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TOEFL Voc #9
TOEFL Vocabulary #9
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English
10th Grade
01/15/2011

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Term
eternal
Definition

(adjective): not effected by time, without beginning or end

 

etern (time, age) + al (adj. worth)

 

The lecture seemed eternal and many in the audience had fallen asleep.

Term
medieval
Definition

(adjective): relating to the Middle Ages (500 - 1500 AD)

 

med (middle) + ieval (adj. relation)

 

There are many styles to medieval architecture and a building built in 500 AD looks different from one built in 1000 AD.

Term
faint
Definition

(adjective, verb): not clearly perceived; to lose consciousness from lack of blood to the brain

 

faint (shape, make, fashion)

 

There is a faint odor in this room.

Some people faint at the sight of blood.

Term
feign
Definition

(verb): to pretend

 

feign (shape, make, fashion)

 

The child feigned illness in an attempt to avoid the test.

Term
fiction
Definition

(noun): something produce from imagination, an invented story

 

fict (shape, make) + ion (n. related to)

 

The excuse Marvin just gave for not doing his homework is pure fiction.

Term
effigy
Definition

(noun): a figure representing a disliked person.

 

e f (out, out of) + fig (shape, form) +    y (n. result of an activity)

 

The children made an effigy of their nasty neighbor.

Term
figure
Definition

(noun): shape, pattern, drawing

 

fig (shape, form)+ ure (n. act, condition, process, function)

 

The figure Louise drew on the paper looks nothing like an apple.

Term
figment
Definition

(noun): a thing that does not exist, something made up

 

fig (shape, form)+ ment (n. condition, result)

 

Ghosts and monsters are figments of an active imagination.

Term
fashion
Definition

(noun, verb): the form of something, style; to give shape or form to

 

fash (make do, do) + ion (condition or action)

 

The current fashion is hair worn short.

Term
feasible
Definition

(adjective): capable of being done

 

feas (make, do) + ible (adj. worth, ability)

 

The engineer thought that building the bridge across the river was a feasible project.

Term
feature
Definition

(noun, verb): the appearance or form of a person or object; to picture or portray

 

feat (make do, do) + ure (act, condition)

 

Lisette's best feature is her eyes.

Term
factory
Definition

 

(noun): a place where things are made or built

 

fact (make, do) + ory (n. condition or activity)

 

There is a boat factory near the river.

 

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