TOEIC Vocabulary Test 226-240.docx

TOEIC Vocabulary Test 226 Q1 v. revise (a) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct (b) to meet by chance; to face; to meet with (difficulties, hardships, etc.) (c) to rub off; to remove totally; to delete (d) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research Q2 v. esteem (a) to tend to; to attend; to work; to perform a duty or task (b) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race (c) to respect; to honor; to admire; to value (d) to attract; to pull; to sketch; to depict with lines; to conclude Q3 v. fund (a) to pay to; to hire; to employ (b) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation (c) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race (d) to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter Q4 v. intensify (a) to explain; to clarify; to elucidate; to understand or explain in a particular way (b) to increase; to strengthen; to heighten (c) to control; to arrange; to put in order (d) to give one thing in return for another; to replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter Q5 v. taste (a) to incorporate; to take in; to absorb (b) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct (c) to check flavor by eating; to attempt; to try (d) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan Q6 v. term (a) to provide with a combustible substance that provides energy (b) to name; to call; to designate (c) to check flavor by eating; to attempt; to try (d) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio Q7 n. benchmark (a) plan; goal; aim; objective; meaning (b) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison (c) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits (d) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship Q8 v. innovate (a) to fit; to match; to satisfy; to please; to clothe (b) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad (c) to eat or drink; to use up; to destroy (d) to make changes; to create something new; to invent Q9 v. surmise (a) to consent; to concur; to suit; to have the same opinion; to fit (b) to cover; to hide (c) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume (d) to give assignments; to overburden; to strain Q10 v. specialize (a) to gain entrance to; to get at (b) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit (c) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign (d) to claim; to require; to request strongly ANSWERS A1 v. revise definition (a) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct A2 v. esteem definition (c) to respect; to honor; to admire; to value A3 v. fund definition (b) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation A4 v. intensify definition (b) to increase; to strengthen; to heighten A5 v. taste definition (c) to check flavor by eating; to attempt; to try A6 v. term definition (b) to name; to call; to designate A7 n. benchmark definition (b) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison A8 v. innovate definition (d) to make changes; to create something new; to invent A9 v. surmise definition (c) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume A10 v. specialize definition (b) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit TOEIC Vocabulary Test 227 Q1 adv. instead (a) in any event; anyway (c) smoothly; continuously; inconspicuously (b) in place of; as a replacement (d) clearly; unmistakably; plainly; apparently Q2 n. layer (a) messenger; company that delivers messages, documents, parcels, etc. (b) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition (c) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger (d) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum Q3 v. disclaim (a) to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow (b) to grow older; to mature (c) to copy; to pretend; to fake (d) to annoy; to bother; to aggravate; to anger Q4 v. content (a) to provide with the required supplies, tools and items (b) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine (c) to inflate; to play an important role (d) to satisfy; to please; to meet a request Q5 v. conduct (a) to prejudice; to influence opinions (b) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit (c) to buy; to acquire in exchange for money; to procure; to obtain (d) to ride a bike Q6 n. acquisition (a) side of a hill; incline; upward or downward slant; degree to which a surface deviates from the vertical (b) license; authorization (c) exchange; trade (d) purchase; something that has been purchased or obtained Q7 v. permit (a) to administer; to direct; to supervise; to accomplish; to handle (b) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction (c) to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to assume (d) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent Q8 v. minute (a) to acquire; to procure; to secure; to earn; to achieve (b) to reflect; to think; to consider; to meditate (c) to record the proceedings of a meeting; to make a memorandum (d) to supply; to support; to send; to move into a machine Q9 n. track (a) denial; rejection (b) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise (c) lane; path; signs; trails; channel (d) piece of equipment which can be used with other machines without alternation Q10 adj. urban (a) confined within a boundary; restricted; narrow; mediocre (b) pertaining to a city; municipal (c) channeled; centralized (d) pertaining to accommodations; domesticated ANSWERS A1 adv. instead definition (b) in place of; as a replacement A2 n. layer definition (d) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum A3 v. disclaim definition (a) to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow A4 v. content definition (d) to satisfy; to please; to meet a request A5 v. conduct definition (b) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit A6 n. acquisition definition (d) purchase; something that has been purchased or obtained A7 v. permit definition (b) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction A8 v. minute definition (c) to record the proceedings of a meeting; to make a memorandum A9 n. track definition (c) lane; path; signs; trails; channel A10 adj. urban definition (b) pertaining to a city; municipal TOEIC Vocabulary Test 228 Q1 n. carrier (a) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck (b) citation; passage taken from another source; reference; commercial offer; statement of price (c) something that continues for many years (d) abrasion; cut; score of zero; cash; money (Slang) Q2 n. economy (a) vagueness; lack of clarity (b) something which is opposite (c) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw (d) management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift; careful spending Q3 n. offender (a) customer; buyer; computer that serves as a terminal (b) one who makes or alters garments (c) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults (d) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected Q4 n. affiliate (a) partner company; distributor (b) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson (c) arrangement; plan; sketch; drawing; something which has been arranged (d) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication Q5 n. agenda (a) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him (b) type of fuel; gasoline (c) happening; event; incident (d) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done Q6 n. pipe (a) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others (b) close examination; scrutinizing look (c) tube; trachea; flute; toot (d) something which has been bought; act of buying Q7 n. option (a) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle (b) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal (c) choice; alternative; possibility; selection; election (d) person who is tested; candidate Q8 n. breadth (a) width; broadness (b) separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed (c) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out (d) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain Q9 n. damage (a) arrangement; instruction; command; request for something (b) establisher; organization or channel; person who gives authorization to operate a channel (c) piece of paper; attendant; servant (d) injury; harm Q10 n. campaign (a) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry (b) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal (c) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management (d) person who puts money into a project ANSWERS A1 n. carrier definition (a) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck A2 n. economy definition (d) management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift; careful spending A3 n. offender definition (c) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults A4 n. affiliate definition (a) partner company; distributor A5 n. agenda definition (d) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done A6 n. pipe definition (c) tube; trachea; flute; toot A7 n. option definition (c) choice; alternative; possibility; selection; election A8 n. breadth definition (a) width; broadness A9 n. damage definition (d) injury; harm A10 n. campaign definition (b) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal TOEIC Vocabulary Test 229 Q1 v. dispense (a) to operate; to activate; to manage; to direct; to carry out; to fulfill (b) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out (c) to make circular shape (d) to create or adapt for a particular need or desire Q2 v. remember (a) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection (b) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort (c) to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to commit (d) to pack; to crate; to box Q3 v. broadcast (a) to fight with fists; to put crates (b) to divide; to separate; to be divided; to allocate (c) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise (d) to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to indicate Q4 v. destroy (a) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase (b) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust (c) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list (d) to pull; to drag Q5 v. receive (a) to support; to inspire; to give hope (b) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate (c) to duplicate; to imitate (d) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account Q6 v. boost (a) to cushion; to fill; to fill out; to walk; to go by foot (b) to reward; to reimburse; to pay back; to make up for (c) to store in a warehouse (d) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift Q7 n. pollution (a) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction (b) transmission; dispatch; radio program (c) soldier of the three lowest military ranks (d) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage Q8 v. receipt (a) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale (b) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.) (c) to accept; to belief; to hug; to hold tight (d) to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the affections of someone Q9 v. party (a) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate (b) to put; to lay; to lodge; to nominate; to appoint (c) to celebrate (d) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram Q10 v. sample (a) to draw attention; to captivate; to fascinate (b) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction (c) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of (d) to take a small portion of something as a specimen ANSWERS A1 v. dispense definition (b) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out A2 v. remember definition (a) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection A3 v. broadcast definition (c) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise A4 v. destroy definition (a) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase A5 v. receive definition (b) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate A6 v. boost definition (d) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift A7 n. pollution definition (a) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction A8 v. receipt definition (a) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale A9 v. party definition (c) to celebrate A10 v. sample definition (d) to take a small portion of something as a specimen TOEIC Vocabulary Test 230 Q1 v. fare (a) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability (b) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink (c) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate (d) to cipher Q2 n. prerogative (a) chance; occasion; favorable time to act (b) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body (c) joining; union; an ordered sequence (d) right; special privilege Q3 v. come along (a) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly (b) to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to collect; to compile (c) to reach; to achieve; to fulfill; to realize (a goal, purpose, etc.) (d) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed Q4 conj. however (a) up to the time which (b) but; in spite of; despite (c) precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases (d) in what way? Q5 n. briefcase (a) function; utilization; benefit; advantage; consumption (b) advice; person who gives advice; attorney; lawyer (c) act of redoing something (d) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers Q6 n. complaint (a) instructional booklet; handbook (b) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money (c) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law) (d) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base Q7 n. renovation (a) commonplace activity; everyday task; habit; custom; practice (b) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people (c) agreement; pact; deal (d) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition Q8 adj. compatible (a) managerial; overseeing (b) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important (c) congruous (d) creative; new; original Q9 n. halt (a) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods (b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey (c) television or radio advertisement (d) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ Q10 v. litter (a) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine (b) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb (c) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder (d) to find the answer to; to explain ANSWERS A1 v. fare definition (b) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink A2 n. prerogative definition (d) right; special privilege A3 v. come along definition (d) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed A4 conj. however definition (d) in what way? A5 n. briefcase definition (d) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers A6 n. complaint definition (c) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law) A7 n. renovation definition (d) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition A8 adj. compatible definition (c) congruous A9 n. halt definition (b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey A10 v. litter definition (c) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder TOEIC Vocabulary Test 231 Q1 n. fine (a) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication (b) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money (c) tool; implement; device; appliance; agent; means (d) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week Q2 n. convention (a) conference; routine; custom; treaty (c) accomplishment; fulfillment (b) period of one hundred years (d) happening; event; incident Q3 n. novel (a) partner company; distributor (b) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story (c) representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify (d) identifying characteristic Q4 n. incentive (a) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement (b) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank (c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation (d) fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration Q5 n. period (a) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season (b) official institution; agency; power; control; jurisdiction (c) height; distance above sea level (d) quarrel; disagreement; argument Q6 n. raise (a) not many; some; several; small number of (b) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose (c) increase in salary; wage increase (d) opposition; appeal; denial; protest Q7 n. session (a) meeting; assembly; term; semester (b) release; approval; washing (c) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government (d) synopsis; general survey; introduction Q8 n. source (a) origin; starting point (b) problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of worry (c) portable personal computer; laptop computer (d) strength; power; force; bravery Q9 n. attendant (a) property; site; area; grounds; building with the grounds belonging to it (b) misgiving; lack of certainty (c) decline; reduction; lessening (d) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others Q10 n. onus (a) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation (b) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame (c) act of going around; avoidance; evasion (d) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level ANSWERS A1 n. fine definition (b) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money A2 n. convention definition (a) conference; routine; custom; treaty A3 n. novel definition (b) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story A4 n. incentive definition (a) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement A5 n. period definition (a) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season A6 n. raise definition (c) increase in salary; wage increase A7 n. session definition (a) meeting; assembly; term; semester A8 n. source definition (a) origin; starting point A9 n. attendant definition (d) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others A10 n. onus definition (b) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame TOEIC Vocabulary Test 232 Q1 v. dismiss (a) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on (b) to delete; to skip over; to neglect (c) to send away; to fire; to release; to free (d) eject; drive out; banish Q2 v. kit (a) to equip; to outfit with supplies (b) to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend incorrectly (c) to stay somewhere temporarily; to make an official inspection (d) to provide additional details; to plan carefully and with great detail; to produce; to develop Q3 v. prioritize (a) to organize according to importance (b) to convey; to relocate; to hand over; to pass on (c) to comply; to conform; to follow; to agree (d) to bother; to trouble; to disturb; to upset Q4 v. average (a) to take a small portion of something as a specimen (b) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into (c) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio (d) to have a mean of a certain amount Q5 v. create (a) to calculate; to figure; to estimate (b) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture (c) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage (d) to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about Q6 v. mortgage (a) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way (b) to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire (c) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage (d) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate Q7 n. information (a) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board (b) knowledge; intelligence; data (c) money in the form of coins and bank notes (d) person who foretells future events; weatherman Q8 v. guide (a) to refine; to improve; to complete; to make faultless (b) to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle (c) to gather together; to group together; to press in (d) to direct; to lead; to instruct Q9 v. piece (a) to partition; to be partitioned (c) to join parts together; to attach segments (b) to deliver without charge (d) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure Q10 v. forecast (a) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal (b) to disregard; to ignore; to forget to perform (a duty); to shirk; to abandon (c) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell (d) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole ANSWERS A1 v. dismiss definition (c) to send away; to fire; to release; to free A2 v. kit definition (a) to equip; to outfit with supplies A3 v. prioritize definition (a) to organize according to importance A4 v. average definition (d) to have a mean of a certain amount A5 v. create definition (b) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture A6 v. mortgage definition (d) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate A7 n. information definition (b) knowledge; intelligence; data A8 v. guide definition (d) to direct; to lead; to instruct A9 v. piece definition (c) to join parts together; to attach segments A10 v. forecast definition (c) to predict a future event or condition; to foretellERS TOEIC Vocabulary Test 233 Q1 v. attire (a) to dress; to put on clothes (b) to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate (c) to make into a city (d) to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage Q2 v. pressure (a) to apply force or weight; to push; to stress (b) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward (c) to inform; to direct; to guide; to command; to order; to educate (d) to impede; to obstruct; to hinder; to meddle Q3 v. remind (a) to cause to remember (b) to measure time; to register on a time piece (c) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy (d) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct Q4 v. trail (a) to give; to grant; to judge; to rule (b) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice (c) to examine (d) to follow; to drag; to tow Q5 v. mistake (a) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse (b) to relate to; to deal with; to process; to pay for (c) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate (d) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate Q6 n. earnings (a) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done (b) place where an event occurs; vista; view (c) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement (d) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income Q7 n. journalist (a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent (b) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device (c) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.) (d) outcome; compensation; counterbalance Q8 adj. present (a) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying (b) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times (c) impersonating; putting on a false appearance; feigning; arrogant; haughty (d) simple; basic Q9 v. course (a) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require (b) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race (c) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote (d) to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to damage Q10 v. labor (a) to continue; to suffice; to endure; to persist (b) to mint; to invent a new word or phrase (c) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of (d) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard ANSWERS A1 v. attire definition (a) to dress; to put on clothes A2 v. pressure definition (a) to apply force or weight; to push; to stress A3 v. remind definition (a) to cause to remember A4 v. trail definition (d) to follow; to drag; to tow A5 v. mistake definition (a) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse A6 n. earnings definition (d) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income A7 n. journalist definition (a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent A8 adj. present definition (b) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times A9 v. course definition (b) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race A10 v. labor definition (d) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard TOEIC Vocabulary Test 234 Q1 n. daily (a) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week (b) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) (c) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.) (d) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation Q2 n. competitor (a) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest (b) letter of recommendation (c) overseer; director; manager (d) group of twenty items; debt; account; bill; grade on a test Q3 n. relationship (a) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor) (b) connection; association; closeness (c) commercial center of a city; business distract (d) entering into the feelings of another; sympathy; vicarious emotion; understanding Q4 n. resist (a) protective coating (c) business; commerce; barter; occupation (b) location; description of a location (d) word or phrase functioning as a noun Q5 n. will (a) make-up; constitution; essay (b) comment; observation; notice (c) attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully (d) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property Q6 n. car (a) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride (b) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order (c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation (d) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; job Q7 n. basis (a) means of connection; link; joint; connected group (b) one fourth; neighborhood; coin worth 25 cents; period of three months; district (c) partner; fellow worker; co-worker; friend (d) foundation; grounding Q8 v. coordinate (a) to clarify; to explain; to approve (b) to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to contrive; to think up (c) to arrange in proper order (d) to inspect; to supervise; to miss; to omit; to ignore; to excuse Q9 v. prolong (a) to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to place in reserve (b) to extend; to lengthen (c) to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate (d) to plead; to request; to petition for a new trial or judgment Q10 n. straight (a) negative tendency (especially in economy or business) (b) line that is not curved; section that is not curved (c) person or company that produces and distributes printed material (d) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc. ANSWERS A1 n. daily definition (a) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week A2 n. competitor definition (a) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest A3 n. relationship definition (b) connection; association; closeness A4 n. resist definition (a) protective coating A5 n. will definition (d) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property A6 n. car definition (a) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride A7 n. basis definition (d) foundation; grounding A8 v. coordinate definition (c) to arrange in proper order A9 v. prolong definition (b) to extend; to lengthen A10 n. straight definition (b) line that is not curved; section that is not curved TOEIC Vocabulary Test 235 Q1 v. arrive (a) to give; to contribute; to grant; to bestow (b) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons (c) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize (d) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed Q2 v. clear (a) to direct; to lead; to instruct (b) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain (c) to clarify; to explain; to approve (d) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly Q3 v. validate (a) to confirm; to sanction; to legalize (b) to divide; to split (c) to bill; to charge (d) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden Q4 v. posture (a) to pretend; to feign (b) to alter; to replace; to become different (c) to confess to something; to allow entrance; to accept as valid (d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem Q5 v. regress (a) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection (b) to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated; to fail; opposite of to win (c) to move backward; to go back; to return to a previous condition (d) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad Q6 v. drill (a) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows (b) to make better; to increase in quality; to enhance; to develop (c) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive (d) to control; to rule; to command Q7 v. quote (a) to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or malfunction (b) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information (c) to cite; to state a price; to offer a price (d) to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to sell; to trade Q8 v. proliferate (a) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out (b) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison (c) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly (d) to control; to arrange; to put in order Q9 v. complete (a) to make whole; to finish; to perfect (b) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential (c) to meet; to assemble to gather; to get together (d) to fight with fists; to put crates Q10 v. express (a) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true (b) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract (c) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise (d) to celebrate ANSWERS A1 v. arrive definition (d) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed A2 v. clear definition (c) to clarify; to explain; to approve A3 v. validate definition (a) to confirm; to sanction; to legalize A4 v. posture definition (a) to pretend; to feign A5 v. regress definition (c) to move backward; to go back; to return to a previous condition A6 v. drill definition (a) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows A7 v. quote definition (c) to cite; to state a price; to offer a price A8 v. proliferate definition (c) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly A9 v. complete definition (a) to make whole; to finish; to perfect A10 v. express definition (b) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract TOEIC Vocabulary Test 236 Q1 n. shortage (a) topic; subject; matter; question; problem; publication (b) introduction; foreword; opening statement (c) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency (d) realization; carrying out; performing; putting into effect; execution Q2 n. catering (a) boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle (b) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation (c) pact; treaty; connection; relationship (d) business of supplying and servicing food Q3 v. look over (a) to make familiar; to present someone; to introduce someone (b) to examine (c) to suggest indirectly; to hint; to infer; to mean; to import (d) to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to endure; to withstand Q4 n. franchisor (a) readiness; agreeableness (c) magazine; journal (b) person who has the right to grant a license (d) group of people working together; team Q5 adj. dismal (a) gentle; good-hearted; understanding; compassionate (b) capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding; practical (c) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad (d) decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled; despicable Q6 n. grade (a) cameraman; person who takes pictures (b) mail manager, person responsible for managing electronic mail on a network (Computers) (c) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school) (d) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side Q7 n. president (a) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor (b) mutual connection (between two or more things); similarity; parallel (c) head; leader; chairman; chief (d) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture Q8 v. resist (a) to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to assist (b) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand (c) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to (d) to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to set aside for future consideration Q9 v. warehouse (a) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate (b) to charge; to announce; to advertise (c) to partition; to be partitioned (d) to store in a large building Q10 n. venture (a) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome (b) indicator; something used to point; hand on a clock; clue; advice (c) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope (d) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement ANSWERS A1 n. shortage definition (c) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency A2 n. catering definition (d) business of supplying and servicing food A3 v. look over definition (b) to examine A4 n. franchisor definition (b) person who has the right to grant a license A5 adj. dismal definition (c) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad A6 n. grade definition (c) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school) A7 n. president definition (c) head; leader; chairman; chief A8 v. resist definition (b) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand A9 v. warehouse definition (d) to store in a large building A10 n. venture definition (a) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome TOEIC Vocabulary Test 237 Q1 n. involvement (a) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.) (b) region; district; zone; area; domain (c) security deposit (d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation Q2 n. flaw (a) defect; imperfection; crack; strong gust or wind (b) action or instance in which the ball or puck is prevented from entering the goal (c) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.) (d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation Q3 n. clearance (a) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work (b) remark; note; statement; explanation (c) release; approval; washing (d) caution; advice about danger; advance notice Q4 n. clip (a) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video (b) person who holds public position; authority (c) money (in a bank account); trust; confidence; respect (d) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits Q5 n. misunderstanding (a) incorrect interpretation (b) slight difference; subtle distinction (c) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side (d) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude Q6 n. sales (a) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service (b) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.) (c) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry (d) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid Q7 n. brake (a) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality (b) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle (c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided (d) conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability Q8 n. last (a) knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through (b) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight (c) mark; objective; aim; object; goal (d) dividend; perk; monetary gift Q9 n. interior (a) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total (b) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender (c) inside a building; inland section of a country (d) richness; prosperity; capital; fortune; abundance Q10 n. dictate (a) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder (b) ruling principle; command; decree (c) force of movement; strength or motivation derived from an initial effort (d) rope; cord; link; connection; equal score in a game ANSWERS A1 n. involvement definition (d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation A2 n. flaw definition (a) defect; imperfection; crack; strong gust or wind A3 n. clearance definition (c) release; approval; washing A4 n. clip definition (a) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video A5 n. misunderstanding definition (a) incorrect interpretation A6 n. sales definition (a) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service A7 n. brake definition (b) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle A8 n. last definition (b) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight A9 n. interior definition (c) inside a building; inland section of a country A10 n. dictate definition (b) ruling principle; command; decree TOEIC Vocabulary Test 238 Q1 v. decline (a) to pass something through an opening (b) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall (c) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent (d) to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project; to protrude Q2 v. talk (a) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information (b) to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish (c) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink (d) to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to substantiate Q3 v. imagine (a) to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to assume (b) to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel (c) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business) (d) to follow Q4 v. remark (a) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse (b) to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate (c) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say (d) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of Q5 v. track (a) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device (b) to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with power (c) to locate (d) to follow Q6 v. lend (a) to interest; to amuse; to host (b) to make or to fit according to individual needs or desires; to personalize; to individualize (c) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to (d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate Q7 v. career (a) to evolve; to make to progress; to grow professionally; to develop; to speed (b) to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to finance again (c) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows (d) to bind; to fasten with a rope or cord Q8 v. weight (a) to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to market goods (b) to pretend; to feign (c) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller (d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem Q9 v. cure (a) to incline; to slant upward or downward; to cause to tilt (b) to restore to health; to make well; to correct a bad habit; to preserve food (c) to withdraw from a position (usually due to old age); go into seclusion; to withdraw (d) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.) Q10 v. contract (a) to confirm; to license; to authorize (b) to appeal; to summon; to invoke; to implore (c) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain (d) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort ANSWERS A1 v. decline definition (b) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall A2 v. talk definition (a) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information A3 v. imagine definition (a) to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to assume A4 v. remark definition (c) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say A5 v. track definition (d) to follow A6 v. lend definition (d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate A7 v. career definition (a) to evolve; to make to progress; to grow professionally; to develop; to speed A8 v. weight definition (d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem A9 v. cure definition (b) to restore to health; to make well; to correct a bad habit; to preserve food A10 v. contract definition (c) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain TOEIC Vocabulary Test 239 Q1 n. grooming (a) person who installs or maintains wiring systems (b) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang) (c) process of making neat and attractive (d) proof; something which proves or disproves Q2 n. retail (a) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor (b) sale of products to final consumers; sale of goods to end users (c) act of acquainting one person with another; preface (d) perception of flavor; sense; reason Q3 v. default (a) to delete; to skip over; to neglect (b) to leaf through a book; to surf Internet websites (c) to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court (d) to assign to a particular post or position; to appoint Q4 n. resident (a) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location (b) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway (c) quality of being clearly seen (d) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty Q5 n. agreement (a) applicant; nominee; examinee (b) location; position; standing; role; function (c) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence (d) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law) Q6 adj. exclusive (a) not healthful; not clean (b) main; major; chief; principal (c) sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible; fashionable; unique (d) supplementary; auxiliary; secondary; lesser in importance Q7 n. chop (a) adviser; counselor; person who guides and teaches; spiritual instructor (b) seal; trademark (c) act of redoing something (d) security; warranty; pledge; assurance Q8 n. drill (a) representative; rep; factor; cause (b) decline; reduction; lessening (c) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow (d) result; outcome; impact; trick; natural phenomenon Q9 n. collateral (a) request for one's presence; summons; call (b) security deposit (c) devotion to a certain habit; dependency (d) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message Q10 adj. immediately (a) right away; shortly; at once; without delay (b) pedantic; cautious concerning minute details; scrupulous (c) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive (d) arranged in divisions; divisional; concerning an office ANSWERS A1 n. grooming definition (c) process of making neat and attractive A2 n. retail definition (b) sale of products to final consumers; sale of goods to end users A3 v. default definition (c) to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court A4 n. resident definition (a) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location A5 n. agreement definition (c) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence A6 adj. exclusive definition (c) sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible; fashionable; unique A7 n. chop definition (b) seal; trademark A8 n. drill definition (c) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow A9 n. collateral definition (b) security deposit A10 adj. immediately definition (a) right away; shortly; at once; without delay TOEIC Vocabulary Test 240 Q1 n. gift (a) present; talent; offering (b) large container; tank; tub (c) insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid (d) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship Q2 n. logo (a) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization (b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments (c) netting attached to a woman's hat (d) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected Q3 n. cancellation (a) detention; imprisonment (b) refuse; trash; disorder (c) nullification; termination; revocation (d) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected Q4 n. pile (a) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out (b) deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury; act of freeing from risk (c) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee (d) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need Q5 n. aircraft (a) afternoon party where a light meal is served (b) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter) (c) selection; choice; assortment; accumulation (d) toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate Q6 n. confirmation (a) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay (b) border; limit; obstacle; barricade (c) quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a function reoccurs (d) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony Q7 n. tool (a) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition (b) apparatus; device (c) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching (d) delivery; dispatch; conveyance Q8 v. commute (a) to calculate; to think; to assume; to portray; to depict; to express verbally (b) to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive (c) to hypnotize; to enthrall (d) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work) Q9 n. express (a) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger (b) merchandise; goods; item that is bought and sold; something useful (c) link; connection; touch; interface (d) act of providing; act of offering; work; labor; function; role; offer Q10 n. function (a) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention (b) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial) (c) midpoint; middle; equally far from two extremes; average (d) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management ANSWERS A1 n. gift definition (a) present; talent; offering A2 n. logo definition (a) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization A3 n. cancellation definition (c) nullification; termination; revocation A4 n. pile definition (c) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee A5 n. aircraft definition (b) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter) A6 n. confirmation definition (d) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony A7 n. tool definition (b) apparatus; device A8 v. commute definition (d) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work) A9 n. express definition (a) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger A10 n. function definition (a) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention