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Vocabulary Study Online By Level (VSOBL) is a fast, reliable, and handy tool to prepare English exam vocabulary. It has lots of built-in word lists to load by level.
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sub     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
make happy or satisfied
be a substitute
exercise authoritative control or power over
be circulated as an unverified account
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scant     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
energetically; vigorously; in an active manner; voluntarily, not passively
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
not accurately fitted; not level
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contrivance     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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degree of visibility of your environment
honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
something overly artful or artificial; a means, such as an elaborate plan or a tool, to accomplish a certain objective
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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mythology     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
originator; a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area
act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office
bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
study of myths; collection of myths
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defiant     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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assiduous; industrious; hard working
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
possessed at birth; inborn
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
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abreast     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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in name only; insignificantly small
making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
within a building
being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
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transient     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception
very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
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alacrity     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
chief excellence or great talent; outstanding work of art or craft
harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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conclusive     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
providing freedom from worry
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perusal     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
an event that departs from expectations; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter
reading carefully with intent to remember
fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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fiddle     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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censure severely or angrily
cause to be uneasy; wear away
change something dishonestly, especially to own advantage
make longer; draw out; lengthen
prescribe; rule as a dictator
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eddy     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
a starchy plant tuber, one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
swirling current of water, air; flow in circular current
a numerical quantity that is not a whole numbers; a very small amount
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sup     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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low retaining wall; part of a perimeter that extends above the roof; a fortification consisting of a wall
a mental position from which things are viewed
in time past; long ago; in old time
a small amount of liquid food
simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force
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artful     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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not known or well known
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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diversity     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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an event that departs from expectations; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading
resources; money saved
point or respect in which things differ; difference
a thousand billion
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sham     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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forage food
draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
pretend; put on false appearance of; feign
row slowly and gently; move through water by repeated short strokes of the limbs
make sense of a language
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atrocious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception
not known or well known
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
of or relating to or based on geology
of the nature of or undergoing an experiment
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bang     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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long thick hair growing from the neck or around face of animal, like horse or lion
a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success
device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid
a loss of power, prosperity, or status
one who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
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passport     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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something overly artful or artificial; a means, such as an elaborate plan or a tool, to accomplish a certain objective
gas; steam; barely visible or cloudy diffused matter, such as mist or smoke
an erect penis
legal document identifying the bearer as citizen of a country to travel abroad
skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on
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dishonest     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
lacking orderly continuity
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud
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