STEP Reading Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary and synonyms frequently found in the reading section of the STEP exam, based on lecture transcripts.

Myriad

multiple or countless

inauguration

opening or inform

beings

human = mankind

explanation

definition

Nocturnal

active at night

proficient

skilled

strongly

essentially

enjoy

Celebrate

again use

Recycling

separated

Individual

comment

Remark

recent

Current

Unlikely

improbable

Breaking

squash

fetched far

Unconvincing

brighten

Shiny

greedy

more than

Inconvenience

trouble

Function

job, position

Suffer

problem

Paper

sedge , papyrus

pleased

happy

Bid

offer to

Effortless

without work

Physician

doctor

Chart

maps

Cartographer

mapmaker

Happen

occur

Reign

rule, law

Nutrients

high food value

Allocate

assign

Assumed

took, thread, posited, suspected, pretended, posited

Couch surfing

friends live together, house free

Piles, heap

stack

Carved

shaped

Diet

food

Harvesting

collect

Undecided

great waves

Exhausted

tired

Herbs

plant

Antique

old

Dabble

wet

accepted

Adapted

pressure

Stress

Fight in fight response

the way that the human body react to dangerous situation

overloaded

under high pressure

sufficient

enough

Leisure

free

Risk

dangerous

Pronunciation

say

Accomplish

plan

Accommodation

home

Tension, tense

stress

Bowl

container

Brainstorming

plan, solution, product

Slaughter

kill

Multiple

consisting of, including

Tamed

controlled

journey

Expedition

traditions

Habit

Crucial

important

legend

epic

resemble

look like

flaming

fire

headed for

moved towards

repair

fix

not scheduled

not planned

essential

important

preserve

protect

opertation pioneer

first time

colony

colonies , habitation , settlement

lacking

missing

forceful

powerful

versatility

useful

escalate

increase

head

director, manager

nutritious

more healthy

allocates

assign

complected

available

dozing

sleep

clues

signs

derived

originated

assumed (Page 2)

pretense

compound

complex

explain

look

equilibrium

balance

location

place

parallel

similarity

site

place

mutual intelligibility

similarity

shatter

destroy

Synthetic (Antonym)

natural

Noisy (Antonym)

quiet