Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9
Match Quiz
| Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9 | View Group Words |
pensive 
1
 | n. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
| a. cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests |
| a. based on experience; useful |
| a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
performance
2
| v. drive forward; move or cause to move on; urge or press onward by force |
| n. container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter |
| n. act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner |
| n. appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence |
phenomenon
3
| v. dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim |
| n. deposit of fatty material inside arteries |
| a. ahead; prior to |
| n. appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence |
pillow
4
| n. beat; rhythm; rate at which heart beats; |
| a. ahead; prior to |
| v. ban; taboo; forbid |
| n. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
pitcher
5
| n. container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter |
| n. act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| n. good fortune in any business or enterprise; success in respect of anything good or desirable |
| n. situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult |
pivotal
6
| a. being of vital or central importance; crucial |
| n. act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| n. beat; rhythm; rate at which heart beats; |
| n. A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret |
practical
7
| n. sign posted in a public place as an advertisement |
| n. act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| a. deliberate, planned |
| a. based on experience; useful |
precede
8
| a. completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error |
| v. come before; antecede |
| n. a proposition, plan, or scheme offered for acceptance; an offer of marriage |
| a. being of vital or central importance; crucial |
prescribe
9
| n. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
| n. beat; rhythm; rate at which heart beats; |
| v. dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim |
| a. cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests |
presumably
10
| a. belonging to the period after a war |
| ad. assumedly; supposedly |
| a. producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
| n. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |