500 Words, Phrases, Idioms - 225
Word List
The words in bold are the 500 words recycled through the 50 quizzes. The non bold words are words used in this text and are essential for TOEFL.
A
a myriad of a piece of cake a plethora of a real dog abandon abide by abode abolitionist abroad absolute absorb abundance abundant accelerate
accomplished accumulate accuracy
ace achieve
achievements acknowledge acquire actualize adage
adapt adaptable address adequately adjust admission advent of advice advocate aerospace affordability affordable aficionado afterwards
against all odds
aggregate |
ascertain |
agrarian |
assassinate |
alarming |
assembly line |
albeit |
assiduous |
all in all |
assuage |
all manner of |
assume |
allergic |
asteroid |
allude to |
astounding |
alter |
astrology |
amalgam |
atmosphere |
ambiguity |
atom |
ameliorate |
attain |
amputation |
attribute to |
analogous |
automaticity |
anathema |
avalanche |
ancient |
average |
anesthetic |
B |
angels |
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Antarctica |
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anthropology |
Baby Boom |
antipathy |
bachelor |
antiseptic |
bacteria |
apace |
bacterium |
apes |
Bactrian |
apex predator |
bait |
apiology |
bargain with |
apoplectic |
basic |
appellation |
battlefield |
appetite |
behemoth |
approach |
benefits |
arable |
benevolent |
arcane |
bent out of shape |
archbishop |
bevy of |
archeology |
Big Foot |
archetype |
binding |
arguably |
biogeochemical cycle |
argue |
biology |
argument |
biosphere |
arid |
biped |
army |
bite the bullet |
as in |
black and white |
as you can see |
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226 - 500 Words, Phrases, Idioms
black hole blame blow away boar
bonds boom boon bored brainiac brand brazen breach
break something down
brilliant brood budding buffalo bugs
burn the candle at both ends
bust
by accident
C
Caesar call in sick
camouflage cancer canned canonized capitalize on capture carbohydrate carbon carcinogenic carnivore case in point casualty cataclysmic Catch-22 cease celestial cement ceramic chagrin challenging
champagne |
contemplation |
championed |
contentment |
chaotic |
continuous |
chef |
contract |
chemicals |
contrary to popular |
cherish |
belief |
chicanery |
contrivances |
chin |
conundrum |
chloroplast |
convenience |
chores |
convert |
civilization |
conviction |
claim |
cope |
clear the air about |
copious |
climatology |
corporate tax |
climax |
corruption |
climb the corporate |
corrupts |
ladder |
cosmetology |
coalesce |
cosmos |
cogent |
cost an arm and a |
coherent |
leg |
coined by |
costly |
colonial |
couch potato |
Columbian Exchange |
countenance |
combust |
counter |
comestible |
court |
comet |
crepuscular |
come with the |
criminology |
territory |
criteria |
coherence |
criterion |
coherent |
critics |
comforting |
crop |
commence |
cross |
complex |
cross fertilize |
comprehensible |
cross the Rubicon |
con |
crucible |
concurrent with |
culinary |
conditionally |
cut off |
conflict |
cyclonic |
confound |
cynic |
conglomerate |
D |
connote |
|
conquer |
|
consequently |
damage |
consisting of |
data |
construct |
dated |
constructive task |
datum |
consuming |
dawn of time |
contagious |
deadliest |
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500 Words, Phrases, Idioms - 227 |
deal with |
E |
exactitude |
decay |
|
examine |
deduction |
ebullient |
exchange |
deem |
edible |
excise |
defeat |
educational |
excluding |
delegate |
effectively |
exclusive |
demand |
efficiency |
exhaustion |
demolished |
election |
expand one’s |
denote |
element |
horizons |
deny |
elicit |
expansion |
dependent |
emancipated |
expediency |
despise |
embarrassed |
expiration |
destined |
emblematic |
explosion |
destitute |
emotion |
expression |
determined |
employ |
expunge |
devastating |
empty handed |
extinct |
diehard |
endangered |
extraordinary |
diffidence |
endemic |
|
diligent |
energetic |
F |
dinosaurs |
enervating |
|
disaster |
enflame |
faced with |
discombobulated |
enigmatic |
factory |
disconcerted |
ensure |
fake |
discovery |
entirely |
famine |
disingenuous |
entrepreneur |
famished |
disintegration |
enumerate |
fastidious |
dissimilar |
environment |
fatality |
dissolve |
environs |
fatigue |
distractor |
envisage |
fatuous |
diurnal |
epidemic |
feasible |
divine |
epiphany |
feel like a fish out |
DNA |
epistle |
of water |
dog days |
epitome |
feral |
dolphins |
equal |
fertile |
domestic |
equanimity |
fever |
doomed |
equatorial |
figment |
dot.com bubble |
era |
fit in |
double-edged |
eradicate |
fix it up |
sword |
ergonomics |
flicker |
downfall |
ersatz |
flourish |
dream up |
eruption |
flu |
drenched |
eschew |
focus |
drop out of |
especially |
foes |
drought |
espouse |
for example |
due to |
essentially |
Fordism |
duty |
evaporate |
foreign |
dwelling |
evolved |
forgery |
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exacerbate |
formal |
228 - 500 Words, Phrases, Idioms
for the time being |
H |
fossil |
|
fossil fuel |
habitat |
founder |
hacker |
frigid |
hail |
frontier |
hand in |
frugal |
harangue |
frustrate |
harbinger |
frustration |
harbor |
fundamental |
have both feet on |
furthermore |
the ground |
fussy |
have one’s ducks in |
G |
a row |
have one’s head in |
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the clouds |
Galapagos |
hence |
galaxy |
herbicide |
gang |
herbivore |
garage |
herd |
generation |
heretofore |
genesis |
hibernate |
genetic |
hierarchy |
genius |
highly |
genius |
hit |
genre |
holistic |
geology |
holy |
geosphere |
horrible |
germ |
housewife |
germinate |
however |
get out of |
hue |
get out there |
hurricane |
get wind of the fact |
hybrid |
that |
hydrology |
gigantic |
hydrosphere |
give credit to |
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give it one’s best |
I |
shot |
|
go bankrupt |
ic |
gorillas |
iconic |
gourmand |
identity |
grant |
ignore |
grasp |
illegal |
gratis |
imitators |
Great Depression |
immeasurable |
Great White shark |
immoral |
grocery |
immunity |
ground-breaking |
impala |
growth |
impecunious |
impervious imply imposed impugn
in addition
in and around in contrast
in short
in the final analysis in the wild inasmuch as include
inclusive income tax rate inconsiderate incorporate incubate incubation indeed indefatigable independent indigenous indomitable induction industrious industry infamous infectious infer
inferior influence influenza infringement inhabit inhabitants innate innocent innovate inordinate inscrutable insect insincere insinuate inspiration inspired
insurmountable integral part of intellectual property
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500 Words, Phrases, Idioms - 229 |
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intelligible |
legal |
migrate |
interbreed |
lethargic |
Milky Way |
intercept |
life span |
mince words |
invasion |
limb |
miraculous |
invasive |
litter |
misgivings |
invention |
loaded |
molecule |
inventiveness |
loathe |
mollify |
invest |
logic |
monster |
inveterate |
logical |
monumental |
ironically |
loyal |
moreover |
irreplaceable |
ludicrous |
mortar |
ism |
lunar |
mosquito |
issue |
luxury |
multitude |
item |
|
murky |
it goes without |
M |
musicology |
saying |
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N |
Ivy League |
mainstream |
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J |
majority |
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malefaction |
nadir |
|
jack-of-all-trades |
mammals |
nail |
manifestation |
namely |
|
jargon |
manifold |
national debt |
jaundice |
margin |
native |
judge |
martyr |
native to |
judicious |
marvelous |
nausea |
Jurassic |
mass consumption |
Neanderthal |
jurisdiction |
mass production |
nefarious |
jury |
massive |
negligent |
|
masterpiece |
negotiate |
K |
matrilineal |
nerd |
|
matter |
nevertheless |
keen |
maximize |
nocturnal |
keep one’s eye on |
measurement |
nomadic |
the prize |
mechanized |
none more so than |
kick back |
memoranda |
nonetheless |
kill two birds with |
memorandum |
nonplused |
one stone |
memos |
notorious |
knock off |
mend |
nourishment |
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mercurial |
novel |
L |
mercury |
O |
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mercy |
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label |
merge |
|
lack |
Mesozoic |
obedient |
laissez-faire |
meteor |
obligation |
landscape |
meteorology |
obtuse |
launch |
micro processor |
obvious |
lawyer |
micro-organism |
official |
lazy as a dog |
Middle Ages |
offspring |
230 - 500 Words, Phrases, Idioms
ology omen
on top of that opinion opulent
orbit orca organic organism
originate in ous outcome outsiders overcome overdose overfish overshot
overwhelmed owing to
owing to the fact that
P
pacific pacify pack it in
painstaking palette pandemic parasite parasitic parliament particle particularly pass on passion pathfinder pathogen patrilineal patrol
pay homage to peddle pedosphere penetrate penguin penurious
per capita
perch |
prioritize |
perilous |
prodigious |
perish |
produce |
permission |
proficiency |
perplexed |
proficient |
persist with |
profit |
persnickety |
profit |
perspiration |
profuse |
peruse |
prohibit |
pervade |
Prohibition |
pesticide |
promote |
pests |
promptly |
phase |
propensity |
phlegmatic |
properly |
photosynthesis |
property |
physiology |
property line |
piglets |
proposed |
pioneer |
proposition |
piracy |
prosper |
pity |
prosperity |
placate |
prosperous |
placid |
protein |
planet |
psychology |
play ball |
public |
pod |
pull the plug |
point of no return |
pull through with |
pole |
flying colors |
polite |
punctilious |
political |
puppy love |
polluting |
purport |
popularized |
push the envelope |
portable |
put one’s nose to |
post war |
the grindstone |
posthumously |
put your stamp on |
potential |
puzzlement |
poultry |
Q |
practical |
|
pragmatic |
|
precarious |
quadruped |
precipitate |
quandary |
precipitation |
quest |
predictable |
quintessence |
predominantly |
quintessential |
prescribe |
quite |
prey on |
quite the contrary |
primarily |
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primates |
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primitive |
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500 Words, Phrases, Idioms - 231 |
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R |
right at home |
solve |
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right on up to |
sophistication |
R and R |
rightful |
sort |
rake in |
rises |
sow |
rampant |
roll the dice |
Spartan |
rancor |
romantic |
spawn |
rancorous |
rugged |
species |
range |
ruin |
specious |
rapid |
rule |
spouse |
rapidly |
run a tight ship |
spread |
rate |
ruthless |
square |
ratify |
S |
stagnant |
ravenous |
starving |
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realization |
|
stigmata |
rebirth |
saint |
stipulated |
recession |
salary |
stock |
recourse |
salient |
stock market |
recycled |
sasquatch |
stocky |
refined |
satellites |
stolid |
regulate |
saturated |
strain |
reign |
savage |
strict |
reimburse |
seals |
stun |
reincarnation |
seasonal |
sub tropical |
reliable |
secession |
sublime |
rely on |
secondhand |
submit |
remedy |
seen as |
subsist on |
remit |
seize |
substantially |
render |
selective task |
substitute |
renounce |
self-reliant |
such as |
repeal |
seminal |
sue |
reputation |
sequentially |
suffice it to say |
rescind |
set the price |
superfluous |
reside |
severe |
superior |
resident |
shallow |
surgeon |
resilient |
share |
surgery |
resolute |
shark |
survive |
respiration |
shatter |
susceptible |
resplendent |
shimmer |
sustenance |
responsibilities |
shun |
sweep through |
restated |
significant |
symbol |
resurrect |
significant other |
symptom |
retreat |
simultaneously |
synonymous |
reveal |
sincere |
T |
revelation |
slightly |
|
revile |
snub |
tackle |
rhetoric |
soaked |
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rhetorical |
social |
take care of |
ridiculous |
sociology |
take in |
232 - 500 Words, Phrases, Idioms
take no prisoners |
trendy |
take one’s place in |
trespasser |
the spotlight |
tropical |
take over |
try out |
take root |
tsunami |
take the bull by the |
turbulent |
horns |
turn |
tame |
turn around |
target |
typical |
target market |
tyrannical |
tend to |
tyrant |
tendency |
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territorial |
U |
territory |
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testosterone |
unadulterated |
thaw |
unappeased |
the blues |
uncivilized |
the captain of one’s |
underachiever |
own ship |
underdog |
the early bird gets |
undergo |
the worm |
undoubtedly |
theft |
unerring |
the hair of the dog |
unfailingly |
the icing on the |
unfathomable |
cake |
unfriend |
there and then |
unimaginably |
therein |
unique |
thesis |
universe |
the $64,000.00 |
unpredictable |
question |
unquenchable |
tion |
unrealistic |
tiring |
unrepentant |
topic |
unresolvable |
tornado |
unsung |
tortoise |
unwillingly |
towering |
utter |
toxic |
|
track |
V |
tractor |
|
tragic |
vaccine |
trailblazer |
vanish |
transfiguration |
vanquish |
transformation |
vegan |
transgression |
venerate |
transient |
venture |
transition |
verbal |
transmit |
vernacular |
treat |
versatile |
very much the victorious violation virulent
virus visit upon void of volcanic voracious voters
vulcanology vulnerable
W
walk on air wander warm-blooded wary wayward weakness
what one would call when all is said and
done
when everything is considered
whereas whereby wholesale wicked widespread widget
wild wipe out wise withdraw
without a doubt worship wounded
Y
yellow fever
Z
zebras zenith
500 Words, Phrases, Idioms - 233
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