Hard TOEFL Words - Group 3

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n. a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

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v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

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n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

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n. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

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v. disclose private matters in confidence; give as a responsibility or put into another's care

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n. act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration

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n. act of constructing or building something

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n. competing as for profit or prize

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n. act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

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v. chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts