3420 TOEIC Vocabulary meanings by Word part 27

analysis a commercial and market information that indicates overall economic trends b a system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; auditing; a detailed financial statement

Q1 n safety

(a) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; any security device

(b) working together; cooperation

(c) act of making changes; alteration; proof sheet made to verify changes made and check for additional errors

(d) central stalk of a plant; petiole

Q2 n analysis

(a) commercial and market information that indicates overall economic trends

(b) a system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; auditing; a detailed financial statement

(c) manager; person or group of persons having administrative authority within an organization

(d) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination

Q3 n ownership

(a) container devoid of contents

(b) act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output

(c) person who designs gardens or large areas

(d) legal right of possession

Q4 n director

(a) support; skeleton; structure; system

(b) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers)

(c) boss; supervisor; manager; head

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

Q5 n proposal

(a) ability; skill; talent

(b) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising

(c) faithfulness; devotion; constancy

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

Q6 n advancement

(a) astonishment; something which startles or astonishes; unexpected event

(b) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction

(c) target; aim; purpose; objective; destination

(d) forward movement; progress; promotion

Q7 n company

(a) plentifulness; abundance; numerousness; plurality

(b) reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome; product

(c) supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales representative

(d) corporation; firm; ensemble; association with another

Q8 n issue

(a) topic; subject; matter; question; problem; publication

(b) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration

(c) sample; model; form; mold; decorative design

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

Q9 n staff

(a) labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; effort

(b) guidance; advance position; first place; guide

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

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

Q10 n broker

(a) official document; license; reference; attestation

(b) act of forcefully taking possession of an area; seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of land

(c) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.)

(d) middleman; agent who buys and sells property or shares etc for other people

Q1 v instruct

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

(b) to set aside; to allot; to adapt; to embrace; to accept

(c) to make easy; to assist; to forward; to promote; to expedite

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

Q2 v court

(a) to suck up; take up; take in

(b) to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the affections of someone

(c) to be able to pay for; to supply; to provide

(d) to put a sum of money in a bank for safekeeping; to pay in part; to set down

Q3 v interrupt

(a) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed

(b) to knock down; to astound; to shock

(c) to appoint someone (for a position, office, or honor); to designate; to select

(d) to stop; to discontinue; to disturb; to bring a conversation to a halt

Q4 v choose

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

(b) to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to damage

(c) to crumble into granules

(d) to select; to prefer; to pick; to make a choice

Q5 v tackle

(a) to oppose; to retaliate; to react; to strike back

(b) to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about

(c) to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform

(d) to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce

Q6 v know

(a) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of

(b) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest

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

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

Q7 v supervise

(a) to profit; to gain; to be advantageous

(b) to seize; to grip; to comprehend; to understand; to realize

(c) to situate; to place; to identify; to find; to settle

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

Q8 v design

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

(b) to form a relationship with another person

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

(d) to permit; to approve; to empower

Q9 v exhibit

(a) to send away; to fire; to release; to free

(b) to limit; to restrict; to contract; to lessen in width; to taper

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

(d) to recover; to regain; to bring back; to fetch; to rescue

Q10 v select

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

(b) to try to get; to attempt to get

(c) to choose; to pick out

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

Q1 n cabinet

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

(b) luck; wealth; chance; success; riches

(c) instructional booklet; handbook

(d) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting

Q2 v nurse

(a) to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical care; to take care of

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

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

(d) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Q3 n gymnasium

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

(b) article cut from a newspaper

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

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

Q4 n date

(a) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

(b) sudden need demanding immediate action

(c) cosmetic foot treatment

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

Q5 adj daily

(a) chief; head; leading; primary; main

(b) occurring on a regular basis

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

(d) having four equal sides enclosing four equal angles

Q6 n commuter

(a) furnace which burns things to ashes

(b) advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person who gives professional advice

(c) person who travels back and forth between home and work

(d) sudden need demanding immediate action

Q7 n clipping

(a) article cut from a newspaper

(b) behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance

(c) computer which can serve many users simultaneously

(d) examination; careful inspection; debate

Q8 n mortgage

(a) conditional conveyance of property as for security on a loan; pledging; lien

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

(c) plan; idea; thought; structure; system

(d) national money of a country; circulation; custom; prevalence

Q9 n assistant

(a) before noon

(b) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper

(c) amount of money that has been borrowed; something borrowed; act of giving temporarily

(d) return of money; repayment; reimbursement

Q10 adj bankrupt

(a) serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous; harsh; strict

(b) inquisitive; desiring to know and understand; odd; strange; rare

(c) concentrated; focused; observant; polite; caring

(d) lacking; deficient; insolvent; unable to pay debts

Q1 n downtown

(a) commercial center of a city; business distract

(b) competition; contention; act of competing

(c) something carried; cargo; burden; unit of measure or weight; capacity

(d) speaking ability; something that is communicated orally

Q2 n coordinate

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

(b) reference point; geographical location

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

(d) stance

(a) citizenship; patriotism

(b) reason; purpose; principle; factor; basis for a legal case

(c) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base

(d) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship

Q4 n landscaper

(a) product made by hand or by machine

(b) person who designs gardens or large areas

(c) person skilled in a particular area; specialist

(d) meeting at which a person is evaluated through questioning (as for a job)

Q5 n skill

(a) slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position or status; promotion; angry response

(b) ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or trade that requires special training

(c) physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt; organized operation

(d) substance; component; all that is inside of something

(a) cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee; shipping cost; transportation; conveyance; shipment

(b) structure; pattern; design; organization; pattern of data organization

(c) opening; record; information or item in a book, dictionary, catalog, list, directory, etc

(d) apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme

(a) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness

(c) faithfulness; devotion; constancy

(b) shared characteristic; common feature (d) expenditure; pardon

Q8 v surprise

(a) to plan; to mean; to have in mind do or accomplish; to designate for a particular purpose

(b) to startle; to astonish; to ambush

(c) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out

(d) to impose a tax or fine; to conscript troops

Q9 n provision

(a) supply; stock; measure; means; condition; stipulation

(b) definition; significance; intention; explanation

(c) fleece from some animals; frizzy hair

(d) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle

Q10 n registering

(a) guilt; responsibility; liability

(b) government department responsible for collecting taxes on imports

(c) period; era; hour; rate

(d) list; record; regulator; gauge

Q1 v disturb

(a) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments

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

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

(d) to moderate; to soften; to tone down; to toughen; to harden

Q2 v sort

(a) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify

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

(c) to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove

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

Q3 v clock

(a) to satisfy; to please; to meet a request

(b) to measure time; to register on a time piece

(c) to command; to request something; to arrange; to manage

(d) to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for action (especially armed reserves)

Q4 v economize

(a) to deal in; to sell

(b) to stand in line; to make a row

(c) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal

(d) to design the appearance of; to arrange; to prepare a diskette or hard disk for use

Q5 v borrow

(a) to take on loan; to copy; to steal

(b) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction

(c) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection

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

Q6 v secure

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

(b) to obtain; to protect; to defend; to strengthen

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

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

Q7 n upholstery

(a) person who takes part in a particular event such as a conference or seminar; participant

(b) large vessel made for sailing on the sea; aircraft; spacecraft

(c) materials that are used to cushion and cover furniture (i.e fabric, lining, padding, etc.)

(d) confirmation; endorsement; positive opinion

Q8 v book

(a) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal

(b) to repair; to improve; to be improved

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

(d) to cut into portions; to cleave

Q9 v clerk

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

(b) to go into; to join; to record; to inscribe

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

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

Q10 v persuade

(a) to move quickly; to pass quickly

(b) to postpone; to delay; to end a meeting; to move to another place

(c) to convince; to induce; to sway

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

Q1 n permit

(a) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge

(b) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service

(c) license; authorization

(d) connection; overall situation; background

Q2 n duress

(a) official date; meeting; interview; nomination

(b) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done

(c) sharp stinging pain

(d) intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion

Q3 v endure

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

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

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

(d) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Q4 v deny

(a) to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to finance again

(b) to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce

(c) to desert; to abandon; to change sides

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

Q5 n decade

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

(b) diagram; chart

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

(d) ten years; group of tens

Q6 n vending machine

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

(b) remark; note; statement; explanation

(c) automated device used for selling items

(d) place where grain is stored; granary; storehouse; collection; store

Q7 n directory

(a) guidebook; library; catalog

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

(c) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)

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

Q8 v found

(a) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company

(b) to join parts together; to attach segments

(c) to include; to contain; to consist

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

Q9 adj tense

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

(b) instantaneous; prompt; direct; close

(c) leaving; sailing; traveling to another country

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

Q10 v elect

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

(b) to express a preconceived opinion; to express one's biases

(c) to appear; to come out; to be revealed

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

Q1 n science

(a) recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture; slouch; collapse

(b) set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin

(c) system of knowledge gained by research; specific field of systematic knowledge; skill; proficiency

(d) earnings; financial gain; benefit; advantage; privilege

Q2 n context

(a) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure

(b) process of producing and distributing printed material; act of advertising

(c) passage; walkway (between rows of seats or shelves)

(d) connection; overall situation; background

Q3 n salvage

(a) casualty; misadventure; mishap; failure

(b) opening; breach; hiatus; space; great difference; disparity

(c) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function

(d) act of rescuing; rescued items

Q4 n invitation

(a) staying where one is; expectation; ambush

(b) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

(c) main office; central office of a company; center of operation

(d) request for one's presence; summons; call

Q5 n education

(a) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender

(b) the total amount of funds in circulation in a given country's economy

(c) supplement; mathematical operation

(d) learning; instruction; imparting of knowledge; upbringing

(a) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment

(c) frequent customer; repeat customer

(b) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint (d) match; whole consisting of two parts; couple

(a) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation

(b) announcement; poster, sign; warning; attention; consideration

(c) track; path; customary series of stops during a trip

(d) climb over rough terrain; struggle for possession; disorderly or chaotic proceeding

(a) short written reminder; memo; brief informal letter; official message

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

(c) display; layout; clothing; menu

(d) mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type

Q9 n frequency

(a) topic; subject; matter; question; problem; publication

(b) quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a function reoccurs

(c) system of knowledge gained by research; specific field of systematic knowledge; skill; proficiency

(d) thin piece cut from a larger object; portion; share

Q10 n omission

(a) deletion; negligence; failure; default

(b) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits

(c) chase; quest; search; occupation; pastime

(d) instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water or electricity)

Q1 v freight

(a) to load with goods; to load; to weigh down; to send as cargo

(b) to mark; to indicate; to write one's name

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

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

Q2 v disembark

(a) to slope; to bend; to bow; to slant; to influence

(b) to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or vehicle; to land

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

(d) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze

Q3 v suspend

(a) to hang; to postpone; to defer; to expel

(b) to copy files from a distant computer onto another computer through an Internet connection

(c) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for

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

Q4 v entertain

(a) to interest; to amuse; to host

(b) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot

(c) to exercise; to train; to drill

(d) to wrap; to combine things together as one inseparable unit

Q5 v realize

(a) to understand; to comprehend; to accomplish; to convert into cash; to liquidate

(b) to hand over to another nation or judicial authority

(c) to train in advance

(d) to repay; to refund; to compensate for a loss; to repay for an expense

Q6 v dispose

(a) to control; to arrange; to put in order

(b) to erect; to set; to put; to place

(c) to hang; to postpone; to defer; to expel

(d) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise

Q7 n elevation

(a) guidance; supervision; conducting; management

(b) height of something; altitude above sea or ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur

(c) article, thing; goal; focus of a thought or action

(d) item or detail included in a description of requirements or plans

Q8 v debut

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

(b) to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for action (especially armed reserves)

(c) to plan; to design; to name; to call

(d) to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance

Q9 v retrieve

(a) to recover; to regain; to bring back; to fetch; to rescue

(b) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel

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

(d) to gather together; to group together; to press in

Q10 v demolish

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

(b) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall

(c) to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward

(d) to record; to enroll; to have an effect; to have influence

Q1 adj unnecessary

(a) more distant; additional

(b) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known

(c) unusual

(d) excessive; redundant; superfluous

Q2 pref post

(a) against; opposed

(b) after; later; subsequent to

(c) of light

(d) related to by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood

Q3 adj modest

(a) spotted; speckled; composed of a series of small dashes (about a line)

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

(c) non-transferable

(d) inexpensive; cheap; of or relating to a financial plan

Q4 n protection

(a) testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony

(b) person who designs and plans (machinery, roads, etc.)

(c) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset

(d) defense; shelter; safety

Q5 n helicopter

(a) a system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; auditing; a detailed financial statement

(b) place; position; situation; site; spot

(c) sickness; illness

(d) aircraft which flies by means of horizontally rotating blades

Q6 conj yet

(a) but; in spite of; despite

(b) since; inasmuch as; while; while on the contrary

(c) immediately following; the moment that; as soon as

(d) if

Q7 n thoroughness

(a) opposite of child; a grown-up; a mature person

(b) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.)

(c) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal

(d) diligence; neatness

Q8 v aggregate

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

(b) to prosper; to flourish; to succeed

(c) to move; to be moved

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

Q9 adv firm

(a) apparently; seemingly; to all appearances

(b) in another country; outside; widely

(c) sturdily; steadily; assertively; in a determined manner

(d) separately; aside; into pieces

Q10 n fund

(a) obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders progress

(b) amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply

(c) office; bureau; institution; franchise; method

(d) result of manufacturing; goods; merchandise

Q1 n passenger

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

(b) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done

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

(d) way of life

Q2 n relation

(a) perception of flavor; sense; reason

(b) profit; amount of assets that is higher than liabilities

(c) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble

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

Q3 n desk

(a) a document giving details about an offering of securities investment for sale to the public

(b) reiteration; act of redoing something

(c) company; commercial business; corporation

(d) office table

Q4 n acronym

(a) rite; ritual; formality

(b) part of a chair; rear part of the human body

(c) officer of a monastery; high-ranking member of a religious order

(d) a word which is formed from the first letters of several words; i.e TOEIC or NATO

Q5 n mid-range

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

(b) pertaining to a value that is approximately in the middle of a series of values

(c) method or course that restores health; prescribed treatment for an illness

(d) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression

Q6 n dietician

(a) care; treatment; procedure; system; touch

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

(c) group of people working together; team

(d) nutritionist; expert on nutrition

Q7 n engine

(a) synopsis; general survey; introduction

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

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

(d) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date

Q8 v climb

(a) to exclude; to leave out; to skip; to protest; to object

(b) to support; to assist; to strengthen

(c) to transport via locomotive; to convey by train

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

Q9 n medicine

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

(b) art and science of disease treatment and health maintenance; remedy; drug

(c) cat (Slang); feline

(d) something discarded; rubbish; garbage; refuse; nonsense

Q10 n reason

(a) cause; basis for action; intelligence; sense

(b) bringing something down to a smaller scale; lowering expenses

(c) location; position; standing; role; function

(d) lane; path; signs; trails; channel