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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
affable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
useless; having no useful result; vain
without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
easily approachable; warmly friendly
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august     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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preceding in the order of time; former; previous
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
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brutal     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
improperly forward or bold; rude
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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conjunction     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships
state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
the short, thick first digit of a human hand
an instrument for measuring temperature
act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
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demise     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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sharp, shrill outcry or scream; shrill wild crying such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like
mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep
mark of damage; a mark left on the skin after injury
end of existence or activity; termination
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evenhanded     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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wasteful; reckless with money
gracious; showing warmth and friendliness
impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
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forego     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
assent; agree without protesting
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
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goad     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
behave like a bully; swagger; intimidate or dominate in a blustering way
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immoral     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
extremely fat; grossly overweight
not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
easily understood; clear; intelligible
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invalid     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
relating to the arrangement or accurate representation of the physical features of an area
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
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limp     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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outskirt     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion
act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
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pension     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
something paid or given; payment to a person in consideration of past services
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
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recede     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
belong; have a connection with or dependence on
become solid; change from being a liquid or gas to a solid form
weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
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reproof     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
a cloth made by hand or machine; fabric
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shiver     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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row slowly and gently; move through the water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
tear into pieces;  raise the fibers of
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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strap     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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belt; a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
the document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
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sustenance     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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tyro     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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bush; a large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branches
man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
beginner in learning something; novice
the figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
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ward     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
island; spot within another of a different color
disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
the difference in electrical charge between two points
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
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