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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
amplify     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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be superior; distinguish oneself
diminish; undermine the foundations; dig
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
diagnose; study, or examine something in detail to discover more about it
beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something
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applicant     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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candidate; a person who formally requests something, especially a job
any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short horns
the beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes
device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
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breath     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless, odorless, tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
a rapid series of short, loud sounds; loosely connected horny sections
convention; standard; rule
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clumsy     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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useful or convenient; able to use something skilfully
contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; inconstant
awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
consistent with; based on; using reason
decisive; having an important and usually negative effect
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competitiveness     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals
combination of two or more elements or parts
an aggressive willingness to compete
a commissioned military officer
chart; a drawing illustrating the relations
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debtor     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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an unbridgeable disparity as from a failure of understanding
a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
contestant you hope to defeat
class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
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deserve     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
be worthy of; have a right to
become smaller or draw together; compress
confront; state the opposite of what someone has said
decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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dogged     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
complex; versatile; having many facets
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
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faction     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation
a biologist who studies the relationship between organisms and their environment
adult male chicken
animal or plant living on another
a party of persons having a common end in view
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freighter     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
any art that invokes supernatural powers
bump; arch one's back
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
cargo ship; a large ship for carrying goods
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hub     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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core port; nucleus; heart; center
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
beginner; person new to a field or activity
arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; the bottom surface of a plow
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keyboard     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman
brink; the very top edge of a container
coins collectively
a longing for something better than the present situation
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libel     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
courtesy towards women
deed or action, particularly a brave deed
clump; cluster; gathering
a conductor of a band
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newscast     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
a radio or television program that consists of news reports
body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
adornment made of precious metals, as a bracelet or ring or necklace
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms; a matching set of furniture
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physiology     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a disorder of digestive function; difficulty in digesting
a work produced by hand labor
bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a huge bill surmounted by a bony protuberance
calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
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plasma     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiarity
any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short horns
a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
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proprietorship     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
compression; the act or process of changing from a gas to a liquid or solid state
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rust     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
estimate  value; judge worth of something
become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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sunrise     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface
the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky
an attribute or requirement that must be met
a parallelogram with four right angles
act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
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uniform     Speak
 
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n.  
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change in appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like
copy or reproduction of a work of art
consistent; standardized; clothing of a particular group
a radio or television program that consists of news reports
battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
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