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TOEFL Vocabulary #14
TOEFL Vocabulary #14
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English
10th Grade
02/23/2011

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Term
management
Definition

(noun): the act of handling or running something, usually a business.

 

man (make, do) + age (noun. activity) + ment (noun. condition)

 

This store is under new management.

Term
commemorate
Definition

(verb): to remember an important event with ceremony

 

com (together ) + mem (recall) + or (condition)+ ate (verb.cause)

 

The American Revolution is commemorated every Fourth of July.

Term
memory
Definition

(noun): the ability to recall past events

 

mem (recall) + or (noun.condition) + y (resulst of an activity)

 

Joe has an excellent memory and recalls things from his childhood.

Term
mental
Definition

(adjective): related to the mind

 

ment (mind)+ al (adjective.relation)

 

Lauren's mental abilities must be quite good if she achieved a perfect score without even studying.

Term
mention
Definition

(verb): to cite, to speak about, to refer to

 

ment (mind) + ion (noun.action)

 

The instructor forgot to mention that the class was canceled.

Term
minor
Definition

(adjective): lesser, less important

 

min (small) + or (adj.comparative)

 

The knife slipped and Marcelle received a minor cut.

Term
minute
Definition

(adjective, noun): tiny, very small; sixty seconds

 

min (small) + ute

 

The speck of dirt on the camera lens was minute.

Terry will be finished in one minute.

Term
minuscule
Definition

(adjective): very small

 

minusc (small) + ule (condition of)

 

The minuscule gem was very hard to see without magnifying glasses.

Term
admit
Definition

(verb): to accept, to confess, to allow entry

 

ad (to, toward) + mit (send)

 

I must admit that even though you didn't like the movie, I did.

Term
missive
Definition

(noun): a letter to be sent

 

miss (send) + ive (noun.condition)

 

Missives were more common one hundred years ago. Today, people use the telephone.

Term
remove
Definition

(verb): to take off or to take away

 

re (back, again) + move (move)

 

The waiter removed the dirty dishes from the table.

Term
mobile
Definition

(adjective): able to move

 

mob (move) + ile (adj. having the qualities of)

 

Many people drive their mobile homes from North to South, following the warm weather.

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