Hard TOEFL Words - Group 4

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n. an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes


Spelling Word: cubism
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n. act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general


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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. something that deadens, restrains, or depresses


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n. breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing


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n. depository; storehouse


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n. devaluation; decrease in price or value


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v. be worthy of; have a right to


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v. deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils


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v. decree or designate beforehand; fate


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