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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
agitate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
frighten; make timid; fill with fear
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
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auditory     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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carnage     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
a cloth made by hand or machine; fabric
the company owned by the parent company or holding company
a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie
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dangle     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
depart; leave a room, building, chair, so that it is available for other people
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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doleful     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
in name only; insignificantly small
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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emulate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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move about without a definite destination or purpose; range about; stroll; go away; depart
conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
cause; bring into existence; give rise to
carry off by force; kidnap
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
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fulfil     Speak
 
(7)
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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gratuitous     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
equivalent in effect or value
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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indescribable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
incapable of being described
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
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intimidate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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frighten; make timid; fill with fear
appeal or request earnestly; enter a plea; offer as an excuse
compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
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misrepresent     Speak
 
(11)
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introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
be located under or below; be the support or basis of; account for
rub hard; wash with rubbing
commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey
give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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omen     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil
solid thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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pilgrim     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a burning piece of wood; mark made by burning with a hot iron; distinctive mark upon in any way
traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
relation of associate; the companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; state of being together
soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane; the wing of a building
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rack     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
framework for holding objects
earnest endeavor; violent or angry disagreement
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
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ruinous     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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in name only; insignificantly small
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
causing, or tending to cause ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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smelt     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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appeal or request earnestly; enter a plea; offer as an excuse
vary; go in different directions from the same point
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
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squash     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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be located under or below; be the support or basis of; account for
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
crush something into a flat shape
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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symmetry     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt
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tractor     Speak
 
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n.  
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a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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vexation     Speak
 
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n.  
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a solemn promise made to God; the promise of fidelity; the pledge of love or affection
a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion
quantity of medicine given; sufficient quantity; portion
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