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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
appraise     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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estimate value of; evaluate, especially in an official capacity
move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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bower     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
platform projecting from the wall of a building
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cleft     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
music; entertainment; joy; merriment; mirth
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compelling     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
climbing; rising; increasing in size or value
overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
blindly imitative; characteristic of a slave or servant
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divulge     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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reveal; make known to the public
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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envisage     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
destroy; break up; break into many pieces
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound
look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
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gentry     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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relation of associate; the companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; state of being together
a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
the most powerful members of society
the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course
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havoc     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
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infinite     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
temporary; provided for present need only
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
equivalent in effect or value
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judicial     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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of the male sex; not female; having the qualities of a man
in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
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lever     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force
the feeling of sickness in the stomach by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust
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obese     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
happy and ready to do favors for others
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
extremely fat; grossly overweight
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plaintive     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
lustful;  indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
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quiver     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
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resume     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
depart; leave a room, building, chair, so that it is available for other people
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
rub hard; wash with rubbing
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solace     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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speculate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
tear into pieces;  raise the fibers of
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
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taint     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
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torpid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute
having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
increasing by successive addition
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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vertebrate     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
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