Hard TOEFL Words - Group 9

attractive; comfortable

become aware of through the senses; detect

profit or gain from an action

devoted to or appreciative of music

clear; distinct; strongly marked; easily noticeable; spoken; voiced

a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land

elementary particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as an electron but exhibiting a positive charge; positive electron

branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

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

approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline

lying with the front or face downward

craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances

axis; focus; center

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; program; plan; scheme

broadcast; announce; make public

on shoulders or back

a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors

conscious understanding of something; vision ability

behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way; work with in a non-serious manner

person or organization that causes pollution of the environment; someone who makes unfit for or harmful to living things

ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

be later in time

bodily attitude or position, especially one assumed for an artist or a photographer

deposit of fatty material inside arteries

on shoulders or back

crowded; populated

lying with the front or face downward

card for sending messages by post without an envelope

elementary particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as an electron but exhibiting a positive charge; positive electron

any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells

branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

crowded; populated

profit or gain from an action

any pause in a journey, to eat or drink, or to use a rest room

be later in time

be later in time

card for sending messages by post without an envelope

ahead; prior to

branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms