Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9

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n. a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land

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n. a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors

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n. 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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n. A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret

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n. a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions

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n. activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character

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n. concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

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ad. assumedly; supposedly

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a. belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval

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a. being or happening first in sequence of time; original; primary; fundamental