300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary

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/'maɪkrəkɒz(ə)m/ n.
small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something


Spelling Word: microcosm
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/mɪs'noʊmə(r)/ n.
error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object


Spelling Word: misnomer
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/'mʌndeɪn/ a. Syn. worldly; earthly; secular
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary


Spelling Word: mundane
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/nə'stældʒə/ n. Syn. homesickness
homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.


Spelling Word: nostalgia
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/noʊ'tɔ:rɪəs/ a. Syn. disreputable; infamous
disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous


Spelling Word: notorious
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/'ɒbdjʊrɪt/;/'ɑbdərɪt/ a. Syn. stubborn; inflexible
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion


Spelling Word: obdurate
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/əb'sɛʃ(ə)n/ n. Syn. fascination; mania
compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion


Spelling Word: obsession
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/'ɒbsəli:t/ a. Syn. outmoded; antiquated
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated


Spelling Word: obsolete
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/pɛkə'dɪloʊ/ n.
slight offense; small sin or fault


Spelling Word: peccadillo
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/pɪ'kju:nɪərɪ/ a.
relating to money; requiring payment of money


Spelling Word: pecuniary