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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
apparel     Speak
 
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n.  
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external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
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berth     Speak
 
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the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
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breakthrough     Speak
 
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n.  
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shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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defy     Speak
 
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form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
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desultory     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
preceding in the order of time; former; previous
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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enlist     Speak
 
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inform; give notice to; make aware
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
enter on a list; enroll; register; engage for military or naval service
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fitting     Speak
 
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n.  
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an additional charge; charge an extra fee
a thick sweet sticky liquid
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
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grievance     Speak
 
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not
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hysterical     Speak
 
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acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic
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invalid     Speak
 
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
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lugubrious     Speak
 
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causing shock or horror; gruesome
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
slow; sluggish; wasting time
by vice or defects; defective; imperfect; having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved
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murky     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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blindly imitative; characteristic of a slave or servant
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
having no adverse effect; harmless
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pedantic     Speak
 
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fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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rack     Speak
 
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n.  
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the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
framework for holding objects
the good or just reason; condition or fact of being justified
a kind or category; band; ribbon
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
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scanty     Speak
 
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scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
unconventional in an artistic way
dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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signature     Speak
 
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n.  
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a cassette for videotape; a recording of moving pictures and sound on a strip of magnetic material
act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
a solemn promise made to God; the promise of fidelity; the pledge of love or affection
name written in own handwriting
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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stale     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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relating to, or suggestive of war; connected with the armed forces
being in a tense state; excessively concerned with rules and order
having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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swine     Speak
 
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n.  
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the figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
downward slope, as of a hill
a thick sweet sticky liquid
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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thermometer     Speak
 
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n.  
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backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
an instrument for measuring temperature
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videocassette     Speak
 
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n.  
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deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
a cassette for videotape; a recording of moving pictures and sound on a strip of magnetic material
the document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
a line or long thin mark made by folding or doubling
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