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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
arable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
deeply; in a way that has a strong effect; extremely
famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
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audacious     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
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climax     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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act or manner of moving forward; an act performed; steps taken in an action
upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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covenant     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
a section of a section; a part of a part
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
a solemn promise made to God; the promise of fidelity; the pledge of love or affection
plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
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dissolution     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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direct financial aid by the government
lowest or coarsest class of people; iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron
breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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epitaph     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
inscription on a tombstone in memory
amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious
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giddy     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
native; originating where it is found
increasing by successive addition
not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
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harangue     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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infuriate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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enrage; make furious or mad with anger
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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lassitude     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
the mechanism that imitates actions of humans
a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
a hinged blind for a window
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mare     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift to prevent judgment
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mute     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
deeply; in a way that has a strong effect; extremely
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
not due; not yet owing; not just, proper, or legal; excessive
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parliament     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
a cassette for videotape; a recording of moving pictures and sound on a strip of magnetic material
great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
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recede     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
declare to be true; affirm
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resume     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
rub hard; wash with rubbing
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seemly     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
improbable; has little chance of being the case or coming about
empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
capable of arousing and holding the attention
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spurious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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tawdry     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
cheap in nature or appearance;  tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
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tolerable     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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having special skill or knowledge; according to principle; formal rather than practical; relating to technique
somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
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whimsical     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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added to complete or make up a deficiency
suggesting or threatening evil
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
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