TOEFL Vocabulary — Group 7

Batch 7 of TOEFL vocabulary words.

Momentous easy
adjective

Extremely important, especially because of its lasting impact on future events.

Mundane easy
adjective

Ordinary and unremarkable, belonging to the routine of everyday life.

Myriad easy
adjective

Extremely numerous, so many that counting them all would be impractical.

Negate medium
verb

To cancel out the effect of something or prove it false.

Negligible medium
adjective

So small in size or importance that it can safely be ignored.

Notion easy
noun

An idea, belief, or general understanding about something.

Notwithstanding hard
preposition

In spite of a particular fact, without letting that fact prevent something else from happening.

Novel easy
adjective

New and different from anything known before.

Nuance easy
noun

A small, subtle distinction in meaning, tone, or expression.

Nullify easy
verb

To make something legally or officially without effect; to cancel it out.

Objective easy
adjective

Based on facts and evidence rather than personal feelings or opinions.

Obscure easy
adjective

Not well known, or difficult to see or understand clearly.

Obsolete easy
adjective

No longer used because something newer and better has replaced it.

Obstinate medium
adjective

Stubbornly sticking to an opinion or course of action despite pressure to change.

Onset easy
noun

The beginning or first stage of something, often something unpleasant.

Optimal easy
adjective

The best or most effective possible under the given circumstances.

Ostensible hard
adjective

Appearing or claimed to be true, though the real reason may be different.

Overt medium
adjective

Done or shown openly, without any attempt to hide it.

Paradigm hard
noun

A typical pattern or model of thinking that shapes how people understand an entire subject.

Paradox medium
noun

A statement or situation that seems to contradict itself yet may still hold some truth.

Paramount medium
adjective

Ranking above everything else in importance.

Peripheral medium
adjective

Relating to a minor or less central part of something rather than its main focus.

Perpetuate hard
verb

To cause something, often a belief or condition, to keep continuing without end.

Pertinent medium
adjective

Directly relevant and closely connected to the matter being discussed.

Pervasive easy
adjective

Spreading through and present in every part of something.