TOEFL Vocab 1 (1-20)
abate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to lessen in strength, intensity, or degree;
subside.
Example:
As the violent storm _____, we began to survey the damage it caused.
aberration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(n) deviation from what is normal, distortion.
Example:
His new scientific theory was deemed an _____ by his very conservative
colleagues.
, abeyance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(n) suspension, being temporarily suspended or
set aside.
Example:
Construction of the highway is in _____ until we get agency approval.
abhor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to regard with horror or repugnance, detest.
Example:
I know Carlos _____ politics, but he should still get out and vote.
abjure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to give up or reject
Example:
When Joseph became a citizen, he had to _____ his allegiance to his
country of origin.
abrogate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to abolish, do away with, formally revoke.
abate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to lessen in strength, intensity, or degree;
subside.
Example:
As the violent storm _____, we began to survey the damage it caused.
aberration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(n) deviation from what is normal, distortion.
Example:
His new scientific theory was deemed an _____ by his very conservative
colleagues.
, abeyance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(n) suspension, being temporarily suspended or
set aside.
Example:
Construction of the highway is in _____ until we get agency approval.
abhor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to regard with horror or repugnance, detest.
Example:
I know Carlos _____ politics, but he should still get out and vote.
abjure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to give up or reject
Example:
When Joseph became a citizen, he had to _____ his allegiance to his
country of origin.
abrogate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(v) to abolish, do away with, formally revoke.
