300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary

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microcosm  Speak Example sentences
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(ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.
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(小宇宙) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something
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(盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
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(日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
murky  Speak Example sentences
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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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(あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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(公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication
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(暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
nautical  Speak Example sentences
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(独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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(押し付けがましい) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
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(比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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(味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
obsession  Speak Example sentences
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(比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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(執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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(頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
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(模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
obsolete  Speak Example sentences
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(特権) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
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(盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
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(重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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(時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
obtrude  Speak Example sentences
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(微罪) slight offense; small sin or fault
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(分岐) act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
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(出しゃばる) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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(不満) habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
pedant  Speak Example sentences
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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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(リカンベント) reclining; lying down completely or in part
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(小宇宙) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something
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(頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
peruse  Speak Example sentences
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(閲覧) read or examine, typically with great care
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(不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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(執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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(ドンキホーテ) idealistic without regard to practicality
perverse  Speak Example sentences
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(あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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(分岐) act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
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(ドンキホーテ) idealistic without regard to practicality
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(前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
procrastinate  Speak Example sentences
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(先延ばし) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
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(独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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(仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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(しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate