Hard TOEFL Words - Group 2

benevolent; kind; humane

a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons

being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability

brave; daring; intrepid; impudent

besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

cause to become financially ruin; ruin

to develop or grow rapidly

a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action

complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape

conductor of a band

combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite

a series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding; spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes

desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking

liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindness

narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge

structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy

narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge

liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindness

cause to become financially ruin; ruin

besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge

deep resonant sound, as of an explosion

a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely

accusation, a claim of wrongdoing

cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave

to avoid by using an alternative channel or route

awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindness

any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle

conductor of a band

a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely

complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape

narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge

great, often sudden calamity; complete failure; sudden violent change in the earth's surface

a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life

chief; serving as an essential component

move around, as from person to person or place to place