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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
amphitheater     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
lack of consistency; the difference
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
quantity of medicine given; sufficient quantity; portion
brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
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bacon     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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chivalrous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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near at hand; close in time; about to occur
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
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concoct     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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charge; accuse formally of a crime
bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
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doze     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement; reduce largely
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
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entice     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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attract by arousing hope or desire
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
leave someone who needs or counts on you
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gaily     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
extremely fat; grossly overweight
into separate parts or pieces; apart
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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herb     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
a larval frog or toad
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt
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inexhaustible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
having no adverse effect; harmless
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insinuate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate
draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
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monastery     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
the small area set off by walls for special use; booth
landing-place; platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
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ostracize     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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become stable or more stable
take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
become solid; change from being a liquid or gas to a solid form
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placid     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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bodily; of material nature; tangible
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
in name only; insignificantly small
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
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presumptuous     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
marked by kindness, mercy, or compassion
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respite     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
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snowflake     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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crystal of snow; a small piece of snow that falls from the sky
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
reference point to shoot at; goal intended to be attained
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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stroll     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound
move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
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superfluous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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being beyond what is required or sufficient
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
blindly imitative; characteristic of a slave or servant
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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trample     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
bend the knee; fall or rest on the knees
step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury
violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
avoid deliberately; keep away from
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verge     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
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