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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
apprise     Speak
 
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v.  
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hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
inform; give notice to; make aware
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
provide; bestow a quality on
insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
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astray     Speak
 
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
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calamity     Speak
 
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repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
sheep; flesh of a sheep;  loose woman; prostitute
the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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composure     Speak
 
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stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish, or puddings
passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane; the wing of a building
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust; the science of architecture
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
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devout     Speak
 
(5)
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having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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expose     Speak
 
(6)
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pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
set forth; set out to public view
arrange according to a system
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fret     Speak
 
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cause to be uneasy; wear away
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement; reduce largely
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grasping     Speak
 
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being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
containing or derived from error; mistaken
seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
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indolent     Speak
 
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pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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invaluable     Speak
 
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valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
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lust     Speak
 
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pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
a long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders
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obsequious     Speak
 
(12)
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impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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phantom     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite
law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
solid thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water
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redoubtable     Speak
 
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capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
able to produce the desired effect; valid
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seasoned     Speak
 
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empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
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sentry     Speak
 
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n.  
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the soldier placed on guard; guard
law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish, or puddings
sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
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spectrum     Speak
 
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go
capable of normal growth and development
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surcharge     Speak
 
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the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
an additional charge; charge an extra fee
foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution
powerful wind; a gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears
person hardened in sin; a person without moral scruples
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turf     Speak
 
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shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing
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unilateral     Speak
 
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being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided
evil in principle or practice; contrary to moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin
near at hand; close in time; about to occur
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
questionable; filled with doubt
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