TOEFL verbal word list: Improving Vocabulary

v. to challenge; to disprove; to prove false
condone
inveigh
extirpate
refute

v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; to slander
waive
attribute
writhe
calumniate

v. to refer indirectly to something; to hint
prognosticate
abridge
allude
mimic

n. hostility; malevolence
dilettante
malice
felicity
construction

v. to drive away; to scatter; to lessen
dispel
conjecture
abash
paraphrase

v. to free from guilt; to declare innocent
masquerade
scrutinize
inveigh
exculpate

v. to reject; to renounce; to abandon; to give up
ingratiate
nettle
hail
abdicate

v. to throw goods overboard to lighten a vehicle; to discard; to get rid of
vaunt
instigate
jettison
accelerate

v. differ in opinion; to dispute; to differ; to oppose
dissent
low
expurgate
jibe

v. to catch; to anticipate; to arrest; to understand; to conceive
deprecate
divulge
apprehend
hoax