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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
amiable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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blatant     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation
flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
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caustic     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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define     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
determine the nature of; give a definition; describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
act contrary to, as a law, right, or obligation; annul or hinder
drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
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elderly     Speak
 
(5)
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of excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
in name only; insignificantly small
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expunge     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
raise in rank or dignity; praise
kill by submerging and suffocating in water; overwhelm in water; deaden one's awareness of
cancel; remove; erase or strike out
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fuss     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
the mechanism that imitates actions of humans
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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grueling     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
questionable; filled with doubt
by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
characterized by a lack of partiality; without bias
capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
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iniquity     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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something paid or given; payment to a person in consideration of past services
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod;
end of existence or activity; termination
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jolly     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
decide; judge; sentence; condemn
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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mien     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion
capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
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nursery     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children
a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; sidebarĀ used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
treatment; reception; entertainment
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pastoral     Speak
 
(13)
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
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recourse     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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articles for use at the table
one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
difficult or unusual or dangerous feat usually done to gain attention
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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reprove     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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reveal; make known to the public
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
dry and brown by heat of the fire; warm thoroughly; drink to the health or in honor
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slum     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
the short, thick first digit of a human hand
expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
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stripe     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
a kind or category; band; ribbon
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
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tact     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
inscription on a tombstone in memory
act of subdividing; an administrative division of a larger organization
a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
treatment; reception; entertainment
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toupee     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
bringing or coming to an end; cease
partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot
the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
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ward     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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