27
04
2008
Adverbs
1. (adv.) but, just, merely, only, simply;
- and nothing more;
- “I was merely asking”; “it is simply a matter of time”; “just a scratch”; “he was only a child”; “hopes that last but a moment”;
2. (adv.) just, simply;
- absolutely;
- “I just can’t take it anymore”; “he was just grand as Romeo”; “it’s simply beautiful!”;
3. (adv.) simply;
- absolutely; altogether; really;
- “we are simply broke”;
4. (adv.) plainly, simply;
- in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
- “she was dressed plainly”; “they lived very simply”;
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Categories : TOEFL Words
27
04
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive;
- impossible to deny or disprove;
- “incontrovertible proof of the defendant’s innocence”; “proof positive”; “an irrefutable argument”;
2. (adj.) demonstrable, incontrovertible;
- necessarily or demonstrably true;
- “demonstrable truths”;
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27
04
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) fearful, timorous, trepid;
- timid by nature or revealing timidity;
- “timorous little mouse”; “in a timorous tone”; “cast fearful glances at the large dog”;
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27
04
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) incomprehensible, inexplicable;
- incapable of being explained or accounted for;
- “inexplicable errors”; “left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons”;
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Categories : SAT Words
27
04
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial;
- (informal) small and of little importance;
- “a fiddling sum of money”; “a footling gesture”; “our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war”; “a little (or small) matter”; “a dispute over niggling details”; “limited to petty enterprises”; “piffling efforts”; “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”;
2. (adj.) superficial, trivial;
- of little substance or significance;
- “a few superficial editorial changes”; “only trivial objections”;
3. (adj.) trivial;
- concerned with trivialities;
- “a trivial young woman”; “a trivial mind”;
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