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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
apparel     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
death notice; list of dead
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bamboo     Speak
 
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n.  
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a small room or apartment; room for privacy
dark green leaves; cooked or raw in salads
plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
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censor     Speak
 
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n.  
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song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
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commotion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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the most powerful members of society
disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
bush; a large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branches
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editorial     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
suggesting or threatening evil
of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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exacerbate     Speak
 
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v.  
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appease or pacify; bring peace to
raise in rank or dignity; praise
dry and brown by heat of the fire; warm thoroughly; drink to the health or in honor
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
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forlorn     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
extremely fat; grossly overweight
containing or derived from error; mistaken
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or  left behind
dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
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howl     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
become solid; change from being a liquid or gas to a solid form
avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
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hypocrite     Speak
 
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n.  
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a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
act or manner of moving forward; an act performed; steps taken in an action
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
a session of intensive tuition; something relating to tutors or tutoring
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laggard     Speak
 
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blindly imitative; characteristic of a slave or servant
deeply; in a way that has a strong effect; extremely
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
capable of arousing and holding the attention
slow; sluggish; wasting time
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licentious     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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choosing at random; not marked by fine distinctions
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
happy and ready to do favors for others
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muster     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
charge; accuse formally of a crime
correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
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populace     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance
the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
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relinquish     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
rub hard; wash with rubbing
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respite     Speak
 
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n.  
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immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy
tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula
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shrewd     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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stoic     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
of precious stone of rich green color; of a rich green color
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tentative     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
everlasting; continuing without interruption
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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topographical     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
relating to the arrangement or accurate representation of the physical features of an area
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
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vogue     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
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