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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
alleviate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate
break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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blot     Speak
 
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something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve
spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur; a weak point or failing
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
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buck     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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declivity     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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the craftsman who weaves cloth
a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
list or enumeration of names; articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order
downward slope, as of a hill
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
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deluge     Speak
 
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n.  
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part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
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enigma     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly
small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
puzzle; difficult problem
a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
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gait     Speak
 
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n.  
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greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
written agreement between two states or sovereigns; treaty
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growl     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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cause something to happen; set off
cause to be sorrowful; distress
ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
cite or repeat a passage from; repeat or copy the words of another
utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound
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immortal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever
difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
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inland     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or open water; interior
able to produce the desired effect; valid
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
of precious stone of rich green color; of a rich green color
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livid     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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able to be dissolved; able to be explained
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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mourn     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
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partition     Speak
 
(13)
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clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
raise in rank or dignity; praise
depart; leave a room, building, chair, so that it is available for other people
go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
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quandary     Speak
 
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n.  
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dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement;
great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
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retort     Speak
 
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n.  
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reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
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shun     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
command against; banish;  not allow something
pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
avoid deliberately; keep away from
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subordinate     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
physically weak; easily broken
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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tantalize     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
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unanimity     Speak
 
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n.  
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a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
the document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course
house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
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wardrobe     Speak
 
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n.  
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tall cabinet, closet, or small room built to hold clothes
a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; groan softly and continuously
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
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