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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
abject     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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characterized by a lack of partiality; without bias
without previous preparation
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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assail     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
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clump     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
roundness; rounded fullness; integral entireness
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confidential     Speak
 
(4)
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having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
treated with confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; secret
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
overpowering in effect or strength; very great or intense; extreme
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editorial     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative
of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
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falter     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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avoid deliberately; keep away from
put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound
annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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filthy     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure
choosing at random; not marked by fine distinctions
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
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grade     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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request for help; excuse or pretext
act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill
evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement;
step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing
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ignoble     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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irate     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
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liaison     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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relation of associate; the companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; state of being together
something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
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motto     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
act of subdividing; an administrative division of a larger organization
a burning piece of wood; mark made by burning with a hot iron; distinctive mark upon in any way
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
right-handedness; readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts
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perforate     Speak
 
(13)
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compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
move about without a definite destination or purpose; range about; stroll; go away; depart
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recompense     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
throw carelessly; throw to see which side comes up; move or stir about violently
charge; accuse formally of a crime
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resign     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
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sensual     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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able to be dissolved; able to be explained
moved by sexual love; loving
physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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stall     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
the small area set off by walls for special use; booth
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil
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taint     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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tremor     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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weaver     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
the behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
the craftsman who weaves cloth
act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
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