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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
abstain     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
estimate value of; evaluate, especially in an official capacity
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
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bicker     Speak
 
(2)
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give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
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brilliant     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
slow; sluggish; wasting time
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone
lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor
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correspondent     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
suggesting or threatening evil
wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
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doze     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
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ennui     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a solemn promise made to God; the promise of fidelity; the pledge of love or affection
the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity; casual trousers
an instrument for measuring temperature
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filthy     Speak
 
(7)
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
of the male sex; not female; having the qualities of a man
nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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hairy     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
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implore     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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cancel; remove; erase or strike out
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
declare to be true; affirm
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
kill by submerging and suffocating in water; overwhelm in water; deaden one's awareness of
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knack     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; enthusiasm
act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
clever, expedient way of doing something; specific talent, especially one difficult to explain or teach
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
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misrepresent     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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oblivion     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
the mechanism that imitates actions of humans
a cassette for videotape; a recording of moving pictures and sound on a strip of magnetic material
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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pounce     Speak
 
(13)
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
frighten; make timid; fill with fear
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
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procedure     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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act or manner of moving forward; an act performed; steps taken in an action
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
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sarcasm     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a way for travel or transportation
quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
a section of a section; a part of a part
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sheriff     Speak
 
(16)
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one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
blue to gray-green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
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spurious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
appropriate for people with good incomes
cheap in nature or appearance;  tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
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tapering     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
act of gradually lowering the size or amount
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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tolerable     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
temporary; provided for present need only
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
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