TOEFL VOCABULARY 3

What's the meaning of Harsh?

• to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist

• Not gentle; unpleasant.

• it gradually bends towards the ground because it needs water or is dying.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Hackneyed?

• to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist

• not noticeable; not attracting much attention or causing much reaction from other people

• Overused and unoriginal.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Hierarchy?

• to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain

• a system for organizing people according to their status in a society, organization, or other group

• to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Hostile?

• something, you can feel or see its influence clearly in every part of that thing

• to examine something very carefully

• behaving in a very unfriendly or threatening way towards someone

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of illiterate?

• someone who is illiterate cannot read or write

• to examine something very carefully

• to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Inevitable?

• easily becoming angry

• impossible to avoid or prevent

• in a way that involves two or more people or groups sharing or doing something together

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Intervene?

• a small amount of something that is not enough

• To come between

  people, objects, or an event and change what is happening.

• easily becoming angry

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Irascible?

• not noticeable

• to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist

• easily becoming angry

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Jointly?

• in a way that involves two or more people or groups sharing or doing something together

• how near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time

• not noticeable; not attracting much attention or causing much reaction from other people

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the meaning of Paucity?

• Having the belief that someone is doing something dishonest or illegal.

• a small amount of something that is not enough

• to examine something very carefully

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4