Hard TOEFL Words - Group 3

v. make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united

v. honor the memory of with a ceremony; serve as a memorial to

v. destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away

a. capable; adept

v. complete; consummate; make perfect

a. capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited

a. closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something

n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

v. summon a devil or spirit by magical or supernatural power

a. capable; adept

v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

n. basic, center, or most important part; essence

v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

a. curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere

n. additional proof that something that was believed

v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

n. basic, center, or most important part; essence

n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

n. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

n. chief; leader

n. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; person who collects fares on a public conveyance

a. curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere

a. pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain

n. arrangement of parts or elements; outline

v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

n. agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act

n. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

n. basic, center, or most important part; essence

a. closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something

a. being or concerning or limited to a continent

n. arrogance; satisfaction; feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

a. characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

v. adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of

v. break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split; hit forcefully; pass through

v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

n. two similar things; a pair; in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words

v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

a. capable; adept