300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary
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mimic 
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 | (细读) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (重新得到,找回) recover; find and bring in; get back |
| (模仿,摹拟) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
misnomer
2
| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (暂缓) usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| (预言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (错误的名字,写错名字,用词不当) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
morose
3
| (模仿,摹拟) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (发布,公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
nostalgia
4
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (重新得到,找回) recover; find and bring in; get back |
| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
oblivion
5
| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (复仇,补偿,惩罚) something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
panacea
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| (包治百病的药,灵丹妙药) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (预言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
pecuniary
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| (钱的,货币的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (彻底摧毁) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
| (有味道的,有香味儿的) fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor |
peremptory
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| (发布,公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (错误的名字,写错名字,用词不当) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
peruse
9
| (重申,重复) say, state, or perform again or repeatedly |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (细读) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
promulgate
10
| (发布,公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (重申,重复) say, state, or perform again or repeatedly |
| (悖论) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |