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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
abyss     Speak
 
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n.  
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close examination; minute inspection; critical observation
transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
the opponent in a contest; someone who offers opposition
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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beckon     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence
try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, specifically without permission
signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance
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closet     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a small room or apartment; room for privacy
skilled public speaker; a person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
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declivity     Speak
 
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n.  
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downward slope, as of a hill
wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
obvious remark; overused expression or idea
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effectual     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
able to produce the desired effect; valid
appropriate for people with good incomes
wasteful; reckless with money
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esteem     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
regard with respect; favorable regard
shrink; reduce in size; become less
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
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galley     Speak
 
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n.  
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small  leaf; a leaf-like organ or part
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
minor crime; ill behavior; evil conduct; misdeed
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
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hoarse     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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relating to money; requiring payment of money
having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
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indigent     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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inordinate     Speak
 
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without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
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manifest     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
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mortgage     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
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plea     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
request for help; excuse or pretext
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
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recrimination     Speak
 
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n.  
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countercharge; counter or mutual accusation; accusation brought by the accused against the accuser
living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience
case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
act or manner of moving forward; an act performed; steps taken in an action
stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish, or puddings
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sarcasm     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; groan softly and continuously
image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
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slack     Speak
 
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n.  
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puzzle; difficult problem
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity; casual trousers
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sophistication     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
downward slope, as of a hill
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
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surly     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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unique; extraordinary; being only one
agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
even though; although; notwithstanding
rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
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thermometer     Speak
 
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n.  
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an instrument for measuring temperature
any English coin of standard value; coined money
a musician who performs a single
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
deep opening in the earth surface
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wardrobe     Speak
 
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n.  
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bravery; courage, and boldness, as in battle
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
tall cabinet, closet, or small room built to hold clothes
the general pardon granted by the government, especially for political offenses
grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
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