Hard TOEFL Words - Group 2

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n. background; setting

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a. resembling uncivilized persons, lacking refinement

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

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n. line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator

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n. any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short horns

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v. blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate

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n. brink; edge

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n. clump; cluster; gathering

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v. to develop or grow rapidly

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a. conservative; careful