TOEFL Skills Week 8 Flashcards
Predator* (n.)
An animal that attacks another animal.
Presumptuous (adj.)
Presume (v.)
Too bold or self confident, too forward.
The presumptions candidate asked when she would be starting the job before the interview was over.
Prey* (n.)
An animal that is attacked by another.
Quash (v.)
To suppress, to out and end to.
Her dreams of Harvard were quashed when she failed geometry.
Quench (v.)
To satisfy (specially by drinking). To put out (as in a fire). The mango smoothie quenched my thirst on the hot summer day.
Refurbish (v.)
To make clean, bright, or fresh again.
Refurbishing the old table raised he value by $100.
Rejoice (v.)
To feel joyful, extreme relief.
The neighborhood rejoiced when help arrived to put on the fire.
Reticent (adj.)
Quiet, reserved, private about one’s feelings.
He was reticent to tell any information to the police about his colleagues.
Reverberate (v.)
Reverberation (n.)
Be sent back (as a sound). Again and again.
The sound of the piano reverberated off the high church ceilings.
Rigorous (adj.)
Rigor (n.)
The rigorous exercise in the hot weather causes many players to lose consciousness.
Rotund (adj.)
Rotundity (n.)
Round in shape, fat.
The rotund little boy was put on a diet for his mother.
Salvage (n.) & (adj.)
To save property for loss.
After the fire, we were able to salvage only a few photos.
Sanction* (v.)
Put sanctions =\
To authorize, to give permission.
Drinking is not sanctioned at EF.
Scatter (v.)
To throw loosely around.
She scattered the bread around her yard for the birds.
Shatter (v.)
To break into many pieces.
Scattering a mirror will give you seven years of bad luck.
