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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
agency     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
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audacious     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
containing or derived from error; mistaken
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
climbing; rising; increasing in size or value
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burial     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil
upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
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corporeal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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bodily; of material nature; tangible
climbing; rising; increasing in size or value
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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elastic     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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able to produce the desired effect; valid
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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enigma     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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puzzle; difficult problem
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
nonexistence; nothingness; zero
a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
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flagrant     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
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heath     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
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imperceptible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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intervene     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
charge; accuse formally of a crime
come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; catch up with; come upon from behind; capture; overcome
get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
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literal     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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added to complete or make up a deficiency
strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
choosing at random; not marked by fine distinctions
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nasty     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
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pertain     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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belong; have a connection with or dependence on
make sure or certain; insure; assure
put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
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promiscuous     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
covered with or resembling slime or mess mud
being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
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scorn     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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puzzle; difficult problem
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
crystal of snow; a small piece of snow that falls from the sky
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shawl     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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bringing or coming to an end; cease
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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subordinate     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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synthesis     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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part of the human body which extends downward from breast to thighs, and contains bowels; womb
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion
expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
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tribunal     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets
the seat of a judge; bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice; court or forum
sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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ward     Speak
 
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n.  
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
platform projecting from the wall of a building
cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
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