300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary

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/mɪs'noʊmə(r)/ n.
(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


Spelling Word: misnomer
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/mə'roʊs/ a. Syn. sullen; gloomy
(郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent


Spelling Word: morose
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/'nɔ:tɪk(ə)l/ a. Syn. marine; maritime; naval
(航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation


Spelling Word: nautical
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/əb'tru:d/ v.
(插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude


Spelling Word: obtrude
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/'oʊnəs/ n. Syn. burden; responsibility
(负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity


Spelling Word: onus
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/'ɒstrəsaɪz/ v. Syn. ban
(放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote


Spelling Word: ostracize
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/pɛkə'dɪloʊ/ n.
(轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault


Spelling Word: peccadillo
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/'pɛdənt/ n.
(学究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning


Spelling Word: pedant
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/pɜrtɪ'neɪʃəs/;/-tn'eɪʃəs/ a. Syn. stubborn; persistent
(拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate


Spelling Word: pertinacious
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/prɪ'koʊʃəs/ a.
(早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early


Spelling Word: precocious