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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
admonish     Speak
 
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v.  
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
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ascertain     Speak
 
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
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bucket     Speak
 
(3)
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust; the science of architecture
path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
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confiscate     Speak
 
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cause to be sorrowful; distress
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
provide; bestow a quality on
seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
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diverge     Speak
 
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vary; go in different directions from the same point
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
form into a coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
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extant     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
unclear or doubtful in meaning
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
strict or severe in the discipline; severely simple and unornamented
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ferocious     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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glimmer     Speak
 
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n.  
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dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object
the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
title or degree of nobility
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inconceivable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
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languid     Speak
 
(10)
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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malice     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience
the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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obtrude     Speak
 
(12)
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
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pilot     Speak
 
(13)
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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
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
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relish     Speak
 
(14)
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deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
decide; judge; sentence; condemn
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
declare to be true; affirm
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rummage     Speak
 
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ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
make an energetic, usually hasty search
dry and brown by heat of the fire; warm thoroughly; drink to the health or in honor
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
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sever     Speak
 
(16)
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
form into a coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
make empty; remove contents of
move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
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streak     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein
act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
a larval frog or toad
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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tentacle     Speak
 
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n.  
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a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
release of property or person in return for the payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
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tyro     Speak
 
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n.  
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beginner in learning something; novice
spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur; a weak point or failing
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with a small flag
formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
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vomit     Speak
 
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v.  
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throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
part; separate or disunite; disengage
cause something to happen; set off
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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