Hard TOEFL Words - Group 8

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n. stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space


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a. city center; one who lives in a city center


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n. advocating minimal reforms


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n. error in naming a person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object


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n. branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants


Spelling Word: morphology
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n. act of being altered or changed; a change of the DNA sequence within a gene


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a. clean or orderly


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n. cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses


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n. coin worth one twentieth of a dollar


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a. amateur; not professional


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