Hard TOEFL Words - Group 2

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barrage  Speak Example sentences
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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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careful; pleasant; shrewd
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
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container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
barren  Speak Example sentences
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arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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confront with questions; prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger
basement  Speak Example sentences
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cellar; storage room
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
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causing mild fear
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counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases; the latest time for vacating a hotel room
belie  Speak Example sentences
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contradict; give a false impression
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cleverness; magnificence
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small container; spacecraft to transport people in outer space
bison  Speak Example sentences
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any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short horns
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a burst of fire, a flame
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cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears; cut off the edge of:
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cellar; storage room
blaze  Speak Example sentences
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an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
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a stopping or discontinuance of action
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careful; pleasant; shrewd
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a burst of fire, a flame
brace  Speak Example sentences
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care; being attentive to possible danger
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
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confront with questions; prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger
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conduct; manner
breach  Speak Example sentences
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state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved
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adjustment; measurement
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an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or rift
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counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases; the latest time for vacating a hotel room
brilliance  Speak Example sentences
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cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears; cut off the edge of:
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to develop or grow rapidly
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blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
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cleverness; magnificence
calculate  Speak Example sentences
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adjustment; measurement
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cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears; cut off the edge of:
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causing mild fear
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compute; determine; estimate