Hard TOEFL Words - Group 2

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


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a. covered with beads of liquid


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a. direct and outspoken but good-natured


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n. act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement


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v. overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset


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n. agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged


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n. great, often sudden calamity; complete failure; sudden violent change in the earth's surface


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n. church; temple


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n. care; being attentive to possible danger


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n. anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment


Spelling Word: chagrin