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TOEFL Voc. #2
TOEFL Vocabulary #2
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English
10th Grade
11/30/2010

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Term
animosity
Definition

 

(noun): hostility, ill will

 

animos (mind, life, spirit, anger) + ity (n. state or quality)

 

There isn't any animosity between us.

 

Term
annals
Definition

(noun): record of events, historical records

 

ann (yearly) + al (n. action directing a person to another)  + s (plural)

 

The annals of the organization are kept in notebooks.

Term
annual
Definition

(adjective): yearly

 

annu (yearly) + al (adj. quality, relation)

 

She is planning on going to the company's annual meeting.

Term
annuity
Definition

(noun): money payable yearly

 

annu (yearly) + ity (n. state or quality)

 

Joan is going to invest her annuity in the stock market.

Term
anniversary
Definition

 

(noun): the yearly celebration of an event

 

anni (yearly) + vers (to turn) + ary (adj. resembling, related to)

 

John's parents will celebrate their wedding anniversary in April.

 

Term
perennial
Definition

(adjective): enduring, persisting for several years

 

per (through) + enn (yearly) + ial (adj. quality, relation)

 

I would like to buy some perrenial plants.

Term
author
Definition

(noun): one that originates or creates, a writer

 

auth (to originate, to increase) + or (n. person or thing that does something)

 

Susan met the author of this book.

Term
augment
Definition

(verb): to increase, to add to

 

aug (to originate, to increase) + ment (n. condition or result)

 

He had to augment his salary by taking another job.

Term
auction
Definition

(noun): a sale of goods to the highest bidder

 

auct (to originate, increase) + ion (n. condition or action)

 

I bought this car at the auction.

Term
benevolent
Definition

(adjective): marked by goodwill

 

bene (good, well, gentle) + vol (roll, turn) + ent (n. an agent)

 

The "Salvation Army" is known as a benevolent society.

Term
benign
Definition

(adjective): harmless, mild, gentle

 

ben (good, well, gentle) + ign ( short version of L. benignus)

 

The doctor removed a benign tumor from my neck and I went home. 

Term
bibliography
Definition

(noun): a list of written works

 

biblio (book) + graph (write, draw) + y (n. state, condition, result of acting)

 

Olaf listed a brief bibliography at the end of his paper.

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