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TOEFL Word List 11-29 Day 2

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  1. aviation
    the art of operating aircraft
  2. bedrock
    solid unweathered stone beneath surface deposits of soil
  3. carnivore
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
  4. census
    a periodic count of the population
  5. clam
    burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
  6. convex
    curving or bulging outward
  7. defecate
    have a bowel movement
  8. dilute
    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  9. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  10. elm
    any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
  11. eviscerate
    remove the entrails of
  12. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  13. flake
    a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
  14. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  15. glaze
    a coating, as for ceramics or metal
  16. glean
    gather, as of natural products
  17. gravel
    rock fragments and pebbles
  18. hemp
    any plant of the genus Cannabis
  19. hind
    located at or near the back of an animal
  20. hinterland
    a remote and undeveloped area
  21. hive
    a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees
  22. hominid
    a member of a family of primate mammals that includes humans
  23. incinerate
    become reduced to ashes
  24. kennel
    a building or cage that serves as a shelter for a dog
  25. lash
    a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
  26. ledge
    a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
  27. lime
    the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
  28. lizard
    relatively long-bodied reptile with legs and a tapering tail
  29. lodge
    a rustic house used as a temporary shelter
  30. lore
    knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
  31. magma
    molten rock in the earth's crust
  32. mast
    a vertical spar for supporting sails
  33. needy
    poor enough to need help from others
  34. notwithstanding
    despite anything to the contrary
  35. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  36. ore
    a mineral that contains metal valuable enough to be mined
  37. ornithology
    the branch of zoology that studies birds
  38. overlap
    extend over and cover a part of
  39. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  40. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  41. prairie
    a treeless grassy plain
  42. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  43. raven
    a large black bird with a straight bill and long tail
  44. rekindle
    arouse again
  45. rendition
    a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role
  46. rite
    any customary observance or practice
  47. rug
    floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric
  48. rugged
    having long narrow shallow depressions in the surface
  49. sac
    an enclosed space
  50. secrete
    generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
  51. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  52. smelt
    extract by heating, as a metal
  53. sprout
    produce buds or branches; germinate
  54. stalk
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant
  55. staple
    material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
  56. stark
    severely simple
  57. stash
    save up as for future use
  58. tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
  59. tarnish
    make or become dirty or dull, as by exposure to air
  60. tectonics
    the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  61. timber
    the wood of trees prepared for use as building material
  62. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  63. untamed
    wild, free, and not controlled or touched by humans
  64. wax
    substance solid at normal temperature and insoluble in water
Created on 五月 14, 2011 (updated 五月 16, 2011)

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