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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
admonish     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
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ballad     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing
science of God or religion
resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with a small flag
one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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buttress     Speak
 
(3)
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be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
vary; go in different directions from the same point
pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
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cradle     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
science of God or religion
general or universal conception; belief or opinion
great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
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editorial     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
suggesting or threatening evil
strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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expose     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
set forth; set out to public view
cancel; make void; repeal or annul
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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ghastly     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers
in name only; insignificantly small
impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
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gratuitous     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
marked by kindness, mercy, or compassion
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
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infringe     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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depart; leave a room, building, chair, so that it is available for other people
act contrary to, as a law, right, or obligation; annul or hinder
cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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insensible     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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malignant     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm; lively
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
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mortgage     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
a vehicle for traveling in space
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
the soldier placed on guard; guard
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persecute     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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crush something into a flat shape
be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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pulverize     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
vary; go in different directions from the same point
shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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retort     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume
the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
a small room or apartment; room for privacy
food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
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sensual     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume
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subdivision     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
act of subdividing; an administrative division of a larger organization
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
quantity of medicine given; sufficient quantity; portion
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tantalize     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
cause to be uneasy; wear away
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topographical     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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relating to the arrangement or accurate representation of the physical features of an area
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
causing shock or horror; gruesome
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uptight     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
being in a tense state; excessively concerned with rules and order
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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