Hard TOEFL Words - Group 12

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v. exceed; to go beyond in degree or quality


Spelling Word: surpass
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v. affect with or as if with a disease; become affected with decay or putrefaction


Spelling Word: taint
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n. building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks


Spelling Word: tavern
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a. shameful or indecent


Spelling Word: tawdry
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n. branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust; the science of architecture


Spelling Word: tectonics
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n. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire


Spelling Word: telegraph
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n. degree of any quality; condition with respect to heat or cold; degree of heat or cold


Spelling Word: temperature
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a. accurate or careful; complete


Spelling Word: thorough
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a. careful about money; economical


Spelling Word: thrifty
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n. one who or that which causes pain or anguish; a cause of suffering or great distress


Spelling Word: tormenter