Hard TOEFL Words - Group 2

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n. background; setting


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n. conductor of a band


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v. cause to become financially ruin; ruin


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


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n. clump; cluster; gathering


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n. act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement


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n. cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave


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n. a widely known person


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n. anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment


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a. cold


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