300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary

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mundane  Speak Example sentences
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(物思い) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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(前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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(日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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(パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
nautical  Speak Example sentences
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(物思い) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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(融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
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(味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
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(言い換え) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
novice  Speak Example sentences
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(前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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(初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity
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(推定) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof
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(あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
oblivion  Speak Example sentences
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(忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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(言葉を濁す) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action
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(万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
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(比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
panacea  Speak Example sentences
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(不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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(万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
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(重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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(初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity
pensive  Speak Example sentences
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(理念) disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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(物思い) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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(融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
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(日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
peremptory  Speak Example sentences
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(嫌なにおい) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
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(壊滅させる) destroy completely; scrape or shave off
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(有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal
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(比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
pertinacious  Speak Example sentences
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(近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
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(しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
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(重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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(反乱) disloyal person; traitor or rebel
precipitous  Speak Example sentences
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(取り除く) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
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(無数) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
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(不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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(断崖絶壁) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
promontory  Speak Example sentences
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(岬) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape
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(誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
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(雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety
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(万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all