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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
ankle     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus
vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
request for help; excuse or pretext
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
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atone     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
rub hard; wash with rubbing
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
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cleft     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
a way for travel or transportation
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cynical     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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divulge     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
reveal; make known to the public
leave to someone by a will; hand down
join together, unite; harness a draft animal to; join securely; force into heavy labor
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executioner     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
place of refuge or shelter; protection
a section of a section; a part of a part
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finite     Speak
 
(7)
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
totally in love; marked by a foolish or unreasoning fondness
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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hound     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go
one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; sidebar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
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imperceptible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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lark     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
examine closely and critically
assent; agree without protesting
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lewd     Speak
 
(11)
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
lustful;  indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
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offense     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
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poky     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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cheap in nature or appearance;  tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
increasing by successive addition
unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped
causing, or tending to cause ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
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profoundly     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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deeply; in a way that has a strong effect; extremely
by an effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume
rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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sarcasm     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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shred     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie
step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing
a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off
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stagecoach     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur; a weak point or failing
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
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tapering     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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completely neat and clean
act of gradually lowering the size or amount
added to complete or make up a deficiency
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
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unbiased     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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characterized by a lack of partiality; without bias
having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
causing shock or horror; gruesome
terribly; with alarm; fearfully
by vice or defects; defective; imperfect; having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved
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unearth     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
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