Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9
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payoff 
1
 | profit or gain from an action |
| activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character |
| clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges |
| profoundly moving; touching; agreeably intense or stimulating |
perception
2
| ban; taboo; forbid |
| conscious understanding of something; vision ability |
| artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body |
| appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence |
perch
3
| a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat |
| act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner |
| clearly; expressly |
| a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
perform
4
| complex of all the attributes of a person; totality of qualities and traits of a person |
| condition or state, especially a bad state or condition |
| confront; set into opposition or rivalry |
| carry through; bring to completion; achieve; accomplish; execute |
persuasive
5
| artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body |
| ban; taboo; forbid |
| deposit of fatty material inside arteries |
| capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief |
pillow
6
| appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence |
| conservation; protection |
| branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis |
| a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
plainly
7
| profit or gain from an action |
| clearly; expressly |
| blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist |
| approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline |
planet
8
| act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| celestial bodies that revolve around the sun |
| completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error |
| locate or identify with precision |
plight
9
| conservation; protection |
| person or organization that causes pollution of the environment; someone who makes unfit for or harmful to living things |
| a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into |
| condition or state, especially a bad state or condition |
poignant
10
| clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges |
| profoundly moving; touching; agreeably intense or stimulating |
| approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline |
| person or organization that causes pollution of the environment; someone who makes unfit for or harmful to living things |