500 TOEFL Words Complete
Practice Set Answers and Tips
(2025 Edition)
accolade --Answer:award of merit; strong praise and approval
adamant --Answer:very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
admonition --Answer:a firm rebuke
affable --Answer:easy-going; friendly
Affinity --Answer:a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
aftermath --Answer:the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
ailing --Answer:somewhat ill or prone to illness
aisles --Answer:spaces for walking between row of seats
amenable --Answer:disposed or willing to comply
amidst --Answer:Surrounded by; in the middle of
among --Answer:in, into, or through the midst of more than two points,objects, etc.
apocryphal --Answer:of questionable authority or authenticity
appall --Answer:dismay; shock deeply
,arousal --Answer:Activation of the central nervous system, the autonomic nervous
system, and the muscles and glands
assuage --Answer:make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe
(anger)
awash --Answer:covered with water
bared --Answer:uncovered; exposed; revealed
barely --Answer:by a small margin
bear --Answer:endure, support or hold in a certain manner
beef --Answer:meat from an adult domestic bovine
beg --Answer:call upon in supplication
bend --Answer:form a curve
bend --Answer:form a curve
beneath --Answer:in a lower place; under; below
bequest --Answer:(law) a gift of personal property by will
besiege --Answer:surround so as to force to give up
bet --Answer:the act of gambling
bind --Answer:fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
binge --Answer:an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
blade --Answer:the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
blasphemy --Answer:speech which offends religious sentiments
blast --Answer:an explosion (as of dynamite)
blazing --Answer:a strong flame that burns brightly
blister --Answer:(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
, blow --Answer:forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
blunt --Answer:characterized by directness in manner or speech
boast --Answer:speaking of yourself in superlatives
bobbing --Answer:moving up and down
bolster --Answer:to provide support or reinforcement
bout --Answer:an occasion for excessive activity
brag --Answer:an instance of boastful talk
brash --Answer:presumptuously daring
breed --Answer:to raise and mate animals
brevity --Answer:conciseness; shortness of duration
bribe --Answer:payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his
judgment
brusque --Answer:Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
burden --Answer:Problem, trouble, an onerous or difficult concern
burglary --Answer:breaking and entering for the purpose of committing a crime
burst --Answer:the act of exploding or bursting something
cacophony --Answer:loud confusing disagreeable sounds
calf --Answer:young of domestic cattle
callus --Answer:thickened layer of skin
captivity --Answer:the state of being imprisoned
cartons --Answer:a box made of cardboard
catering --Answer:providing food and services
cattle --Answer:domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
Practice Set Answers and Tips
(2025 Edition)
accolade --Answer:award of merit; strong praise and approval
adamant --Answer:very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
admonition --Answer:a firm rebuke
affable --Answer:easy-going; friendly
Affinity --Answer:a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
aftermath --Answer:the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
ailing --Answer:somewhat ill or prone to illness
aisles --Answer:spaces for walking between row of seats
amenable --Answer:disposed or willing to comply
amidst --Answer:Surrounded by; in the middle of
among --Answer:in, into, or through the midst of more than two points,objects, etc.
apocryphal --Answer:of questionable authority or authenticity
appall --Answer:dismay; shock deeply
,arousal --Answer:Activation of the central nervous system, the autonomic nervous
system, and the muscles and glands
assuage --Answer:make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe
(anger)
awash --Answer:covered with water
bared --Answer:uncovered; exposed; revealed
barely --Answer:by a small margin
bear --Answer:endure, support or hold in a certain manner
beef --Answer:meat from an adult domestic bovine
beg --Answer:call upon in supplication
bend --Answer:form a curve
bend --Answer:form a curve
beneath --Answer:in a lower place; under; below
bequest --Answer:(law) a gift of personal property by will
besiege --Answer:surround so as to force to give up
bet --Answer:the act of gambling
bind --Answer:fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
binge --Answer:an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
blade --Answer:the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
blasphemy --Answer:speech which offends religious sentiments
blast --Answer:an explosion (as of dynamite)
blazing --Answer:a strong flame that burns brightly
blister --Answer:(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
, blow --Answer:forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
blunt --Answer:characterized by directness in manner or speech
boast --Answer:speaking of yourself in superlatives
bobbing --Answer:moving up and down
bolster --Answer:to provide support or reinforcement
bout --Answer:an occasion for excessive activity
brag --Answer:an instance of boastful talk
brash --Answer:presumptuously daring
breed --Answer:to raise and mate animals
brevity --Answer:conciseness; shortness of duration
bribe --Answer:payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his
judgment
brusque --Answer:Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
burden --Answer:Problem, trouble, an onerous or difficult concern
burglary --Answer:breaking and entering for the purpose of committing a crime
burst --Answer:the act of exploding or bursting something
cacophony --Answer:loud confusing disagreeable sounds
calf --Answer:young of domestic cattle
callus --Answer:thickened layer of skin
captivity --Answer:the state of being imprisoned
cartons --Answer:a box made of cardboard
catering --Answer:providing food and services
cattle --Answer:domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
