Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9
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pedigree 
1
 | action or manner of throwing something |
| list of ancestors; family tree |
| approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline |
| confront; set into opposition or rivalry |
pellet
2
| ahead; prior to |
| bullet or piece of small shot |
| belonging to the period after a war |
| belonging to one; one's own; individual; belonging to natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular |
pensive
3
| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
| deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
| completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error |
| good fortune in any business or enterprise; success in respect of anything good or desirable |
physiology
4
| completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error |
| confront; set into opposition or rivalry |
| acting the part of a character on stage; any likeness of a person |
| branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
pit stop
5
| being of vital or central importance; crucial |
| contamination; undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated |
| a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into |
| any pause in a journey, to eat or drink, or to use a rest room |
pivotal
6
| a check issued in payment of wages or salary |
| being of vital or central importance; crucial |
| list of ancestors; family tree |
| locate or identify with precision |
porcelain
7
| bring forward; lead forth; offer to view or notice; exhibit; cause to be or to happen |
| a craftsman who shapes pottery; work lightly |
| ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic |
| a check issued in payment of wages or salary |
portrayal
8
| acting the part of a character on stage; any likeness of a person |
| after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
| being of vital or central importance; crucial |
| public square in an Italian town; roofed and arcaded passageway |
practicality
9
| an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits |
| act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| ahead; prior to |
| concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities |
preceding
10
| ahead; prior to |
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| container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter |
| action or manner of throwing something |