CRACKING THE TOEFL IBT 2008 AUDIO

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English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 141decaliter(n) A liquid and dry measure of 10liters.--------------------decalogue(n) The ten commandments.--------------------Decameron(n) A volume consisting of ten parts orbooks.--------------------decameter

(adj) Of or pertaining to an academy,college, or university.--------------------academician(n) A member of an academy ofliterature, art, or science.--------------------academy(n) Any institution where the higherbranches of learning are taught.--------------------accede(v) To agree.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 010accredit(v) To give credit or authority to.--------------------accumulate(v) To become greater in quantity ornumber.--------------------accuracy(n) Exactness.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 011accustom(v) To make familiar by use.--------------------acerbity(n) Sourness, with bitterness andastringency.--------------------acetate(n) A salt of acetic acid.--------------------acetic(adj) Of, pertaining to, or of <[r]

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 014acrimony(n) Sharpness or bitterness of speechor temper.--------------------actionable(adj) Affording cause for instituting anaction, as trespass, slanderous words.--------------------actuality(n) Any reality.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 100codicil(n) A supplement adding to, revoking,or explaining in the body of a will.--------------------coerce(v) To force.--------------------coercion(n) Forcible constraint or restraint,moral or physical.-----------[r]

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 103colloquialism(n) Form of speech used only orchiefly in conversation.--------------------colloquy(n) Conversation.--------------------collusion(n) A secret agreement for a wrongfulpurpose.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 104commentary(n) A series of illustrative orexplanatory notes on any importantwork.--------------------commingle(v) To blend.--------------------commissariat(n) The department of an armycharged with the provis[r]

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 107complicate(v) To make complex, difficult, or hardto deal with.--------------------complication(n) An intermingling or combination ofthings or parts, especially in aperplexing manner.--------------------complicity(n) Part[r]

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 108comprehension(n) Ability to know.--------------------comprehensive(adj) Large in scope or content.--------------------compress(v) To press together or into smallerspace.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 140dearth(n) Scarcity, as of somethingcustomary, essential ,or desirable.--------------------death's-head(n) A human skull as a symbol ofdeath.--------------------debase(v) To lower in character or virtue.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 145defendant(n) A person against whom a suit isbrought.--------------------defensible(adj) Capable of being maintained orjustified.--------------------defensive(adj) Carried on in resistance toaggression.

(adj) Characterized by self denial orabstinence, as in the use of drink, food.--------------------abstinence(n) Self denial.--------------------abstruse(adj) Dealing with matters difficult tobe understood.--------------------absurd(adj) Inconsistent with reason orcommon sense.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 017admittance(n) Entrance, or the right or permissionto enter.--------------------admonish(v) To warn of a fault.--------------------admonition(n) Gentle reproof.--------------------ado(n) unnecessary activity or cer[r]

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 148deject(v) To dishearten.--------------------dejection(n) Melancholy.--------------------delectable(adj) Delightful to the taste or to thesenses.--------------------delectation(n) Delight.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 150demerit(n) A mark for failure or bad conduct.--------------------demise(n) Death.--------------------demobilize(v) To disband, as troops.--------------------demolish(v) To annihilate.

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 151demulcent(n) Any application soothing to anirritable surface--------------------demurrage(n) the detention of a vessel beyondthe specified time of sailing.--------------------dendroid(adj) Like a tree.------------[r]

English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 154deprave(v) To render bad, especially morallybad.--------------------deprecate(v) To express disapproval or regretfor, with hope for the opposite.--------------------depreciate(v) To lessen the worth of.----[r]

form and meaning.--------------------derivative(adj) Coming or acquired from someorigin.--------------------derive(v) To deduce, as from a premise.--------------------dermatology(n) The branch of medical sciencewhich relates to the skin and itsdiseases.