TOEIC vocabulary challenge

accompany

• to buy or take control of a company or part of a company

• to be pleasant and entertaining to be with

• to go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something:

acquire

• to need something or make something necessary

• to obtain or begin to have something

• to make it officially necessary for someone do something

authorize

• to give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something

• to bring separate parts together so that they are organized or controlled from one place

• to organize a system, company, government, etc. so that all of its parts are controlled by one main system or authority

capture

• to provide a short piece of text under a picture in a book, magazine,or newspaper that describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying

• to succeed in getting something when you are competing with other people

• to give a formal talk to a group of people, often at a college or university

certify

• to explain or describe something clearly and exactly

• to make something clear or easier to understand by giving more details or a simpler explanation

• to say in a formal or official way, usually in writing, that something is true or correct

announce

• to make something known or tell people about something officially

• to say a word or a letter in a particular way

• to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly

anticipate

• to behave in a similar way to someone or something else, or to copy the speech or behaviour, etc

• to imagine or expect that something will happen

• to make someone angry or annoyed

approve

• to accept, allow, or officially agree to something

• to get better, or to make something better

• to show a particular result after a period of time

apologize

• to understand a situation, sometimes suddenly

• to study something in a systematic and careful way

• to tell someone that you are sorry for something that has caused inconvenience or unhappiness

attempt

• to make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong

• to try to do something, especially something difficult

• to encourage someone to want to have or do something, esp. something wrong