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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
agency     Speak
 
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n.  
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a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
person hardened in sin; a person without moral scruples
act of omitting; neglect, or failure to do something required by propriety or duty
defensive covering for the head; hat, made of cork, felt, or metal, worn as a uniform of soldiers, firemen
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audacious     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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burial     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
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corporeal     Speak
 
(4)
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nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
bodily; of material nature; tangible
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elastic     Speak
 
(5)
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small in quantity; being of delicate or slender build
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
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enigma     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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unnecessary repetition, especially for the same sense in different words; redundancy
something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
puzzle; difficult problem
act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
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flagrant     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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heath     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
music; entertainment; joy; merriment; mirth
attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
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imperceptible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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intervene     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
leave to someone by a will; hand down
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literal     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
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nasty     Speak
 
(12)
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useless; having no useful result; vain
of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
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pertain     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
list each one; mention one by one
belong; have a connection with or dependence on
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promiscuous     Speak
 
(14)
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without previous preparation
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete
having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
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scorn     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
an instrument for measuring temperature
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shawl     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; enthusiasm
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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subordinate     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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synthesis     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
title or degree of nobility
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
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tribunal     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the seat of a judge; bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice; court or forum
state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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ward     Speak
 
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n.  
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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