Hard TOEFL Words - Group 5

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v. give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname; tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood

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n. biologist who studies relation between organisms and their environment

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n. act of making lean or thin in flesh; state of becoming thin by gradual wasting of flesh

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n. act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress

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n. admission; entrance; item inserted in a written record

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n. outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely

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n. corrosion; a gradual decline of something

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n. act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil

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a. busy; momentous; full of events or incidents

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v. become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details