300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary

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misnomer  Speak Example sentences
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privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
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error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
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put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
nostalgia  Speak Example sentences
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disloyal person; traitor or rebel
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homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.
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condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
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relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
obdurate  Speak Example sentences
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hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
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condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
paradox  Speak Example sentences
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marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
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copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
pedant  Speak Example sentences
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one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
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advanced in development; appearing or developing early
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restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
pedantic  Speak Example sentences
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marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
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convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
petrify  Speak Example sentences
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copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
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summarize; repeat in concise form
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habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
plebeian  Speak Example sentences
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
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impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
precocious  Speak Example sentences
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advanced in development; appearing or developing early
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bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment
procrastinate  Speak Example sentences
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crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
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habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily