TOEFL Vocabulary — Group 6

Present in a person from birth rather than learned later through practice.

Harmless; unlikely to cause offense or damage.

To set an action or conflict in motion, especially one that stirs up trouble.

So necessary to a whole that the whole would be incomplete without it.

Starting and stopping again and again instead of happening continuously.

Made up of many finely detailed parts that fit together in a complicated way.

Belonging to something as one of its basic, essential features rather than added later.

Understood immediately through instinct or feeling rather than step-by-step reasoning.

To overwhelm someone or something with a huge, sudden amount.

Always, in every single case, without exception.

So strongly supported by evidence that it cannot reasonably be denied or proven false.

To repeat a process again and again, often refining it slightly each time.

To place two things side by side so that their differences or similarities become clear.

Showing sound, sensible judgment, especially in practical decisions.

To start a fire, or figuratively to stir up a feeling or interest that grows stronger over time.

To express deep sorrow or regret, often openly, about a loss or disappointment.

Present but hidden or undeveloped, not yet showing itself.

Clear and easy to understand; also, clear-headed and coherent in thought.

Generating a substantial amount of profit or financial gain.

So absurd or unreasonable that it seems almost laughable.

Easily shaped, bent, or influenced.

An official instruction or authority given to a person or group to carry out a particular task.

So small in size or effect that it barely matters.

Small in amount and insufficient for what is actually needed.

To make a harmful or serious situation less severe.