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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 4
adjoin     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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be next to; be contiguous to; border on
crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax
color a material, especially by soaking in a coloring solution; take on or impart color
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armory     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose
act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
any animals kept for use or profit
arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
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biography     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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bringing again into activity and prominence
an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life
back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
an article of tableware made of glass
church; place of worship
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clutch     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed
acceptance; an agreement that something is true or legal
a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
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contraction     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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an amount of time; a fixed time during the life of a person or in history
a biologist who studies the relationship between organisms and their environment
act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
act or process of diving anything into parts; state of being divided; separation
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deform     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
confront; set into opposition or rivalry
consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
be free from; free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
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dismay     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages
become smaller or draw together; compress
begin; originate; admit into membership
be broadcast on television or radio
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dye     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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color a material, especially by soaking in a coloring solution; take on or impart color
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
amuse; keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves
compose, perform, or do something with little or no preparation
cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
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expressive     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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wanting very much to do or have something
cultured; purified; made pure
departing from the correct and accepted way; misleading; not straightforward
brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
showing what someone thinks or feels; indicative
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folding     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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bending so that one part covers the other
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
between or among stars
awake, thinking, and knowing what is happening around you; alert
capable; able to do something well
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hint     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a mass of very small drops of liquid carried in the air
allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion
any disease-producing agent
a work produced by hand labor
a group of persons together in one place
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intricate     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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shining with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak; flaming
able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
amazed; very surprised
complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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limb     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture
a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
brink; the very top edge of a container
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morale     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully
beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin
bacteria; any organism of microscopic size
an act that violates the rules of a sport
confidence; mood or spirit of a group that makes the members wants the group to succeed
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pit     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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be next to; be contiguous to; border on
breed; emerge from the egg
bring into being; give rise to; produce
confront; set into opposition or rivalry
classify; put people or things into groups with the same features
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pretension     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation
choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality
adjustment; the process of checking a measuring instrument to see if it is accurate
assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
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rainbow     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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an agenda of things to do
arc of colored light in the sky caused by the refraction of the sun's rays by rain
a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold
being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability
assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
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rivalry     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless, highly flammable diatomic gas
a blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen
competition; the act of competing as for a profit or a prize
aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
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submarine     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
city center; one who lives in a city center
beneath the surface of the water; undersea
caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
attractive excitingly and especially; charming
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universe     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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convenience; vacancy; freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status
arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; burial chamber usually underground
any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
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