Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9
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payoff 
1
 | ahead; prior to |
| precedence, established by order of importance |
| profit or gain from an action |
| be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
performance
2
| being of vital or central importance; crucial |
| ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable |
| ahead; prior to |
| act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner |
period
3
| an amount of time |
| belonging to one; one's own; individual; belonging to natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular |
| a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions |
| activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character |
persist
4
| cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling |
| continue; insist; persevere |
| act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner |
| blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist |
persuade
5
| dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons |
| advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of |
| after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
| advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince |
petulant
6
| effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations |
| a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat |
| unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; contemptuous in speech or behavior |
| belonging to the period after a war |
piggyback
7
| on shoulders or back |
| precedence, established by order of importance |
| act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince |
pillow
8
| be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic |
| continue; insist; persevere |
| a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
plaster
9
| guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; dogmatic or dictatorial |
| ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic |
| cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling |
| on shoulders or back |
plight
10
| contamination; undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated |
| axis; focus; center |
| act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner |
| condition or state, especially a bad state or condition |