Hard TOEFL Words - Group 1

ad. by surprise; behind; in the rear

n. the act of giving up or renouncing a right, office, or position of power etc.

n. capacity; skill

a. burning; radiant; bright; keenly excited ; resembling flame in brilliance or color

v. cancel; put an end to; destroy completely

n. a reformer who favors abolishing slavery

v. be full of; be plentiful

a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

n. approach; entry; entrance

n. attribute of being easy to meet or deal with

n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

v. applaud; announce with great approval

n. act of accompanying someone or something

a. attendant; concomitant

n. achievement; fulfillment

n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event