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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
allegiance     Speak
 
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n.  
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a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
the diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
tall cabinet, closet, or small room built to hold clothes
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ascertain     Speak
 
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v.  
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find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
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clump     Speak
 
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n.  
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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custody     Speak
 
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n.  
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animals and plants that grow independently of people, usually in natural conditions
trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
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efface     Speak
 
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v.  
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plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
throw carelessly; throw to see which side comes up; move or stir about violently
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expend     Speak
 
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v.  
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clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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gentle     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
well-born; of a good family or respectable birth; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender
carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
slow; sluggish; wasting time
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
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hermit     Speak
 
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n.  
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enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
act of subdividing; an administrative division of a larger organization
a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives
nonexistence; nothingness; zero
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
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ignoble     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
relating to the arrangement or accurate representation of the physical features of an area
covered with or resembling slime or mess mud
inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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invaluable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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struck by shock, terror, or amazement
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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malignant     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
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pacifist     Speak
 
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n.  
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an instrument for measuring temperature
a hinged blind for a window
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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pernicious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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capable of arousing and holding the attention
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
temporary; provided for present need only
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redemption     Speak
 
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n.  
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crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
extreme pain; anguish of body or mind
quantity of medicine given; sufficient quantity; portion
continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
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rouse     Speak
 
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v.  
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become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
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shrine     Speak
 
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n.  
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extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
science of God or religion
overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
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subsection     Speak
 
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n.  
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treatment; reception; entertainment
overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
a section of a section; a part of a part
something paid or given; payment to a person in consideration of past services
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tackle     Speak
 
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n.  
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animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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tramp     Speak
 
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v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
cause to be uneasy; wear away
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
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venerate     Speak
 
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v.  
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pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
trespass; enter as an uninvited person
form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
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