TOEFL test: English Vocabulary Words: Verb Noun

v. to lose self-confidence; to confuse; to put to shame; to disconcert; to embarrass
allure
abash
delete
ken

n. trust; belief; confidence; faith
denunciation
delinquent
credence
onus

n. amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm
myriad
larceny
prelude
consternation

adj. incapable of being defended or held; uninhabitable
curt
untenable
convivial
heedless

n. tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true
armistice
deference
paradox
exposition

v. to talk or write excitedly; to scold; to lecture
transgress
paraphrase
raze
harangue

adj. winding; wandering aimlessly
cantankerous
fulsome
meander
feasible

v. to calm; to lessen in severity; to mollify; to relieve
reiterate
allay
exploit
condole

n. embankment used as a fortification; an idea; object serving as a protection
chicanery
spurn
construe
bulwark

v. to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
promulgate
incarcerate
abdicate
castigate