Hard TOEFL Words - Group 2

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ballet  Speak Example sentences
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a sort of theatrical representation by dancers
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start a computer using its bootstrap procedure
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compute; determine; estimate
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a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere
barbecue  Speak Example sentences
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to avoid by using an alternative channel or route
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contradict; give a false impression
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covered with beads of liquid
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
barn  Speak Example sentences
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blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
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be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
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combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
barrage  Speak Example sentences
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blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
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move around, as from person to person or place to place
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an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, built in a watercourse to increase its depth or to divert its flow; rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication
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demand for something as rightful or due
barren  Speak Example sentences
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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careful; pleasant; shrewd
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any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
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contradict; give a false impression
bleak  Speak Example sentences
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cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy
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band or organized company of singers, especially in church service
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choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
blight  Speak Example sentences
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blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
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structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy
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act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
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a professional cook
calculate  Speak Example sentences
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demand for something as rightful or due
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blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
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compute; determine; estimate
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
canyon  Speak Example sentences
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a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members
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narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
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cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears; cut off the edge of:
cartel  Speak Example sentences
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to avoid by using an alternative channel or route
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choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
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a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members
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compute; determine; estimate