Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9
Match Quiz
| Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9 | View Group Words |
persist 
1
 | n. a strong liking; favorite |
| v. continue; insist; persevere |
| n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution |
| a. attractive; comfortable |
persuasive
2
| n. something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings |
| n. animal that lives by preying on other animals; person who robs or exploits others |
| a. capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief |
| n. a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat |
petulant
3
| a. artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body |
| n. condition or state, especially a bad state or condition |
| n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution |
| a. unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; contemptuous in speech or behavior |
phase
4
| n. chromatic color between red and blue; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler |
| a. lying with the front or face downward |
| 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. any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage |
pit
5
| a. belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval |
| n. act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner |
| v. confront; set into opposition or rivalry |
| n. person or organization that causes pollution of the environment; someone who makes unfit for or harmful to living things |
planet
6
| a. unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; contemptuous in speech or behavior |
| n. celestial bodies that revolve around the sun |
| n. an advocate of protectionism |
| a. cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests |
porcelain
7
| n. column; post |
| n. ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic |
| v. advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince |
| a. after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
portray
8
| ad. clearly; expressly |
| n. chromatic color between red and blue; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler |
| v. depict; describe; draw |
| a. artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body |
positron
9
| n. elementary particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as an electron but exhibiting a positive charge; positive electron |
| v. drive forward; move or cause to move on; urge or press onward by force |
| n. an advocate of protectionism |
| n. list of ancestors; family tree |
preference
10
| n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution |
| a. as the hard flattened scales |
| n. a strong liking; favorite |
| v. depict; describe; draw |