Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9

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payoff  Speak Example sentences
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ahead; prior to
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precedence, established by order of importance
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profit or gain from an action
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be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
performance  Speak Example sentences
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being of vital or central importance; crucial
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ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable
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ahead; prior to
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act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner
period  Speak Example sentences
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an amount of time
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belonging to one; one's own; individual; belonging to natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular
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a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character
persist  Speak Example sentences
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cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
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continue; insist; persevere
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act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
persuade  Speak Example sentences
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dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince
petulant  Speak Example sentences
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effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations
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a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat
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unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; contemptuous in speech or behavior
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belonging to the period after a war
piggyback  Speak Example sentences
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on shoulders or back
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precedence, established by order of importance
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act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
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advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince
pillow  Speak Example sentences
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be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
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ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
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continue; insist; persevere
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a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
plaster  Speak Example sentences
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guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; dogmatic or dictatorial
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ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
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cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
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on shoulders or back
plight  Speak Example sentences
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contamination; undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated
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axis; focus; center
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act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner
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condition or state, especially a bad state or condition