TOEFL-1

1. set 1
TOEFL Vocabulary - A
1. acute crucial, agudo
2. apparent aparente
3. attribute atributo, característica
4. bring about ocasionar, provocar
5. challenge desafío
6. compete competir
7. indicative of muestra, prueba
8. isolated aislado
9. melt derretir(se)
10. expand expandir(se)
1. Natural disasters often produce acute needs for medicine, food, and wter.
2. The apparent failure of dinosaurs to adjuctto changes in the weather cused their
extinction.
3. One of Thomas Edison’s mostfamous atributes was his persistance.
4. The creation of a national railroad system broughtabout big changes in the
economy of the midwestand west.
5. Although genetic reaserch may producecures for many illnesses, scientists must
overcomemany challenges.
6. In the 1800’s many scientists competed to find a way to introduce carbón dioxide
into water.
7. The student’s lab results were indicative of the high wuality of their research
methods and their creative problema-solving strategies.
8. Thor Heyerdahl spenta year on Fatu Hiva, an isolated island in the Pacific Ocen,
looking for his “Paradise”.
9. Water melts at temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
10. The population of the United States expanded greatly after the Second World War.