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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
advent     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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contestant you hope to defeat
complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
writing that is arranged in short lines with a regular rhythm; poetry
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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arrangement     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
the activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character
composition; a plan for how something will happen
air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
blast; outburst; a sudden strong wind
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blight     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
classify; put people or things into groups with the same features
delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind
declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly
defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
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commentary     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
bringing again into activity and prominence
written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
a work produced by hand labor
a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
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conciseness     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
brevity; terseness, and economy in writing and speaking
a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body
an event that results in destruction;  the state of being decayed or destroyed
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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convinced     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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completely certain about something; sure
clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
happening at the same time; simultaneous
cool; freeze; a feeling of cold
destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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deprive     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter
compute; determine; estimate
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
begin; originate; admit into membership
deny; take something take away
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engrave     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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move up or climb something; mount
assemble; convene; gather
be free from; free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
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exempt     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb
acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
be free from; free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject
bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
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glider     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hit the earth's atmosphere
conqueror; the winner of a game, competition, election, or war
a dish served as the last course of a meal
container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; a player who throws the ball to the batter
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impracticality     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a bitter quarrel between two parties
concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for the ability to leap
branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
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influenza     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
an acute febrile, highly contagious viral disease
choice; variety; collection
contestant; someone who offers opposition
chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
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malleable     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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deliberately; in a planned or intended way
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
a diagonal path; a route shorter than the usual one
belonging to the period after a war
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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naked     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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continuing to exist or develop; existing
bare and pure; completely unclothed
composed of distinct particles
capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
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overwhelm     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize
cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
break apart; cut; divide
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plight     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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cultivation of plants
a small room or cabinet used for storage space
advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being; welfare; gain
condition or state, especially a bad state or condition
a large continuous extent of land
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quail     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae of the family Odontophoridae
a group of people or organizations that have agreed to work together
a blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen
arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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scuba     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a check issued in payment of wages or salary
a loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; cloak as a symbol of authority; covering; envelope
a device that lets divers breathe underwater
a large mass of ice floating at sea
approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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smart     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
clever; intelligent; showing mental alertness and calculation
that can be noticed or discovered; measurable
completely certain about something; sure
brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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tavern     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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ally; form a group or unite
an advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports
a check issued in payment of wages or salary
consent; approval to do something
building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
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