Hard TOEFL Words - Group 4

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n. act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code

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n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals

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n. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

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n. act of deceiving

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n. announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement

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n. failure or falling off in amount or quality

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n. act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying

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n. area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon

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a. causing damage or harm; injurious

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v. break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances