TOEFL Flashcards

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Circumstance

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The situation, facts or environment around an event

Обстоятельства

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Strategy

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Plan of action to reach a desired goal

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assist

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Help or aid

Помочь или содействовать

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Mental

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Of the mind

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Focus

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Verb: to look at; to think about; to give attention to

Noun: the center of attention; the most important part

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Respond

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To answer

To react

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React

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To respond; to act in answer to

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Label

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Noun: a name or phrase given to a group of things to identify them (often negative)

Verb: to give a label to something

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Culture

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The way a group of people living in one area normally acts, including arts, style, food, and how people talk to and act with each other

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Occupy

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To be in or on a space; to fill a space

Занимать, оккупировать

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Section

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One of number of pieces which come together to create a whole

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Available

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Able to be reached, used, or bought

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Specify

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To say which one or clearly point to which one

Указать, уточнить, определить

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Minor

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Not very important; small in size

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Resolve

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To agree; to decide; to solve a problem or argument

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Challenge

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Noun: something difficult

Verb: to suggest a fight or argument; to disagree or try to fight somebody

To say something isn’t true

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Contact

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Noun: the state of touching

        having possible or normal
        communication 

Verb: communicating to get or give specific information

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Achieve

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To finally do something you have been trying hard to do

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Comment

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Noun: an observation, note, or response

Verb: to say a short response or opinion about a given topic

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Occur

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To happen

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Transfer

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To pass from one person or thing to another
Передавать

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Relevant

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Closely connected to the topic and therefore important

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Evaluate

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To form an idea of the amount, number, or value of something
Оценить

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Maximize

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To make as big as possible; to use or do as completely as possible

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Remove
To take away or take out
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Construct
To build
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Physical
Of the body Concrete (something real that you can touch or feel)
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Acquire
To get (especially when you will continue to get more)
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Expand
To make larger; to give more detail on a subject
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Conduct
To organize and manage (an event that takes careful planning and control)
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Research
Verb: To find or search for more information about something Noun: information collected about something
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Access
Noun: The ability to go into Verb: to go into, to reach
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Obvious
Easily understood or seen Очевидный
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Source
Where something comes from
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Region
An area of land
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Complex
Complicated; having many different parts and difficult to understand
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Resource
Some saved material that can be used for a purpose
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Reject
To say no to something offered; to refuse or decline
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Maintain
To continue To keep alive; to keep in good state or condition To continue to say although people disagree
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Imply
To communicate without saying specifically; to lead to
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Primary
First in importance
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Previous
Happening before the one happening now
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Participate
To join or take part in
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Evident
Clearly seen or understood; obvious
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Period
A range or amount of time
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Consequence
Result; effect; what happens because of an event
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Major
Very important, or large in size
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Individual
Single or separated; only one of
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Rely
To depend on; to need in order to continue well
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Affect
To change; to make different; to have an effect
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Demonstrate
To show an example of, to prove with evidence
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Analyze
To try to understand something better by closely looking at its details
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Fundamental
Basic, central Extremely important
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Theory
An idea or belief about how something works
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Brief
Short (about time)
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Select
To choose Chosen as the best from a group
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Significant
Important or big enough that you should notice or pay attention
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Furthermore
Also, in addition
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Sufficient
Enough in amount for what is needed
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Modify
To make small changes or add to
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Lecture
A long speech about one topic that teaches (especially in classroom) To give a long speech about a topic when trying to teach
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Assess
To look closely at and figure out the value or type of something
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Context
The information or situation around an idea, event, or something that is said
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Hence
Therefore, so, as a result
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Restrict
To limit, to make some actions impossible
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Concept
An abstract idea
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Whereas
Although (used to contrast two different things)
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Register
To put your name or other information in a list for something To identify and show on a tool for measuring
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Assume
To believe without proof
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Investigate
To try to find answers to questions about something; to research
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Method
How to do something; a process
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Hypothesis
An idea which explains something but is unproven
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Require
To need for a specific purpose; to set as the minimum
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Overall
looking at or including all pieces or factors In general, for the most part
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Instance
An example, a case
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Substitute
Verb: to take out and put something else in the same place (worse) Nouns: something that goes in the place of the normal thing
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Indicate
To be a sigh of, to show
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Approach
Verb: to move closer to something or someone Noun: a way to do something
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Identify
To name, to show or figure out what something is
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Despite
Even with Несмотря на
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Project
Noun: a plan or task to reach a specific goal Verb: to predict a measurement of something in the future from present measurement To send out, to throw (light, energy, images)
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Capable
Able to do
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Nevertheless
However, regardless Однако
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Issue
A topic or situation to talk about A problem
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Trend
The direction or way in which something is changing
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Stress
Verb: To place extra importance on one part Noun: extra importance placed on one part Pressure, strain, tension, worry
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Adequate
Good enough for what is needed
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Establish
To build, to create
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Illustrate
To explain with an example or picture
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Contrast
To be clearly different from To be specifically at the differences between two things
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Predict
To say something will happen in the future
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Feature
An important characteristic, a property To include as an important piece Особенность, отличать
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Data
Information, facts
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Function
Verb: to work; to do what something should do Noun: what something does, its purpose
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Consume
To eat To use up (resource)
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Involve
To include, to have as a part
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Adjust
To change or move a little and make better or more accurate
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Accurate
Correct, on target
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Constant
Not changing and not stopping, continuous
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Emphasize
To place extra importance on one part