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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
apathy     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing
soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
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baron     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a cloth made by hand or machine; fabric
guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
something which is written; writing; scripture
title or degree of nobility
inscription on a tombstone in memory
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caustic     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
being in low spirits; depressed
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curt     Speak
 
(4)
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felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
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elderly     Speak
 
(5)
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pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
covered with or resembling slime or mess mud
somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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encomium     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
articles for use at the table
guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
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fulfil     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury
regard with respect; favorable regard
fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
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grueling     Speak
 
(8)
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caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
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inimical     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
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lapse     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience
exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
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lewd     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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lustful;  indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
bodily; of material nature; tangible
nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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orthodox     Speak
 
(12)
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wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
equivalent in effect or value
impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
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plough     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
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proscribe     Speak
 
(14)
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burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
command against; banish;  not allow something
raise in rank or dignity; praise
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rotundity     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a way for travel or transportation
an instrument for measuring temperature
brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
roundness; rounded fullness; integral entireness
a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
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shutter     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a session of intensive tuition; something relating to tutors or tutoring
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
a hinged blind for a window
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staid     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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native; originating where it is found
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
easily understood; clear; intelligible
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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temporal     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
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trample     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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think long and anxiously;  be in a state of gloomy, serious thought
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instruments; approve; support
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vogue     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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puzzle; difficult problem
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
tall cabinet, closet, or small room built to hold clothes
the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animals, prepared for writing on
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