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The Most Baffling Toefl Words

Through memorizing Vocabulary for the Toefl, I found these words somehow confusing. 1. Deliberate -->consider, Think over Debilitate -->Weaken, Enfeeble Debatable -->Questionable, Disputable 2. Assert --> Claim, Acclaim Assess -->Distinguish, Evaluate Assort --> Select Asset --> Possession, Wealth 3. Comprise --> Include Compromise --> Accordance, Agreement Compassion --> Sympathy 4. Elude --> Evade, Avoid Illusion --> Cogitation, Mind, Thought, Fancy,Fiction 5. Substantial --> Essential, Basic Sequential --> Permanent, Constant 6. Vanity --> Absurdity,Idleness Cavity --> Pit, Hollow Hollow --> Pit 7. Speculate --> Think, Mind Spectacular --> beautiful view Postulate --> Demand, Suppose 8. Undertake --> Engage, Promise Undergo --> Bear, Tolerate Undermine --> use up 9. Hail -->Welcome, Corn Rain Heal --> Cure 10. Invade --> Attack Evade --> Elude 11. Abolish --> Destroy, Suppress, Suspend Admonish --...