TOEFL Vocabulary — Group 13

Expressing what needs to be said clearly and briefly, with no wasted words.

Happening or existing at the same time as something else.

To keep something or someone within set limits.

To combine several things into one stronger, more unified, or more effective whole.

To be one of the parts that together make up or form a whole.

To severely limit the freedom or range of something.

To think about something carefully and seriously for a long time.

To say or show the opposite of a statement, so both cannot be true together.

To come together from different directions toward the same point.

To have a mutual relationship such that when one thing changes, the other tends to change too.

To reduce or cancel out an effect by acting in the opposite way.

Capable of being believed because it seems honest, reliable, or well-supported.

A standard or principle used as the basis for judging, deciding, or evaluating something.

Extremely important because it strongly affects the outcome of something.

Increasing steadily as more things of the same kind are added to what came before.

To work out the meaning of something written unclearly, in code, or hard to read.

To put off an action until a later time, or to yield to someone else's judgment.

Lacking a necessary quality, amount, or ingredient to be considered complete or adequate.

Final and not able to be changed or disputed; the most authoritative version.

To publicly criticize or condemn something or someone as wrong.

To represent or show something through a picture, description, or performance.

To obtain or trace something, especially a word, idea, or feeling, from a particular source.

To officially choose or name someone or something for a specific role or purpose.

To discourage someone from doing something, usually by making it seem risky or unpleasant.

Causing harm or damage, especially to something's health, development, or condition over time.