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 Test Questions
TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
anarchy     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste
breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay
any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve
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azure     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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evil in principle or practice; contrary to moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure
sky blue; light purplish-blue
deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
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chide     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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dedicate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate
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desecrate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
violate with violence, especially to a sacred place
cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement; reduce largely
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evanescent     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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gaunt     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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gracious; showing warmth and friendliness
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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grueling     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
unique; extraordinary; being only one
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impute     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instruments; approve; support
worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
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intuition     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
the opponent in a contest; someone who offers opposition
descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
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limp     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth to drink
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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ominous     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
physically weak; easily broken
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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predicament     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
apartment barely meeting minimal standards
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profuse     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
able to produce the desired effect; valid
in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
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salutary     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
having no adverse effect; harmless
deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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seemly     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
accordant with law; lawful; based on logical reasoning; reasonable
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
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stripe     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
a kind or category; band; ribbon
the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
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synthetic     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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wasteful; reckless with money
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
completely neat and clean
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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toupee     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy
landing-place; platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious
partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot
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unruly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
capable of arousing and holding the attention
untimely; poorly chosen;  inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
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