Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9
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pensive 
1
 | ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable |
| an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits |
| appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence |
| deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
permission
2
| required or necessary as a precondition for something else |
| consent; approval to do something |
| good fortune in any business or enterprise; success in respect of anything good or desirable |
| any pause in a journey, to eat or drink, or to use a rest room |
permissive
3
| belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval |
| chromatic color between red and blue; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler |
| approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline |
| consent; approval to do something |
phenomenon
4
| appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence |
| an advocate of protectionism |
| elementary particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as an electron but exhibiting a positive charge; positive electron |
| come before; antecede |
philanthropy
5
| effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations |
| an advocate of protectionism |
| ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable |
| be later in time |
plainly
6
| clearly; expressly |
| elementary particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as an electron but exhibiting a positive charge; positive electron |
| act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play |
| appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista |
plight
7
| declare; announce |
| deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
| complex of all the attributes of a person; totality of qualities and traits of a person |
| condition or state, especially a bad state or condition |
point blank
8
| sign posted in a public place as an advertisement |
| carry through; bring to completion; achieve; accomplish; execute |
| close enough so that missing the target is unlikely or impossible; so close to a target that a weapon may be aimed directly at it |
| unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; contemptuous in speech or behavior |
portraiture
9
| activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character |
| person or organization that causes pollution of the environment; someone who makes unfit for or harmful to living things |
| condition or state, especially a bad state or condition |
| clearly; expressly |
pose
10
| artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body |
| unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; contemptuous in speech or behavior |
| a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat |
| bodily attitude or position, especially one assumed for an artist or a photographer |