TOEFL Vocabulary — Group 9

Extremely thorough, strict, and demanding in method or standards.

To formally reject or refuse to accept something as true, valid, or binding.

Describing something given, felt, or done equally in return by both sides.

More than what is needed, so that something becomes an unnecessary repetition.

Unwilling or hesitant to do something, often because of doubt or a lack of enthusiasm.

A complex or far-reaching consequence that follows from an action or decision.

The set of reasons or logical basis behind a decision, belief, or course of action.

Famous and widely respected for a particular skill or achievement.

Firmly determined and unlikely to change course despite pressure or difficulty.

To officially cancel a right, permission, agreement, or law.

The art of using language persuasively and effectively, especially in speaking or writing.

Stiff and unable to bend, or, when describing a person or system, unwilling to change or adapt.

Stubbornly defiant of authority or guidance and resistant to being controlled or corrected.

Coming after something else in time or order.

Large in size, value, or importance; significant enough to matter.

So slight or delicate that it is not easy to notice or describe.

Expressed clearly in very few words, with nothing unnecessary included.

Concerned only with the surface or obvious aspects, without any real depth.

To stop something from being expressed, noticed, or allowed to grow, whether it is a feeling, action, or piece of information.

To guess or conclude something based on limited or incomplete information, without solid proof.

To keep something going over time, or to support and maintain it.

To combine separate ideas, elements, or pieces of information into one unified whole.

Having doubts about whether a claim is true and not easily convinced.

To form a guess or theory about something without having complete information.

Happening occasionally and at irregular intervals rather than continuously.