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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
abduct     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
carry off by force; kidnap
introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
declare to be true; affirm
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beneficiary     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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breakthrough     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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name written in own handwriting
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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concord     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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the most powerful members of society
enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
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duel     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
clever, expedient way of doing something; specific talent, especially one difficult to explain or teach
quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement;
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emanate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
leave to someone by a will; hand down
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futile     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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useless; having no useful result; vain
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
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grieve     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
cause to be sorrowful; distress
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imperceptible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or  left behind
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
harsh and unpleasant; making a harsh sound
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inroad     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve
robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
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masculine     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
of the male sex; not female; having the qualities of a man
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
well-born; of a good family or respectable birth; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender
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overwhelming     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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completely neat and clean
preceding in the order of time; former; previous
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
overpowering in effect or strength; very great or intense; extreme
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
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parchment     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
direct financial aid by the government
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animals, prepared for writing on
person hardened in sin; a person without moral scruples
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reconcile     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
cancel; remove; erase or strike out
render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
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scanty     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; given rest and ease; avoiding work or employment; lazy
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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smelt     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
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stoop     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
vary; go in different directions from the same point
compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
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tactic     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
treatment; reception; entertainment
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toss     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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throw carelessly; throw to see which side comes up; move or stir about violently
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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veritable     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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native; originating where it is found
marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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