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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
aghast     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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struck by shock, terror, or amazement
having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
totally in love; marked by a foolish or unreasoning fondness
deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
having no adverse effect; harmless
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azure     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers
sky blue; light purplish-blue
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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censure     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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console     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
cause; bring into existence; give rise to
move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry
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ecology     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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necessary requirement; indispensable item
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement
science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
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emulate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement; reduce largely
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
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fiend     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
articles for use at the table
the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity; casual trousers
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havoc     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing
remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
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hypocrite     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a small room or apartment; room for privacy
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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insolent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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malice     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep
a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
a way for travel or transportation
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mortgage     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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any English coin of standard value; coined money
transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment
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partition     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
carry from one place to another; bear or transport
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion
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renown     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
necessary requirement; indispensable item
the seat of a judge; bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice; court or forum
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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scorch     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
arrange according to a system
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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shrine     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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building or house, especially as the great hall, church, or temple; anything shaped like a cupola
case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
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strap     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
belt; a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
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tepid     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
wasteful; reckless with money
unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped
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trajectory     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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vertebrate     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
a hinged blind for a window
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