TOEFL VOCA
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- nave
- The ___ of a church is the long central part whre people gather to worship.
- flax
- __- is a plant with blue flowers. Its stem is used for making thread, rope, and cloth.
- perspicuity
- Avoid redundancy and write with ____
- engraving
- An ___ is a picture or design that has been cut into a surface.
- linen
- For the time being, we wanted to wash our dirty ___ at home.
- pathos
- ___ is a quality in a situation, film, or play that makes people feel sadness and pity.
- decorum
- I was treated with ___ and respect throughout the investigation.
- yarmulke
- It is mandatory to wear a ___ during a worship.
- piety
- ___ is strong religious belief, or behavior that is religious or morally correct.
- incognito
- The king ___ travelled across the country.
- haute couture
- ______ refers to the designing and making of high-quality fashion clothes.
- caste
- The well-known family has lost ___
- ineffably
- Tom is ___ entertaining
- nirvana
- Entering the realm of ___ is only possible for those who have become pure.
- euphony
- Sometimes we feel fascinated by the ___ the waves make
- melodious
- she spoke in a quietly ___ voice.
- harangue
- an argument ensued, with various club members ___ the physicist
- clerical
- The hospital blamed the mix-up on a ____ error.
- soliloquy
- A ___ is a speech in a play in which an actor or actress speaks to himself or herself and to the audience.
- providence
- These women regard his death as an act of ___
- anathema
- Alcohol is an ___ to me
- immolate
- ___means killing as a sacrifice.
- emeritus
- Dr. Friedman is an ___ professor at University of Chicago.
- patrimony
- I left my parents' house, relinguished my estate and my ___
- neophyte
- A ___ is someone who is new to a particular activity
- kaiser
- ___ is a form of political system.
- laconic
- At least we weren't kidnapped and 'I'm glad of that,' was the ___ response.
- cavalier
- ___ behavior does not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situaiton.
- polyglot
- A ___ is a person who speaks or understands many languages
- homonym
- ___ is a word that sounds the same as another word.
- theocentric
- his approach to philosophy is ___
- garrulity
- He is not well-known for his smartness but for his ___
- practitioner
- She is a medical ___
- clerical
- ___ means relating to the clergy.
- shaman
- Among some Native American peoples, a __is a person who is believed to have powers to heal sick people
- liturgy
- A ___ is a particular form of religious service.
- stoic
- He had the novle image of the tall,___, land-loving peasant.
- epicure
- And ___ is someone who enjoys eating food that is of very good quality, esp unusual or rare food.
- babbitt
- The business tycoon is after all a ___ by nature.
- fabulist
- He is a ___, not a liar
- elocution
- The actor has mastered the theatrical ___
- litany
- A ___ is a responsive prayer service.
- utopia
- The linguist was a wirter in search of ___.
- prima donna
- her career began as _____ with the Royal Rose Opera company.
- treatise
- A ___ is a long, formal piece of writing about a particular subject.
- ballad
- A __- is a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language.
- grotesque
- A __- is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.
- celibacy
- He believes in ___ and practices it.
- grotesque
- You say that something is ___ when it's so unnatural, unpleasant and exaggerated that upsets or shocks you.
- etching
- An ___ is a picture printed from a metal plate that has had a design cut into it with acid.
- colloquial
- When you talk to an American native tongue, try to use a many ___ expressions a s possible.
- titular
- Alice is the ___ character in the novel, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
- necrology
- ___ is a list of people who have passed away lately
- comic strip
- A ____ is a serises of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
- misogyny
- ____ means dislike of women.
- baccalaureate
- he received his _____ in economics in 1985 from Princeton.
- haute cuisine
- He likes French ___
- printmaking
- ____ is an artistic technique which consists of making a series of pictures from an original.
- fairground
- A __- is an area of land where a fair is held.
- neolithic
- The wall paintings reflect ___ culture.
- enshrine
- These important rights are ___ in the constitution
- lexicon
- The ___ of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it.
- parlance
- The lawyer explained the case in common ___
- chivalry
- A ___ man is polite, kind, and unselfish, esp towards women.
- espouse
- If you ___ a paricular policy, cause or belief, you become very interested in it and give your support to it.
- martyr
- He died a ___to his principle
- linen
- After hard work, you'd better change your ___.
- sophistry
- Political selection is more dependent on ___ and less on economic literacy.
- etymology
- ___ is the study of the origins and historical development of words.
- platitude
- We heard a stream of ___ outlining many problems but offering few solutions.
- puritan
- The professor is ___
- peepshow
- A __- is a box containing moving pictures which you can look at through a small hole.
- drive-in
- There was a ___ theater near the park.
- martyr
- He was a lifelong ___ to rheumatism.
- ineffable
- You use ___ to say that something is so great or extreme that it cannot be described in words.
- oracle
- In ancient Greece, an ___ was a priest who made statements about future events or about the truth.
- tome
- A ___ is a very large, heavy book.
- hardtack
- only a small amount of ___ was supplied to the sailors.
- minstrel
- in medieval times, a ___ was a singer and musician who travelled around and performed for noble families.
- flax
- __ is similar to linen.
- celluloid
- King's works seem to lack something on ____
- haiku
- Some Americans tried to compose a few ___ for the megazine.
- solipsism
- ___ is the idea that your own perceptions are the only meaningful reality.
- tirade
- She launched into a ___ against the policies that ruined her business.
- onomatopoeia
- ___ refers to the use of words which sound like the noise they refer to.
- decalogue
- The preacher emphasized the profound meaning of the ___ .
- travesty
- If you describe somehthing as a ___ of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing.
- fait accompli
- If something is a ___, it has already been decided or done and cannot be changed.
- euphemism
- A ___ is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may find embarrassing to tak about, for ex, sex or death.
- format
- i had met with him to explain the ___ of the program.
- calvary
- With the shocking news, john suffered an unexpected ___.
- invective
- A woman had hurled racist ___ at the family.
- pantheism
- ___is the religious belief that God is in everything in nature and the universe.
- canonical
- Something that is ____ has all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.
- paradox
- Death itself is a ___, the end yet the beginning.
- carpe diem
- After the war, the first message from the general to his men was "_______"
- incognito
- The king dropped his ___ at last.
- connoisseur
- Sarah tells me you're something of an art ____.
- benediction
- She could only raise her hand in a gesture of ___
- rabbi
- A ___ is a Jewish religious leader, usually one who is in charge of a synagogue
- ecumenical
- ___ movement in Christianity is gaining momentum.
- ineffably
- He has ___ bright brain
- gentry
- The leader comes from the landed ___
- desideratum
- A military ___ is a thing that is desired for military purposes.
- convocation
- A ___ is a meeting or ceremony attended by a large number of people.