300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary

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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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/'nɔɪsəm/ a.
foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous


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


Spelling Word: nostalgia
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/əb'tru:sɪv/ a.
inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.


Spelling Word: obtrusive
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/pænɪ'dʒɪrɪk/ n.
formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment


Spelling Word: panegyric
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/'pærədɪ/ n.
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of


Spelling Word: parody
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/pɜrtɪ'neɪʃəs/;/-tn'eɪʃəs/ a. Syn. stubborn; persistent
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate


Spelling Word: pertinacious
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/pə'vɜrs/ a.
stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good


Spelling Word: perverse
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/'pɛtrɪfaɪ/ v.
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike


Spelling Word: petrify
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/plɪ'bi:ən/ a.
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar


Spelling Word: plebeian