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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
addictive     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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based on experience; useful
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
something you cannot stop taking once you have started
by hand; using your hands
failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities; inattentive
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asphyxiate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or severe symptoms; suffocate
denote; mean; indicate
approve formally; confirm; verify
cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
give advice to someone; suggest
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bellows     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
a company which sells goods
any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block
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chromosphere     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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determination; resolving to do something; a formal statement of a decision
a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere
any of numerous small songbirds with short, stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
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complexity     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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complication; the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand
crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
chromatic color between red and blue; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
a change or changes made to the words of a text; revision
a commissioned military officer
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crater     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
automobile; means of conveying; medium
danger; a threat or the act of threatening; something that is a source of danger; threaten; intimidate
beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin
act of burning something
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democracy     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
cell; compartment; room
building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of elected people
a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
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engaging     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
direct and outspoken but good-natured
being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction
charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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exert     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
cause to be interested or curious; captivate
cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
carry through; bring to completion; achieve; accomplish; execute
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forefather     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
a drama set to music and consists of singing
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hierarchy     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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an aggressive willingness to compete
decree; authoritative command or order
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something
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infancy     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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big storm; severe tropical cyclone
a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
babyhood; the time when someone is a baby or a very young child
a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
a drama set to music and consists of singing
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moisten     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
dampen; humidify; make something slightly wet
change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
attach; become firmly fixed together, or in position
ban; taboo; forbid
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nicotine     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
any large macrurous crustacean used as a food
automobile; means of conveying; medium
an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco
a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
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pallid     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
complete; absolute; entire
based on experience; useful
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profound     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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conforming to a type; representative
deep; not superficial; far-reaching
busy; energetic; vigorous
crazy; extremely interested in something
causing damage or harm; injurious
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puzzle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter
cause to seem more splendid; beautify
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rhetoric     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
a heavy textile with a woven design
contestant you hope to defeat
area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
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sustained     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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city center; one who lives in a city center
composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
busy; energetic; vigorous
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universe     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; the bottom surface of a plow
any recently hatched animal
cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
copy or reproduction of a work of art
device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
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