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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
amplify     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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associate; spend time in the company of particular people
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another
designate; nominate; choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
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appraisal     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances
assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
a magnifier of images of distant objects
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betray     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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applaud; announce with great approval
cure;  make or get healthy again
be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
coat; cover an area of ground with a hard, flat surface
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cohesive     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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burning; radiant; bright; keenly excited; resembling flame in brilliance or color
by chance; accidentally
contradictory; conflicting; adverse
consistent with; based on; using reason
cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated
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configuration     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hit the earth's atmosphere
associate; partner; either of two matching objects
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daring     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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giving a feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment; comfortable
arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
chief; serving as an essential component
bold; brave and taking risks
causing death; very serious and having an important bad effect in the future
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dispute     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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ability to learn and reason; ability to think abstractly or profoundly
argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
barrel or cask for liquor; enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals
a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
border; rim; the amount by which one thing is different from another
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divergence     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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consistent; standardized; clothing of a particular group
a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving
cell; compartment; room
difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction
catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
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fanatical     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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crazy; extremely interested in something
attractive; capable of arousing interest or curiosity; engaging
able to feel;  responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
city center; one who lives in a city center
being on time; punctual; performed without delay
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germ     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed
act of having and controlling property; belongings
a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
arc of colored light in the sky caused by the refraction of the sun's rays by rain
a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
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heel     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident, or fracture
a way of access consisting of a set of steps
instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
combination of two or more elements or parts
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lampshade     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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an aggressive willingness to compete
a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
assumption; an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved
a thing of very little value or importance
branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
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lobster     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
any of several marine mollusks
color; appearance; particular gradation of color
any large macrurous crustacean used as a food
a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element
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occupation     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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demand for something as rightful or due
act of occupying or taking possession; control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
the case for sword blade; sheath
confinement; putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
something dangerous and likely to cause damage; risk
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patriarchal     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style
a diagonal path; a route shorter than the usual one
a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
crowded; having a lot of people living there
being or concerning or limited to a continent
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portraiture     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of being present
crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
the activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character
bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a huge bill surmounted by a bony protuberance
a way of considering or doing something
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regulation     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
an arrangement in a particular order; union
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representation     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a barrier that serves to enclose an area
celestial bodies that revolve around the sun
an artist who creates sculptures
aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something
act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority on their behalf
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shrink     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
affect with wonder; surprise; shock
blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
become smaller or draw together; compress
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
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tapestry     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
confirmation that some fact or statement is true
a heavy textile with a woven design
a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
cellar; a part of a building that is below the level of the first floor
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