300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary

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


Spelling Word: microcosm
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/'mɪsənθroʊp/ n.
(厭惡人類的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind


Spelling Word: misanthrope
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/mɪs'noʊmə(r)/ n.
(錯誤的名字,寫錯名字,用詞不當) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object


Spelling Word: misnomer
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/'mɒt(ə)ld/ a. Syn. spotted
(有斑點的,弄髒的) spotted with different shades or colors


Spelling Word: mottled
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/'mʌndeɪn/ a. Syn. worldly; earthly; secular
(世俗的,日常的) 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
(想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.


Spelling Word: nostalgia
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/'ɒbsəli:t/ a. Syn. outmoded; antiquated
(過時的,無用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated


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


Spelling Word: obtrude
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/pɪ'dəntɪk/ a. Syn. bookish
(書生氣的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points


Spelling Word: pedantic
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/pə'vɜrs/ a.
(不正當的,邪惡的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good


Spelling Word: perverse