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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
ambition     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a mental position from which things are viewed
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something
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auditorium     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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space or place that is available to be used; emptiness
brevity; terseness, and economy in writing and speaking
area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
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boundless     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast
deliberately; in a planned or intended way
lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
by chance; accidentally
contradictory; conflicting; adverse
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comical     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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bare and pure; completely unclothed
different; unlike; not similar
crowded to capacity; compressed
clever; having the inventive or cunning mind
arousing or provoking laughter
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confront     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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depress; take away hope from
cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
try to do something by employing effort
be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
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converse     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts
be similar to; take after; look like
continue; insist; persevere
arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize
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despoil     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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astonish; affect with wonder
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
cure;  make or get healthy again
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
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entertainment     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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beverage made from juice pressed from apples
any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hit the earth's atmosphere
compatibility in opinion and action; an agreeable sound property
church; place of worship
amusement; public shows, performances, or other ways of enjoying yourself
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excel     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
combine something into a larger whole; unite
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
be superior; distinguish oneself
climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
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freighter     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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cargo ship; a large ship for carrying goods
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
act of occupying or taking possession; control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
complication; the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand
a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs; doctrine
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hasten     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
form or develop in mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
confront; set into opposition or rivalry
construct; stand; set up
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lag     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
change location; move, travel, or proceed
consume greedily; devour; seek or seize as prey or plunder
cut the surface of; cause friction
delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind
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miraculous     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting
attractive excitingly and especially; charming
cultured; purified; made pure
astonishing; very effective or surprising, or difficult to believe
awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
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nervous     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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arrogant; characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
able or fit be rented
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception
agitated; worried and anxious
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particle     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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cutting edge; the leading or most important position or place
a tiny piece of anything
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
condition of conflicting; the act of opposing something
circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
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platelike     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
as the hard flattened scales
able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
being or characterized by concepts or their formation
altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception
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regulation     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
a way of access consisting of a set of steps
any tangible or intangible possession that someone owns
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
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sacred     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
demanding much work or care; tedious
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication
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suitable     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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approximately; more or less
amazed; very surprised
concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
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valve     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
appearance;  becoming visible
device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid
a drama set to music and consists of singing
a party of persons having a common end in view
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