TOEFL test: Vocabulary Exercises: Noun Adjective

n. speech by one person
monologue
acumen
radical
peccadillo

adj. hidden; present but not fully developed; concealed; dormant
precipitous
tranquil
immaculate
latent

n. reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness or other action; requital; revenge; vengeance
incumbent
exodus
retribution
masquerade

adj. forgetful; absent-minded; ignoring
oblivious
reciprocal
fallible
histrionic

n. place offering shelter and retreat; refuge
zenith
genesis
asylum
misanthrope

v. to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock
quash
gibe
expound
flaunt

adj. hot and moist; sensuous; stifling
fortuitous
punitive
equable
sultry

adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age; worthy of honor and esteem
venerable
ubiquitous
lachrymose
ponderous

v. to forecast; to foretell; to diagnose
bereave
impugn
prognosticate
accede

adj. out of date; outdated; archaic; extinct; antiquated
distraught
supine
obsolete
dogmatic