Hard TOEFL Words - Group 6

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n. cutting edge; front

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n. a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post

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v. crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

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a. earning as a total income or profit before deductions

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n. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

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n. area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs; place where a person or thing is most likely to be found

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v. accelerate; quicken

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n. allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion

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n. bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance

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n. core port; nucleus; heart; center