300 TOEFL Writing Vocabulary
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microcosm 
1
 | (厭惡人類的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (微觀世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (負擔,責任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (偏愛,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
mimic
2
| (煩惱,激怒,蕁麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (暗的,模糊的,曖昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗長的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (模仿,摹擬) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
mottled
3
| (鳴不平的,易發牢騷的) habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance |
| (過時的,無用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (有斑點的,弄髒的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (書生氣的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
murky
4
| (獨白,個人長篇演說) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (專制的,強硬的,專橫的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (推遲,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (暗的,模糊的,曖昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
nostalgia
5
| (想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (有斑點的,弄髒的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (微觀世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
obdurate
6
| (執拗的,頑固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (包治百病的藥,靈丹妙藥) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (彈性的) elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily |
| (暗的,模糊的,曖昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
obtrude
7
| (插手,強入,衝出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (錯誤的名字,寫錯名字,用詞不當) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗魯的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (煩惱,激怒,蕁麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
onus
8
| (負擔,責任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (偏愛,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (微觀世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
pedantic
9
| (推遲,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (執拗的,頑固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (書生氣的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
perverse
10
| (不正當的,邪惡的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (輕罪,輕微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (推遲,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (撒謊,支吾,搪塞,糊弄) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |