Hard TOEFL Words - Group 4

something that deadens, restrains, or depresses

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

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

adequate, meeting accepted standards

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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

to turn aside, to deviate

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

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

difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in different direction

an unbridgeable disparity as from a failure of understanding

completely lacking; barren or empty

something that deadens, restrains, or depresses

regulated daily food allowance; rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison

a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

deduct or subtract from a cost or price; regard with doubt or disbelief

commercial center of a town or city

devastating; ruinous

branch of medicine dealing with teeth

to turn aside, to deviate

adequate, meeting accepted standards

respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel

hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect

an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea

a dish served as the last course of meal

announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement

class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect

act of decorating something; something used to beautify

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

act of departing

to turn aside, to deviate

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

testimony under oath

devastating; ruinous

an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea

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