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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
agency     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
the calmness of mind; quietness; stillness; peace
a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
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boisterous     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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improperly forward or bold; rude
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
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cavalier     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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physically weak; easily broken
being beyond what is required or sufficient
offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
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cynical     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
native; originating where it is found
pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete
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disdain     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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enchant     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
pain; grieve; vex; be pained or distressed; feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
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fiscal     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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equivalent in effect or value
questionable; filled with doubt
weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
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grudge     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
crush something into a flat shape
pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
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inexhaustible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
lustful;  indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent
wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
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laud     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
measure the depth; come to understand
deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
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malediction     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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act of subdividing; an administrative division of a larger organization
temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
clever, expedient way of doing something; specific talent, especially one difficult to explain or teach
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
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obtrude     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
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perceptible     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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radiance     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
a cassette for videotape; a recording of moving pictures and sound on a strip of magnetic material
downward slope, as of a hill
the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus
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reprove     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
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sidestep     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay the penalty; make amends for
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
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sterling     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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lowest or coarsest class of people; iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
any English coin of standard value; coined money
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sustenance     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
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thicket     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement
a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift to prevent judgment
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unearth     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
frighten; make timid; fill with fear
tear into pieces;  raise the fibers of
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