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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
amphitheater     Speak
 
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n.  
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the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
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automaton     Speak
 
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n.  
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public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
list or enumeration of names; articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order
a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; sidebar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
articles for use at the table
the mechanism that imitates actions of humans
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brazen     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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cheap in nature or appearance;  tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
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corporal     Speak
 
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belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
unclear or doubtful in meaning
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detain     Speak
 
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frighten; make timid; fill with fear
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
make an energetic, usually hasty search
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epistle     Speak
 
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n.  
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getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
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frail     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
physically weak; easily broken
not due; not yet owing; not just, proper, or legal; excessive
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
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hector     Speak
 
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v.  
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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
behave like a bully; swagger; intimidate or dominate in a blustering way
fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
leave to someone by a will; hand down
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hypocrisy     Speak
 
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process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not
the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets
powerful wind; a gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
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involve     Speak
 
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burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
violate with violence, especially to a sacred place
administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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malicious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
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muse     Speak
 
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v.  
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move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
cancel; make void; repeal or annul
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
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palpable     Speak
 
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amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
wasteful; reckless with money
unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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radiance     Speak
 
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n.  
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quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
flight of missiles; a round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
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sarcasm     Speak
 
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aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
nonexistence; nothingness; zero
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
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soak     Speak
 
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v.  
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cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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stripe     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
a kind or category; band; ribbon
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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succinct     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
into separate parts or pieces; apart
incapable of being described
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
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thrifty     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
incapable of being described
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
careful about money; economical
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
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valor     Speak
 
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n.  
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a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
quantity of medicine given; sufficient quantity; portion
inscription on a tombstone in memory
bravery; courage, and boldness, as in battle
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