Hard TOEFL Words - Group 4

n. act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code

a. consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals

n. a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation

v. assume crystalline form; cause to take on a definite and clear shape

n. young of certain animals, such as the bear, wolf, or lion

n. an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes

n. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons

a. relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens

n. act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general

n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals

n. a small room or cabinet used for storage space

n. one who manages or oversees, usually as an administrator in a museum or library

a. difficult to please or satisfy; careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry

n. all the courses of study offered by an educational institution; a group of related courses, often in a special field of study

n. curator; guardian

v. make shorter by cutting; interrupt and curtail before the planned end time

n. cylindrical container

a. mad; crazy; simple; stupid; foolish; gay; playful

n. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

n. something that deadens, restrains, or depresses