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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
ambitious     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
completely lacking wisdom or good sense
concerned with or suggestive of ideas
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attention     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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beverage made from juice pressed from apples
act of accepting with approval
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
act or state of attending or heeding; application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought
act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
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boundless     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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authentic; real; true
being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast
coming to maturity; coming into existence
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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coincident     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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happening at the same time; simultaneous
conspicuous; immediately noticeable; sticking out; widely known
completely clear and fine
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
completely lacking wisdom or good sense
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complexity     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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an increase in the density of something
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
a biologist who studies the relationship between organisms and their environment
complication; the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand
acting the part of a character on stage; any likeness of a person
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cowhand     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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capricious notion; something many people believe that is false
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
devaluation; decrease in price or value
cleverness; great skill or intelligence
a check issued in payment of wages or salary
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deteriorate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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characterize; differentiate; recognize
classify; put people or things into groups with the same features
become worse; decline
bound or obliged in law or equity
begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off
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embellish     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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continue to live; endure or last
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
bound or obliged in law or equity
change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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finch     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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color; appearance; particular gradation of color
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
any of numerous small songbirds with short, stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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germ     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard; supplementary part; accessory
biography or story written by yourself
an act that violates the rules of a sport
bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed
a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;
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heap     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
confidence; mood or spirit of a group that makes the members wants the group to succeed
crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out
device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
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justify     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm; deceive into trustfulness; become calm
adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
confront; state the opposite of what someone has said
blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of
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loom     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported
deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or severe symptoms; suffocate
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
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nominee     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
a disorder of digestive function; difficulty in digesting
condition or state, especially a bad state or condition
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persistent     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
deliberately; in a planned or intended way
cold but not freezing; unfriendly
common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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plumage     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
detailed analysis;  the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged
the process of corroding, or metal that has been corroded; decay
covering of feathers on the bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success
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refrigeration     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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branch of social science that deals with the production and consumption and their management
branch of geology that studies earthquakes
deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
competition; the act of competing as for a profit or a prize
arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
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scratch     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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adorn; add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive
become aware of through the senses; detect
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
cut the surface of; cause friction
cure;  make or get healthy again
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strenuous     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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aloft; flying; in the air
giving a feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment; comfortable
inherited or inheritable by established rules
conforming to a type; representative
arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
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treacherous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
composed of elements from a variety of sources
bending so that one part covers the other
adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
absolutely; completely or extremely
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