TOEFL
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| Flashcards | 60 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | English |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 30.01.2018 / 30.01.2018 |
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After all costs have been subtracted from an amount
net (My gross salary is around $35,000, but my net pay is closer to $29,000.)
For each person
per capita (Research shows we’re likely to sell 15 light bulbs per capita per year in medium-sized cities.)
Control according to a set of rules
regulate (Trading on the New York Stock Exchange is regulated by officials of the exchange and by federal law.)
Money given by a government or other organization to support an activity
subsidy (Federal subsidies to grain farmers have helped them stay in business despite three years of bad weather.)
Obviously real because it can be seen, touched, or otherwise observed
tangible (One tangible benefit of putting electrical cables underground is a clearer view of the sky.)
To build up a large amount of something
accumulate (Over several generations, the Hardington family accumulated vast wealth by buying and selling land.)
Wealth and the style of life that goes with it
affluence (Mohadzir grew up amid affluence, which poorly prepared him for his grad student days in crowded apartments with no servants.)
Belonging to a special, honored group
elite (Messner is an elite climber who recently ascended an 8,000-meter mountain without extra oxygen.)
To make a person or group poor
impoverish (The collapse of the steel industry impoverished several counties in eastern Ohio.)
Extreme comfort, beyond what anyone needs
luxury (Automakers try to give their cars an image of luxury by including extras like heated seats and satellite tracking systems.)
A group of socially prominent people with special titles given by a king or queen, such as “duke”or “countess”
nobility (In the Middle Ages, the nobility supposedly followed a code that required them to take care of poorer people who lived near their estates.)
Honor and respect for being better than the average
prestige (The Grassleys enjoyed the prestige of living in the historic town, but they did not feel at home there.)
Able to enjoy special advantages because of one’s position (usually because of being born into a wealthy or powerful family
privileged (Despite his privileged position in one of America’s most powerful families, the politician tried to portray himself as an ordinary person.)
To do very well in one’s business or personal life
prosper (Vargas prospered after finally patenting his new inventions)
People with low-paying (often unskilled) jobs who are not poor but who are not securely in the middle class
working class (The Farrelly family, like other members of the working class, were proud of their jobs and did not want any handouts from charity or the government.)
Something that restricts thought or action
constraint (The constraints of military life kept Eileen from seeing Private Morris more than once a month.)
Being made less clean by a germ or hazardous substance
contamination (The contamination in the river came from the factory located just upstream.)
To greatly decrease the supply of a resource or material
deplete (The prolonged war depleted the country’s national treasury)
To throw away; to get rid of; to kill
dispose of (She disposed of her unwanted possessions before moving. The tyrant cruelly disposed of all his enemies.)
In terms of elements; basically
elementally (Elementally, coal and diamonds are the same.)
Sending out from a small space into the general environment; a substance discharged into the air
emission (The Environmental Protection Agency regulates the emission of pollutants into the air.)
Complete disappearance; the end of existence
extinction (Human beings have caused the extinction of many other species.)
A place where a liquid is collected and stored
reservoir (Cult members threatened to poison the town’s water reservoir.)
To become reduced in size, amount, or value
shrink (If you dry your clothing on the “high heat”setting, they may shrink.)
Firm and dependable; showing little change
stable (He fell because the ladder wasn’t stable)
Loyalty
allegiance (My allegiance to my country is based on respect for its principles.)
Large guns that shoot powerful shells; army units that handle such guns
artillery (An artillery barrage broke down the city’s thick walls within seconds. The 47th Artillery fired on rebels camped in the city center)
To fight against
battle (The Viet Minh battled French forces at Dien Bien Phu for nearly two months in 1954.)
Stop
cease (The lightning continued even after the thunder had ceased.)
A system of levels that places people high or low according to their importance
hierarchy (Starting as a lowly private, Burt Jones gradually rose through the hierarchy of the army)
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