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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
alloy     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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cross; meet; meet at a point
abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
deny; take something take away
acknowledge; admit that you have done something wrong
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anticipate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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decay, or to cause something to decay
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
construct; stand; set up
detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
completely change; dramatically change
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bluff     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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showing what someone thinks or feels; indicative
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities; inattentive
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
direct and outspoken but good-natured
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combination     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force
an arrangement in a particular order; union
a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
a drama set to music and consists of singing
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consortium     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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color; appearance; particular gradation of color
a group of people or organizations that have agreed to work together
coming into being of something; origin
combination of two or more elements or parts
cultivation of plants
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cowhand     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
a colorless, odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube
belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
act of proceeding; continued forward movement; a series of actions
amount paid or collected as rent; the act of renting
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detrimental     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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diligent; hard-working; busy, and laborious
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple
attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
causing damage or harm; injurious
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eclipse     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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coat; cover an area of ground with a hard, flat surface
darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
try to conceal something; disguise;  hide under a false appearance
chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
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falcon     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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the appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
blast; outburst; a sudden strong wind
corrosion; a gradual decline of something
acceptance; an agreement that something is true or legal
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forebear     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction
act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
a large mass of ice floating at sea
a person from whom you are descended
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ideological     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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beneath the surface of the water; undersea
concerned with or suggestive of ideas
almost completely; using computer technology over the internet
approximately; more or less
completely lacking; barren or empty
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invertebrate     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard; supplementary part; accessory
continual and persistent demands
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
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mislead     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censure
deceive; cause someone to believe something that is not true
cure;  make or get healthy again
be free from; free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject
compute; determine; estimate
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option     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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the bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
condition of conflicting; the act of opposing something
act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;
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physiology     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
act of making a sudden noisy break
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
criteria; basis for comparison
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pollution     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college; course or program
the arrival of something suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; accident; luck
contamination; undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated
a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
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rational     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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dependable; reliable; able to be trusted
despite what has just been said or done; however
consistent with; based on; using reason
aloft; flying; in the air
accompanying; analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable
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seashore     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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chromatic color between red and blue; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
band or organized company of singers, especially in church service
coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body
bacteria; any organism of microscopic size
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splash     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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cure;  make or get healthy again
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
intend or choose someone or something for a particular purpose or end
cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
completely change; dramatically change
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trifle     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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combination of two or more elements or parts
a thing of very little value or importance
a particle that is electrically charged positive or negative
an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea
a company which sells goods
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