Peterson’s master toefl vocabulary part 29 pptx

The phrase, “to gear something to,” is to make something suitable.. A querulous person finds something wrong with every-thing.. To founder can mean to trip or fall from great tiredness,

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25 The correct answer is (B) The phrase, “to

gear something to,” is to make something

suitable

26 The correct answer is (A) A querulous

person finds something wrong with every-thing

27 The correct answer is (C) A rendezvous is

a meeting place The word is also used to describe a meeting, especially between lovers

28 The correct answer is (D) To founder can

mean to trip or fall from great tiredness, but,

in this sentence, foundered is to fill up with

water and sink

29 The correct answer is (B) A potent drug

has a strong effect or influence, making it very powerful The other answer choices do not make a meaningful sentence

30 The correct answer is (C) To regress is to

go backwards, usually to a worse condition

31 The correct answer is (C) The other

answer choices make little sense, given the subject matter of the sentence

32 The correct answer is (C) The prefix

extra- means “out of.”

33 The correct answer is (D) A synonym

would be “moreover.”

34. The correct answer is (A) To infer is to come

to a conclusion based on some information

35 The correct answer is (B) The other

answer choices do not make a meaningful sentence

36 The correct answer is (A) A garrulous

person talks too much

37 The correct answer is (B) A forte is

some-thing that a person does well

38 The correct answer is (C).

39 The correct answer is (C) A scrupulous

person is attentive to detail and correctness

40 The correct answer is (D) To inter is to

bury

41 The correct answer is (A) This is from the

Spanish “peccadillo.”

42 The correct answer is (C) An implicit

agreement is one that is implied or under-stood, without being directly expressed

43 The correct answer is (C).

44 The correct answer is (D) A vindictive

person seeks to harm another person

45 The correct answer is (A) An interim is a

time period between events

09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 188 8/9/06, 9:59

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