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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 3
affect     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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heavily burden; tax above what is considered appropriate or just; tax too heavily
include; surround on all sides; close in
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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astronomical     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
having a toe or toes of a specified kind
easily influenced; flexible; pliable
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
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blues     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
gloom; depressed spirits
any of various ruminant mammals, of the genus Capra, related to the sheep; scapegoat
healthcare facility for outpatient care
elaboration by the use of decorative detail; ornamentation of fabric with needlework
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communal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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inspired by the love for one's country
free from impediment or hindrance
easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
held in common; of a group of people
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dagger     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
lack of knowledge or education
formal public statement; an act of making known publicly
knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges
naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
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devise     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
form, plan, or arrange in mind; transmit or give by will
draw upon; strike lightly; make good use of
gain or acquire by force;  take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
expand; fill with air or gas;  increase the amount or availability of
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eminence     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill
field covered with grass; meadow
gas; steam; barely visible or cloudy diffused matter, such as mist or smoke
humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
group of closely located islands
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fantasy     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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hill; relatively flat highland
dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
an elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object
flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect
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frigid     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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imaginative; not based on fact; dubious
enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
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imprint     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the first letter of a proper name; the first letter of a word
the impression produced by pressure or printing; distinctive influence; impress firmly in the mind
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
excessive confidence; total certainty
genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
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irony     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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the thin, brittle, exterior covering of the egg of a bird or reptile; pale yellow to yellowish-white
going from one state of action to another
dominance; power to dominate or defeat
expression by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; the witty language used to insult
formal or official examination
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metaphor     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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draw out; flow out; waste
implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
fish eggs; egg mass; female of any species of deer
gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group
house roof made with a plant material
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omit     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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leave undone or leave out; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
embed; enclose in or as if in a case
go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree
set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release
empower; give permission for; sanction
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phenomenally     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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elastic; difficult to chew; having a texture resembling rubber
in a natural or wild state
in a manner that is extraordinary or amazing
assured; having or marked by assurance
easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
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precipitous     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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established firmly and securely; rooted
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
having an opponent; averse of
continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring; durable
go away or leave; missing; not present
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recruit     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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judge; examine and judge carefully; appraise
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
enlist; register formally as a participant; engage in military service
eradicate; abolish; rule out
happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
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shed     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
get rid of; cast off; cause to pour forth
exchange; put in the place of another
force something into or through a restricted space; compress with violence
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stimulant     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
the essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals
field covered with grass; meadow
faithfulness; ardent, often selfless affection and dedication
an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another
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tame     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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late; delayed; moving slowly
free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having a brilliant surface
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urge     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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force in an indicated direction; stimulate or prompt action
include; incorporate; be capable of holding
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
frighten; fill with terror
fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
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