342 Toeic vocabulary tests meanings by word Episode 1 Part 4 pdf

fair a just; reasonable; handsome; light colored; clean; clear b free; autonomous; sovereign; self-reliant; self-sufficient c averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting d proficient; skill

Q1 adj beneficial

(a) lazy; vain; unoccupied; unemployed

(b) of a skilled occupation; working in one of the skilled occupations

(c) sufficient; suitable; appropriate; proper

(d) advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable

Q2 adj careful

(a) alert; clever; ingenious; skillful; adept

(b) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous

(c) binding; compelling; must be done; necessary

(d) inventive; innovative; artistic

Q3 adj fair

(a) just; reasonable; handsome; light colored; clean; clear

(b) free; autonomous; sovereign; self-reliant; self-sufficient

(c) averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting

(d) proficient; skilled; expert

(a) of a political group; of social gatherings

(b) excellent; pleasant; valid; competent; skilled; positive

(c) sure; definite; particular; specific

(d) receiving of a regular or fixed payment

Q6 adj pocket

(a) small; of a pouch

(b) lucrative; paying; rewarding; beneficial; producing income

(c) irregular; fitful; occasional; infrequent

(d) may be settled

Q7 adj elementary

(a) occurring once within 12 months

(b) not continuous; sporadic; fitful; alternately stopping and starting

(c) proficient; skilled; expert

(d) basic; fundamental

Q8 adj tender

(a) determined; firm; steadfast

(b) gentle; soft; delicate

(c) familiar; close; intimate; informed; aware

(d) free; autonomous; sovereign; self-reliant; self-sufficient

(a) moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise; strict; exact

(b) excellent; conspicuous; prominent; due

(c) trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor

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

Q10 adj correct

(a) tight; strait; reduced; not wide

(b) occurring at fixed intervals; normal; usual; ordinary; common

(c) mature; full grown

(d) right; proper; exact; accurate

Q1 n occurrence

(a) cost; price; payment

(b) happening; event; incident

(c) yearly date commemorating a special event; birthday

(d) substance burned to create energy (petrol, gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.)

Q2 n proliferation

(a) rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction; prosperity

(b) state of belonging to an organization or group; fellowship

(c) head; chief; director; carrier; main article

(d) supply; stock; means of accomplishing a goal; expedient

Q3 n courier

(a) formal question; exploration; questioning; investigation

(b) total number of people living in an area

(c) messenger; company that delivers messages, documents, parcels, etc

(d) rare object

Q4 n leverage

(a) certificate; written file

(b) influence; ability to affect or alter people or circumstance

(c) item; object; piece of text; paragraph of a contract

(d) process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services

Q5 n originality

(a) person who is tested; candidate

(b) programs which control the functions of a computer's hardware

(c) punctuation mark in the form of a diagonal line (/); reduction; decrease

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

Q6 n potency

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

(b) increase in the supply of money in relation to the amount of goods available resulting in a rise in prices

(c) business of supplying and servicing food

(d) power; strength; force; capacity to be

Q7 n mayor

(a) survey; review; news reporting; insurance

(b) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city

(c) person who currently holds an office or position

(d) dossier; collection of documents on a subject; tool for smoothing surfaces; line; queue

Q9 n focus

(a) center; hub; concentration

(b) company; firm; undertaking; business; endeavor

(c) degree of excellence; characteristic; attribute; character; excellence

(d) sum; whole

Q10 n spread

(a) plant; any location which mass-produces one type of product

(b) expansion; growth; range; story or advertisement that covers two pages

(c) reference point; geographical location

(d) fusion; agglomeration

Q1 v justify

(a) to refer to; to comment on; to draw attention to

(b) to change; to alter; to improve

(c) to vindicate; to defend; to support; to excuse

(d) to emphasize

Q2 v frame

(a) to eat or drink; to use up; to destroy

(b) to advise; to instruct; to coach; to advocate

(c) to avoid; to escape; to shrink

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

Q3 v second

(a) to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel

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

(c) to support a proposal or statement; to endorse; to approve; to help; to assist

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

Q4 v source

(a) to vouch for; to give a warranty; to assure; to promise

(b) to acquire; to earn; to purchase; to obtain; to profit

(c) to name; to call; to designate

(d) to originate from; to reveal the origin of something; to obtain from a particular supplier

Q5 v ferry

(a) to globalize; to make worldwide

(b) to include; to hold back; to restrain; to keep under control

(c) to copy; to pretend; to fake

(d) to convey passengers or cargo by boat across a small body of water

Q6 v agree

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

(b) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

(c) to leave out; to keep out; to prevent from happening or being; to reject

(d) to protect; to secure; to vindicate

Q7 v renew

(a) to compensate; to balance

(b) to determine the scope of a target; to extend; to stretch; to vary

(c) to restore to good condition; to restart; to resume; to refresh

(d) to bend; to crease; to wrap; to envelop; to clasp

Q8 v misunderstand

(a) to blend; to be blended; to combine or unite into a single body; to be assimilated

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

(c) to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend incorrectly

(d) to certify; to recognize; to assign; to license

Q9 v purchase

(a) to act as master of ceremonies; to receive guests into one's home; to give a party

(b) to buy; to acquire in exchange for money; to procure; to obtain

(c) to vote; to elect; to count votes; to make a survey

(d) to use one's influence to affect people or circumstances

Q10 v exact

(a) to reward; to reimburse; to pay back; to make up for

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

(c) to demand; to require; to insist upon; to force

(d) to descend; to decline; to abate; to lessen

Q1 n requirement

(a) plant; edible fruit of a plant

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

(c) access; method; system; procedure

(d) day, month and year according to the calendar; interview; meeting

Q2 n general

(a) person who makes changes; person who introduces new methods or procedures; creative person

(b) person who works in a skilled occupation; specialist

(c) high ranking military officer

(d) refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to recognize

Q3 v insist

(a) to fall; to make fall; to bring down; to go down; to omit; to abandon

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

(c) to hurry; to make haste; to act or move quickly; to cause to hurry

(d) to demand; to emphasize firmly; to request firmly; to require; to persevere

Q4 n breakdown

(a) collapse; crash; incident

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

(c) any of the five faculties of perception; perception; recognition; awareness

(d) issue; affair; question; problem; substance of a particular composition and consistency

Q5 n shipyard

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

(b) person who is free from sin or wrongdoing

(c) something that causes a person to act; cause; incentive; purpose; intention

(d) place where vessels are built and repaired

Q6 n developer

(a) time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in

(b) act of deriving; speculation; drawing of a conclusion

(c) festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar

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

Q7 v tantalizing

(a) to hasten; to increase the speed of something; to speed something up

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

(c) to focus; to pay attention

(d) to persuade; to influence; to prove

Q8 v rise

(a) to stand up; to get into an upright position; to climb; to ascend

(b) to reap; to gather in ripe crops; to catch; to gather

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

(d) to advise; to instruct; to coach; to advocate

Q9 v figure

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

(b) to express in a fluent and clear manner

(c) to extend across; to stretch from one point another; to bridge

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

Q10 v prospect

(a) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly

(b) to search for valuable materials (such as gold, oil, etc.)

(c) to bear; to endure

(d) to support; to solidify; to strengthen

Q1 adj state

(a) descending

(b) governmental; bureaucratic; majestic; dignified

(c) compact; having a high mass per unit volume; close

(d) not standard; not ordinary

Q2 adj party

(a) of a political group; of social gatherings

(b) mentioned earlier in the same text

(c) clear; unmistakable; apparent; evident; plain

(d) obligated; engaged; industrious; ambitious; loyal

Q3 adj introductory

(a) tasty; having a pleasant taste or smell

(c) assorted; different; individual; several

(b) preliminary; beginning(d) superior; extraordinary; outstanding

Q4 adj capable

(a) facing; across from; contrary; reverse; different; antithetical

(b) wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly; improper

(c) skilled; able; proficient; adept

(d) happening often; regular; common; usual

Q5 adj periodical

(a) occurring at regular intervals; recurrent; cyclic; seasonal

(b) swift; fast

(c) external; of the outdoors; from the outdoors; maximal

(d) governmental; bureaucratic; majestic; dignified

Q6 adj immediate

(a) basic; fundamental

(b) separate; individual; discontinuous

(c) instantaneous; prompt; direct; close

(d) suitable; worthy of; qualified; entitled to; allowed

Q7 n realization

(a) ordered merchandise that is not currently in stock but will be supplied in the future

(b) new member of a group; new employee

(c) smallest in size; smallest in amount; lowest in importance

(d) physical; done using human skill or force

Q9 adj lead

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

(b) optional; uncertain; changeable; open; unrestricted

(c) not true; counterfeit; deceitful; wrong; artificial; not faithful

(d) mentioned earlier in the same text

Q10 adj quarterly

(a) well; not sick; fit; sound

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

(c) consoling; encouraging; reassuring; brining relief; heartening

(d) aware; awake; attentive

Q1 n reception

(a) acceptance; event in which guests are formally welcomed by their host; check-in

(b) price; cargo; responsibility

(c) central stalk of a plant; petiole

(d) connection; link; uniting; joining

Q2 n bullion

(a) long thin mark; row; border; domain; tactic

(b) instinctual urge; sudden desire; whim; wave of energy sent via a nerve

(c) contract by which property or persons are guaranteed against damage or loss

(d) bars of gold; bars of silver

Q3 n change

(a) a charge imposed and collected

(b) person who has completed a course of study and received a degree or diploma

(c) relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar; asphalt; throw

(d) replacement; alteration; shift; coins; money received back after paying for goods

Q4 n innovation

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

(b) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness

(c) introduction of something new; change; new method or practice

(d) person who has the right to grant a license

Q5 n pie

(a) transgression; desecration; attack or disruption; rape

(b) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling

(c) hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection

(d) bend; crease; depression in the ground; hollow between two hills; yard

Q6 n policy

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

(b) process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services

(c) course or method of action; guidelines; position; standpoint; insurance contract

(d) guidance; supervision; conducting; management

Q7 n invention

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

(b) clothing; garments; clothes; garb

(c) creativity; resourcefulness; fabrication; falsehood

(d) honor; esteem; high regard; consideration; attention

Q8 n pocket

(a) price; cost; speed; pace; tax

(b) pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground deposit of oil

(c) small machine that makes computations

(d) entrance; permission to enter; confession

Q9 n quarter

(a) forming of mental pictures to control bodily processes

(b) money which is not generating profit

(c) opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason; cause

(d) one fourth; neighborhood; coin worth 25 cents; period of three months; district

Q10 n principle

(a) narration; act of telling; family member; connection; association

(b) strength; power; force; bravery

(c) doctrine; tenet; precept; fundamental law; primary law on which other laws are based

(d) deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury; act of freeing from risk

Q1 v underline

(a) to attempt to discover or test something; to try; to venture; to research

(b) to improve; to raise the quality of

(c) to emphasize

(d) to impede; to obstruct; to hinder; to meddle

Q2 v construe

(a) to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to place in reserve

(b) to set going; to launch; to begin; to start

(c) to act as a middleman; to buy and to sell property for other people

(d) to interpret; to see; to perceive

Q3 v advertise

(a) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say

(b) to promote; to draw attention to; to publicize

(c) to rely on; to trust; to be supported by

(d) to grant a license to an individual or group; to grant the right to vote

Q4 v break

(a) to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to give temporarily

(b) to fill with water and sink; to fall; to fail; to stumble; to cause to sink

(c) to divide; to separate; to be divided; to allocate

(d) to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel

Q5 v offer

(a) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole

(b) to irritate; to infuriate; to enrage

(c) to control to rule over; to be superior

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

Q6 v allot

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

(b) to annoy; to bother; to aggravate; to anger

(c) to excel; to rise above

(d) to set up for use; to put in (i.e machinery); to establish in an office or position

Q7 v depend

(a) to tend carefully; to take care of; to make clean and tidy; to prepare for

(b) to turn into profit; to generate revenue

(c) to rely on; to trust; to be supported by

(d) to arise; to come from; to originate; to stop; to check

Q8 v deliver

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

(b) to apply force or weight; to push; to stress

(c) to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express

(d) to arise; to come from; to originate; to stop; to check

Q9 v remove

(a) to inspect; to supervise; to miss; to omit; to ignore; to excuse

(b) to encourage; to nurture; to promote; to raise; to care for

(c) to work together; to cooperate

(d) to take off; to shed; to take away; to eliminate; to get rid of

Q10 v access

(a) to continue

(b) to choose; to vote for; to prefer; to decide

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

(d) to gain entrance to; to get at

Q1 adj payable

(a) much; plenty; large; spacious

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

(c) may be settled

(d) annoying; irritating

Q2 adj annual

(a) having the back side exposed to view; opposite; contrary

(b) occurring once a year; yearly

(c) doubtful; dubious

(d) serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager

Q3 adj straightforward

(a) invaluable; beyond any expressible value; very expensive

(b) frank; candid; sincere; honest; simple; uncomplicated

(c) impartial; equitable

(d) big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous

Q4 v give up

(a) to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore

(b) to avoid; to run away; to shrink

(c) to surrender; to quit; to stop doing

(d) to disapprove; to censure; to find fault

Q5 v detail

(a) to appeal; to summon; to invoke; to implore

(b) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to

(c) to help; to assist

(d) to list; to describe; to specify; to assign

Q6 n official

(a) person who holds public position; authority

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

(c) physical position or bearing; opinion; attitude

(d) link; connection; touch; interface

Q7 v encounter

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

(b) to bind with a contract

(c) to accept; to belief; to hug; to hold tight

(d) to pull by force; to twist; to cut off; to distort; to pervert

Q8 v refer

(a) to withdraw from a position (usually due to old age); go into seclusion; to withdraw

(b) to suggest indirectly; to hint; to infer; to mean; to import

(c) to label; to fine

(d) to send; to direct; to ascribe to; to relate to; to apply to; to call attention to

Q9 adj abundant

(a) unofficial; relaxed; casual; easy; laid-back

(b) plentiful; copious; profuse; full abounding with

(c) commercial; of commerce

(d) detached; disconnected; distinct; set apart

Q10 n reply

(a) answer; response

(b) attainment of something desired or attempted; accomplishment; prosperity

(c) explanation; meaning; interpretation (as of a word or term)

(d) organic or chemical substance added to soil to enrich it (i.e manure)

(a) coming after all others; most recent; final; newest

(b) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous

(c) major; chief; select; of the highest quality; excellent

(d) of or pertaining to the law; allowed by law

Q3 adj adequate

(a) sufficient; suitable; appropriate; proper

(b) plentiful; abundant; generous; extravagant; wasteful

(c) arrogant; haughty; magnificent; impressive

(d) descending

Q4 adj recent

(a) experimental; exploratory; test; used as a sample

(b) annoyed; aggravated; exasperated

(c) active; attentive

(d) new; fresh; late; of late times

Q5 adj exact

(a) precise; meticulous; extremely accurate

(b) not guilty; pure; simple; naive; unsophisticated; harmless

(c) hygienic; clean; healthy

(d) new; strange

Q6 adj self-employed

(a) in the event of sudden need

(b) existing independently; real; tangible

(c) select; fine; excellent

(d) independent; independent contractor; business owner; person who is not a hired laborer

(a) unusual

(b) anesthetized; lacking sensitivity (to pain); in shock; senseless

(c) clear; evident; simple; flat; smooth

(d) binding; compelling; must be done; necessary

Q8 adj current

(a) highest; prime; leading

(b) recent; common; prevalent; present; popular

(c) frank; candid; sincere; honest; simple; uncomplicated

(d) impressive; inspiring; great; frightening

(a) having a specified height; difficult to believe; exaggerated; challenging

(b) tiny; extremely small; trivial; petty; accurate

(c) detached; disconnected; distinct; set apart

(d) conspicuous; bulging outward; protruding; remarkable; noticeable

Q1 n aim

(a) failure to appear; state of being away; state of being not present

(b) person who is an expert; person who is skilled

(c) purpose; goal; objective; target

(d) shape having three sides and three corners; group of three

Q2 n inventory

(a) computerized representation of an actual object

(b) force of movement; strength or motivation derived from an initial effort

(c) number; image; character; price; human shape; symbol

(d) stock; list of assets; act of checking stock

Q3 n entertainment

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

(b) stand; booth; pen; pretext to delay

(c) rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction; prosperity

(d) something interesting or amusing; fun; hospitality

Q4 n addition

(a) supplement; mathematical operation

(c) comment; remark; ascription; mention; regard

(b) delivery; dispatch; conveyance(d) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult

(a) dossier; collection of documents on a subject; tool for smoothing surfaces; line; queue

(b) attention; concern; caution; supervision; management

(c) bundle; parcel; container for storage or transportation; inseparable combination of items

(d) property; financial means; assets; main city of a country of region

Q6 n utilization

(a) the proportion of available time that an item of equipment is operating

(b) path for a train made of parallel metal tracks

(c) formal question; exploration; questioning; investigation

(d) person who falls prey (to an attack, deception, etc.)

(a) seclusion; solitude; reclusion; secrecy; confidentiality

(b) line; file (British); row; braid; plait

(c) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness

(d) opening of a show; first public appearance

Q8 adj potential

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

(b) refined; cultured; complex; intricate; complicated

(c) avoiding; tending to shrink; elusive

(d) possible; capable of becoming; able to be

(a) preciseness; exactness

(b) guest; migrating bird

(c) action or instance in which the ball or puck is prevented from entering the goal

(d) border; limit; obstacle; barricade

Q10 n box

(a) piece of equipment which can be used with other machines without alternation

(b) case; crate; punch; hit

(c) variable which determines the form of a function

(d) profit; assets; achievement; increase; benefit; advantage

Q1 v acquaint

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

(b) to make familiar; to present someone; to introduce someone

(c) to cause; to incite; to bring to pass

(d) to inform; to direct; to guide; to command; to order; to educate

Q2 v journey

(a) to incorporate; to take in; to absorb

(b) to exchange goods and services

(c) to risk; to gamble; to finance; to underwrite

(d) to travel; to take a trip

Q3 v eliminate

(a) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture

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

(c) to set up for use; to put in (i.e machinery); to establish in an office or position

(d) to remove; to get rid of

Q4 v build

(a) to construct; to create; to increase intensity; to energize

(b) to give; to contribute; to grant; to bestow

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

(d) to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to portray; to elucidate

Q5 v approach

(a) to show; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to disclose

(b) to descend; to decline; to abate; to lessen

(c) to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or malfunction

(d) to come near to; to tackle (a problem or situation)

Q6 v allow

(a) to strike; to beat; to reach; to find; to collide

(b) to permit; to enable

(c) to ship; to send abroad; to sell goods and products overseas

(d) to agree; to harmonize; to coincide; to collaborate; to consent

Q7 v inhabit

(a) to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp

(b) to accelerate; to cause to move quickly; to expedite; to further; to hurry

(c) to occupy; to live in; to dwell in; to reside in; to populate

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

Q8 v reference

(a) to rotate; to turn; to spin; to encircle; to think about; to contemplate

(b) to add a footnote; to place a note that directs readers to another source of information (in a book, journal, etc.)

(c) to go along with; to go together with; to join; to attach

(d) to survey; to conduct a general study; to inspect; to examine; to reconsider

Q9 v pounce

(a) to spring back

(b) to expect; to predict; to assume

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

(d) to fall on; to storm; to invade; to attack; to seize; to assault

Q10 v occur

(a) to remove; to get rid of

(b) to happen; to take place; to transpire; to come to mind; to suggest itself

(c) to give assignments; to overburden; to strain

(d) to impose; to cause something unpleasant

Q1 n package

(a) protective coating

(b) bundle; parcel; container for storage or transportation; inseparable combination of items

(c) limitation; limit

(d) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Q2 v store

(a) to encase; to review; to protect; to include; to insure

(b) to manage in spite of difficulty; to struggle successfully

(c) to amass; to accumulate; to supply; to equip

(a) paragraph; section in a document; part of a contract

(b) report on current economic conditions, published by the Federal Reserve Board

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

(d) testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony

Q5 adj superior

(a) regular; ordinary; low-grade; poor

(b) in view; observable; obvious; apparent

(c) higher in rank or position; above average; exceptional

(d) advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable

Q6 v customize

(a) to establish; to start; to found; to being; to raise

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

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

(d) to make or to fit according to individual needs or desires; to personalize; to individualize

Q7 adj digital

(a) intelligent; clever; shrewd; lively; fashionable; stylish

(b) sublime; exalted; superior

(c) using numbers; with numbers

(d) gentle; good-hearted; understanding; compassionate

Q8 n encounter

(a) chance meeting

(b) person or company that does a particular job or assignment

(c) marmalade; jam

(d) fastening mechanism which is opened with a key or other device

Q9 adj innocent

(a) providing assistance

(b) excessive; redundant; superfluous

(c) some; few; separate; distinct; individual; various

(d) not guilty; pure; simple; naive; unsophisticated; harmless

Q10 adj return

(a) itemized; marked by thoroughness in treating small items or parts

(b) well-known; excellent; wonderful

(c) reciprocal; done in response to a previous action; repeated; recurring

(d) unlicensed; forbidden; unlawful

Q1 adj overhead

(a) of general expenses; general

(c) inventive; innovative; artistic

(b) may be settled(d) sure; definite; particular; specific

Q2 adj resolute

(a) continual

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

(c) including a lot; large in scope; extensive

(d) determined; firm; steadfast

Q3 adj sick

(a) impersonating; putting on a false appearance; feigning; arrogant; haughty

(b) ill; nauseous; feeling the need to vomit; disgusted; fed up

(c) answering; reacting (esp positively or sympathetically)

(d) pertaining to the commercial center of a city

Q4 adj outbound

(a) existing independently; real; tangible

(b) commonplace; ordinary; usual; customary; habitual

(c) leaving; sailing; traveling to another country

(d) comprehensive; inclusive

Q5 adj inspiring

(a) truthful; candid; frank

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

(c) motivating; stimulating; encouraging; provoking; inhaling

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

Q6 adj great

(a) relevant; related; appropriate; fitting

(b) vulnerable; prone; impressionable

(c) under the rule of; subordinate; exposed to; liable to; conditional

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

Q7 n rectangle

(a) parallelogram

(b) demand for goods or services; rate of purchase and sale; fair

(c) transgression; desecration; attack or disruption; rape

(d) something which legally or rightfully belongs to an individual; payment; fee

Q8 adj resident

(a) careful; wary; suspicious

(b) motivating; stimulating; encouraging; provoking; inhaling

(c) staying in a particular place; not migratory; intrinsic; existing

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

Q9 adj appropriate

(a) important; significant; fundamental; necessary; crucial

(b) hygienic; clean; healthy

(c) suitable; fitting

(d) inattentive; unmindful

Q10 adj head

(a) new; strange

(b) of public funds; of or pertaining to money matters

(c) chief; leading; main; principal

(d) big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous

Q1 n rush

(a) weather conditions; surrounding conditions; atmosphere; setting

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

(c) statement which denies responsibility or affiliation; repudiation; denial

(d) good deal; agreement; item that has been bought at a specially low price

Q2 n backup

(a) ten years; group of tens

(b) combination; conjunction; group; mixture

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

(d) request; plea; petition for a new trial or judgment

Q3 n parentheses

(a) grouping symbols ()

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

(c) surroundings; conditions in which someone or something lives

(d) group of twenty items; debt; account; bill; grade on a test

Q4 n prescription

(a) forming of mental pictures to control bodily processes

(b) hold; understanding; knowledge; realization

(c) written order for a medication; instruction; directive; order; command

(d) citation; commercial offer

Q5 n boiler room

(a) a fraud scheme involving cold calling

(b) group of judges; board; band; strip; crew; staff

(c) bill; money made of paper

(d) base; fundament; substructure; establishing; institution

Q6 n fabric

(a) an interest percentage that changes over time

(b) blister; gas-filled sac

(c) progress; advance

(d) textile; weave; structure; framework; construction

Q7 n consortium

(a) partnership; association

(b) advice; person who gives advice; attorney; lawyer

(c) shelves used to store printed items

(d) survey; review; news reporting; insurance

Q8 n likelihood

(a) partner company; distributor

(b) probability; chance; feasibility; possibility

(c) enjoyment; amusement; entertainment; delight; joy

(d) leaflet; booklet; printed product information

Q9 n bulk

(a) condition; circumstance; location; position; job; place of employment

(b) change; adjustment, agreement; adaptation; restriction

(c) roll; roster; inventory; strip; band

(d) volume; mass; main part; most

Q10 n temper

(a) distance that an arm can extend

(b) defense; shelter; safety

(c) stability; consistency; continuousness; unbroken succession

(d) disposition; mood

Q1 v release

(a) to answer; to respond

(b) to set free; to emancipate; to make available to the general public; to surrender

(c) to work together; to cooperate

(d) to cause someone enjoyment

Q2 v gross

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

(b) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.)

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

(d) to demand the return of property; to repossess

Q3 v stretch

(a) to demand the return of property; to repossess

(b) to cross; to transport; to approve

(c) to extend; to elongate; to reach out; to pull; to strain

(d) to involve; to affect; to worry; to interest; to relate to

Q4 v conclude

(a) to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry

(b) to gain; to obtain; to earn a point (in a game, etc.); to tally; to grade a test

(c) to finish; to infer; to deduce; to make a decision

(d) to keep in existence; to preserve; to support; to provide for

Q5 v neglect

(a) to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive

(b) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to

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

(d) to disregard; to ignore; to forget to perform (a duty); to shirk; to abandon

Q6 v fall off

(a) to place one thing on top of another in a heap; to pile

(b) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller

(c) to slander; to defame

(d) to be uncertain; to have misgivings

Q7 v illustrate

(a) to try or to intend to achieve something; to direct; to plan; to aspire

(b) to notch; to groove; to assign to a place or position (in an organization, system, etc.)

(c) to increase; to intensify; to improve; to raise the value of

(d) to exemplify; to clarify; to explain; to depict; to elucidate

Q8 v demonstrate

(a) to present; to show or illustrate something through example, or physical demonstrations

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

(c) to add a footnote; to place a note that directs readers to another source of information (in a book, journal, etc.)

(d) to join parts together; to attach segments

Q9 v appreciate

(a) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction

(b) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable

(c) to bring relief; to encourage; to console

(d) to try to get; to attempt to get

Q10 v size

(a) to turn into profit; to generate revenue

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

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

(d) to arrange according to dimension

Q1 n repetition

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

(b) small rough granules or particles (i.e sand); bravery; pluck; endurance

(c) reiteration; act of redoing something

(d) building; structure; the industry of erecting buildings

Q2 v ticket

(a) to label; to fine

(b) to hurry; to make haste; to act or move quickly; to cause to hurry

(c) to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to protect

(d) to follow

Q3 n capitalization

(a) concentration; consideration; focus; care; acknowledgment; recognition

(b) entering into the feelings of another; sympathy; vicarious emotion; understanding

(c) process of turning money into profit

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

Q4 adj warning

(a) not the same; unusual; distinctive

(c) cautioning; giving advice about danger

(b) coherent; steadfast; firm(d) occurring once within 12 months

(a) to delete; to skip over; to neglect

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

(c) to count; to equal in amount; to limit; to allot

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

Q6 n total

(a) answer; response

(c) boss; supervisor; manager; head

(b) sum; whole(d) collaboration; working together

(a) to surrender; to quit; to stop doing

(b) to drill; to practice an action repeatedly in order to perfect it

(c) read superficially; to cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid

(d) to move; to be moved

(a) payment given for regularly scheduled performances or publications

(b) judgment of an object's worth; appraisal; opinion; judgment

(c) commonplace activity; everyday task; habit; custom; practice

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

Q10 n press

(a) journals and newspapers collectively; act or process of printing

(b) passage; distinct portion of text (usually begins with an indented line); section; clause

(c) summary; synopsis; abstract; CV; curriculum vitae

(d) custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior pattern

Q1 adj outdoor

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

(b) having begun a journey (especially of a sea vessel); initiated; in progress; under construction

(c) present; opposite of absent; accompanying

(d) of nature

Q2 adj liberal

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

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

(c) sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible; fashionable; unique

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

Q3 adj difficult

(a) profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful

(b) humble; unpretentious; unassuming; simple; limited

(c) impartial; equitable

(d) hard; troublesome; complicated; complex

Q4 adj subject

(a) clear; unmistakable; apparent; evident; plain

(b) under the rule of; subordinate; exposed to; liable to; conditional

(c) equivalent to; equal to

(d) being one fourth; having four equal parts

Q5 adj terrible

(a) awful

(c) relevant; related; appropriate; fitting

(b) fearful; worried; worrisome; eager; keen(d) common; popular; extensive; prevalent

Q6 adj expensive

(a) costly; precious; opposite of cheap

(b) beside the point; unconnected; impertinent; immaterial

(c) lively; bright; dazzling; clear; graphic

(d) steady; firm; lasting; dependable; faithful

(a) appropriate; noble

(b) at or constituting a place where two surfaces meet

(c) profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful

(d) famous; prominent

Q8 adj plain

(a) owed; payable; right; fitting; suitable; adequate

(b) dependable; reliable; accountable; liable

(c) clear; evident; simple; flat; smooth

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

(a) harsh; strict; severe; exact; precise

(b) talented; skilled; having great natural ability

(c) important; consequential; meaningful; having meaning; of a considerable amount

(d) principal; head; chief

Q10 adj foster

(a) pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least

(b) coming after all others; most recent; final; newest

(c) entrusted to the care

(d) mild; slight; comfortable; simple