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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
amiss     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
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atrocity     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
sharp, shrill outcry or scream; shrill wild crying such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
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comely     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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relating to money; requiring payment of money
weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
untimely; poorly chosen;  inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
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decipher     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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ecstasy     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
nonexistence; nothingness; zero
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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epitaph     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
inscription on a tombstone in memory
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firmament     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a larval frog or toad
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
list or enumeration of names; articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
a place for the burial; death, or extinction
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goad     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
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inept     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
wasteful; reckless with money
blindly imitative; characteristic of a slave or servant
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
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insinuate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
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lust     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
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obituary     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
domestic fowls reared for eating, or their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, ducks, and geese
death notice; list of dead
state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
person hardened in sin; a person without moral scruples
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pirate     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
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propriety     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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resign     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth to drink
sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
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singular     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever
very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
unique; extraordinary; being only one
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spacecraft     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a vehicle for traveling in space
the difference in electrical charge between two points
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
nonexistence; nothingness; zero
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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superfluous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
being beyond what is required or sufficient
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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thumb     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
the short, thick first digit of a human hand
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
arrange according to a system
vary; go in different directions from the same point
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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