TOEFL IBT SUMMARY 2023

abberant - abnormal, unusual, exceptional abruptly - suddenly, quickly absurd - ridiculous, irrational, nonsensical abundant - plentiful, oversufficient, copious accessible - reachable; obtainable, attainable account for - explain acknowledge - recognize, concede, admit adjacent - nearby, neighboring, adjoining advent - beginning, onset, commencement advocate - support, stand up for akin to - similar to, comparable, parallel allegiance - royalty, fidelity anarchy - disorder, confusion, lawlessness anchored - held in place, fixed, fastened anxious - worry, concerned, disturbed, apprehensive apparatus - equipment, appliance, device application - use, utilization appreciate - understand, be aware of, detect archaic - classic, antiquated arduous - difficult, laborious, hard, toilsome assert - claim, maintain, defend assessment - evaluation, appraisal assimilate - absorb, take up assistance - help, aid, support assume - imply, suppose, postulate astonish - amaze, surprise attainment - achievement, accomplishment attributed - credited, ascribed awkward - clumsy, unskillful, unhandy barely - just, scarcely belch - suddenly emit, erupt, explode belittle - depreciate, disparage, decry boast - brag, show off boon - benefit, blessing breakthrough - advance, development, achievement brittle - easily broken, fragile, breakable bulk - volume, size, magnitude bustling - lively, energetic, noisy chancy - risky, hazardous, precarious, uncertain channel - direct, route, steer chief - major, paramount, foremost cite - quote, refer to clear - remove, get rid of, unclutter collectively - together, combined, in conjunction with compact - compressed, dense, solid comparable - equivalent, equal, similar comprise - make up of, consist of concept - idea, notion, conception conclusive - fianl, decisive, determining concur - agree, accord, consent configuration - form, conformation conform - comply, yield, agree conjecture - surmise, supposition consensus - agreement, concord consequent - resultant, successive considerable - significant, large, great conspicuous - noticeable, obvious, striking constitute - compose, form consume - destroy, use up contract - shorten, reduce, lessen, shrink conventional - traditional, customary converse - opposite, contrary copious - plentiful, abundant, ample crucial - important, momentous, vital crude - less processed, unfinished curious - odd, unusual, strange decimate - destroy, kill a large part of a group decline - weaken, degenerate, diminish delicate - fragile, easily damaged, frail despondent - unhappy, disheartened, downhearted devoid of - lacking in, destitute of, without diffuse - spread, scatter, disseminate diminutive - small, little, tiny disband - dismiss, break up, dissolve dismantle - take apart, disassemble, tear down disrupt - upset, destroy, interrupt distinct - distinguished; individual, discrete distinctive - characteristic, distinguishing distort - misinterpret, twist, falsify diverse - different, varied, manifold, divergent dramatically - greatly, sharply, excessively drastically - severely, decisively duration - length, continuance in time dwelling - abode, house eccentric - unusual, strange, weird, bizarre