TOEFL Vocabulary — Group 14

Showing careful and persistent effort.

To make previously secret or private information known to others.

To scatter or spread out over a wide area.

To spread information, ideas, or knowledge widely so that many people receive it.

To twist something out of its normal shape or true meaning.

To develop in a different direction, or to separate from an original path or shared point.

A specific field of knowledge, activity, or authority.

Temporarily inactive but capable of becoming active again later.

Extreme and sudden, especially in a way that produces a strong effect.

Doubtful or uncertain, often because something seems suspicious or unreliable.

To become gradually smaller or weaker over a period of time.

To explain or describe something in greater detail.

To begin a new project, journey, or activity, especially one that will take a long time.

Well-known and highly respected within a particular field.

Based on observation or experiment rather than theory.

To include a wide range of things as parts of a whole.

To improve the quality, value, or attractiveness of something.

To involve or require something as a necessary part or consequence.

Lasting for a very short time.

Equal in value, meaning, or importance to something else.

To become or make something rapidly increase in size, intensity, or seriousness.

To bring a feeling, memory, or image into someone's mind.

Thorough and complete, covering every possible detail so that nothing relevant is left out.

To make a process happen more quickly.

Not essential or directly related to the main subject; irrelevant.