Hard TOEFL Words - Group 1

be broadcast on television or radio

activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

burning; radiant; bright; keenly excited ; resembling flame in brilliance or color

broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

achievement; fulfillment

affect with wonder; surprise; shock

designate; nominate

blame; condemn

a person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation

awesome; astounding; surprising

rouse from sleep;stir the interest of; excite

designate; nominate

act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants

considerable; perceptible

branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and universe as a whole

be broadcast on television or radio

a passageway between rows of seats or shelves

blame; condemn

activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

design, development, and production of aircraft

accept; take on; raise; take into one's family

a person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation

a physicist who studies astronomy

adjust or calculate so as to reflect a rate that is based on a full year

be earlier in time; go back further

access; method

comparable; similar or alike

be earlier in time; go back further

apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

affect with wonder; surprise; shock

of or relating to chemical substance that kills microorganisms and cures infections

a passageway between rows of seats or shelves

approach; come near

a person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation

activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

the act of rising or going upward

deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or very serious symptoms; suffocate