COLOMBO TOEFL MAURICIO SET 5
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- Counter
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Transitive verb1 a: to act in opposition to : OPPOSE b: OFFSET , NULLIFY
2: to assert in answer intransitive verb: to meet attacks or arguments with defensive or retaliatory steps. NOUN:1 : a piece (as of metal or plastic) used in reckoning or in games 2 : something of value in bargaining : ASSET 3 : a level surface (as a table, shelf or display case) over which transactions are conducted or food is served or on which goods are displayed or work is conducted - Denominator
- 1: the part of a fraction that is below the line and that functions as the divisor of the numerator2 a: a shared trait b: the average level (as of taste or opinion)
- Decline
- to turn from a straight course : STRAY2 a: to slope downward : DESCEND b: to bend down : DROOP c: to stoop to what is unworthy
- Convey
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LEAD , CONDUCT2 a: to bear from one place to another ; especially : to move in a continuous stream or mass b: to impart or communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance
c (1)archaic : STEAL (2)obsolete : to carry away secretly d: to transfer or deliver (as property) to another especially by a sealed writing e: to cause to pass from one place or person to another - Convict
- 1 : a person convicted of and under sentence for a crime 2 : a person serving a usually long prison sentence
- Cumbersome
- TROUBLESOME2: unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk3: slow-moving : PONDEROUS
- Context
- 1 : the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning 2 : the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs
- Degrade
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to lower in grade, rank, or status : DEMOTE b: to strip of rank or honors c: to lower to an inferior or less effective level
d: to scale down in desirability or salability2 a: to bring to low esteem or into disrepute b: to drag down in moral or intellectual character : CORRUPT - Decipher
- to make out the meaning of despite indistinctness or obscurity b: to interpret the meaning of
- Contrary
- 1: a fact or condition incompatible with another : OPPOSITE —usually used with the2: one of a pair of opposites3 a: a proposition so related to another that though both may be false they cannot both be true — compare SUBCONTRARY b: either of two terms (as good and evil) that cannot both be affirmed of the same subject
- Core
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1: a central and often foundational part usu. distinct from the enveloping part by a difference in nature
: as a: the usually inedible central part of some fruits (as a pineapple) ; especially : the papery or leathery carpels composing the ripened ovary in a pome fruit (as an apple) b: the portion of a foundry mold that shapes the interior of a hollow casting - Corrode
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transitive verb1 to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing ; especially : to wear away gradually usually: by chemical action
- Cremation
- to reduce (as a dead body) to ashes by burning
- De facto
- in reality : ACTUALLY, ACTUAL ; especially : being such in effect though not formally recognized
- Delinquency
- conduct that is out of accord with accepted behavior or the law
- Deify
- 1 a: to make a god of b: to take as an object of worship2: to glorify as of supreme worth
- Cynically
- : having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: as a: contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives b: based on or reflecting a belief that human conduct is motivated primarily by self-interest
- Cultivation
- 1 : CULTURE , REFINEMENT 2 : the act or art of cultivating or tilling
- Curriculum
- 1 : the courses offered by an educational institution 2 : a set of courses constituting an area of specialization
- Decrepit
- 1: wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age2 a: impaired by use or wear : WORN-OUT b: fallen into ruin or disrepair
- Contest
- to bring an action at law, from contestari to call to witness, from com- + testis witness — more at TESTAMENT
- Cure
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1 a: to restore to health, soundness, or normality
b: to bring about recovery from 2 a: to deal with in a way that eliminates or rectifies b: to free from something objectionable or harmful