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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
abject     Speak
 
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characterized by a lack of partiality; without bias
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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belligerent     Speak
 
(2)
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
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brink     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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the short, thick first digit of a human hand
deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
expression of warm approval; praise
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copious     Speak
 
(4)
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causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
relating to the arrangement or accurate representation of the physical features of an area
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
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downcast     Speak
 
(5)
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mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
causing shock or horror; gruesome
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erroneous     Speak
 
(6)
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skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
containing or derived from error; mistaken
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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frail     Speak
 
(7)
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out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
physically weak; easily broken
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hoax     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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difficult or unusual or dangerous feat usually done to gain attention
a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie
an act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
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impotent     Speak
 
(9)
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energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm; lively
able to be dissolved; able to be explained
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
very fat; large in the body; overweight
proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
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innocuous     Speak
 
(10)
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full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
having no adverse effect; harmless
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
characterized by a lack of partiality; without bias
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mast     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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fruit of the oak and beech; a pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, set upright in a boat to sustain sail
upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
any English coin of standard value; coined money
platform projecting from the wall of a building
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nibble     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
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pedantic     Speak
 
(13)
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marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped
having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever
by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
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provenance     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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release of property or person in return for the payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula
place of origin; source; provenience
piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment
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salutation     Speak
 
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n.  
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end of existence or activity; termination
act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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slander     Speak
 
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n.  
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getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids
defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
a section of a section; a part of a part
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stupendous     Speak
 
(17)
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being beyond what is required or sufficient
overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
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tangle     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
worship of idols; excessive admiration
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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thwart     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
avoid deliberately; keep away from
put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
provide; bestow a quality on
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veritable     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
increasing by successive addition
having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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