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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
approbation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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right-handedness; readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts
degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste
expression of warm approval; praise
a section of a section; a part of a part
a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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bellicose     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
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brake     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement;
overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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defy     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
behave like a bully; swagger; intimidate or dominate in a blustering way
refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
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dexterity     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids
right-handedness; readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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entreaty     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
treatment; reception; entertainment
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
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filth     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution
close examination; minute inspection; critical observation
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
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grotesque     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
reddish color; healthy-looking
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incognito     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation
containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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interminable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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livid     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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obscene     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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precept     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
worship of idols; excessive admiration
building or house, especially as the great hall, church, or temple; anything shaped like a cupola
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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profane     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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rummage     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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cite or repeat a passage from; repeat or copy the words of another
make an energetic, usually hasty search
move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
crush something into a flat shape
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shipload     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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somber     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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in name only; insignificantly small
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
unconventional in an artistic way
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
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sundry     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
terribly; with alarm; fearfully
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
appearing to be unlikely to result favorably or be enjoyable
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traverse     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound
move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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ungainly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
overpowering in effect or strength; very great or intense; extreme
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
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