Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9

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n. a check issued in payment of wages or salary

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n. complex of all the attributes of a person; totality of qualities and traits of a person

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v. confront; set into opposition or rivalry

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a. being of vital or central importance; crucial

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n. celestial bodies that revolve around the sun

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n. deposit of fatty material inside arteries

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a. crowded; populated

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n. activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character

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n. card for sending messages by post without an envelope

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a. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; dogmatic or dictatorial