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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
appalling     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
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assign     Speak
 
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be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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bully     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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the small area set off by walls for special use; booth
noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
a section of a section; a part of a part
release of property or person in return for the payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
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cryptic     Speak
 
(4)
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
added to complete or make up a deficiency
having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
into separate parts or pieces; apart
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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elucidate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
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exacerbate     Speak
 
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v.  
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
rub hard; wash with rubbing
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
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fiscal     Speak
 
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
physically weak; easily broken
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
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hedonist     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
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inference     Speak
 
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n.  
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the soldier placed on guard; guard
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
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knave     Speak
 
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n.  
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untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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misrepresent     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
attract by arousing hope or desire
give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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oratory     Speak
 
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n.  
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house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
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pastor     Speak
 
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n.  
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a nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go
shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
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recess     Speak
 
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n.  
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withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion
formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
part of the human body which extends downward from breast to thighs, and contains bowels; womb
noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
an instrument for measuring temperature
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scorn     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
deep opening in the earth surface
story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house;
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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slate     Speak
 
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n.  
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foolish or stupid person; unlearned, ignorant, or simple person
act of omitting; neglect, or failure to do something required by propriety or duty
any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
obvious remark; overused expression or idea
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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sporadic     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
improperly forward or bold; rude
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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taxation     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
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torch     Speak
 
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n.  
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large candle or lamp giving flaring flame; flashlight
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
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visceral     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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