Hard TOEFL Words - Group 13

a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

as the alternative to or in contrast with; used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements

bright; lively; graphic; having striking color

benefit; something that aids health or happiness

active; energetic; lively

attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful

unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable

animal in nature

effectiveness, efficiency, or validity

craftsman who weaves cloth

animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column

articles of merchandise; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise

spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus

region of land within which water flows down into a specified body; critical point marking a change in course or development

make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame

decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end

Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect

as the alternative to or in contrast with; used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements

difference in electrical charge between two points

any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor

conqueror; winner

degree of exposure to public notice

unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable

benefit; something that aids health or happiness

being often in public eye; obvious to the eye

active strength of body or mind; imaginative lively style, especially style of writing; exertion of force

articles of merchandise; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise

make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water; saturate something with water

capable of normal growth and development

depot; storehouse for goods and merchandise

tending to vary often or widely;inconstant

career; profession

capacity; amount of space occupied by an object

act of vibrating; a shaky motion

as the alternative to or in contrast with; used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements

animal in nature

destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully

spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus

attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful

any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances