TOEFL Vocabulary Day 5

Vocabulary 1 - 20

Abreast (adj)

alongside

Absent-minded (adj)

uninterested, oblivious, inattentive

Adolescent (adj)

juvenile, young, junior, childish

Analyze (v)

diagnose, examine, study, break down

Appease (v)

pacify, quiet, soothe, calm

Avert (v)

prevent, deter, avoid

Beneath (prep)

below, under, underneath

Blunt (adj)

dull, rounded, unsharpened

Captivity (n)

confinement, trapped

Complicate (v)

make difficult

Dehydrate (v)

dry, desiccate

Disaster (v)

catastrophe, calamity, mishap

Engaged (adj)

pledged, promised

Escalate (v)

rise, increase, heighten

Furnish (v)

provide, supply

Gigantic (adj)

enormous, vast, mammoth

Grossly (adv)

entirely, totally, greatly

Grueling (adj)

exhausting, tormenting

Inadequate (adj)

insufficient, lacking, unsatisfactory

Indigenous (adj)

native, original