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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
admonish     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
cancel; make void; repeal or annul
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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benefactor     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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breakthrough     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod;
shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off
act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
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corpulent     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
very fat; large in the body; overweight
inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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dumbfound     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound
avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay the penalty; make amends for
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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enunciate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
provide; bestow a quality on
shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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ferocity     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment
platform projecting from the wall of a building
a session of intensive tuition; something relating to tutors or tutoring
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
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heath     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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someone who pays to get goods or services
a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
a craftsman who works with stone or brick
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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infernal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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isle     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
beginner in learning something; novice
the most powerful members of society
a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
island; spot within another of a different color
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mirth     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy
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override     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; catch up with; come upon from behind; capture; overcome
form into a coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
carry from one place to another; bear or transport
ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
become worse; decline; fall
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plaintive     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
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redeem     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay the penalty; make amends for
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
leave someone who needs or counts on you
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rouse     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
frighten; make timid; fill with fear
become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
make empty; remove contents of
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sojourn     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
an instrument for measuring temperature
something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
fastening device; firm grip
the feeling of sickness in the stomach by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust
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sublime     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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containing or derived from error; mistaken
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
unclear or doubtful in meaning
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tackle     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a cloth made by hand or machine; fabric
deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets
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tributary     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
general or universal conception; belief or opinion
song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
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volley     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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flight of missiles; a round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
the small area set off by walls for special use; booth
intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
the behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
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