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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
affirmative     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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bashful     Speak
 
(2)
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difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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clasp     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
fastening device; firm grip
extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
a long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders
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custody     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
bravery; courage, and boldness, as in battle
a long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
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dock     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
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exhortation     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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inscription on a tombstone in memory
a kind or category; band; ribbon
act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
the diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
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forlorn     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or  left behind
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
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grieve     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
cause to be sorrowful; distress
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
join together, unite; harness a draft animal to; join securely; force into heavy labor
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inference     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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the craftsman who weaves cloth
pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
an article of dress, of cloth or other stuff, worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean
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lance     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
arousing an organism to action
the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with a small flag
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
the short, thick first digit of a human hand
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misappropriate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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pain; grieve; vex; be pained or distressed; feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness
appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
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oblivious     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
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persecute     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey
avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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provisional     Speak
 
(14)
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moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
temporary; provided for present need only
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
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scorn     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
necessary requirement; indispensable item
articles for use at the table
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
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semblance     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
physically weak; easily broken
moved by sexual love; loving
seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
evil in principle or practice; contrary to moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin
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sophistry     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
name written in own handwriting
stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish, or puddings
the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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synthesis     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein
the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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transmute     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instruments; approve; support
slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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wage     Speak
 
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v.  
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
declare to be true; affirm
hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
throw over; overturn; upset; turn upside down; cause to fall or to fail
throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
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