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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
appellation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy
outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
foolish or stupid person; unlearned, ignorant, or simple person
originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water
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banish     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
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capricious     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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curb     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instruments; approve; support
harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
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doze     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instruments; approve; support
walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
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envisage     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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fugitive     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm; lively
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
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grieve     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
cause to be sorrowful; distress
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
avoid deliberately; keep away from
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incriminate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something
list each one; mention one by one
get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
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jeopardy     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
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mien     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
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mould     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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release of property or person in return for the payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
minor crime; ill behavior; evil conduct; misdeed
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precept     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the difference in electrical charge between two points
earnest endeavor; violent or angry disagreement
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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profuse     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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scourge     Speak
 
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n.  
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the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust; the science of architecture
inscription on a tombstone in memory
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shipwright     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
worship of idols; excessive admiration
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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stunt     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a job involving confinement; an exercise device on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
difficult or unusual or dangerous feat usually done to gain attention
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
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synthesis     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension;  involuntary trembling or quivering
a job involving confinement; an exercise device on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
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torpid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
containing or derived from error; mistaken
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veritable     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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strict or severe in the discipline; severely simple and unornamented
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
overpowering in effect or strength; very great or intense; extreme
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