TOEIC Vocabulary Tests Episode 1 part 6 pps

finance a to raise money for; to provide with funds; to fund; to pay for b to make more efficient; to organize; to simplify c to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better th

Q1 v undercut

(a) to offer at lower prices than the competition; to weaken; to undermine

(b) to smooth wood; to make smooth; to remove rough areas

(c) to leave; to go out

(d) to lie down; to recline; to move in a relaxed manner; to walk lazily

Q2 v preempt

(a) to make or earn a total of (before taxes and other expenses)

(b) to go on board a ship; to put on board a ship; to begin; to become involved in an enterprise

(c) to plan; to invent; to design

(d) to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at an advance opportunity

Q3 v annoy

(a) to travel; to take a trip

(b) to give out; to distribute; to ration; to set aside for a special purpose

(c) to organize; to arrange; to give form to

(d) to bother; to trouble; to disturb; to upset

Q4 v pertain

(a) to belong to; to be connected to; to relate; to refer

(b) to cause to become involved in; to arouse curiosity

(c) to exchange goods and services

(d) to criticize; to assess; to determine; to rule

Q5 v appeal

(a) to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees

(b) to make valid; to make lawful; to justify; to make permissible

(c) to plead; to request; to petition for a new trial or judgment

(d) to be in possession of; to belong to; to confess

Q6 v discover

(a) to tempt or tease by presenting something as available and then withholding it

(b) to give a heading or name to (i.e a book, painting, etc.); to grant a right; to claim something

(c) to find out; to come across; to get information about something

(d) to decide; to define; to conclude; to cause; to affect

Q7 v field

(a) to increase; to enlarge; to enhance; to multiply

(b) to permit; to approve; to empower

(c) to hide; to keep secret; to cover up

(d) to answer adequately or successfully

Q8 v stage

(a) to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to descend

(b) to set apart an additional amount of space or money for security

(c) to perform; to present; to carry out; to execute

(d) to publish; to distribute; to circulate; to emit

Q9 v share

(a) to plan; to design; to imagine; to conceive; to envision

(b) to divide; to apportion; to receive a portion; to participate

(c) to require; to be in distress; to be under hardship; to be obligated

(d) to practice; to employ; to exploit; to treat; to consume

Q10 v finance

(a) to raise money for; to provide with funds; to fund; to pay for

(b) to make more efficient; to organize; to simplify

(c) to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better than

(d) to incline; to slant upward or downward; to cause to tilt

Q1 adj reliable

(a) occurring every three months; taking place four times a year

(b) clear; exact; precise; quick

(c) credible; trustworthy; dependable

(d) lucid; eloquent; expressed using clear and distinct words; able to speak

Q2 adj portable

(a) being more than is needed; excessive; unnecessary

(b) mobile; movable; can be transported from one place to another

(c) simple; basic

(d) markedly different; contrasting

Q3 n coalition

(a) agreement in which the seller of securities agrees to buy them back at a specified time and price

(b) small retail store; studio; business; office; outlet

(c) alliance; union; agreement

(d) downward; descent; slope; ebb

Q4 n tender

(a) bid; offer; overseer; supervisor

(b) painstaking labor; careful planning; adding of extra details; act of improving; production

(c) way; route; course; section; piece

(d) side of a hill; incline; upward or downward slant; degree to which a surface deviates from the vertical

Q5 n accordance

(a) part of a population differing in some characteristic; state of being under legal age

(b) roundish stain; speck; place; awkward or difficult situation; predicament

(c) conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability

(d) wages; living; stronghold

Q6 adj crafted

(a) benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful

(b) non-transferable

(c) produced; made; manufactured

(d) spoiled; immoral; dishonest; perverted

Q7 v frequent

(a) to deliver without charge

(b) to separate into parts; to part; to share; to apportion

(c) to charge; to announce; to advertise

(d) to go regularly to (a certain place); to patronize

(a) plan; goal; aim; objective; meaning

(b) favor; liking; fondness; priority; superior status

(c) negotiation; settlement; business deal

(d) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal

Q10 adj service

(a) passing; brief

(b) useful; providing assistance; repairing; performing maintenance tasks

(c) beginning; introductory

(d) strained; taut; rigid; nervous; stressful

Q1 adj striped

(a) done over again

(b) honest; sincere; straightforward; open; candid

(c) pertinent; relevant; connected

(d) marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture

Q2 adj kindly

(a) nicely; thoughtfully; graciously; considerately; sympathetically

(b) acting as a replacement

(c) arranged in divisions; divisional; concerning an office

(d) vital; essential; indispensable; unavoidable

Q3 adj frank

(a) honest; sincere; straightforward; open; candid

(b) large; enormous; huge

(c) under legal obligation; responsible; prone

(d) most important; main; first; opening; beginning

Q4 adj graduate

(a) prepared; set; eager; willing; quick; fast

(b) made or done immediately; paid at once; performed randomly

(c) keeping quiet; reserved; showing self-restraint

(d) having a degree or diploma; concerning studies beyond a bachelor's degree

Q5 adj occupied

(a) credible; trustworthy; dependable

(b) leftover; unused; desolate; desert; destroyed

(c) motherly; related through a mother; relating to or characteristic of a mother or motherhood

(d) conquered; seized; filled; taken up; inhabited; populated

Q6 v stay

(a) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust

(b) to meet by chance; to face; to meet with (difficulties, hardships, etc.)

(c) to visit; to spend time in a place; to remain temporarily; to lodge

(d) to assign too low a value to

Q7 v improve

(a) to cover with a curtain; to filter; to sift; to hide; to conceal; to separate

(b) to do; to carry out; to execute; to present; to arrange; to manage

(c) to make better; to increase in quality; to enhance; to develop

(d) to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove

Q8 adj tight

(a) capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding; practical

(b) close-fitting; tense; narrow

(c) detached; disconnected; distinct; set apart

(d) customary

Q9 adj contemporary

(a) suitable; appropriate; intelligent; savvy; capable

(b) right away; shortly; at once; without delay

(c) very important; critical; decisive; vital

Q1 n defense

(a) protection; security; rampart; shield

(b) profession; development; progress; gradual growth

(c) boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle

(d) geometric figure having four equal sides; plaza

Q2 n index

(a) trees that have been sawed into rough planks; useless items that been put in storage

(b) colorful fabric with a pattern of square s and crossbars

(c) topic; branch of studies; major; citizen; motive

(d) list of subjects or other information arranged in alphabetical order; indicator; sign

Q3 n discard

(a) defect; imperfection; crack; strong gust or wind

(b) garbage; refuse; scrap

(c) trouble; misfortune; evil; harm; disease; sickness

(d) survey; general study; examination; inspection

Q4 n enrichment

(a) building; something created from a number of interconnecting parts

(b) enhancement; refinement; improvement

(c) one who is subservient; someone under the authority of another

(d) coach; buggy; transportation

Q5 n pallet

(a) heap; tall bookshelf; chimney

(b) flat receptacle used to hold other items; platter

(c) company that is owned or controlled by another company

(d) straw-filled mattress; hard and simple bed; platform used to stack items during moving or storage

Q6 n interviewee

(a) person who is being asked questions; job candidate

(b) ability to speak and write easily; eloquence; articulateness; gracefulness

(c) toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate

(d) something that is out of the ordinary; anomaly; objection; opposition

Q7 n destination

(a) place where two surfaces meet; angle

(b) speed; haste; sudden increase in activity or speed

(c) one who makes or alters garments

(d) place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined

Q8 n rental

(a) money paid for the use of property; property that is leased; act of leasing

(b) access; method; system; procedure

(c) part of an object designed to be gripped by the hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title

(d) provider

Q9 n ordinary

(a) requirement; shortage of an indispensable item; distress; hardship

(b) thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on; article; essay; questionnaire

(c) ecclesiastical judge; priest

(d) safety; pledge; guarantee; stock; bond

Q10 n order

(a) expression of admiration; word of praise for someone

(b) traveler; fare; person who rides or travels

(c) arrangement; instruction; command; request for something

(d) depot; wholesale store; large retail store

Q1 v space

(a) to contrive false evidence against; to set up; to construct; to build; to fashion; to formulate

(b) to set some distance apart

(c) to work; to act; to operate; to perform

(d) to upset; to disturb; to divide

Q2 v bank

(a) to allot; to apportion; to give somebody a task or responsibility; to delegate; to appoint

(b) to find fault; to express displeasure; to protest

(c) to have faith in; to assume; to suppose

(d) to deposit money; in a money institution; to count on; to depend upon

Q3 v exert

(a) to enter; to penetrate; to infiltrate; to suffuse

(b) to exercise; to use; to make an effort

(c) to earn income; to make financial gains; to be of service; to be beneficial

(d) to improve; to raise the quality of

Q4 v converge

(a) to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better than

(b) to make strong; to fortify; to reinforce; to toughen

(c) to perform; to put into effect; to carry out; to execute; to realize

(d) to meet; to assemble to gather; to get together

Q5 v slip

(a) to contemplate again

(b) to present in a condensed form; to list the main points in a brief and comprehensive manner

(c) to glide; to sneak; to slide; to decline; to deteriorate; to make a mistake

(d) to acquire; to procure; to secure; to earn; to achieve

Q6 v anticipate

(a) to expect; to predict; to assume

(b) to bill; to charge

(c) to provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

(d) to surround; to confine; to close in; to place an additional document or letter within another

Q7 v supply

(a) to throw away; to get rid of

(b) to move back and forth; to lean in a certain direction; to be sympathetic to; to hesitate

(c) to furnish; to equip; to make up for; to compensate for; to substitute for temporarily

(d) to send; to dispatch; to transport (by airplane, truck, etc.); to embark

Q8 v mind

(a) to pay attention to; to supervise; to regret; to oppose; to remember; to notice

(b) to enlarge; to add to; to multiply; to raise; to intensify

(c) to cut; to cut down; to cut into pieces; to mince

(d) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation

Q9 v slope

(a) to hold a party; to feast; to dine; to drink

(b) to make right; to amend

(c) to investigate

(d) to incline; to slant upward or downward; to cause to tilt

Q10 v concrete

(a) to expect; to predict; to assume

(b) to use as an introduction; to use as a foreword

(c) to solidify

(d) to look at; to concern; to relate to; to esteem; to appreciate; to consider

Q1 n premium

(a) supplementary charge; additional charge; amount paid for insurance; reward

(b) general expenses; manufacturing and business expenses

(c) flat receptacle used to hold other items; platter

(d) plateau; area of level ground; prairie; savanna

Q2 n discussion

(a) state of intellectual or spiritual awareness

(b) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument

(c) silence; quiet; photograph

(d) length; distance; duration; period of time

Q3 n approval

(a) set way of saying or doing something; principle; pattern

(b) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll

(c) affinity; compassion; pity; concern; empathy

(d) confirmation; endorsement; positive opinion

Q4 v interpret

(a) to convey; to relocate; to hand over; to pass on

(b) to show how (people or things) are alike or different; to consider to be similar

(c) to explain; to clarify; to elucidate; to understand or explain in a particular way

(d) to by-pass; to side-step; to evade

Q5 n intensity

(a) shop; place where merchandise is sold; supply of goods or materials set aside for future use

(b) percentage of profits paid to an artist for each copy of his work that is sold

(c) routine; protocol; course of action; subroutine; sequence of instructions (Computers)

(d) strength; energy; extreme degree; depth; clarity

Q6 v fail

(a) to train; to teach; to instruct; to guide; to counsel

(b) to set up a center of operations; to be set up in a center of operations

(c) to be unsuccessful; to not do; to disappoint; to go bankrupt; to be used up

(d) to create; to write; to relax; to calm oneself; to settle

Q7 n negotiator

(a) opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback; defeat

(b) person who participates in a bargaining session

(c) standard of perfection; pattern; model; person or thing that embodies a standard of perfection

(d) statute; law; act of controlling; management; direction

Q8 adj choice

(a) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times

(b) select; fine; excellent

(c) situated; placed; identified; found; existing; standing

(d) characteristic of a capital city; sophisticated

Q9 n mail

(a) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management

(b) flow (of water, electricity, etc.); process; tendency; direction

(c) postal service; letters and other items that are sent via the postal service

(d) readiness; agreeableness

Q10 adj society

(a) in favor of reform; supporting a progressive philosophy; tolerant; open-minded

(b) impressive; inspiring; great; frightening

(c) of or pertaining to the upper class

(d) customary; routine; formal

Q1 adj important

(a) content; self-satisfied; comfortable; smug

(b) right; proper; exact; accurate

(c) smooth; straight; level; parallel; equal; consistent

(d) significant; influential; essential; crucial; critical

Q2 adj select

(a) chosen; picked out; choice; superior; prime; picky

(b) shared; ordinary; mediocre; average; public

(c) preferred; beloved; liked

(d) energetic; full of life; playful; lively

Q3 adj internal

(a) vulnerable; prone; impressionable

(b) preoccupied; lost in thought

(c) inner; inside; located within; of a country's domestic affairs

(d) behind; after; rear; hind

Q4 adj possible

(a) could be; might be; may be

(b) empty; unfilled; unoccupied; lacking expression

(c) shared; ordinary; mediocre; average; public

(d) typical; characteristic; acting on behalf of another person or organization

Q5 adj particular

(a) special; unusual; detailed; precise; pedantic; strict

(b) not healthful; not clean

(c) filled with petrol, gas or another substance that produces energy

(d) involving rivalry; tending to contest

Q6 adj delicious

(a) tasty; having a pleasant taste or smell

(b) open to dispute; obscure; vague

(c) intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal; of an individual

(d) safe; protected; strong; stable; confident

Q7 adj genuine

(a) opposed

(b) large; important; huge; immense; wonderful; exciting

(c) next after the first; alternate; other; additional; subordinate; having a lower rank

(d) original; real; true; natural; honest; sincere

Q8 adj inclusive

(a) significant; important

(b) ready for use; attainable; present; vail

(c) having four equal sides enclosing four equal angles

(d) containing; comprehensive; all-embracing; extensive; taking in

Q9 adj valid

(a) belonging to oneself or itself (mine, yours, his, etc.); self; by oneself

(b) biased; dishonest

(c) legitimate; legally acceptable; not expired; logical; well-founded

(d) composed of elastic material; made from caoutchouc

Q10 adj feasible

(a) of great worth; costly; cherished; dear; important

(b) able to be carried out; achievable; possible; likely

(c) inner; inside; inland; of a country's domestic affairs; of an individual's inner life

(d) pertinent; related; connected to the current subject

Q1 n proposition

(a) gross error; stupid mistake

(b) offer; plan; theory; problem

(c) effort; nuisance

(d) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government

(a) quantity; sum

(b) work; occupation; keeping busy

(c) establisher; organization or channel; person who gives authorization to operate a channel

(d) denial; rejection

Q3 n creditor

(a) supplement

(b) person employed to deliver official dispatches or go on special errands

(c) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal

(d) person or organization that lends something; lender; loaner; moneylender

(a) counsel; guidance; specific information; hint

(b) production; creating; group of people born around the same time

(c) end; conclusion; plug

(d) benefit; profit; utility; avail

Q5 n back door

(a) colorful fabric with a pattern of square s and crossbars

(b) the U.S treasury

(c) string; thin cord; Internet discussion

(d) nutritionist; expert on nutrition

(a) agreement; pact; deal

(b) bias; sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances

(c) bother; disturbance; nuisance; discomfort

(d) setting; biography

Q7 n replay

(a) notice; warning; caveat; carefulness; premonition

(b) place where one can borrow books

(c) part; portion; quota; allocation; issue of stock

(d) rematch; repetition

Q8 n discount

(a) price reduction; rebate

(c) inner quality; intrinsic characteristic

(b) chase; quest; search; occupation; pastime(d) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance

Q9 n veil

(a) effect; impact; person or thing which has power to affect others

(b) obligation; something owed (i.e money)

(c) sameness; uniformity

(d) netting attached to a woman's hat

Q10 n use

(a) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain

(b) abrasion; cut; score of zero; cash; money (Slang)

(c) route; travel plans; travel journal

(d) function; utilization; benefit; advantage; consumption

Q1 v achieve

(a) to claim; to require; to request strongly

(b) to decline; to deny; to reject

(c) to obtain; to attain; to perform; to accomplish

(d) to summarize; to review with a short summary

Q2 v venture

(a) to show; to display; to demonstrate; to present

(b) to temporarily cease working as a protest; to impress

(c) to take a risk in order to achieve a goal

(d) to allay; to soothe; to relieve; to soften; to lessen

Q3 v exit

(a) to allot; to apportion; to give somebody a task or responsibility; to delegate; to appoint

(b) to oversee; to administer; to direct; to manage; to watch over

(c) to leave; to go out

(d) to calculate; to think; to assume; to portray; to depict; to express verbally

Q4 v brief

(a) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer)

(b) to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to set aside for future consideration

(c) to make a summary; to give a report; to inform; to instruct somebody

(d) to provide secret information about another country; to examine

Q5 v address

(a) to assume; to anticipate; to hope

(b) to win; to succeed; to overcome; to surpass; to prove superior

(c) to direct to; to speak to; to direct to a specific destination; to refer to

(d) to aim at something

Q6 v comply

(a) to gain entrance to; to get at

(b) to make an itemized list; to index; to classify

(c) to submit; to consent; to obey; to agree with

(d) to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court

Q7 n explanation

(a) interpretation; something that clarifies; description; definition

(b) suggestion; tender; plan; offer of marriage

(c) small purse used to carry money and personal documents; billfold; handbag

(d) store which sells food and other household goods

Q8 v combine

(a) to confirm to be true; to authorize

(b) to unite; to join; to come together; to become one

(c) to make up for a deficiency; to add on to

(d) to support; to inspire; to give hope

Q9 v paint

(a) to plan; to design; to imagine; to conceive; to envision

(b) to halt; to cease; to quit; to close; to block; to impede

(c) to apply color to a surface; to put makeup on; to describe something in words

(d) to innovate and develop production

Q10 v drive

(a) to record the proceedings of a meeting; to make a memorandum

(b) to reflect; to think; to consider; to meditate

(c) to travel in a car; to transport in a vehicle; to compel

(d) to fasten; to connect

Q1 adj superb

(a) complete; full; entire; healthy

(b) more distant; additional

(c) excellent; wonderful; splendid; magnificent

(d) reasonable; probable; possible; appropriate; promising

Q2 v disagree

(a) to have different opinions; to differ

(b) to cancel; to revoke

(c) to open; to free from restraints; to release

(d) to refine; to improve; to complete; to make faultless

Q3 v insure

(a) to examine; to investigate; to check closely; to inspect

(b) to provide a guarantee against possible damage or loss; to make certain

(c) to put into a stable; to delay; to check the progress of

(d) to render insusceptible to a disease by inoculating

Q4 v conceive

(a) to expel a tenant by legal process; to turn out

(b) to perform; to do; to engage

(c) to understand; to comprehend; to grasp

(d) to plan; to invent; to design

Q5 v pay

(a) to give money for goods or to cancel debts; to settle; to be worthwhile; to be profitable

(b) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine

(c) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand

(d) to obtain; to acquire; to get; to buy; to purchase

Q6 n instruction

(a) teaching; direction; guidance; training; education; information

(b) expansion; increase in size; magnification

(c) a person who was unable to repay their debts

(d) alleyway; narrow road between mountains; successful grade on a test

Q7 v prepare

(a) to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify

(b) to make into a city

(c) to make ready; to get oneself ready; to put into the proper condition

(d) to escape; to keep away from; to prevent; to keep from happening; to evade

Q8 v fence

(a) to ascend; to up; to slope upward; to move upward gradually

(b) to protect; to guard; to evade a question; to respond in a vague manner

(c) to push; to iron; to remove creases or wrinkles; to confiscate for public or government use

(d) to identify; to acknowledge; to know; to admit

Q9 n prejudice

(a) respected position; honor; nobility

(b) bias; sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances

(c) repayment; something done to make up for (a loss, deficiency or fault)

(d) freedom; liberation; newly distributed film (or record, book, etc.); statement provided to the media

Q10 v perceive

(a) to open; to free from restraints; to release

(b) to feel; to sense; to distinguish; to discern; to see

(c) to place in particular situations

(d) to look at; to concern; to relate to; to esteem; to appreciate; to consider

Q1 n levy

(a) structure in which horses and other animals are housed

(b) a charge imposed and collected

(c) instructor; director; escort; leader; manual; handbook

(d) person who gives a test

Q2 n honesty

(a) notoriety; renown; good reputation

(b) condition; influencing factor; situation

(c) specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece

(d) truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness

Q3 n grocer

(a) automated device used for selling items

(b) postal service; letters and other items that are sent via the postal service

(c) period of time that something continues

(d) person who owns and operates a food store

Q4 n behind

(a) rear; end; seat

(b) range; extent; sphere; expanse

(c) thing; object; article; news story; piece of information

(d) purchase; something that has been purchased or obtained

Q5 n wealth

(a) something that is demanded; necessity; something that is needed

(b) abuse; molestation

(c) amount collected at one time; income; proceeds; profits (Informal)

(d) richness; prosperity; capital; fortune; abundance

Q6 n journal

(a) sudden need demanding immediate action

(b) base; foot; seat of a chair

(c) reduction; curtailing; decrease

(d) newspaper; magazine; diary; blog; bookkeeping ledger

Q7 n imagination

(a) signature on a money order such as a check

(b) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer

(c) ability of the mind to create mental pictures which do not exist in reality

(d) progression; succession; order; arrangement

Q8 n slip

(a) track; footprints; path; way

(b) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue

(c) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction

(d) slide; stumble; mistake; blunder; error

Q9 n liability

(a) sale of products to final consumers; sale of goods to end users

(b) division of a company; section; area

(c) monetary or material worth; importance; merit

(d) financial obligation; debt; responsibility; obligation

Q10 n button

(a) voting, electing; counting of votes; number of votes; referendum

(b) garbage; refuse; scrap

(c) switch; icon to click on

(d) maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language

Q1 v tax

(a) to confirm; to license; to authorize

(b) to hesitate; to stumble; to sway; to totter; to be unstable

(c) to impose a tariff; to impose a levy; to burden; to demand too much

(d) to remove; to take out; to squeeze; to press; to elicit

Q2 v elaborate

(a) to provide additional details; to plan carefully and with great detail; to produce; to develop

(b) to make a summary; to give a report; to inform; to instruct somebody

(c) to work as an employee (i.e in the legal or bank business)

(d) to make a call; to ring

Q3 v auction

(a) to sell something through a bidding system

(b) to stance

(c) to create; to write; to relax; to calm oneself; to settle

(d) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate

Q4 v associate

(a) to write one's name by hand; to sign one's name

(b) to share company; to connect; to relate to; to combine

(c) to try and obtain something through persuasion or earnest requests

(d) to dare; to invite to engage in a contest; to stimulate; to test one's ability

Q5 v equip

(a) to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer

(b) to provide with the required supplies, tools and items

(c) to produce and distribute printed material; to advertise

(d) to equip; to outfit with supplies

Q6 v switch

(a) to make a stupid mistake; to move back and forth in a clumsy manner

(b) to advertise; to bring to the attention of a large audience

(c) to change; to shift; to exchange; to trade; to turn on or off

(d) to prejudice; to influence opinions

Q7 v draft

(a) to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate

(b) to be plentiful; to be filled with; to overflow with

(c) to appraise; to judge the worth or quality; to assess; to gauge

(d) to mark as different; to see as different; to discern; to recognize

Q8 v accord

(a) to crash; to meet head on; to come together with solid or direct impact

(b) to depend on; to trust in

(c) to give; to match; to fit; to complement

(d) to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise

Q9 v experience

(a) to push; to iron; to remove creases or wrinkles; to confiscate for public or government use

(b) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure

(c) to increase; to enlarge; to enhance; to multiply

(d) to organize; to settle; to structure; to order; to systematize

Q10 v flaw

(a) to crack; to become defective; to become cracked

(b) to substantiate with evidence; to demonstrate; to show clearly

(c) to recommence; to begin again; to retake; to take back; to continue

(d) to consent; to concur; to suit; to have the same opinion; to fit

Q1 adj prepaid

(a) remunerated ahead of time; settled beforehand via payment

(b) average; middle; unkind; base; inferior

(c) supplementary; auxiliary; secondary; lesser in importance

(d) rational; reasonable; wise; judicious; cognizant; aware

Q2 n letter

(a) character which is part of an alphabet; written communication sent to a person or organization

(b) temporary work stoppage; good luck; discovery of natural resources

(c) attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression

(d) show; presentation; execution; act; deed

Q3 n idea

(a) faithfulness; devotion; constancy

(b) specimen; small part of something; representative part of a larger group

(c) caption beneath an illustration

(d) concept; thought; opinion; intention; plan

Q4 n overlap

(a) something that is superimposed

(b) act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; idea; concept

(c) employees working in an organization; personnel; crew; team

(d) process of making neat and attractive

Q5 n understatement

(a) payment given for regularly scheduled performances or publications

(b) representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify

(c) comprehensive inquiry; extensive investigation of a subject

(d) great number of persons or things; many; a lot; composed of a countless number of items

Q6 v reason

(a) to stretch; to enlarge; to lengthen; to reach out

(b) to display; to undertake; to attempt; to begin a journey; to arrange

(c) to think; to consider logically; to argue; to claim

(d) to be frightened; to be concerned; to be afraid of; to have respect for

Q7 v distract

(a) to interpret; to see; to perceive

(b) to create; to conceive; to produce; to conceptualize

(c) to copy; to pretend; to fake

(d) to disturb; to confuse; to worry; to divert; to amuse

Q8 adj standard

(a) serving as a model; normal; regular; typical; widely accepted

(b) frail; feeble; faint; dilute; watery

(c) careful; cautious

(d) nicely; thoughtfully; graciously; considerately; sympathetically

Q9 v instance

(a) to record for evidence; to write down; to substantiate

(b) to make up for a deficiency; to add on to

(c) to refer to a case or occurrence to explain or prove a point; to cite; to mention

(d) to turn into; to develop into; to grow into

Q10 adj common

(a) resisting change; desiring to preserve traditions; cautious

(b) pertaining to a city; pertaining to citizenship

(c) perfect; impeccable

(d) shared; ordinary; mediocre; average; public

Q1 n pay

(a) attitude; stance; opinion

(b) salary; wages

(c) act or instance of rendering insusceptible to disease by inoculating

(d) increase in salary; wage increase

Q2 n contemporary

(a) danger; peril; hazard; risk; endangerment

(b) person living at about the same time as another person

(c) routine; course of action; advance; summons to court

(d) opening stroke or hit of the ball (Sports)

Q3 n forecast

(a) prediction of a future event or condition (i.e development of the economy)

(b) roundish stain; speck; place; awkward or difficult situation; predicament

(c) rope; cord; link; connection; equal score in a game

(d) supplement

Q4 n council

(a) assembly; board; group of people (gathered to advise, plan, etc.)

(b) series (of stories, articles, reports etc.); recurring period of time

(c) part of a book; phase; stage; local branch of an organization

(d) chance; probability of advancement or success; hope; promise

Q5 n evaluation

(a) cement; something tangible (idea, object, etc.)

(b) appraisal; estimation; assessment

(c) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work

(d) representing; in support of

Q6 n globe

(a) cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave

(b) management committee; food

(c) state of not being a derivative of anything else

(d) ball; sphere; planet Earth; world

Q7 n climb

(a) inside a building; inland section of a country

(b) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection

(c) merchandise; goods; item that is bought and sold; something useful

(d) ascent

Q8 n cushion

(a) colorful fabric with a pattern of square s and crossbars

(b) frequent customer; repeat customer

(c) fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration

(d) pillow; soft padded object

Q9 n denominator

(a) rematch; repetition

(b) shared characteristic; common feature

(c) creator; designer

(d) right to live in a country; condition of being a member of a country

Q10 n cash

(a) money in the form of coins and bank notes

(b) reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement

(c) person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography

(d) one who relies on another especially for financial support

Q1 v merchandise

(a) to pay attention to; to supervise; to regret; to oppose; to remember; to notice

(b) to be useful; to help; to facilitate

(c) to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to market goods

(d) to suggest; to tender; to bid; to propose a price; to present

Q2 v circumvent

(a) to propose; to mention; to imply; to hint; to evoke

(b) to understand; to comprehend; to grasp

(c) to by-pass; to side-step; to evade

(d) to treat someone new in a humiliating manner; to harass; to humiliate

Q3 v get

(a) to impose a tax upon; to purify; to make thin or thinner; to reduce; to clarify

(b) to record; to order in advance; to inscribe; to indicate

(c) to cover with a curtain; to filter; to sift; to hide; to conceal; to separate

(d) to receive; to obtain; to purchase; to bring; to persuade

Q4 v run

(a) to operate; to activate; to manage; to direct; to carry out; to fulfill

(b) to cover; to coat

(c) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure

(d) to make clear; to concentrate

Q5 v enlist

(a) to remove; to get rid of

(b) to draft into military service; to voluntarily join a cause

(c) to punish

(d) to surround

Q6 v award

(a) to realize; to make a reality; to accomplish; to complete; to execute

(b) to give; to grant; to judge; to rule

(c) to reduce; to lessen; to decline

(d) to arrange in a line; to grade; to classify

Q7 v assist

(a) to make whole; to finish; to perfect

(b) to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to need; to want

(c) to aid; to help; to support; to guide; to direct

(d) to represent as the embodiment of perfection

Q8 v vacillate

(a) to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone

(b) to clarify; to explain; to approve

(c) to quit an office or position; to relinquish; to give up; to abdicate

(d) to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver

Q9 v decrease

(a) to send; to convey; to transmit; to promote; to advance

(b) to eternalize; to make everlasting; to preserve from extinction

(c) to reduce; to lessen; to decline

(d) to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble

Q10 v age

(a) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records

(b) to grow older; to mature

(c) to impose a tax upon; to purify; to make thin or thinner; to reduce; to clarify

(d) to limit the amount of food eaten; to eat only certain kinds of food

Q1 v encroach

(a) to negotiate; to arrive at an agreement

(b) to supervise; to manage; to inspect

(c) to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe

(d) to convert an object or image into a digital image using an optical device to browse

Q2 n news

(a) abstract; summary; concise report; instructions

(b) security; warranty; pledge; assurance

(c) meeting; seminar; convention

(d) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts

Q3 v name

(a) to decorate; to beautify

(b) to go on; to keep doing something; to last; to perpetuate

(c) to join; to cause to become one

(d) to appoint; to specify; to identify; to designate

Q4 adj lasting

(a) avoiding; tending to shrink; elusive

(b) alike; having common qualities; comparable

(c) competent; talented; apt

(d) continuing; enduring; remaining for a long time; durable

Q5 adv regardless

(a) quickly; fast; swiftly

(b) previously; before a certain time

(c) without consideration for possible problems; anyway; in any case

(d) methodically; in an organized fashion

Q6 v browse

(a) to leaf through a book; to surf Internet websites

(b) to throw away; to get rid of

(c) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way

(d) to present in a condensed form; to list the main points in a brief and comprehensive manner

Q7 v license

(a) to subdue; to solve

(b) to grant a permit; to authorize; to permit; to allow

(c) to charge; to announce; to advertise

(d) to attach; to connect; to unite; to combine; to become a member

Q8 v incur

(a) to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire

(b) to cause to remember

(c) to transmit document electronically

(d) to try to; to assay

Q9 n stress

(a) emphasis; importance; accent; strain; tension; pressure

(b) one who activates; worker of a telephone switchboard; operation symbol

(c) rule; command; supervision; restraint

(d) stupid person substance unmixed with other substances; commoner

Q10 adj simple

(a) in favor of reform; supporting a progressive philosophy; tolerant; open-minded

(b) opposite of expensive; inexpensive

(c) easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain

(d) pertaining to the world and nature around us

Q1 n fax

(a) upkeep; repairs; livelihood; means of support

(b) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight

(c) device for electronically transmitting written material; electronically transmitted document

(d) discourse given before an audience; tedious reprimand; formal reproof

Q2 n letterhead

(a) copying of data for safety purposes; substitute; reserve; spare

(b) area of land set aside to protect natural resources and wildlife

(c) line printed at the top of a piece of stationary

(d) goal; aim; intention; objective

Q3 n belief

(a) character; nature; trait; arrangement; placement

(b) opinion; creed; religion; faith; conviction

(c) flying; aviation; trip on an airplane; escape

(d) person who lives in a particular place; resident; tenant; occupant

Q4 n food

(a) vibrations that can be detected by the human ear; noise; vocal utterance

(b) partitioning; department; faculty; ranking; level according to difficulty

(c) connection; association; closeness

(d) nourishment; substance which provides the body with nutrients; sustenance

Q5 n shipment

(a) position; opinion; viewpoint; outlook; perspective

(b) sending of cargo or freight

(c) standard of measure; device for measuring (pressure, amount, distance, etc.)

(d) wages; rent; rental; charge; fee

Q6 n version

(a) individual's social or professional standing; position; rank; present situation

(b) particular form of something; variant; rendering; translation

(c) boundary; edge; limit

(d) small clock that is usually worn on the wrist; guarding; observation

Q7 n offing

(a) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey

(b) something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; outcast

(c) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas

(d) building for indoor sports and exercise; fitness center

Q8 adj house

(a) pertaining to accommodations; domesticated

(b) confined usually by illness

(c) penetrating; infiltrating; spreading; extending; permeating

(d) gentle; soft; delicate

Q9 n ambivalence

(a) location where sick and injured people receive medical treatment

(b) suitcases; cases and bags carried by travelers

(c) information that is confidential or classified; mystery; unexplained phenomenon

(d) state of having both positive and negative feelings towards a subject

Q10 n slander

(a) delight; refreshment or entertainment given to its recipient without cost

(b) act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination; ejection; dismissal

(c) false and injurious statements made about another; defamation; calumny

(d) backlash