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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
admonish     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
make an energetic, usually hasty search
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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austere     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
strict or severe in the discipline; severely simple and unornamented
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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cliche     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
obvious remark; overused expression or idea
remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
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curl     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
charge; accuse formally of a crime
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
form into a coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
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deluge     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
articles for use at the table
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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fascinating     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
capable of arousing and holding the attention
happy and ready to do favors for others
in name only; insignificantly small
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fickle     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
in name only; insignificantly small
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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grave     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious
the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
a place for the burial; death, or extinction
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idiosyncrasy     Speak
 
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n.  
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the behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
the short, thick first digit of a human hand
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
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insurrection     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
an instrument for measuring temperature
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
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loaf     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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nasty     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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plead     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
become worse; decline; fall
shrink; reduce in size; become less
render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
appeal or request earnestly; enter a plea; offer as an excuse
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recede     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
dry and brown by heat of the fire; warm thoroughly; drink to the health or in honor
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
appeal or request earnestly; enter a plea; offer as an excuse
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reverie     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste
flight of missiles; a round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
a thick sweet sticky liquid
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smog     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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sophistry     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly
large candle or lamp giving flaring flame; flashlight
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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testify     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
violate with violence, especially to a sacred place
cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement; reduce largely
revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
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transmute     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
make sure or certain; insure; assure
administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
depart; leave a room, building, chair, so that it is available for other people
satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
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vindicate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence
get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
change in outward structure or looks; convert
clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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