Hard TOEFL Words - Group 3

n. a commissioned military officer

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

n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over

n. awareness of moral or ethical aspects to one's conduct, together with the urge to prefer right over wrong

n. a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another

a. greatly desired

n. complication

a. greatly desired

a. assured; having or marked by assurance

n. awareness of moral or ethical aspects to one's conduct, together with the urge to prefer right over wrong

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

n. calculation

n. associate; partner

n. act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

a. controvertible; disputable

n. associate; partner

n. compression

n. act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

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

n. bribery; fraud

n. awareness of moral or ethical aspects to one's conduct, together with the urge to prefer right over wrong

n. act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

n. pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable

n. complication

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

n. opinion or position reached by a group as a whole; general agreement or concord

a. complete or perfect in every respect; supremely accomplished or skilled

n. bribery; fraud

n. any object that can be used to hold things

v. express strong disapproval of; judge or declare to be unfit for use

n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

v. close; squeeze or press together; contract

n. arrangement of parts or elements; outline

a. controvertible; disputable

n. considerate and thoughtful act

n. calculation

a. bloody

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

a. compact