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TOEFL Voc #7
TOEFL Vocabulary #7
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English
10th Grade
01/10/2011

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Term
dictionary
Definition

(noun): a book of definitions

 

dict (say, speak) + ion (n. condition or action) + ary (related to)

 

Juliana looked up the word in the dictionary.

Term
condition
Definition

(noun): the state of something or someone

 

con (together, with) + dit (say, speak) + ion (n. action)

 

Is your car in good condition?

Term
indicate
Definition

(verb): to show, to point out

 

in (in, into) + dic (say, speak) + ate (v. cause to be)

 

The gas gauge indicates that we are almost out of gas.

Term
dictate
Definition

(verb): to speak for a person to record, to issue an order

 

dict (say, speak) + ate (v. cause to be)

 

The lawyer dictated the letter to her secretary.

Term
predict
Definition

(verb): to say what will happen in the future

 

pre (before) + dict (say, speak)

Joseph predicts that he will get married in ten years.

Term
addict
Definition

(verb): to be devoted to something in an obsessive manner

 

ad (to, toward) + dict (say, speak)

 

Leslie is addicted to betting on the horse races.

Term
doctor
Definition

 

(noun): a person who has received the highest degree a university offers, a physician

 

doct (teach, prove) + or (n. person or thing that does something)

 

Andre is going to medical school so that he can be a doctor like his mother.

 

Term
doctrine
Definition

(noun): something that is taught, dogma

 

doctr (teach, prove) + ine (n. of the nature of)

 

We learned about the doctrine of "manifest destiny" in our American history class.

Term
docile
Definition

(adjective): obedient, easily taught

 

doc (teach, prove) + ile (adj. having the qualities of)

 

Mrs. Galindez wants to buy a docile dog for her son.

Term
document
Definition

(noun): an official paper

 

docu (teach, prove) + ment (n. condition or result)

 

The library houses many government documents in its collection.

Term
orthodox
Definition

(adjective): holding conventional beliefs

 

ortho (straight or erect) + dox (thought, idea)

 

I don't know if my interpretation of that book is orthodox or not.

Term
dogma
Definition

(noun): an established opinion

 

dog (thought, idea) + ma

 

Some people find the dogma associated with that organization disturbing.

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