Hard TOEFL Words - Group 4

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

commercial center of a town or city

consider; think about carefully; weigh

cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

act of dispersing or diffusing something

change toward something smaller or lower ; gradual falling off from a better state

an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

something that deadens, restrains, or depresses

something that deadens, restrains, or depresses

act of removing from office or employment

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

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

coarse twilled cloth, usually cotton, used for jeans, overalls, and work uniforms

setting or marking of boundaries or limits

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

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

commercial center of a town or city

depository; storehouse

causing people to lose interest and enthusiasm, the opposite of encouraging

change toward something smaller or lower ; gradual falling off from a better state

condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner

analyze; examine; identify

electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction; semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction

an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

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

sale or other disposal of some kind of asset

setting or marking of boundaries or limits

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

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

setting or marking of boundaries or limits

an unbridgeable disparity as from a failure of understanding

clear to the mind; in a distinct way

causing people to lose interest and enthusiasm, the opposite of encouraging

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

a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep

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

consider; think about carefully; weigh

change toward something smaller or lower ; gradual falling off from a better state

spread around; widespread; spread over a large area of a body, tissue, or organ