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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
affirmative     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
reddish color; healthy-looking
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blatant     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or  left behind
stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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clasp     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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fastening device; firm grip
grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
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contribute     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
provide; bestow a quality on
become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
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dodge     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
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facile     Speak
 
(6)
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
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gaunt     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
easily understood; clear; intelligible
very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
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heath     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy
a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
name written in own handwriting
the calmness of mind; quietness; stillness; peace
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
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imperceptible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
without previous preparation
causing shock or horror; gruesome
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innocuous     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
having no adverse effect; harmless
expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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mercurial     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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small in quantity; being of delicate or slender build
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
climbing; rising; increasing in size or value
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mortgage     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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offensively bold behavior; the trait of being rude
place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
platform projecting from the wall of a building
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perpetual     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
everlasting; continuing without interruption
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
very fat; large in the body; overweight
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rein     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing
downward slope, as of a hill
the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
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resume     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
frighten; make timid; fill with fear
revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
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shrug     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
move about without a definite destination or purpose; range about; stroll; go away; depart
draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
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sterling     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
act of rotating or revolving rapidly; state of confusion; tumult
bravery; courage, and boldness, as in battle
place of origin; source; provenience
any English coin of standard value; coined money
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tentative     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm; lively
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
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turquoise     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill
tall cabinet, closet, or small room built to hold clothes
blue to gray-green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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