Hard TOEFL Words - Group 1

n. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

v. broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase

n. a person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation

a. comparable; similar or alike

v. diagnose; examine

n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

a. inherited or inheritable by established rules

ad. once more; again; in a new and different way

v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit

v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

a. bothersome; troublesome; irritating

v. adjust or calculate so as to reflect a rate that is based on a full year

v. apply oil, ointment, or a similar substance to; choose by or as if by divine intervention

v. be earlier in time; go back further

n. metallic apparatus for sending or receiving electromagnetic waves

n. book of literary selections by various authors

a. of or relating to chemical substance that kills microorganisms and cures infections

v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict

n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion

n. a policy or practice of separating or segregating groups