Hard TOEFL Words - Group 2

n. background; setting

ad. In or toward the area behind the performing space in a theater, especially the area comprising the dressing rooms

n. being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability

n. a sort of theatrical representation by dancers

n. conductor of a band

n. a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success

v. cause to become financially ruin; ruin

n. a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stick

a. resembling uncivilized persons, lacking refinement

n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

a. complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape

n. an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, built in a watercourse to increase its depth or to divert its flow; rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication

a. desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking

n. structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy

n. cellar; storage room

n. bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids

v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

n. body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth; reddish-brown animal, especially a horse having a black tail

n. small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threading