vocabulary must have toefl Flashcards
plunge
to go down suddenly. He plunged into the pool
deplete
the prolonged war depleted the country’ national treasury
seep
to pass slowly for a longed time. the toxic waste seeped into the ground
retrieve
get or bring (something) back from somewhere.
was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden” to retrieve cash for members of the public
recede
To move back or away from..
After the age of 30, his hairline began to recede further back from his forehead.
agnostic
Believing that humans cannot know whether there is
a god
His devoutly Christian parents had problems with his agnostic beliefs.
animism n.
The belief that natural objects, such as trees, have souls
Desert cultures that practice animism often believe that winds contain spirits.
to be inclined to
To favor an opinion or a course of action
He couldn’t say which candidate he favored, but he had always been inclined to vote Republican.
contemplate
To consider thoughtfully
If you contemplate each step for so long, we will never complete this
project on time.
deify
To worship as a god
When people deify the leader of their country, the leader is able to
abuse power more easily
exalt
To praise or honor
He would often exalt the virtues of his new wife.
“the party will continue to exalt their hero”
pious
Having or exhibiting religious reverence
Sometimes she was so pious that the rest of us felt like heathens.
‘a deeply pious woman’
forensics
The use of science and technology to investigate facts in criminal cases
Advances in the study of forensics have made it much easier to identify criminals from very small traces of evidence.
invoke
give rise to; evoke.
