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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
alacrity     Speak
 
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n.  
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fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
earnest endeavor; violent or angry disagreement
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
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assign     Speak
 
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frighten; make timid; fill with fear
cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
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canon     Speak
 
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a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
landing-place; platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships
getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animals, prepared for writing on
law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
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cruise     Speak
 
(4)
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sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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detach     Speak
 
(5)
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attract by arousing hope or desire
cite or repeat a passage from; repeat or copy the words of another
part; separate or disunite; disengage
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement; reduce largely
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evacuate     Speak
 
(6)
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attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
make empty; remove contents of
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feign     Speak
 
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection
provide; bestow a quality on
open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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grudge     Speak
 
(8)
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crush something into a flat shape
utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound
express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
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immoral     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers
tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
moved by sexual love; loving
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intuition     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; sidebar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve
immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
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lustre     Speak
 
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high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
direct financial aid by the government
brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
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ominous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute
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paltry     Speak
 
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without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
causing, or tending to cause ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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ratio     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a cassette for videotape; a recording of moving pictures and sound on a strip of magnetic material
passage or segment that is taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
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scorn     Speak
 
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n.  
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skilled public speaker; a person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
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semblance     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
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spit     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
expel or eject from the mouth; rain gently
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
make empty; remove contents of
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taxation     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
title or degree of nobility
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
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toil     Speak
 
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n.  
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end of existence or activity; termination
act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion
exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
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vibrant     Speak
 
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energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm; lively
small in quantity; being of delicate or slender build
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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