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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
ankle     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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worship of idols; excessive admiration
lack of consistency; the difference
the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus
place of origin; source; provenience
gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
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avarice     Speak
 
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n.  
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a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain
temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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chide     Speak
 
(3)
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
leave to someone by a will; hand down
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curb     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
inform; give notice to; make aware
cause to be sorrowful; distress
bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
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doze     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey
attract by arousing hope or desire
go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
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fare     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
foolish or stupid person; unlearned, ignorant, or simple person
something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question;  bet; stake
food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger
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feign     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
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gorge     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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regard with respect; favorable regard
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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imminent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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completely neat and clean
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
near at hand; close in time; about to occur
offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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jovial     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
unique; extraordinary; being only one
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
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lunatic     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
being beyond what is required or sufficient
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
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obsequious     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
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perforate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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provisional     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
having special skill or knowledge; according to principle; formal rather than practical; relating to technique
of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
temporary; provided for present need only
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scrutiny     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
close examination; minute inspection; critical observation
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
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sentinel     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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stringent     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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well-born; of a good family or respectable birth; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender
being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
having no adverse effect; harmless
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
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tantamount     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
wasteful; reckless with money
equivalent in effect or value
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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tolerance     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing
capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance
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wag     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
part; separate or disunite; disengage
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
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