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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
ambition     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something
authority; right and power to interpret and apply the law
daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
a large and important church, esp. one that is the center of a large area
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
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apologize     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
bound or obliged in law or equity
compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
the channel into a new direction
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catalyst     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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combination of two or more elements or parts
covering of feathers on the bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
accomplishment; putting into practice;  putting a person to death
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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comet     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
depository; a storehouse; a building where supplies or vehicles, especially buses, are kept
catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
the adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
an object that goes around the sun
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contract     Speak
 
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v.  
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cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
color a material, especially by soaking in a coloring solution; take on or impart color
declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly
delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
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cubism     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
any disease-producing agent
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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denomination     Speak
 
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n.  
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any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
any recently hatched animal
direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
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doubt     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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deep bow with the foot drawn backward
cooling agent; causing cooling or freezing
bacteria; any organism of microscopic size
beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
being in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything
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excite     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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form or develop in mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
compute; determine; estimate
make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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footnote     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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space or place that is available to be used; emptiness
any animals kept for use or profit
bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a huge bill surmounted by a bony protuberance
branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to
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healing     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
appealing; pleasing; inviting; tempting
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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laborious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
attractive in a way that causes unpleasant results; tempting
demanding much work or care; tedious
dependable; stocky; euphemisms for fat
arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
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loom     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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bring upon oneself; become liable to; acquire or come into
be broadcast on television or radio
completely change; dramatically change
appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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ornamentation     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a physicist who studies astronomy
dampness; moisture; a measurement of how much water there is in the air
announcement; explicit  statement; a formal public statement
battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
decoration; things added to something to provide decoration
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phonetics     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a heavy textile with a woven design
branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
accommodation; a temporary place to stay
deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
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populous     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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crowded; having a lot of people living there
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
able or fit be rented
accurate or careful; complete
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recital     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
act of rotating in a circle or spiral
a detailed account or description of something
a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms
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seashore     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than a formal paper
coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
act of doing or performing again
branch of medicine dealing with teeth
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standpoint     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a mental position from which things are viewed
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
a renovation that improves the outward appearance; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles from face
a mass of very small drops of liquid carried in the air
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing
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upset     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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charming; tending to draw attention or affections
curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
attractive excitingly and especially; charming
concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
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