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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
abstruse     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
physically weak; easily broken
mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
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banish     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
enter on a list; enroll; register; engage for military or naval service
give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
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brutal     Speak
 
(3)
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
unique; extraordinary; being only one
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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cordial     Speak
 
(4)
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extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
incapable of being described
threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
gracious; showing warmth and friendliness
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demise     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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end of existence or activity; termination
deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
a chronological record of the events of successive years
advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement
act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
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entreaty     Speak
 
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n.  
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the opponent in a contest; someone who offers opposition
treatment; reception; entertainment
foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution
vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
science of God or religion
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forfeit     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance
act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
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goad     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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rub hard; wash with rubbing
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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immoral     Speak
 
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bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever
poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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insipid     Speak
 
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laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
totally in love; marked by a foolish or unreasoning fondness
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
careful about money; economical
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misappropriate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
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obliging     Speak
 
(12)
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clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
happy and ready to do favors for others
able to be dissolved; able to be explained
physically weak; easily broken
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pluck     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
declare to be true; affirm
look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
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pretext     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
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scanty     Speak
 
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exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
extremely fat; grossly overweight
dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
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sip     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
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sophistication     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
animals and plants that grow independently of people, usually in natural conditions
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
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tensile     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic
capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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turmoil     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
difficult or unusual or dangerous feat usually done to gain attention
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
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unscathed     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
incapable of being described
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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