiate: never satisfied
intrepid: fearless
irate: angry
jeopardy: danger
leash: control
loafer: an idle, lazy person
lucrative: profitable
lustrous: bright; shining
malign: to slander
meddle: to interfere, to intrude
mend: to repair
mirth: being merry and happy
nausea: feeling of sickness
neglect: pay no attention to
nocturnal: of or in the night
obese: very fat
obsolete: no longer useful, outdated
perch: take up a high position
pervade: spread through every part of
petulant: unreasonably impatient or irritable
pillage: plunder (esp in war)
presumptuoustoo bold or self-confident
quashed : annuled
quenching:satisfy, put an end to, put out
refurbished make clean, as if like new
rejoicing: happiness, joy
reticent: in the habit of saying little reverberate be sent back, again and again
rigor: sternness, strictness, severe conditions
rotundity: state of being round
salvage: the saving of property from loss
scattered: not situated together
shatter: to break into many pieces
shunned: avoided, kept away from
sketchy: shortly, roughly, quickly
sporadic: happening from time to time
stifled: suppressed, kept back
strive: to make great efforts, to struggle subsequent following
succumb: yield, die
taciturn: unspoken, silent
tantalize: raise hopes that cannot be realized
tentative: uncertain, probable
torpid: dull and slow
treacherous not to be trusted, perfidious
tremor: thrill
tyro: a beginner
uproar: noise and excitement
vanity: a foolish pride vehemence forcefulness; intensity; conviction
vigilance: watchfulness
vindicate: prove the truth
voluptuous arousing sensual pleasures
wan: looking ill, not bright wile:a trick
wrinkle: make small lines (eg forehead)
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