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TOEFL Vocabulary: Level 5
alley     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
depot; storehouse for goods and merchandise
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ascetic     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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certificate     Speak
 
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n.  
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a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
the document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course
house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
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concoct     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
tear into pieces;  raise the fibers of
call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
make empty; remove contents of
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deviate     Speak
 
(5)
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determine the nature of; give a definition; describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
destroy; break up; break into many pieces
grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
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ensure     Speak
 
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v.  
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open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
make sure or certain; insure; assure
reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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fling     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
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grave     Speak
 
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n.  
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covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
a place for the burial; death, or extinction
a small room or apartment; room for privacy
person hardened in sin; a person without moral scruples
something which is written; writing; scripture
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impertinent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
improperly forward or bold; rude
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
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isle     Speak
 
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n.  
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island; spot within another of a different color
the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
place of refuge or shelter; protection
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lurid     Speak
 
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without money; poor; penniless
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
causing shock or horror; gruesome
appearing to be unlikely to result favorably or be enjoyable
not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
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nursery     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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act or manner of moving forward; an act performed; steps taken in an action
roundness; rounded fullness; integral entireness
a place for the burial; death, or extinction
the figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children
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plausible     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
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ratio     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
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sanguine     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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signature     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with a small flag
inscription on a tombstone in memory
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
name written in own handwriting
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subordinate     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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preceding in the order of time; former; previous
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
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succinct     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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being beyond what is required or sufficient
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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transplant     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
necessary requirement; indispensable item
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
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wander     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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move about without a definite destination or purpose; range about; stroll; go away; depart
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
kill by submerging and suffocating in water; overwhelm in water; deaden one's awareness of
irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
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