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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
amiss     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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having special skill or knowledge; according to principle; formal rather than practical; relating to technique
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
easily understood; clear; intelligible
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banish     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
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chant     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instruments; approve; support
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
decide; judge; sentence; condemn
bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
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concession     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
inscription on a tombstone in memory
the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
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detach     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
part; separate or disunite; disengage
join together, unite; harness a draft animal to; join securely; force into heavy labor
seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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epithet     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
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galley     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
the time between one event, process; interval of time
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
act or manner of moving forward; an act performed; steps taken in an action
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haggle     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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belong; have a connection with or dependence on
argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something
cancel; remove; erase or strike out
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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ingenuity     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
one who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; opponent
song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
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inland     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or open water; interior
of excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious
bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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mercurial     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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climbing; rising; increasing in size or value
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation
daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
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offhand     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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parliament     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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any agent that carries and sends something
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion
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prostrate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
cause to be sorrowful; distress
put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
carry from one place to another; bear or transport
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seasoned     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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seemly     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
questionable; filled with doubt
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
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stimuli     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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technical     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
having special skill or knowledge; according to principle; formal rather than practical; relating to technique
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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tug     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
charge; accuse formally of a crime
fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
become solid; change from being a liquid or gas to a solid form
annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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wage     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
appease or pacify; bring peace to
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