toeic vocabulary tests (meaning by word)

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342 TOEIC Vocabulary Tests3420 Meanings by Word

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Test 1/words: miserably, autograph, card, doctor, duplicate, sound ......................... 19

Test 2/words: rubber, reticent, thorough, emergency, dependent, stock ...................... 20

Test 3/words: attorney, engineer, corruption, irritation, composition ...................... 21

Test 4/words: segment, possess, correct, discuss, fee, establish ........................... 22

Test 5/words: C.O.O., plc, ROI, C.S.O., G.N.P., corp., mth., AOL ........................... 23

Test 6/words: upon, regarding, below, despite, save, apart, between ........................ 24

Test 7/words: cheap, curtly, particularly, counter, direct, downward ....................... 25

Test 8/words: obvious, category, smoothly, cost, current, supplement ....................... 26

Test 9/words: late, unsatisfactory, inbound, proof, unfair, vacant ......................... 27

Test 10/words: brochure, offence, disease, discretion, coverage ............................ 28

Test 11/words: drop, stipulate, guarantee, interest, detect, contain ....................... 29

Test 12/words: C.T.O., N/A, C.V., PR, Ph.D., C.C.O., A.O.B., p.m. .......................... 30

Test 13/words: throughout, during, until, beneath, within .................................. 31

Test 14/words: consequently, plain, probably, consciously, already ......................... 32

Test 15/words: banquet, flawed, key, obtain, expiration, regard ............................ 33

Test 16/words: conservative, maternal, downtown, bulk, detailed ............................ 34

Test 17/words: trash, blanket, motivation, accounting, error, vat .......................... 35

Test 18/words: pad, discourage, enrich, rehearse, deposit, changeable ...................... 36

Test 19/words: C.O.D., lb, C.F.O., R&D, i.e., PTO, etc., C.E.O., hr ........................ 37

Test 20/words: below, sincerely, necessarily, drastically, sternly ......................... 38

Test 21/words: infancy, underestimate, announcement, though, fueled ........................ 39

Test 22/words: waste, sensitive, remarkable, part, kind, collect ........................... 40

Test 23/words: pursuit, pleasure, launch, setup, strategy, final ........................... 41

Test 24/words: trustee, bias, overcome, program, testify, install .......................... 42

Test 25/words: I.P.O., G.D.P., a.m., Inc., no., PIN, Ltd., HTML, H.R. ...................... 43

Test 26/words: perhaps, ultimately, randomly, approximately, pretty ........................ 44

Test 27/words: recruit, crux, capital, technique, deadline, refusal ........................ 45

Test 28/words: unbiased, dotted, record, trade, awesome, operational ....................... 46

Test 29/words: equipment, college, bound, symposium, expenditure ........................... 47

Test 30/words: progress, influence, bother, span, display, picture ......................... 48

Test 31/words: severely, overseas, initially, late, fine, surely ........................... 49

Test 32/words: doubt, consistency, prospect, commission, setback ........................... 50

Test 33/words: enough, bothersome, professional, moral, sufficient ......................... 51

Test 34/words: cycle, overview, assembly, empathy, tray, formal ............................ 52

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Test 35/words: donate, absorb, consume, compare, swap, rate, issue ......................... 53

Test 36/words: overtime, cordially, contrary, ill, originally .............................. 54

Test 37/words: lawsuit, electrician, exceed, limited, nexus, senior ........................ 55

Test 38/words: impossible, stationary, alert, polite, own, initiative ...................... 56

Test 39/words: offset, territory, circle, weapon, majority, disk ........................... 57

Test 40/words: seek, resemble, bill, credit, vacation, mark, describe ...................... 58

Test 41/words: easy, regularly, enough, abroad, least, comparatively ....................... 59

Test 42/words: interchangeable, incumbent, criticize, whether .............................. 60

Test 43/words: ill, informal, dynamic, substantial, competent .............................. 61

Test 44/words: size, possibility, revise, rehearsal, regular, upgrade ...................... 62

Test 45/words: admonish, adhere, trouble, adjourn, margin, strive .......................... 63

Test 46/words: truly, opposite, twice, gradually, previously, beyond ....................... 64

Test 47/words: execute, waver, treasure, stall, state, estimate ............................ 65

Test 48/words: robust, metropolitan, original, attendant, critical ......................... 66

Test 49/words: image, cuisine, acceptance, candidate, premises ............................. 67

Test 50/words: lesson, carpet, offset, decide, advantage, transact ......................... 68

Test 51/words: puzzle, contract, executive, whereas, mood, peddle .......................... 69

Test 52/words: sophisticated, civic, elect, splendid, sincere .............................. 70

Test 53/words: initiative, pose, hire, departure, pointer .................................. 71

Test 54/words: counterbalance, slump, assemble, sustain, survey ............................ 72

Test 55/words: abbreviation, analyze, saw, volunteer, exclude, craft ....................... 73

Test 56/words: separate, easy, famous, consecutive, departmental ........................... 74

Test 57/words: consumer, technology, delay, investment, inference .......................... 75

Test 58/words: number, insulate, come across, originate, recap ............................. 76

Test 59/words: compensate, pass, feasibility, pervasive, gauge, slice ...................... 77

Test 60/words: mediocre, fleet, unforeseen, vast, pleased, homebound ....................... 78

Test 61/words: remark, acquaintance, tax, ability, birth rate, share ....................... 79

Test 62/words: crate, halt, resign, abide, expose, compartmentalize ........................ 80

Test 63/words: senior, recommendation, enclose, refund, interfere .......................... 81

Test 64/words: irritated, candid, ideal, honest, edge, essential ........................... 82

Test 65/words: colleague, midday, examinee, midmorning, strike ............................. 83

Test 66/words: conceptualize, veil, prejudice, need, transfer, attend ...................... 84

Test 67/words: total, solve, vessel, fertilize, embrace, solely ............................ 85

Test 68/words: token, overt, savvy, intense, ambitious, unauthorized ....................... 86

Test 69/words: coal, preface, story, suitcase, percent, direction .......................... 87

Test 70/words: wrong, review, fluctuate, remain, traffic, capitalize ....................... 88

Test 71/words: appearance, delegate, still, priority, scratch, fade ........................ 89

Test 72/words: anxious, circumspect, complete, ambiguous, supportive ....................... 90

Test 73/words: goal, correlation, declaration, suit, tradition, wrong ...................... 91

Test 74/words: impact, revere, solicit, mitigate, reschedule, load ......................... 92

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Test 75/words: address, warehouse, conserve, house, tie, guide ............................. 93

Test 76/words: curt, confidential, intent, peculiar, rational, bonded ...................... 94

Test 77/words: tackle, resignation, catalog, angle, inhabitant ............................. 95

Test 78/words: impose, import, perpetuate, deserve, accompany, reveal ...................... 96

Test 79/words: edge, sight, nationality, standard, floor, domestic ......................... 97

Test 80/words: domestic, nearby, set, scatterbrained, eager, urgent ........................ 98

Test 81/words: watch, virtual, suite, anger, enclosure ..................................... 99

Test 82/words: pocket, attach, subsidize, get over, tour, prize ............................ 100

Test 83/words: outside, cheap, message, top, accomplishment, generate ...................... 101

Test 84/words: inventive, certain, forward, fraudulent, close .............................. 102

Test 85/words: florist, station, surface, dress code, link, fraction ....................... 103

Test 86/words: legitimate, proceed, afford, broker, challenge .............................. 104

Test 87/words: directly, provide, administer, compute, photo ............................... 105

Test 88/words: beneficial, careful, fair, ordinary, stipendiary ............................ 106

Test 89/words: occurrence, proliferation, courier, leverage ................................ 107

Test 90/words: justify, frame, second, source, ferry, agree, renew ......................... 108

Test 91/words: requirement, general, insist, breakdown, shipyard ........................... 109

Test 92/words: state, party, introductory, capable, periodical ............................. 110

Test 93/words: reception, bullion, change, innovation, pie, policy ......................... 111

Test 94/words: underline, construe, advertise, break, offer, allot ......................... 112

Test 95/words: payable, annual, straightforward, give up, detail ........................... 113

Test 96/words: appealing, prime, adequate, recent, exact ................................... 114

Test 97/words: aim, inventory, entertainment, addition, care ............................... 115

Test 98/words: acquaint, journey, eliminate, build, approach, allow ........................ 116

Test 99/words: package, store, inalienable, witness, superior .............................. 117

Test 100/words: overhead, resolute, sick, outbound, inspiring, great ....................... 118

Test 101/words: rush, backup, parentheses, prescription, boiler room ....................... 119

Test 102/words: release, gross, stretch, conclude, neglect, fall off ....................... 120

Test 103/words: repetition, ticket, capitalization, warning, omit .......................... 121

Test 104/words: outdoor, liberal, difficult, subject, terrible ............................. 122

Test 105/words: firm, reference, institute, chef, failure .................................. 123

Test 106/words: replay, apologize, jeopardy, corner, treat, weigh .......................... 124

Test 107/words: minimum, coin, plane, underway, stress, puzzle ............................. 125

Test 108/words: valuable, conscious, reverse, different, interior .......................... 126

Test 109/words: demand, lawyer, coach, trust, repo, move, bearer ........................... 127

Test 110/words: revolve, bottom, set out, value, lose, fetch ............................... 128

Test 111/words: debate, characteristic, service, dense, expert ............................. 129

Test 112/words: concrete, straight, perfect, weak, express ................................. 130

Test 113/words: advertisement, city, supplier, haze, wrench, founder ....................... 131

Test 114/words: limit, unlock, cushion, levy, look forward to, would ....................... 132

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Test 115/words: plant, fare, falter, quality, inspect, creativity .......................... 133

Test 116/words: constant, tall, good, incredible, secret, available ........................ 134

Test 117/words: award, compensation, hallmark, skirting, ado, privacy ...................... 135

Test 118/words: code, accomplish, button, depart, abound, confirm .......................... 136

Test 119/words: appliance, guilt, withstand, arrival, weight ............................... 137

Test 120/words: frequent, mean, excellent, meaning, attentive, legal ....................... 138

Test 121/words: communication, conviction, must, slogan, scenery ........................... 139

Test 122/words: lease, complain, identify, certify, intend ................................. 140

Test 123/words: compel, recommend, border, endorsement, consider ........................... 141

Test 124/words: collectible, germane, guilty, committed, advance ........................... 142

Test 125/words: comparison, special, spy, logistics, defect, stage ......................... 143

Test 126/words: appropriate, cement, account, discount, accredit ........................... 144

Test 127/words: visitor, including, visit, subordinate, negligence ......................... 145

Test 128/words: suspect, responsive, generous, outstanding, previous ....................... 146

Test 129/words: exit, waiter, injury, institution, overtime ................................ 147

Test 130/words: supplement, couple, diet, except, board, capture ........................... 148

Test 131/words: privilege, lack, discern, cash, performance, housing ....................... 149

Test 132/words: brokered, unjudged, fellow, global, alive .................................. 150

Test 133/words: abuse, voucher, part-time, influx, study, initialed ........................ 151

Test 134/words: look into, watch, deal, elucidate, headquarter ............................. 152

Test 135/words: least, constraint, conservative, reinforcement ............................. 153

Test 136/words: terminal, steadfast, fussy, upcoming, comfortable .......................... 154

Test 137/words: license, age, asset, postage, matter, vacancy .............................. 155

Test 138/words: implement, urbanize, assess, dedicate, mollify ............................. 156

Test 139/words: picture, canvass, evasive, department, propose ............................. 157

Test 140/words: acquainted, profitable, reasonable, actual, crowded ........................ 158

Test 141/words: maintenance, downturn, exhibit, scene, back order .......................... 159

Test 142/words: feature, rectify, comfort, search, argue, overlook ......................... 160

Test 143/words: deploy, rather, combine, enlargement, dispute, attain ...................... 161

Test 144/words: secure, visible, infant, stable, distinctive, loyal ........................ 162

Test 145/words: draft, constant, behalf, revenue, litter, expectation ...................... 163

Test 146/words: cancel, arrest, hurry, file, patch, break down ............................. 164

Test 147/words: newsletter, plan, membership, carriage, process ............................ 165

Test 148/words: promotional, hard, objective, few, congruent ............................... 166

Test 149/words: combination, anticipation, sink, lock, nuance .............................. 167

Test 150/words: direct, adopt, format, assume, entitle, merge, excite ...................... 168

Test 151/words: brake, complicate, division, nominate, aware ............................... 169

Test 152/words: uncertain, commercial, horrible, wry, impatient, loss ...................... 170

Test 153/words: width, grocery, mind, intelligence, environment ............................ 171

Test 154/words: serve, repair, work, seem, soar, employ, lecture ........................... 172

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Test 155/words: audit, subtract, somber, cruise, behavio(u)r ............................... 173

Test 156/words: funnelled, located, vivid, empty, residential .............................. 174

Test 157/words: average, standpoint, competition, clerk, consumption ....................... 175

Test 158/words: undercut, preempt, annoy, pertain, appeal, discover ........................ 176

Test 159/words: reliable, portable, coalition, tender, accordance .......................... 177

Test 160/words: striped, kindly, frank, graduate, occupied, stay ........................... 178

Test 161/words: defense, index, discard, enrichment, pallet ................................ 179

Test 162/words: space, bank, exert, converge, slip, anticipate ............................. 180

Test 163/words: premium, discussion, approval, interpret, intensity ........................ 181

Test 164/words: important, select, internal, possible, particular .......................... 182

Test 165/words: proposition, employment, creditor, advice, back door ....................... 183

Test 166/words: achieve, venture, exit, brief, address, comply ............................. 184

Test 167/words: superb, disagree, insure, conceive, pay, instruction ....................... 185

Test 168/words: levy, honesty, grocer, behind, wealth, journal ............................. 186

Test 169/words: tax, elaborate, auction, associate, equip, switch .......................... 187

Test 170/words: prepaid, letter, idea, overlap, understatement ............................. 188

Test 171/words: pay, contemporary, forecast, council, evaluation ........................... 189

Test 172/words: merchandise, circumvent, get, run, enlist, award ........................... 190

Test 173/words: encroach, news, name, lasting, regardless, browse .......................... 191

Test 174/words: fax, letterhead, belief, food, shipment, version ........................... 192

Test 175/words: get on with, divert, assure, finalize, staff, ship ......................... 193

Test 176/words: series, comforting, practice, time, invisible .............................. 194

Test 177/words: store, space, collaboration, donation, fluency ............................. 195

Test 178/words: photograph, leave, preserve, reply, anchor, even ........................... 196

Test 179/words: habit, labor, dollar drain, call, chain, directly .......................... 197

Test 180/words: expansion, awareness, present, handbook, threat ............................ 198

Test 181/words: present, calculate, request, page, substantiate ............................ 199

Test 182/words: severe, subsidiary, immediately, monitor, above ............................ 200

Test 183/words: statistics, consultancy, examiner, retirement, law ......................... 201

Test 184/words: admit, range, thread, order, get through with .............................. 202

Test 185/words: inspire, implication, thought, poll, adversely ............................. 203

Test 186/words: conjunction, report, debut, scan, recruitment, place ....................... 204

Test 187/words: slot, defend, purpose, note, cast, plant, specify .......................... 205

Test 188/words: pattern, itemize, output, breakthrough, release, dot ....................... 206

Test 189/words: swap, segment, budget, affiliation, admiration ............................. 207

Test 190/words: internationalize, convey, contrive, sponsor, expire ........................ 208

Test 191/words: set up, necessity, avail, common, conceal, submit .......................... 209

Test 192/words: machine, smart, insert, factory, satisfaction .............................. 210

Test 193/words: ascertain, back up, project, market, cater, spend .......................... 211

Test 194/words: ignore, superfluous, conclusion, private, admirable ........................ 212

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Test 195/words: margin, crowd, plug, season, development, credit risk ...................... 213

Test 196/words: rescue, use, dictate, skim, harmonize, consistently ........................ 214

Test 197/words: advise, aisle, supplementary, vocabulary, leather .......................... 215

Test 198/words: item, mend, elevator, selection, manufacture, harmony ...................... 216

Test 199/words: engage, blunder, entrance, reject, compete ................................. 217

Test 200/words: operator, price, testimonial, privilege .................................... 218

Test 201/words: appointment, willingness, research, customs, undercut ...................... 219

Test 202/words: move, style, inconvenience, emphasize, fold, define ........................ 220

Test 203/words: budget, small, score, industry, instantaneously, loop ...................... 221

Test 204/words: set, condition, cure, calendar, route, relief .............................. 222

Test 205/words: pose, garner, cover, lay off, resume, confuse .............................. 223

Test 206/words: stay, weakness, maintain, quiet, innocent, consistent ...................... 224

Test 207/words: check, brand, cheque, emphasis, demonstration .............................. 225

Test 208/words: narrow, should, slash, appear, hesitate, schedule .......................... 226

Test 209/words: qualify, perennial, mention, deliberately, increase ........................ 227

Test 210/words: component, visibility, railroad, vaccination ............................... 228

Test 211/words: profit, yield, subscribe, go after, distinguish ............................ 229

Test 212/words: occupancy, indicate, thrive, reflect, loan, messenger ...................... 230

Test 213/words: sharp, luncheon, improvement, consignment, century ......................... 231

Test 214/words: voyage, procure, industrialize, alter, line, adjust ........................ 232

Test 215/words: wallpaper, design, postmaster, impress, insult, tow ........................ 233

Test 216/words: diversity, baggage, significance, offense, shop ............................ 234

Test 217/words: funnel, strap, injure, publicize, compose, instrument ...................... 235

Test 218/words: proper, sweater, momentum, fuel, uniqueness, capacity ...................... 236

Test 219/words: adjustment, gathering, definition, code, greenhouse ........................ 237

Test 220/words: precondition, box, interject, blame, exist, prohibit ....................... 238

Test 221/words: raise, predict, commit, trustee, recipient, plaid .......................... 239

Test 222/words: alert, debris, scope, contact, impulse ..................................... 240

Test 223/words: disappear, subside, structure, sign, chart ................................. 241

Test 224/words: corrupt, task, conscientiously, technician, screen ......................... 242

Test 225/words: engagement, take, evidence, election, garment, van ......................... 243

Test 226/words: revise, esteem, fund, intensify, taste, term ............................... 244

Test 227/words: instead, layer, disclaim, content, conduct ................................. 245

Test 228/words: carrier, economy, offender, affiliate, agenda, pipe ........................ 246

Test 229/words: dispense, remember, broadcast, destroy, receive ............................ 247

Test 230/words: fare, prerogative, come along, however, briefcase .......................... 248

Test 231/words: fine, convention, novel, incentive, period, raise .......................... 249

Test 232/words: dismiss, kit, prioritize, average, create, mortgage ........................ 250

Test 233/words: attire, pressure, remind, trail, mistake, earnings ......................... 251

Test 234/words: daily, competitor, relationship, resist, will, car ......................... 252

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Test 235/words: arrive, clear, validate, posture, regress, drill ........................... 253

Test 236/words: shortage, catering, look over, franchisor, dismal .......................... 254

Test 237/words: involvement, flaw, clearance, clip, misunderstanding ....................... 255

Test 238/words: decline, talk, imagine, remark, track, lend, career ........................ 256

Test 239/words: grooming, retail, default, resident, agreement ............................. 257

Test 240/words: gift, logo, cancellation, pile, aircraft ................................... 258

Test 241/words: bound, presume, pretend, accrue, categorize, semester ...................... 259

Test 242/words: general, declare, wait, handle, photographer, grit ......................... 260

Test 243/words: safety, analysis, ownership, director, proposal ............................ 261

Test 244/words: instruct, court, interrupt, choose, tackle, know ........................... 262

Test 245/words: cabinet, nurse, gymnasium, date, daily, commuter ........................... 263

Test 246/words: downtown, coordinate, cause, landscaper, skill, entry ...................... 264

Test 247/words: disturb, sort, clock, economize, borrow, secure ............................ 265

Test 248/words: permit, duress, endure, deny, decade, vending machine ...................... 266

Test 249/words: science, context, salvage, invitation, education, cab ...................... 267

Test 250/words: freight, disembark, suspend, entertain, realize ............................ 268

Test 251/words: unnecessary, post, modest, protection, helicopter .......................... 269

Test 252/words: passenger, relation, desk, acronym, mid-range .............................. 270

Test 253/words: concoct, relate, export, reimburse, respond, barter ........................ 271

Test 254/words: further, put off, enthuse, invite, evident, novelty ........................ 272

Test 255/words: layout, bankrupt, reimbursement, amount, step .............................. 273

Test 256/words: promise, dash, convince, feed, article, fizzle, mail ....................... 274

Test 257/words: controlling, instalment, shareholder, envision ............................. 275

Test 258/words: fellow, leader, citizen, facilitator, chapter .............................. 276

Test 259/words: enroll, reinforce, download, rank, represent, erasure ...................... 277

Test 260/words: restriction, plate, annoying, repeat, operation ............................ 278

Test 261/words: bias, readiness, description, equality, assistance ......................... 279

Test 262/words: prevent, characterize, appoint, evade, pursue .............................. 280

Test 263/words: stop, especially, trial, impact, mailing, favorite ......................... 281

Test 264/words: currency, destruction, fortune, entertainer, token ......................... 282

Test 265/words: command, shape, base, indulge, registering, extend ......................... 283

Test 266/words: board, favorable, authorize, occupation, cook .............................. 284

Test 267/words: salary, specification, reputation, affinity, site .......................... 285

Test 268/words: liberal, prior, tailor, negotiable, beverage ............................... 286

Test 269/words: tense, lounge, handling, climate, humidity, manager ........................ 287

Test 270/words: ticket, book, plumber, discouraged, cart, retire ........................... 288

Test 271/words: patience, access, path, management, innovator .............................. 289

Test 272/words: reach, target, loom, spot, put up with, apparently ......................... 290

Test 273/words: building, perspective, driver, paint, stake ................................ 291

Test 274/words: refurbish, fix, interruption, explore, facility ............................ 292

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Test 275/words: mainframe, tenure, guideline, ingredient, vehicle .......................... 293

Test 276/words: trespasser, flawless, exchange, carry, pretense, dial ...................... 294

Test 277/words: mull, income, staple, grain, attendance, carpenter ......................... 295

Test 278/words: hyphen, corrupt, clout, various, managerial ................................ 296

Test 279/words: supply, statement, stack, diversification, paper ........................... 297

Test 280/words: intensive, major, rubber, unify, take over ................................. 298

Test 281/words: leakage, region, situation, headquarters, business ......................... 299

Test 282/words: trivial, application, uncertainty, measurable, debt ........................ 300

Test 283/words: representative, obligation, sympathy, town, status ......................... 301

Test 284/words: special, cohesive, tension, prove, elemental, diary ........................ 302

Test 285/words: ad, copy, locksmith, drop, recognition, posting ............................ 303

Test 286/words: necessary, last, signify, groceries, introduce ............................. 304

Test 287/words: value, bank draft, payroll, adverse opinion ................................ 305

Test 288/words: stable, locate, mull, disclaimer, manually ................................. 306

Test 289/words: success, millennium, offensive, section, title ............................. 307

Test 290/words: consultant, machine, provision, luggage, usual ............................. 308

Test 291/words: subsidy, estate, harvest, main, victim, sum ................................ 309

Test 292/words: equivalent, dispatch, primarily, aging schedule, keep ...................... 310

Test 293/words: aspect, sample, bonus, dealing, barbed wire, attempt ....................... 311

Test 294/words: assign, bankruptcy, ignorance, pitch, impressive ........................... 312

Test 295/words: accord, society, episode, finance, ZIP, certificate ........................ 313

Test 296/words: grit, grant, collateral, reward, stationery ................................ 314

Test 297/words: insurance, forecaster, concern, assortment, accident ....................... 315

Test 298/words: review, support, prospectus, collate, revive, erase ........................ 316

Test 299/words: achievement, pair, suggestion, leisure, owner .............................. 317

Test 300/words: aptitude, sensible, flight, perishable, introduction ....................... 318

Test 301/words: administration, scale, dignity, wallet, area, coupon ....................... 319

Test 302/words: program, aim, ad, barrier, rule, slantwise, rise ........................... 320

Test 303/words: quotation, apartment, butcher, sale, degree, rivalry ....................... 321

Test 304/words: page, scanner, downsize, resonate, shelf, faith ............................ 322

Test 305/words: mistreatment, gain, briefing, cargo, promise, product ...................... 323

Test 306/words: step, although, argument, speed, refuse, decision .......................... 324

Test 307/words: treaty, flat money, unit, citation, conveyance, money ...................... 325

Test 308/words: equal, transcendent, apparatus, motive, enthusiasm ......................... 326

Test 309/words: imaging, position, badge, automobile, accountant ........................... 327

Test 310/words: spread, fear, client, illustration, anyhow, aid ............................ 328

Test 311/words: guess, knowledge, density, extent, penalty ................................. 329

Test 312/words: beige book, object, monetize, put in, effusive ............................. 330

Test 313/words: attendee, streamline, respect, contractor, inquiry ......................... 331

Test 314/words: search, mandate, invoice, capital requirement, hide ........................ 332

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Test 315/words: exclusive, apparel, publisher, measurement ................................. 333

Test 316/words: sway, vital, outlet, receipt, subscription, point .......................... 334

Test 317/words: pick up, petrol, hit, concept, framework, serve ............................ 335

Test 318/words: accommodation, simple, gap, harness, suppose ............................... 336

Test 319/words: compliment, printer, backlash, toll, voyage, retailer ...................... 337

Test 320/words: composure, inflation, principal, instant, landscape ........................ 338

Test 321/words: lecture, commodity, honor, gasoline, protocol, join ........................ 339

Test 322/words: audience, either, rent, permanent, authority, usually ...................... 340

Test 323/words: procedure, lead, profusion, clause, decline, variety ....................... 341

Test 324/words: treatment, magnificent, avoid, replacement, finish ......................... 342

Test 325/words: adult, altitude, formula, instructor, square, member ....................... 343

Test 326/words: scramble, surplus, back, occasion, unless, artificial ...................... 344

Test 327/words: demeanor, simulation, remove, duty, examination ............................ 345

Test 328/words: inventor, tight, method, residence, viewpoint, fame ........................ 346

Test 329/words: gate, draw, modification, browser, sway, host, target ...................... 347

Test 330/words: enthusiastic, form, construction, familiar, separate ....................... 348

Test 331/words: manner, mission, purchase, banknote, crop, violation ....................... 349

Test 332/words: enter, central, attract, tantamount, demand, passage ....................... 350

Test 333/words: match, waitress, headway, implementation, folder ........................... 351

Test 334/words: hem, duration, security, glossy, collectible ............................... 352

Test 335/words: career, counsel, yearly, ponder, disposal, attachment ...................... 353

Test 336/words: require, audio, rotten, wire, gratitude, persistent ........................ 354

Test 337/words: competitive, whole, update, shrewdness, talkative .......................... 355

Test 338/words: minority, calculator, publish, resolve, hem ................................ 356

Test 339/words: foundation, approved list, overall, pounce, rental ......................... 357

Test 340/words: idle, press, interview, preventive, incorrect, swift ....................... 358

Test 341/words: continue, productivity, grow, assort, portfolio ............................ 359

Test 342/words: franchise, reservation, difficulty, routine ................................ 360

Answer Keys ................................................................................ 361

Answer 1/words: miserably, autograph, card, doctor, duplicate, sound ....................... 362

Answer 2/words: rubber, reticent, thorough, emergency, dependent ........................... 363

Answer 3/words: attorney, engineer, corruption, irritation ................................. 364

Answer 4/words: segment, possess, correct, discuss, fee, establish ......................... 365

Answer 5/words: C.O.O., plc, ROI, C.S.O., G.N.P., corp., mth., AOL ......................... 366

Answer 6/words: upon, regarding, below, despite, save, apart, between ...................... 367

Answer 7/words: cheap, curtly, particularly, counter, direct ............................... 368

Answer 8/words: obvious, category, smoothly, cost, current ................................. 369

Answer 9/words: late, unsatisfactory, inbound, proof, unfair, vacant ....................... 370

Answer 10/words: brochure, offence, disease, discretion, coverage .......................... 371

Answer 11/words: drop, stipulate, guarantee, interest, detect .............................. 372

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Answer 12/words: C.T.O., N/A, C.V., PR, Ph.D., C.C.O., A.O.B., p.m. ........................ 373

Answer 13/words: throughout, during, until, beneath, within ................................ 374

Answer 14/words: consequently, plain, probably, consciously, already ....................... 375

Answer 15/words: banquet, flawed, key, obtain, expiration, regard .......................... 376

Answer 16/words: conservative, maternal, downtown, bulk, detailed .......................... 377

Answer 17/words: trash, blanket, motivation, accounting, error, vat ........................ 378

Answer 18/words: pad, discourage, enrich, rehearse, deposit ................................ 379

Answer 19/words: C.O.D., lb, C.F.O., R&D, i.e., PTO, etc., C.E.O., hr ...................... 380

Answer 20/words: below, sincerely, necessarily, drastically, sternly ....................... 381

Answer 21/words: infancy, underestimate, announcement, though, fueled ...................... 382

Answer 22/words: waste, sensitive, remarkable, part, kind, collect ......................... 383

Answer 23/words: pursuit, pleasure, launch, setup, strategy, final ......................... 384

Answer 24/words: trustee, bias, overcome, program, testify, install ........................ 385

Answer 25/words: I.P.O., G.D.P., a.m., Inc., no., PIN, Ltd., HTML .......................... 386

Answer 26/words: perhaps, ultimately, randomly, approximately, pretty ...................... 387

Answer 27/words: recruit, crux, capital, technique, deadline, refusal ...................... 388

Answer 28/words: unbiased, dotted, record, trade, awesome .................................. 389

Answer 29/words: equipment, college, bound, symposium, expenditure ......................... 390

Answer 30/words: progress, influence, bother, span, display, picture ....................... 391

Answer 31/words: severely, overseas, initially, late, fine, surely ......................... 392

Answer 32/words: doubt, consistency, prospect, commission, setback ......................... 393

Answer 33/words: enough, bothersome, professional, moral, sufficient ....................... 394

Answer 34/words: cycle, overview, assembly, empathy, tray, formal .......................... 395

Answer 35/words: donate, absorb, consume, compare, swap, rate, issue ....................... 396

Answer 36/words: overtime, cordially, contrary, ill, originally ............................ 397

Answer 37/words: lawsuit, electrician, exceed, limited, nexus, senior ...................... 398

Answer 38/words: impossible, stationary, alert, polite, own ................................ 399

Answer 39/words: offset, territory, circle, weapon, majority, disk ......................... 400

Answer 40/words: seek, resemble, bill, credit, vacation, mark .............................. 401

Answer 41/words: easy, regularly, enough, abroad, least .................................... 402

Answer 42/words: interchangeable, incumbent, criticize, whether ............................ 403

Answer 43/words: ill, informal, dynamic, substantial, competent ............................ 404

Answer 44/words: size, possibility, revise, rehearsal, regular ............................. 405

Answer 45/words: admonish, adhere, trouble, adjourn, margin, strive ........................ 406

Answer 46/words: truly, opposite, twice, gradually, previously ............................. 407

Answer 47/words: execute, waver, treasure, stall, state, estimate .......................... 408

Answer 48/words: robust, metropolitan, original, attendant, critical ....................... 409

Answer 49/words: image, cuisine, acceptance, candidate, premises ........................... 410

Answer 50/words: lesson, carpet, offset, decide, advantage, transact ....................... 411

Answer 51/words: puzzle, contract, executive, whereas, mood, peddle ........................ 412

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Answer 52/words: sophisticated, civic, elect, splendid, sincere ............................ 413

Answer 53/words: initiative, pose, hire, departure, pointer ................................ 414

Answer 54/words: counterbalance, slump, assemble, sustain, survey .......................... 415

Answer 55/words: abbreviation, analyze, saw, volunteer, exclude ............................ 416

Answer 56/words: separate, easy, famous, consecutive, departmental ......................... 417

Answer 57/words: consumer, technology, delay, investment, inference ........................ 418

Answer 58/words: number, insulate, come across, originate, recap ........................... 419

Answer 59/words: compensate, pass, feasibility, pervasive, gauge ........................... 420

Answer 60/words: mediocre, fleet, unforeseen, vast, pleased ................................ 421

Answer 61/words: remark, acquaintance, tax, ability, birth rate ............................ 422

Answer 62/words: crate, halt, resign, abide, expose, compartmentalize ...................... 423

Answer 63/words: senior, recommendation, enclose, refund, interfere ........................ 424

Answer 64/words: irritated, candid, ideal, honest, edge, essential ......................... 425

Answer 65/words: colleague, midday, examinee, midmorning, strike ........................... 426

Answer 66/words: conceptualize, veil, prejudice, need, transfer ............................ 427

Answer 67/words: total, solve, vessel, fertilize, embrace, solely .......................... 428

Answer 68/words: token, overt, savvy, intense, ambitious ................................... 429

Answer 69/words: coal, preface, story, suitcase, percent, direction ........................ 430

Answer 70/words: wrong, review, fluctuate, remain, traffic ................................. 431

Answer 71/words: appearance, delegate, still, priority, scratch, fade ...................... 432

Answer 72/words: anxious, circumspect, complete, ambiguous ................................. 433

Answer 73/words: goal, correlation, declaration, suit, tradition ........................... 434

Answer 74/words: impact, revere, solicit, mitigate, reschedule, load ....................... 435

Answer 75/words: address, warehouse, conserve, house, tie, guide ........................... 436

Answer 76/words: curt, confidential, intent, peculiar, rational ............................ 437

Answer 77/words: tackle, resignation, catalog, angle, inhabitant ........................... 438

Answer 78/words: impose, import, perpetuate, deserve, accompany ............................ 439

Answer 79/words: edge, sight, nationality, standard, floor, domestic ....................... 440

Answer 80/words: domestic, nearby, set, scatterbrained, eager, urgent ...................... 441

Answer 81/words: watch, virtual, suite, anger, enclosure ................................... 442

Answer 82/words: pocket, attach, subsidize, get over, tour, prize .......................... 443

Answer 83/words: outside, cheap, message, top, accomplishment .............................. 444

Answer 84/words: inventive, certain, forward, fraudulent, close ............................ 445

Answer 85/words: florist, station, surface, dress code, link ............................... 446

Answer 86/words: legitimate, proceed, afford, broker, challenge ............................ 447

Answer 87/words: directly, provide, administer, compute, photo ............................. 448

Answer 88/words: beneficial, careful, fair, ordinary, stipendiary .......................... 449

Answer 89/words: occurrence, proliferation, courier, leverage .............................. 450

Answer 90/words: justify, frame, second, source, ferry, agree, renew ....................... 451

Answer 91/words: requirement, general, insist, breakdown, shipyard ......................... 452

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Answer 92/words: state, party, introductory, capable, periodical ........................... 453

Answer 93/words: reception, bullion, change, innovation, pie, policy ....................... 454

Answer 94/words: underline, construe, advertise, break, offer, allot ....................... 455

Answer 95/words: payable, annual, straightforward, give up, detail ......................... 456

Answer 96/words: appealing, prime, adequate, recent, exact ................................. 457

Answer 97/words: aim, inventory, entertainment, addition, care ............................. 458

Answer 98/words: acquaint, journey, eliminate, build, approach, allow ...................... 459

Answer 99/words: package, store, inalienable, witness, superior ............................ 460

Answer 100/words: overhead, resolute, sick, outbound, inspiring ............................ 461

Answer 101/words: rush, backup, parentheses, prescription .................................. 462

Answer 102/words: release, gross, stretch, conclude, neglect ............................... 463

Answer 103/words: repetition, ticket, capitalization, warning, omit ........................ 464

Answer 104/words: outdoor, liberal, difficult, subject, terrible ........................... 465

Answer 105/words: firm, reference, institute, chef, failure ................................ 466

Answer 106/words: replay, apologize, jeopardy, corner, treat, weigh ........................ 467

Answer 107/words: minimum, coin, plane, underway, stress, puzzle ........................... 468

Answer 108/words: valuable, conscious, reverse, different, interior ........................ 469

Answer 109/words: demand, lawyer, coach, trust, repo, move, bearer ......................... 470

Answer 110/words: revolve, bottom, set out, value, lose, fetch ............................. 471

Answer 111/words: debate, characteristic, service, dense, expert ........................... 472

Answer 112/words: concrete, straight, perfect, weak, express ............................... 473

Answer 113/words: advertisement, city, supplier, haze, wrench .............................. 474

Answer 114/words: limit, unlock, cushion, levy, look forward to ............................ 475

Answer 115/words: plant, fare, falter, quality, inspect, creativity ........................ 476

Answer 116/words: constant, tall, good, incredible, secret, available ...................... 477

Answer 117/words: award, compensation, hallmark, skirting, ado ............................. 478

Answer 118/words: code, accomplish, button, depart, abound, confirm ........................ 479

Answer 119/words: appliance, guilt, withstand, arrival, weight ............................. 480

Answer 120/words: frequent, mean, excellent, meaning, attentive ............................ 481

Answer 121/words: communication, conviction, must, slogan, scenery ......................... 482

Answer 122/words: lease, complain, identify, certify, intend ............................... 483

Answer 123/words: compel, recommend, border, endorsement, consider ......................... 484

Answer 124/words: collectible, germane, guilty, committed, advance ......................... 485

Answer 125/words: comparison, special, spy, logistics, defect, stage ....................... 486

Answer 126/words: appropriate, cement, account, discount, accredit ......................... 487

Answer 127/words: visitor, including, visit, subordinate, negligence ....................... 488

Answer 128/words: suspect, responsive, generous, outstanding ............................... 489

Answer 129/words: exit, waiter, injury, institution, overtime .............................. 490

Answer 130/words: supplement, couple, diet, except, board, capture ......................... 491

Answer 131/words: privilege, lack, discern, cash, performance .............................. 492

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Answer 132/words: brokered, unjudged, fellow, global, alive ................................ 493

Answer 133/words: abuse, voucher, part-time, influx, study, initialed ...................... 494

Answer 134/words: look into, watch, deal, elucidate, headquarter ........................... 495

Answer 135/words: least, constraint, conservative, reinforcement ........................... 496

Answer 136/words: terminal, steadfast, fussy, upcoming, comfortable ........................ 497

Answer 137/words: license, age, asset, postage, matter, vacancy ............................ 498

Answer 138/words: implement, urbanize, assess, dedicate, mollify ........................... 499

Answer 139/words: picture, canvass, evasive, department, propose ........................... 500

Answer 140/words: acquainted, profitable, reasonable, actual, crowded ...................... 501

Answer 141/words: maintenance, downturn, exhibit, scene, back order ........................ 502

Answer 142/words: feature, rectify, comfort, search, argue, overlook ....................... 503

Answer 143/words: deploy, rather, combine, enlargement, dispute ............................ 504

Answer 144/words: secure, visible, infant, stable, distinctive, loyal ...................... 505

Answer 145/words: draft, constant, behalf, revenue, litter ................................. 506

Answer 146/words: cancel, arrest, hurry, file, patch, break down ........................... 507

Answer 147/words: newsletter, plan, membership, carriage, process .......................... 508

Answer 148/words: promotional, hard, objective, few, congruent ............................. 509

Answer 149/words: combination, anticipation, sink, lock, nuance ............................ 510

Answer 150/words: direct, adopt, format, assume, entitle, merge ............................ 511

Answer 151/words: brake, complicate, division, nominate, aware ............................. 512

Answer 152/words: uncertain, commercial, horrible, wry, impatient .......................... 513

Answer 153/words: width, grocery, mind, intelligence, environment .......................... 514

Answer 154/words: serve, repair, work, seem, soar, employ, lecture ......................... 515

Answer 155/words: audit, subtract, somber, cruise, behavio(u)r ............................. 516

Answer 156/words: funnelled, located, vivid, empty, residential ............................ 517

Answer 157/words: average, standpoint, competition, clerk .................................. 518

Answer 158/words: undercut, preempt, annoy, pertain, appeal, discover ...................... 519

Answer 159/words: reliable, portable, coalition, tender, accordance ........................ 520

Answer 160/words: striped, kindly, frank, graduate, occupied, stay ......................... 521

Answer 161/words: defense, index, discard, enrichment, pallet .............................. 522

Answer 162/words: space, bank, exert, converge, slip, anticipate ........................... 523

Answer 163/words: premium, discussion, approval, interpret, intensity ...................... 524

Answer 164/words: important, select, internal, possible, particular ........................ 525

Answer 165/words: proposition, employment, creditor, advice ................................ 526

Answer 166/words: achieve, venture, exit, brief, address, comply ........................... 527

Answer 167/words: superb, disagree, insure, conceive, pay .................................. 528

Answer 168/words: levy, honesty, grocer, behind, wealth, journal ........................... 529

Answer 169/words: tax, elaborate, auction, associate, equip, switch ........................ 530

Answer 170/words: prepaid, letter, idea, overlap, understatement ........................... 531

Answer 171/words: pay, contemporary, forecast, council, evaluation ......................... 532

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Answer 172/words: merchandise, circumvent, get, run, enlist, award ......................... 533

Answer 173/words: encroach, news, name, lasting, regardless, browse ........................ 534

Answer 174/words: fax, letterhead, belief, food, shipment, version ......................... 535

Answer 175/words: get on with, divert, assure, finalize, staff, ship ....................... 536

Answer 176/words: series, comforting, practice, time, invisible ............................ 537

Answer 177/words: store, space, collaboration, donation, fluency ........................... 538

Answer 178/words: photograph, leave, preserve, reply, anchor, even ......................... 539

Answer 179/words: habit, labor, dollar drain, call, chain, directly ........................ 540

Answer 180/words: expansion, awareness, present, handbook, threat .......................... 541

Answer 181/words: present, calculate, request, page, substantiate .......................... 542

Answer 182/words: severe, subsidiary, immediately, monitor, above .......................... 543

Answer 183/words: statistics, consultancy, examiner, retirement, law ....................... 544

Answer 184/words: admit, range, thread, order, get through with ............................ 545

Answer 185/words: inspire, implication, thought, poll, adversely ........................... 546

Answer 186/words: conjunction, report, debut, scan, recruitment ............................ 547

Answer 187/words: slot, defend, purpose, note, cast, plant, specify ........................ 548

Answer 188/words: pattern, itemize, output, breakthrough, release .......................... 549

Answer 189/words: swap, segment, budget, affiliation, admiration ........................... 550

Answer 190/words: internationalize, convey, contrive, sponsor, expire ...................... 551

Answer 191/words: set up, necessity, avail, common, conceal, submit ........................ 552

Answer 192/words: machine, smart, insert, factory, satisfaction ............................ 553

Answer 193/words: ascertain, back up, project, market, cater, spend ........................ 554

Answer 194/words: ignore, superfluous, conclusion, private, admirable ...................... 555

Answer 195/words: margin, crowd, plug, season, development ................................. 556

Answer 196/words: rescue, use, dictate, skim, harmonize, consistently ...................... 557

Answer 197/words: advise, aisle, supplementary, vocabulary, leather ........................ 558

Answer 198/words: item, mend, elevator, selection, manufacture ............................. 559

Answer 199/words: engage, blunder, entrance, reject, compete ............................... 560

Answer 200/words: operator, price, testimonial, privilege .................................. 561

Answer 201/words: appointment, willingness, research, customs .............................. 562

Answer 202/words: move, style, inconvenience, emphasize, fold, define ...................... 563

Answer 203/words: budget, small, score, industry, instantaneously .......................... 564

Answer 204/words: set, condition, cure, calendar, route, relief ............................ 565

Answer 205/words: pose, garner, cover, lay off, resume, confuse ............................ 566

Answer 206/words: stay, weakness, maintain, quiet, innocent ................................ 567

Answer 207/words: check, brand, cheque, emphasis, demonstration ............................ 568

Answer 208/words: narrow, should, slash, appear, hesitate, schedule ........................ 569

Answer 209/words: qualify, perennial, mention, deliberately, increase ...................... 570

Answer 210/words: component, visibility, railroad, vaccination ............................. 571

Answer 211/words: profit, yield, subscribe, go after, distinguish .......................... 572

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Answer 212/words: occupancy, indicate, thrive, reflect, loan ............................... 573

Answer 213/words: sharp, luncheon, improvement, consignment, century ....................... 574

Answer 214/words: voyage, procure, industrialize, alter, line, adjust ...................... 575

Answer 215/words: wallpaper, design, postmaster, impress, insult, tow ...................... 576

Answer 216/words: diversity, baggage, significance, offense, shop .......................... 577

Answer 217/words: funnel, strap, injure, publicize, compose ................................ 578

Answer 218/words: proper, sweater, momentum, fuel, uniqueness .............................. 579

Answer 219/words: adjustment, gathering, definition, code, greenhouse ...................... 580

Answer 220/words: precondition, box, interject, blame, exist ............................... 581

Answer 221/words: raise, predict, commit, trustee, recipient, plaid ........................ 582

Answer 222/words: alert, debris, scope, contact, impulse ................................... 583

Answer 223/words: disappear, subside, structure, sign, chart ............................... 584

Answer 224/words: corrupt, task, conscientiously, technician, screen ....................... 585

Answer 225/words: engagement, take, evidence, election, garment, van ....................... 586

Answer 226/words: revise, esteem, fund, intensify, taste, term ............................. 587

Answer 227/words: instead, layer, disclaim, content, conduct ............................... 588

Answer 228/words: carrier, economy, offender, affiliate, agenda, pipe ...................... 589

Answer 229/words: dispense, remember, broadcast, destroy, receive .......................... 590

Answer 230/words: fare, prerogative, come along, however, briefcase ........................ 591

Answer 231/words: fine, convention, novel, incentive, period, raise ........................ 592

Answer 232/words: dismiss, kit, prioritize, average, create, mortgage ...................... 593

Answer 233/words: attire, pressure, remind, trail, mistake, earnings ....................... 594

Answer 234/words: daily, competitor, relationship, resist, will, car ....................... 595

Answer 235/words: arrive, clear, validate, posture, regress, drill ......................... 596

Answer 236/words: shortage, catering, look over, franchisor, dismal ........................ 597

Answer 237/words: involvement, flaw, clearance, clip ....................................... 598

Answer 238/words: decline, talk, imagine, remark, track, lend, career ...................... 599

Answer 239/words: grooming, retail, default, resident, agreement ........................... 600

Answer 240/words: gift, logo, cancellation, pile, aircraft ................................. 601

Answer 241/words: bound, presume, pretend, accrue, categorize .............................. 602

Answer 242/words: general, declare, wait, handle, photographer, grit ....................... 603

Answer 243/words: safety, analysis, ownership, director, proposal .......................... 604

Answer 244/words: instruct, court, interrupt, choose, tackle, know ......................... 605

Answer 245/words: cabinet, nurse, gymnasium, date, daily, commuter ......................... 606

Answer 246/words: downtown, coordinate, cause, landscaper, skill ........................... 607

Answer 247/words: disturb, sort, clock, economize, borrow, secure .......................... 608

Answer 248/words: permit, duress, endure, deny, decade ..................................... 609

Answer 249/words: science, context, salvage, invitation, education ......................... 610

Answer 250/words: freight, disembark, suspend, entertain, realize .......................... 611

Answer 251/words: unnecessary, post, modest, protection, helicopter ........................ 612

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Answer 252/words: passenger, relation, desk, acronym, mid-range ............................ 613

Answer 253/words: concoct, relate, export, reimburse, respond, barter ...................... 614

Answer 254/words: further, put off, enthuse, invite, evident, novelty ...................... 615

Answer 255/words: layout, bankrupt, reimbursement, amount, step ............................ 616

Answer 256/words: promise, dash, convince, feed, article, fizzle ........................... 617

Answer 257/words: controlling, instalment, shareholder, envision ........................... 618

Answer 258/words: fellow, leader, citizen, facilitator, chapter ............................ 619

Answer 259/words: enroll, reinforce, download, rank, represent ............................. 620

Answer 260/words: restriction, plate, annoying, repeat, operation .......................... 621

Answer 261/words: bias, readiness, description, equality, assistance ....................... 622

Answer 262/words: prevent, characterize, appoint, evade, pursue ............................ 623

Answer 263/words: stop, especially, trial, impact, mailing, favorite ....................... 624

Answer 264/words: currency, destruction, fortune, entertainer, token ....................... 625

Answer 265/words: command, shape, base, indulge, registering, extend ....................... 626

Answer 266/words: board, favorable, authorize, occupation, cook ............................ 627

Answer 267/words: salary, specification, reputation, affinity, site ........................ 628

Answer 268/words: liberal, prior, tailor, negotiable, beverage ............................. 629

Answer 269/words: tense, lounge, handling, climate, humidity, manager ...................... 630

Answer 270/words: ticket, book, plumber, discouraged, cart, retire ......................... 631

Answer 271/words: patience, access, path, management, innovator ............................ 632

Answer 272/words: reach, target, loom, spot, put up with, apparently ....................... 633

Answer 273/words: building, perspective, driver, paint, stake .............................. 634

Answer 274/words: refurbish, fix, interruption, explore, facility .......................... 635

Answer 275/words: mainframe, tenure, guideline, ingredient, vehicle ........................ 636

Answer 276/words: trespasser, flawless, exchange, carry, pretense .......................... 637

Answer 277/words: mull, income, staple, grain, attendance, carpenter ....................... 638

Answer 278/words: hyphen, corrupt, clout, various, managerial .............................. 639

Answer 279/words: supply, statement, stack, diversification, paper ......................... 640

Answer 280/words: intensive, major, rubber, unify, take over ............................... 641

Answer 281/words: leakage, region, situation, headquarters, business ....................... 642

Answer 282/words: trivial, application, uncertainty, measurable, debt ...................... 643

Answer 283/words: representative, obligation, sympathy, town, status ....................... 644

Answer 284/words: special, cohesive, tension, prove, elemental, diary ...................... 645

Answer 285/words: ad, copy, locksmith, drop, recognition, posting .......................... 646

Answer 286/words: necessary, last, signify, groceries, introduce ........................... 647

Answer 287/words: value, bank draft, payroll, adverse opinion .............................. 648

Answer 288/words: stable, locate, mull, disclaimer, manually ............................... 649

Answer 289/words: success, millennium, offensive, section, title ........................... 650

Answer 290/words: consultant, machine, provision, luggage, usual ........................... 651

Answer 291/words: subsidy, estate, harvest, main, victim, sum .............................. 652

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Answer 292/words: equivalent, dispatch, primarily, aging schedule .......................... 653

Answer 293/words: aspect, sample, bonus, dealing, barbed wire .............................. 654

Answer 294/words: assign, bankruptcy, ignorance, pitch, impressive ......................... 655

Answer 295/words: accord, society, episode, finance, ZIP, certificate ...................... 656

Answer 296/words: grit, grant, collateral, reward, stationery .............................. 657

Answer 297/words: insurance, forecaster, concern, assortment ............................... 658

Answer 298/words: review, support, prospectus, collate, revive, erase ...................... 659

Answer 299/words: achievement, pair, suggestion, leisure, owner ............................ 660

Answer 300/words: aptitude, sensible, flight, perishable ................................... 661

Answer 301/words: administration, scale, dignity, wallet, area ............................. 662

Answer 302/words: program, aim, ad, barrier, rule, slantwise, rise ......................... 663

Answer 303/words: quotation, apartment, butcher, sale, degree .............................. 664

Answer 304/words: page, scanner, downsize, resonate, shelf, faith .......................... 665

Answer 305/words: mistreatment, gain, briefing, cargo, promise ............................. 666

Answer 306/words: step, although, argument, speed, refuse, decision ........................ 667

Answer 307/words: treaty, flat money, unit, citation, conveyance ........................... 668

Answer 308/words: equal, transcendent, apparatus, motive, enthusiasm ....................... 669

Answer 309/words: imaging, position, badge, automobile, accountant ......................... 670

Answer 310/words: spread, fear, client, illustration, anyhow, aid .......................... 671

Answer 311/words: guess, knowledge, density, extent, penalty ............................... 672

Answer 312/words: beige book, object, monetize, put in, effusive ........................... 673

Answer 313/words: attendee, streamline, respect, contractor, inquiry ....................... 674

Answer 314/words: search, mandate, invoice, capital requirement, hide ...................... 675

Answer 315/words: exclusive, apparel, publisher, measurement ............................... 676

Answer 316/words: sway, vital, outlet, receipt, subscription, point ........................ 677

Answer 317/words: pick up, petrol, hit, concept, framework, serve .......................... 678

Answer 318/words: accommodation, simple, gap, harness, suppose ............................. 679

Answer 319/words: compliment, printer, backlash, toll, voyage .............................. 680

Answer 320/words: composure, inflation, principal, instant, landscape ...................... 681

Answer 321/words: lecture, commodity, honor, gasoline, protocol, join ...................... 682

Answer 322/words: audience, either, rent, permanent, authority ............................. 683

Answer 323/words: procedure, lead, profusion, clause, decline .............................. 684

Answer 324/words: treatment, magnificent, avoid, replacement, finish ....................... 685

Answer 325/words: adult, altitude, formula, instructor, square ............................. 686

Answer 326/words: scramble, surplus, back, occasion, unless ................................ 687

Answer 327/words: demeanor, simulation, remove, duty, examination .......................... 688

Answer 328/words: inventor, tight, method, residence, viewpoint, fame ...................... 689

Answer 329/words: gate, draw, modification, browser, sway, host ............................ 690

Answer 330/words: enthusiastic, form, construction, familiar ............................... 691

Answer 331/words: manner, mission, purchase, banknote, crop ................................ 692

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Answer 332/words: enter, central, attract, tantamount, demand .............................. 693

Answer 333/words: match, waitress, headway, implementation, folder ......................... 694

Answer 334/words: hem, duration, security, glossy, collectible ............................. 695

Answer 335/words: career, counsel, yearly, ponder, disposal ................................ 696

Answer 336/words: require, audio, rotten, wire, gratitude, persistent ...................... 697

Answer 337/words: competitive, whole, update, shrewdness, talkative ........................ 698

Answer 338/words: minority, calculator, publish, resolve, hem .............................. 699

Answer 339/words: foundation, approved list, overall, pounce, rental ....................... 700

Answer 340/words: idle, press, interview, preventive, incorrect ............................ 701

Answer 341/words: continue, productivity, grow, assort, portfolio .......................... 702

Answer 342/words: franchise, reservation, difficulty, routine .............................. 703

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Test 1

TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 1

Q1 adv. miserably

(a) first in place or rank; primary; leading; main

(b) without pleasure or happiness; wretchedly; poorly

(c) before; at an earlier time; in the past; antecedently

(d) relatively

Q2 n. autograph

(a) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement

(b) careful observation of a person or group

(c) written account of daily events and occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book; blog

(d) a person's handwritten signature

Q3 v. card

(a) to end; to sum up; to complete; to conclude

(b) to go on a journey; to move; to go from one place to another

(c) to ask for an identification (i.e. in a bar)

(d) to act; to function; to manage; to use; to activate; to perform surgery

Q4 v. doctor

(a) to provide medical treatment; to fix; to repair; to mend

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

(c) to stay somewhere temporarily; to make an official inspection

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

Q5 v. duplicate

(a) to become bigger; to expand

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

(c) to copy; to replicate; to photocopy

(d) to strengthen; to fortify; to support; to increase

Q6 adj. sound

(a) greatest; most; utmost; highest

(b) whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm; valid

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

(d) managerial; overseeing

Q7 n. anniversary

(a) stroke; blow; collision; success; popular event or production

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

(c) matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt; request; courtship

(d) yearly date commemorating a special event; birthday

Q8 n. term

(a) word; expression; idiom; condition; stipulation

(b) piece of paper; attendant; servant

(c) inherent nature of something; central or outstanding characteristic

(d) hope; anticipation; assumption

Q9 n. clock

(a) refers to the cost of developing a product or system

(b) timepiece; device for telling time

(c) putting into words; phrase; word; manifestation

(d) finishing; finalizing

Q10 n. balance

(a) buyer; client

(b) casing; skeleton; structure; body structure; mood

(c) bill of sale; written statement of purchases

(d) leveling; harmony; stability; rest; remainder

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Test 2


Q1 adj. rubber

(a) of or relating to the mind; intellectual; psychosocial

(b) composed of elastic material; made from caoutchouc

(c) comprehensible; intelligible; rational; transparent; bright

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

Q2 adj. reticent

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

(b) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying

(c) costly; precious; opposite of cheap

(d) substantial; real; tangible; current

Q3 adj. thorough

(a) negotiated by an intermediary; settled through a middleman

(b) sticking together; forming a unit or union; united; related to each other

(c) comprehensive; complete; finished

(d) happening often; regular; common; usual

Q4 adj. emergency

(a) coherent; steadfast; firm

(c) open to dispute; obscure; vague

(b) may be settled

(d) in the event of sudden need

Q5 adj. dependent

(a) relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional; contingent

(b) fixed; arranged; prepared; resolute; firmly resolved; determined in advance

(c) close-fitting; tense; narrow

(d) experimental; trial; temporary; hesitant

Q6 adj. stock

(a) unable to wait; intolerant; restless

(b) available on a regular basis; employed to handle merchandise or goods

(c) small; of a pouch

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

Q7 adj. useful

(a) payable; subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

(b) functional; practical; applicable

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

(d) acting as a replacement

Q8 adj. conversant

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

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

(c) of reason or cause; inspiring to action

(d) well-versed; proficient; skilled

Q9 adj. regular

(a) very great in numbers; huge; powerful

(b) doubtful; not reliable; ambiguous

(c) unable to think in a clear and orderly manner; giddy or frivolous

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

Q10 adj. precise

(a) exact; not more and not less; meticulous; strict

(b) lasting throughout the whole year; continuing for many years; perpetual; everlasting

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

(d) faithful; true to one's obligations

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Test 3


Q1 n. attorney

(a) condition; phase; mood; splendor; nation

(b) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty

(c) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor

(d) diligence; neatness

Q2 n. engineer

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

(b) honesty; fairness; justice

(c) raised platform; resting place on a journey; phase

(d) quotation; official praise; summons to a court of law

Q3 n. corruption

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

(b) behavior; management

(c) dishonesty; immorality; irregularity; unlawfulness; illegality

(d) preciseness; exactness

Q4 n. irritation

(a) something which annoys or aggravates

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

(c) shopping center; pedestrian walkway; promenade

(d) word; expression; idiom; condition; stipulation

Q5 n. composition

(a) lawsuit; request; right

(b) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)

(c) tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade; saying; maxim; proverb

(d) make-up; constitution; essay

Q6 adv. thus

(a) clearly; straight; frankly; immediately; soon

(b) past; further than

(c) as a logical result; unavoidably

(d) therefore; so

Q7 adv. minutely

(a) and so on; and so forth

(b) therefore; so

(c) meticulously; exactingly; scrupulously; diligently; thoroughly

(d) in a close-fitting manner; firmly

Q8 n. caution

(a) written account of daily events and occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book; blog

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

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

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

Q9 n. saw

(a) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness

(b) inner quality; intrinsic characteristic

(c) tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade; saying; maxim; proverb

(d) lodging; dwelling

Q10 n. party

(a) caution; wisdom; careful judgment

(b) political group; social gathering; side of an agreement; group; gang

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

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

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Test 4


Q1 v. segment

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

(b) to inflate; to play an important role

(c) to direct; to lead; to instruct

(d) to partition; to be partitioned

Q2 v. possess

(a) to divide; to split

(b) to ascribe to; to link to; to associate with; to relate to

(c) to control; to dominate; to hold; to own; to have as property

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

Q3 v. correct

(a) to make right; to amend

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

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

(d) to control; to dominate; to hold; to own; to have as property

Q4 v. discuss

(a) helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire

(b) to segregate; to set apart; to split; to divide; to disconnect

(c) to talk about; to debate; to converse

(d) to place between other things; to throw into the center of

Q5 v. fee

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

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

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

(d) to pay to; to hire; to employ

Q6 v. establish

(a) to be similar to; to be akin to; to look like; to have a similar appearance to

(b) to judge an object's value; to appraise; to assess; to guess

(c) to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to fight against

(d) to set up; to found; to base; to build

Q7 v. delete

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

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

(c) to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate

(d) to live; to be

Q8 v. preface

(a) to insert written information into the gaps on a form

(b) to avoid; to escape; to shrink

(c) to solidify; to become solid; to stabilize; to become stable

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

Q9 v. exaggerate

(a) to be compatible; to be suitable; to be an equal competitor; to compare

(b) to overstate; to make something seem greater or more important than it really is

(c) to warn; to notify of danger

(d) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out

Q10 v. foster

(a) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate

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

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


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Test 5


Q1 abbr. C.O.O.

(a) morning; time before noon; hours between midnight and noon

(b) head manager of a company or large organization

(c) total goods and services produced by nation during one year excluding payments on foreign investments

(d) directed to a particular person (generally used when addressing a letter or message) or issue

Q2 abbr. plc

(a) given money that was owed

(b) describing something that can be left out isn't required

(c) period of about 30 days or 4 weeks; 1/12 of a year

(d) public limited liability company in Britain

Q3 abbr. ROI

(a) language used to write pages and sites for the Internet

(b) method of measuring the profitability of a company (derived by dividing the net income by total assets)

(c) pound; unit of weight in ancient Rome equaling approximately 12 ounces

(d) set of numbers which identifies a person

Q4 abbr. C.S.O.

(a) top executive rank; person who is responsible for the security of a company's communications and business systems

(b) graduate with a doctorate; graduate of a doctoral program; university degree; title

(c) secondary email address; copy of a document, message, or email that is sent to a third party

(d) actions of promoting goodwill and distributing information for a company or organization

Q5 abbr. G.N.P.

(a) total value of goods and services produced by a country in a given period (generally one year)

(b) American corporation headquartered in Virginia, owner and operator of on line and interactive computer services

(c) top executive rank; person who is responsible for research and development and possibly for new product plans


Q6 abbr. corp.

(a) large company; firm; business

(b) total goods and services produced by nation during one year excluding payments on foreign investments

(c) Chief Information Officer; person who is responsible for a company's internal information systems

(d) first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market

Q7 abbr. mth.

(a) Chief Information Officer; person who is responsible for a company's internal information systems

(b) period of 60 minutes

(c) period of about 30 days or 4 weeks; 1/12 of a year

(d) pound; unit of weight in ancient Rome equaling approximately 12 ounces

Q8 abbr. AOL

(a) legally established as a corporation


(c) period of 60 minutes

(d) resume; chronological description of one's employment and educational history; biography

Q9 abbr. I.O.U.

(a) treasurer; person who is responsible for all financial aspects of a company

(b) legally established as a corporation

(c) cash payment to be made upon receipt of products or goods

(d) signed note acknowledging a debt

Q10 abbr. pd.

(a) large company; firm; business

(b) given money that was owed

(c) public limited liability company in Britain

(d) head manager of a company or large organization

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Test 6


Q1 prep. upon

(a) while; throughout

(c) on; atop

(b) besides; but; excluding

(d) about

Q2 prep. regarding

(a) under; underneath (b) after; in back of (c) with relation to (d) but; besides

Q3 prep. below

(a) about

(c) during

(b) under; beneath; underneath

(d) notwithstanding

Q4 prep. despite

(a) besides; aside from

(c) notwithstanding

(b) over; higher than; more than

(d) during

Q5 prep. save

(a) except; besides; but

(c) with relation to

(b) notwithstanding

(d) intermediate to; common; shared

Q6 prep. apart

(a) during

(c) besides; but; excluding

(b) intermediate to; common; shared

(d) after; in back of

Q7 prep. between

(a) under; beneath; underneath

(c) intermediate to; common; shared

(b) up to

(d) but; besides

Q8 prep. except

(a) but; besides (b) after; in back of (c) while; throughout (d) up to

Q9 prep. opposite

(a) across from; facing

(c) in every part; at every point or moment

(b) further; more distant

(d) over; higher than; more than

Q10 prep. outside

(a) taking into account; in light of

(c) besides; aside from

(b) across from; facing

(d) intermediate to; common; shared

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Test 7


Q1 adv. cheap

(a) anyway

(b) very well; excellent

(c) justly; equitably; directly; completely; really

(d) inexpensively

Q2 adv. curtly

(a) confidently; certainly; without a doubt; yes; of course

(b) forward; in advance

(c) seemingly; probably

(d) briefly; bluntly; rudely

Q3 adv. particularly

(a) four times a year; once every three months

(b) only; exclusively; merely

(c) especially; specifically

(d) unfavorably; in a manner that works against; antagonistically

Q4 adv. counter

(a) meticulously; exactingly; scrupulously; diligently; thoroughly

(b) nice; excellent; of high quality

(c) clearly; unmistakably; plainly; apparently

(d) against; in contrast to

Q5 adv. direct

(a) intensely; in an extreme manner; severely

(c) clearly; in a straightforward manner

(b) regularly; often

(d) annually

Q6 adv. downward

(a) meticulously; exactingly; scrupulously; diligently; thoroughly

(b) towards a lower place, position or section

(c) simply; in an unembellished manner; clearly

(d) confidently; certainly; without a doubt; yes; of course

Q7 adv. clearly

(a) doubly

(b) against; in contrast to

(c) confidently; certainly; without a doubt; yes; of course

(d) obviously; apparently; unmistakably

Q8 n. fold

(a) transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization

(b) slight difference; subtle distinction

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

(d) act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing; sudden assault or attack

Q9 v. take

(a) to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise; to clear or pass an obstacle

(b) to talk about; to debate; to converse

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

(d) to seize; to capture; to possess; to contract

Q10 n. exchange

(a) number of babies that are born per year per thousand

(b) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school)

(c) conversion; stock market; trade; barter; conversation

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

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Test 8


Q1 adj. obvious

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

(b) confined usually by illness

(c) available on a regular basis; employed to handle merchandise or goods

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

Q2 n. category

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

(b) host; performer; comedian

(c) sheet of paper on which information has been printed; flyer

(d) class; division; section; segment

Q3 adv. smoothly

(a) in every; during

(b) four times a year; once every three months

(c) gently; without roughness or projections; evenly; calmly

(d) progressively

Q4 v. cost

(a) to make level; to smooth; to balance

(b) to spring back

(c) to have a price; to require payment; to set a price

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

Q5 n. current

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

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

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

(d) person who installs or maintains wiring systems

Q6 n. supplement

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

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

(c) brining in of goods from another country; opposite of export; meaning; significance

(d) something which makes up for a deficiency; addition; extra added part

Q7 n. furniture

(a) software program; written request; formal letter; implementation

(b) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)

(c) container devoid of contents

(d) movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs, desks, cabinets, closets, etc.)

Q8 n. guarantee

(a) security; warranty; pledge; assurance

(b) petition; instance of asking for something; something that is asked for; object of a petition

(c) list; record; regulator; gauge

(d) ingredient; single piece which forms part of a larger unit; part; constituent; element

Q9 v. wrench

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

(b) to request the presence of; to solicit; to attract; to encourage; to promote

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

(d) to fit; to match; to satisfy; to please; to clothe

Q10 v. harvest

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

(b) to capture; to assume control

(c) to visit a store and purchase goods; to browse in a store; to inform on; to betray (British Slang)

(d) to cite; to state a price; to offer a price

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Test 9


Q1 adj. late

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

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

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

(d) coming or occurring after the usual or expected time; tardy; slow; delayed

Q2 adj. unsatisfactory

(a) unable to wait; intolerant; restless

(b) strongly desiring; keen; fervently interested

(c) continual

(d) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

Q3 adj. inbound

(a) traveling in an inward direction

(b) ceremonious; conventional; according to custom; stiff; strict; symmetrical


(d) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important

Q4 adj. proof

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

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

(c) resistant; invulnerable; impervious; sealed; durable

(d) earlier; antecedent; hasty; premature

Q5 adj. unfair

(a) injurious; causing damage

(b) gloomy; dark; depressing; sad; mournful

(c) biased; dishonest

(d) articulate; eloquent; able to read and write with ease; graceful; flowing

Q6 qdj. vacant

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

(b) empty; unfilled; unoccupied; lacking expression

(c) impartial; equitable

(d) sticking together; consistent

Q7 adj. assistant

(a) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive

(b) serving as an aide; helpful; supportive; auxiliary

(c) excellent; conspicuous; prominent; due

(d) occurring on a regular basis

Q8 adj. obligatory

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

(b) answering; reacting (esp. positively or sympathetically)

(c) strongly desiring; keen; fervently interested

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

Q9 adj. similar

(a) alike; having common qualities; comparable

(b) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff

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

(d) flawless; complete; undamaged

Q10 adj. prior

(a) vital; essential; indispensable; unavoidable

(b) earlier; antecedent; former

(c) expendable; spoils rapidly; likely to spoil; mortal

(d) produced; made; manufactured

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Test 10


Q1 n. brochure

(a) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee

(b) intelligence; ability to think in a clever manner

(c) leaflet; booklet; printed product information

(d) part of a television or computer monitor where the picture is displayed

Q2 n. offence

(a) viewpoint; outlook; vista; view

(b) emptiness; available position; job opening

(c) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

(d) concentration; ability to concentrate on an issue

Q3 n. disease

(a) official date; meeting; interview; nomination

(b) derailment; feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

(c) appraisal; estimation; assessment

(d) sickness; illness

Q4 n. discretion


(b) tube; trachea; flute; toot

(c) person who gives a test

(d) structure built mainly of glass in which plants are cultivated out of season

Q5 n. coverage

(a) organization; society; union; coalition; foundation

(b) survey; review; news reporting; insurance

(c) expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; authorization

(d) opposition; appeal; denial; protest

Q6 n. claim


(b) something which enhances or improves; addition or change which adds value to something

(c) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent

(d) point of view; perspective

Q7 n. office

(a) monetary or material worth; importance; merit

(b) breadth; thickness

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

(d) chamber; bureau; incumbency; agency; authority

Q8 n. garner

(a) prejudice; tendency; leaning

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

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

(d) duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement

Q9 n. task

(a) restriction; force; limitation; limit

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

(c) job; assignment; obligation; role

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

Q10 n. yield

(a) fitness; suitability; limitation; diploma or certificate stating one's abilities

(b) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film; thin layer

(c) maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language

(d) harvest; return; produce; income; profit

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Test 11


Q1 v. drop

(a) to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly

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

(c) to build; to create; to design; to grow

(d) to write down in a timetable; to register

Q2 v. stipulate

(a) to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail

(b) to set up; to found; to base; to build

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

(d) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require

Q3 v. guarantee

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

(b) to permit; to approve; to empower

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

(d) to endanger; to imperil; to put at risk; to place in danger

Q4 v. interest

(a) to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take liberties; to permit oneself

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

(c) to strengthen; to fortify; to support; to increase

(d) to provide medical treatment; to fix; to repair; to mend

Q5 v. detect

(a) to repeat; to say again; to restate

(b) to be adjacent to

(c) to discover; to discern; to find out

(d) to deliver a discourse before an audience; to reprimand tediously

Q6 v. contain

(a) to treat; to adapt; to prepare; to make ready

(b) to soften in force or severity; to lessen the impact or intensity of; to appease

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

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

Q7 adj. harmful

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

(b) different; varied

(c) injurious; causing damage

(d) lawful; acceptable; justified; authorized

Q8 v. refund

(a) to answer; to reply; to react

(b) to put away for future use

(c) to rebroadcast

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

Q9 v. launch

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

(b) to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to break into

(c) to hypnotize; to enthrall

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

Q10 v. tenant

(a) to support; to provide for; to finance; to assist; to encourage

(b) to terminate; to end; to destroy; to defeat; to complete

(c) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy

(d) to upset; to disturb; to divide

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Test 12


Q1 abbr. C.T.O.

(a) between noon and midnight; in the afternoon; after the hour of 12:00 noon

(b) total goods and services produced by nation during one year excluding payments on foreign investments

(c) top executive rank; person who is responsible for research and development and possibly for new product plans

(d) that is to say (Latin); for example; for instance

Q2 abbr. N/A

(a) numeral; mathematical value or its symbol; unit in a series; part

(b) language used to write pages and sites for the Internet

(c) describing something that can be left out isn't required

(d) method of measuring the profitability of a company (derived by dividing the net income by total assets)

Q3 abbr. C.V.

(a) actions of promoting goodwill and distributing information for a company or organization

(b) resume; chronological description of one's employment and educational history; biography

(c) morning; time before noon; hours between midnight and noon


Q4 abbr. PR

(a) that is to say (Latin); for example; for instance

(b) used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting or conference

(c) Latin for and so on; and so forth


Q5 abbr. Ph.D.

(a) period of about 30 days or 4 weeks; 1/12 of a year

(b) Latin for and so on; and so forth

(c) graduate with a doctorate; graduate of a doctoral program; university degree; title

(d) quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast

Q6 abbr. C.C.O.

(a) first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market

(b) cash payment to be made upon receipt of products or goods

(c) manpower; personnel; human work force; human labor; staff

(d) person who is responsible for ensuring that a company and its employees are in compliance with government regulations and internal policies

Q7 abbr. A.O.B.

(a) head manager of a corporation, company or large organization

(b) used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting or conference

(c) signed note acknowledging a debt

(d) manpower; personnel; human work force; human labor; staff

Q8 abbr. p.m.

(a) between noon and midnight; in the afternoon; after the hour of 12:00 noon

(b) firm, company that is organized in such a way as to give its owners limited liability

(c) person who is responsible for ensuring that a company and its employees are in compliance with government regulations and internal policies

(d) resume; chronological description of one's employment and educational history; biography

Q9 abbr. C.I.O.

(a) head manager of a company or large organization

(b) graduate with a doctorate; graduate of a doctoral program; university degree; title

(c) total value of goods and services produced by a country in a given period (generally one year)

(d) Chief Information Officer; person who is responsible for a company's internal information systems

Q10 abbr. ASAP

(a) set of numbers which identifies a person

(b) language used to write pages and sites for the Internet

(c) quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast

(d) numeral; mathematical value or its symbol; unit in a series; part

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Test 13


Q1 prep. throughout

(a) on; atop

(c) besides; but; excluding

(b) with relation to

(d) in every part; at every point or moment

Q2 prep. during

(a) while; throughout

(c) taking into account; in light of

(b) across from; facing

(d) further; more distant

Q3 prep. until

(a) under; beneath; underneath

(c) taking into account; in light of

(b) up to

(d) about

Q4 prep. beneath

(a) under; underneath (b) up to (c) besides; aside from (d) on; atop

Q5 prep. within

(a) during

(c) under; underneath

(b) with relation to

(d) except; besides; but

Q6 prep. considering

(a) taking into account; in light of

(c) further; more distant

(b) in every part; at every point or moment


Q7 prep. concerning

(a) notwithstanding (b) about (c) besides; aside from (d) on; atop

Q8 prep. above

(a) over; higher than; more than

(c) under; beneath; underneath

(b) in every part; at every point or moment


Q9 prep. behind

(a) under; underneath

(c) over; higher than; more than

(b) but; besides

(d) after; in back of

Q10 prep. beyond

(a) besides; but; excluding

(c) while; throughout

(b) further; more distant

(d) across from; facing

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Test 14


Q1 adv. consequently

(a) smoothly; continuously; inconspicuously

(b) as a result; therefore

(c) knowingly; with awareness

(d) of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely; absolutely

Q2 adv. plain

(a) seriously; gravely; acutely; critically

(b) simply; in an unembellished manner; clearly

(c) meticulously; exactingly; scrupulously; diligently; thoroughly

(d) four times a year; once every three months

Q3 adv. probably

(a) strictly; firmly

(b) almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all likelihood

(c) particularly

(d) of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely; absolutely

Q4 adv. consciously

(a) knowingly; with awareness

(c) in any event; anyway

(b) chiefly; principally; mainly; initially

(d) out of doors

Q5 adv. already

(a) nearby

(c) previously; before a certain time

(b) as a result; therefore

(d) seemingly; probably

Q6 adv. precisely

(a) next to; alongside

(b) against; in contrast to

(c) exactly; accurately; definitely; certainly; surely

(d) under; below

Q7 adv. ahead

(a) softly; in a low voice; without strength or force; weakly; into little pieces

(b) also; too; as well

(c) forward; in advance

(d) particularly

Q8 n. exclusion

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

(b) commercial transaction; instance of offering goods at a reduced price; demand for merchandise; auction

(c) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out

(d) mail; column; opinion; role; job placement

Q9 adv. etc.

(a) overhead; over; in a higher place

(c) annually

(b) regularly; often

(d) and so on; and so forth

Q10 adv. behind

(a) before; at an earlier time; in the past; antecedently

(b) anyway

(c) relatively

(d) late; tardy

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Test 15


Q1 v. banquet

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

(b) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true

(c) to pretend; to feign

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

Q2 adj. flawed

(a) courteous; having good manners; gentle; genial; kind

(b) conversational; not used in formal speaking or writing; informal

(c) full; packed; crammed together

(d) defective; imperfect; cracked

Q3 n. key

(a) end; conclusion; last edition of a newspaper

(b) device used to open locks; button on a board

(c) citizenship; patriotism

(d) means of transport (car, bus, etc.); instrument; means; medium

Q4 v. obtain

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

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

(c) to lessen; to diminish; to decrease

(d) to grow larger; to broaden; to increase; to enlarge; to add to

Q5 n. expiration

(a) boss; supervisor; manager; head

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

(c) termination; end

(d) purpose; goal; objective; target

Q6 n. regard

(a) wash basin; sewer; drain; cesspool; place where criminals gather

(b) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others

(c) trip; journey; travel; cruise

(d) esteem; respect; thought; consideration; look; glance

Q7 adv. anyway

(a) hardly; scarcely

(c) in whatever manner; however

(b) knowingly; with awareness

(d) towards a lower place, position or section

Q8 v. articulate

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

(b) to examine

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

(d) to express in a fluent and clear manner

Q9 n. outside

(a) external part or surface of something

(b) something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)

(c) manufacturing; trade; diligence; perseverance; tendency to work hard

(d) metal cord with sharp projecting points

Q10 adj. major

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

(b) elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable

(c) more important than others; great; serious

(d) of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding

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Test 16


Q1 adj. conservative

(a) fruitful; productive; abundant; plentiful; multiplying; producing fruit

(b) deserving of punishment; responsible

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

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

Q2 adj. maternal

(a) back; hind

(b) markedly different; contrasting

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

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

Q3 adj. downtown

(a) pertaining to the commercial center of a city

(b) complete; full; entire; healthy

(c) lucky; successful; opportune

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

Q4 adj. bulk

(a) customary; routine; formal

(b) hard; troublesome; complicated; complex

(c) relating to or designed for the mass of people; large-scale; widespread; popular

(d) special; unique; different

Q5 adj. detailed

(a) irregular; fitful; occasional; infrequent

(b) main; principal; major

(c) rational; logical; intelligent; wise; plausible; likely; credible

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

Q6 adj. formatted

(a) arranged in a particular way; prepared for reading and writing

(b) not genuine; simulated; unreal

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

(d) markedly different; contrasting

Q7 adj. narrow

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

(b) working; functional; ready for use

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

(d) tight; strait; reduced; not wide

Q8 v. gather

(a) to act on; to transfer from one place to another; to change residence

(b) to assemble; to collect; to accumulate; to conclude; to deduce

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

(d) to slander; to defame

Q9 adj. rival

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

(c) much; plenty; large; spacious

(b) pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt

(d) being in competition; contending

Q10 adj. credible

(a) experimental; trial; temporary; hesitant

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

(c) reliable; trustworthy; dependable

(d) solemn; acute; critical; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim

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Test 17


Q1 n. trash

(a) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor

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

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

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

Q2 n. blanket

(a) bed covering; quilt

(b) order; direction; control; domination; headquarters

(c) lawsuit; request; right

(d) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger

Q3 n. motivation

(a) beginning letter of a person's first name; first letter (as of a word)

(b) harvest; return; produce; income; profit

(c) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome

(d) incentive; drive; inspiration; state of being stirred to action

Q4 n. accounting

(a) central stalk of a plant; petiole

(b) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture

(c) statement; proclamation; announcement

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

Q5 n. error

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

(b) mistake; something that is incorrect

(c) general expenses; manufacturing and business expenses

(d) piece of clothing; outer covering

Q6 n. vat

(a) summit; peak; head

(b) large container; tank; tub

(c) spoken or written words with which people communicate thoughts and feelings

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

Q7 n. editor

(a) word or phrase by which someone or something is called or identified; moniker

(b) person or organization that prepares printed matter for publication

(c) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance

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

Q8 n. back

(a) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board

(b) number with a fixed value; factor

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

(d) apprehension; worry; doubt; hesitation; reservation

Q9 n. resilience

(a) failure; fiasco; sputtering which gradually fades into silence

(b) elasticity; cheerfulness; quality of quickly recovering from sadness or failure; buoyancy

(c) esteem; respect; integrity; honesty; award; privilege

(d) expansion; increase in size; magnification

Q10 n. resume

(a) manner; way; fashion; chic; vogue

(b) thin muslin fabric (Hindi); beach cliff (Scottish)

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

(d) sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily; one who acts furtively

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Test 18


Q1 v. pad

(a) to modify; to adapt; to fit; to arrange; to settle

(b) to cushion; to fill; to fill out; to walk; to go by foot

(c) to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to substantiate

(d) to capture; to assume control

Q2 v. discourage

(a) to cover a part of; to have something in common


(c) to supervise; to manage; to inspect

(d) to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail

Q3 v. enrich

(a) to be compatible; to be suitable; to be an equal competitor; to compare

(b) to examine

(c) to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with power

(d) to improve; to make better

Q4 v. rehearse

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

(b) to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow

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

(d) to make changes; to create something new; to invent

Q5 v. deposit

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

(b) to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal

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

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

Q6 adj. changeable

(a) not real; fanciful

(c) fast; immediate; prompt; smart

(b) arbitrary; fickle; flexible

(d) entrusted to the care

Q7 adv. entirely

(a) totally; completely; absolutely

(c) evidently; obviously; allegedly; seemingly

(b) from above; above; in the sky

(d) immediately; momentarily

Q8 v. border

(a) to arouse; to bring out; to summon; to wake

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

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

(d) to be adjacent to

Q9 v. initiate

(a) to make clear; to explain

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

(c) to hawk; to vend; to deal; to distribute; to sell

(d) to ask for; to petition for

Q10 v. post

(a) to assign to a duty; to station; to publicize; to advertise

(b) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain

(c) to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to spoil; to humor

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

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Test 19


Q1 abbr. C.O.D.

(a) top executive rank; person who is responsible for research and development and possibly for new product plans

(b) resume; chronological description of one's employment and educational history; biography

(c) firm, company that is organized in such a way as to give its owners limited liability

(d) cash payment to be made upon receipt of products or goods

Q2 abbr. lb

(a) secondary email address; copy of a document, message, or email that is sent to a third party

(b) pound; unit of weight in ancient Rome equaling approximately 12 ounces

(c) Chief Information Officer; person who is responsible for a company's internal information systems

(d) requesting to view or read the opposite side of a page or document

Q3 abbr. C.F.O.

(a) treasurer; person who is responsible for all financial aspects of a company

(b) method of measuring the profitability of a company (derived by dividing the net income by total assets)

(c) signed note acknowledging a debt

(d) between noon and midnight; in the afternoon; after the hour of 12:00 noon

Q4 abbr. R&D

(a) department in a company that develops new products

(b) top executive rank; person who is responsible for the security of a company's communications and business systems

(c) person who is responsible for ensuring that a company and its employees are in compliance with government regulations and internal policies


Q5 abbr. i.e.

(a) that is to say (Latin); for example; for instance

(b) requesting to view or read the opposite side of a page or document

(c) department in a company that develops new products

(d) given money that was owed

Q6 abbr. PTO

(a) manpower; personnel; human work force; human labor; staff


(c) large company; firm; business

(d) person who is responsible for ensuring that a company and its employees are in compliance with government regulations and internal policies

Q7 abbr. etc.

(a) describing something that can be left out isn't required

(b) head manager of a corporation, company or large organization

(c) treasurer; person who is responsible for all financial aspects of a company

(d) Latin for and so on; and so forth

Q8 abbr. C.E.O.

(a) method of measuring the profitability of a company (derived by dividing the net income by total assets)


(c) period of 60 minutes

(d) head manager of a corporation, company or large organization

Q9 abbr. hr

(a) period of 60 minutes

(b) that is to say (Latin); for example; for instance

(c) total value of goods and services produced by a country in a given period (generally one year)

(d) Latin for and so on; and so forth

Q10 abbr. C.C.


(b) total value of goods and services produced by a country in a given period (generally one year)

(c) top executive rank; person who is responsible for the security of a company's communications and business systems

(d) between noon and midnight; in the afternoon; after the hour of 12:00 noon

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Test 20


Q1 adv. below

(a) clearly; in a straightforward manner

(c) at a further point

(b) contrarily

(d) nearby

Q2 adv. sincerely

(a) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully

(c) accidentally; by chance

(b) overhead; over; in a higher place

(d) intensely; in an extreme manner; severely

Q3 adv. necessarily

(a) unfavorably; in a manner that works against; antagonistically

(b) almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all likelihood

(c) as a logical result; unavoidably

(d) nearly; about; around; circa

Q4 adv. drastically

(a) politely; respectfully; graciously

(c) by hand; physically

(b) intensely; in an extreme manner; severely

(d) from above; above; in the sky

Q5 adv. sternly

(a) strictly; firmly

(c) simply; in an unembellished manner; clearly

(b) nearby

(d) therefore; so

Q6 adv. overhead

(a) obviously; apparently; unmistakably

(b) naturally; spontaneously; intuitively; automatically

(c) totally; completely; absolutely

(d) from above; above; in the sky

Q7 adv. rapidly

(a) regularly; persistently; steadily; stably

(c) quickly; fast; swiftly

(b) into the city center; into the the town

(d) in whatever manner; however

Q8 n. system

(a) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults

(b) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization

(c) combination of related things or parts that form a complex whole

(d) dampness; moistness; mugginess

Q9 adv. forward

(a) regrettably


(b) apparently; seemingly; to all appearances

(d) ahead; to the front

Q10 adv. good

(a) mildly; deliberatively; in a temperate manner; not excessively; reasonably

(b) in another country; outside; widely

(c) briefly; bluntly; rudely

(d) nice; excellent; of high quality

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Test 21


Q1 n. infancy

(a) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects; projection; rock ledge; sandbank

(b) beginning phase of a project; babyhood

(c) accessibility; attainability; obtainability

(d) stimulus; motivation; revelation; insight; idea

Q2 v. underestimate

(a) to fasten; to connect

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

(c) to assign too low a value to

(d) to pay to; to hire; to employ

Q3 n. announcement

(a) person or company that produces and distributes printed material

(b) test; attempt; experiment; annoyance

(c) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement

(d) declaration; notice; the act of informing the public

Q4 conj. though

(a) not before; precluding; barring; except; aside from

(b) despite; in spite of

(c) precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases

(d) as soon as

Q5 adj. fueled

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

(b) splendid; majestic; superb; glorious; impressive

(c) credible; trustworthy; dependable

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

Q6 adv. unfortunately

(a) regrettably

(b) with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly; improperly

(c) as a result; therefore

(d) naturally; spontaneously; intuitively; automatically

Q7 adv. nevertheless

(a) from above; above; in the sky

(b) before; at an earlier time; in the past; antecedently

(c) anyway; anyhow; still; all the same

(d) in a place across an ocean

Q8 v. encourage

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

(b) to conduct a series of activities organized to accomplish a goal

(c) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign

(d) to derive; to conclude; to guess; to surmise; to hint

Q9 v. conjure

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

(b) to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend incorrectly

(c) to fork; to divide into parts or sections

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

Q10 adj. sharp

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

(b) having a thin edge intended for cutting; sudden; clear; smart

(c) secured in a warehouse

(d) between countries; of relations between two or more countries

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Test 22


Q1 adj. waste

(a) inventive; innovative; artistic

(b) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant

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

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

Q2 adj. sensitive

(a) having the capacity for feeling; susceptible to external influences or agents

(b) administrative; operational; having the power to execute laws and policy

(c) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

(d) well; not sick; fit; sound

Q3 adj. remarkable

(a) sick; bad; unfriendly; unsatisfactory; inadequate; inferior

(b) striking; noteworthy; extraordinary; exceptional

(c) distant; located far away; secluded; isolated; aloof

(d) working; functional; ready for use

Q4 adj. part

(a) pertaining to hearing and listening; sound

(b) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important

(c) somewhat

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

Q5 adj. kind

(a) active; attentive

(b) common; regular; boring; tedious; dull

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

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

Q6 adj. collect

(a) having the receiver pay the charges (for a phone call)

(b) feasible; workable; applicable; useful; efficacious

(c) pertaining to a city; pertaining to citizenship

(d) unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be endured

Q7 adj. injured

(a) comfortable; useful; serviceable

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

(c) hurt; wounded; insulted; offended; damaged

(d) under legal obligation; responsible; prone

Q8 adj. extensive

(a) articulate; eloquent; able to read and write with ease; graceful; flowing

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

(c) spreading over a large area; comprehensive

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

Q9 adj. blanket

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

(b) comprehensive; inclusive

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

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

Q10 adj. equivalent

(a) same in worth or value; same in importance; corresponding

(b) competent; talented; apt

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

(d) annoying; irritating

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Test 23


Q1 n. pursuit

(a) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review

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

(c) druggist; apothecary

(d) limit; border

Q2 n. pleasure

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

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

(c) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold

(d) computerized representation of an actual object

Q3 n. launch

(a) nullification; termination; revocation

(b) certificate; entry pass; tag

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

(d) act of sending out; act of starting or initiating; commencement; inauguration

Q4 n. setup

(a) arrangement; structure; organization; hoax; configuration of hardware or software (Computers)

(b) purchase; sale; acquisition

(c) honesty; fairness; justice

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

Q5 n. strategy

(a) city

(b) house; dwelling; structure; premises

(c) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event

(d) plans or methods created for the purpose of achieving a goal

Q6 n. final

(a) end; conclusion; last edition of a newspaper

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

(c) person who holds a money order

(d) protection; security; rampart; shield

Q7 n. disposition

(a) the sale of all or most of a company's inventory or assets to another company

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

(c) workers' association; federation; amalgamation

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

Q8 n. salient

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

(b) relief; consolation; coziness

(c) something of value (property, equipment, goods, etc.); item of quality; something beneficial

(d) angle that points outward

Q9 n. avail

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

(b) advantage; profit; help; benefit

(c) disposition; mood

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

Q10 n. minute

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

(b) volume; mass; main part; most

(c) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; memo; protocol; memorandum

(d) condition; phase; mood; splendor; nation

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Test 24


Q1 v. trustee

(a) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them

(b) to stance

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

(d) to speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner; to offend; to affront

Q2 v. bias

(a) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review

(b) to prejudice; to influence opinions


(d) to cancel; to revoke

Q3 v. overcome

(a) to subdue; to solve

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

(c) to conceal; to cover up; to keep secret; to place out of sight

(d) to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to prepare

Q4 v. program

(a) to characterize; to depict; to describe; to present; to emphasize

(b) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer

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

(d) to endanger; to place in danger; to imperil; to put at risk

Q5 v. testify

(a) to label; to fine

(b) to bear witness; to declare under oath; to attest

(c) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster

(d) to examine; to investigate; to inspect; to scrutinize

Q6 v. install

(a) to be present in a place; to care for; to serve; to accompany

(b) to recompense someone for a service

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

(d) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list

Q7 n. profit

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


(c) grouping symbols ()

(d) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality

Q8 v. hire

(a) to lease; to rent; to employ

(b) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action

(c) to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show

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

Q9 v. stake

(a) to go on a journey; to move; to go from one place to another

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

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

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

Q10 v. pair

(a) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate

(b) to investigate

(c) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border

(d) to assume; to anticipate; to hope

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Test 25


Q1 abbr. I.P.O.

(a) first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market

(b) describing something that can be left out isn't required

(c) given money that was owed

(d) top executive rank; person who is responsible for research and development and possibly for new product plans

Q2 abbr. G.D.P.

(a) total goods and services produced by nation during one year excluding payments on foreign investments

(b) quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast

(c) first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market

(d) set of numbers which identifies a person

Q3 abbr. a.m.

(a) American corporation headquartered in Virginia, owner and operator of on line and interactive computer services

(b) morning; time before noon; hours between midnight and noon


(d) department in a company that develops new products

Q4 abbr. Inc.

(a) pound; unit of weight in ancient Rome equaling approximately 12 ounces

(b) legally established as a corporation

(c) used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting or conference

(d) large company; firm; business

Q5 abbr. no.


(b) head manager of a corporation, company or large organization

(c) department in a company that develops new products

(d) signed note acknowledging a debt

Q6 abbr. PIN

(a) firm, company that is organized in such a way as to give its owners limited liability

(b) set of numbers which identifies a person


(d) quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast

Q7 abbr. Ltd.


(b) treasurer; person who is responsible for all financial aspects of a company

(c) firm, company that is organized in such a way as to give its owners limited liability

(d) cash payment to be made upon receipt of products or goods

Q8 abbr. HTML

(a) used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting or conference


(c) morning; time before noon; hours between midnight and noon

(d) language used to write pages and sites for the Internet

Q9 abbr. H.R.

(a) period of about 30 days or 4 weeks; 1/12 of a year

(b) manpower; personnel; human work force; human labor; staff

(c) top executive rank; person who is responsible for the security of a company's communications and business systems

(d) legally established as a corporation

Q10 abbr. attn.


(b) directed to a particular person (generally used when addressing a letter or message) or issue

(c) graduate with a doctorate; graduate of a doctoral program; university degree; title

(d) head manager of a company or large organization

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Test 26


Q1 adv. perhaps

(a) politely; respectfully; graciously

(b) with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly; improperly

(c) maybe; possibly; could be

(d) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent

Q2 adv. ultimately

(a) in the end; eventually

(b) also; too; as well

(c) first in place or rank; primary; leading; main

(d) almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all likelihood

Q3 adv. randomly

(a) exactly; accurately; definitely; certainly; surely

(b) accidentally; by chance

(c) contrarily

(d) in the end; eventually

Q4 adv. approximately

(a) maybe; possibly; could be

(c) briefly; bluntly; rudely

(b) nearly; about; around; circa

(d) exceeding regular working hours

Q5 adv. pretty

(a) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent


(c) almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all likelihood

(d) ahead; to the front

Q6 adv. courteously

(a) forward; in advance

(b) after the usual or expected time; tardily; recently; far on time; formerly

(c) politely; respectfully; graciously


Q7 adv. rarely

(a) of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely; absolutely

(b) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully

(c) infrequently; not often; seldom

(d) also; too; as well

Q8 v. rebuild

(a) to create a timetable; to enter into a timetable; to plan for a certain date

(b) to reconstruct; to erect again

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

(d) to decline; to deny; to turn down

Q9 adv. interim

(a) inexpensively

(c) meanwhile; in the meantime

(b) in some way

(d) against; in contrast to

Q10 adv. last

(a) towards a lower place, position or section

(b) politely; respectfully; graciously

(c) after all others; finally; at the end; most recently

(d) into the city center; into the the town

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Test 27


Q1 n. recruit

(a) beginning phase of a project; babyhood

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

(c) new member of a group; new employee

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

Q2 n. crux

(a) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected

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

(c) sound produced in the throat; expression; language

(d) heart of the matter; main point

Q3 n. capital

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

(b) string; thin cord; Internet discussion

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

(d) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment

Q4 n. technique

(a) metal cord with sharp projecting points

(c) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid

(b) method of performance

(d) ethic; lesson; principle

Q5 n. deadline

(a) punctuality

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

(c) connection; confiscation; file sent via email

(d) high ranking military officer

Q6 n. refusal

(a) denial; rejection

(b) enchantment; affection; adoration

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

(d) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum

Q7 v. match

(a) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand

(b) to find the answer to; to explain

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

(d) to be compatible; to be suitable; to be an equal competitor; to compare

Q8 n. grant

(a) bar; counting device

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

(c) award; gift; present; contribution; donation

(d) cameraman; person who takes pictures

Q9 v. impede

(a) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize

(b) to depart; to exit; to quit; to omit; to let alone

(c) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck

(d) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart

Q10 v. idealize

(a) to act as an agent on behalf of a person or organization; to symbolize

(b) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture

(c) to submerge; to fall down below the surface (especially in water)

(d) to represent as the embodiment of perfection

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Test 28


Q1 adj. unbiased

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

(b) entrusted to the care

(c) sloping; inclined

(d) impartial; equitable

Q2 adj. dotted

(a) pertaining to a city; municipal

(b) comprising the best result ever attained

(c) receiving of a regular or fixed payment

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

Q3 adj. record

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

(b) advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable

(c) comprising the best result ever attained

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

Q4 adj. trade

(a) commercial; of commerce

(c) inattentive; unmindful

(b) new; strange

(d) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

Q5 adj. awesome

(a) impressive; inspiring; great; frightening

(c) managerial; overseeing

(b) thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks

(d) mild; slight; comfortable; simple

Q6 adj. operational

(a) sufficient; adequate



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

Q7 v. penalize

(a) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell

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

(c) to punish

(d) to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept

Q8 adj. colloquial


(b) not anticipated; not expected

(c) having membership in; belonging to (a group, academic organization, etc.); of the same type

(d) conversational; not used in formal speaking or writing; informal

Q9 adj. drastic

(a) receiving of a regular or fixed payment

(c) extreme; intense; severe

(b) skilled; able; proficient; adept

(d) costly; precious; opposite of cheap

Q10 adj. scrupulous


(b) equivalent to; equal to

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

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

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Test 29


Q1 n. equipment

(a) need; want; shortage; absence

(b) supplies; necessary items; tools, instruments or other objects for completing a task

(c) creator; designer

(d) short meeting; summarizing; giving and receiving instructions; reporting

Q2 n. college

(a) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub

(b) financial industry owned cooperative supplying secure, standardized messaging services to financial institutions

(c) mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge

(d) institution of higher education that grants degrees; type of school; council

Q3 n. bound

(a) not many; some; several; small number of

(c) limit; border

(b) something which annoys or aggravates

(d) salary; wages

Q4 n. symposium

(a) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side

(b) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)

(c) meeting or conference at which a specific topic is discussed

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

Q5 n. expenditure

(a) misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage

(b) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)

(c) customary action; habit; drill; training exercise

(d) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence

Q6 n. slope

(a) sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences

(b) payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness; careful attention

(c) newsreader; broadcaster

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

Q7 n. exhibition

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

(b) display; show; public presentation of work or skills; trade fair

(c) management; supervisors; leadership

(d) prize; grant; arbitration

Q8 v. grasp

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

(b) to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir to action; to induce

(c) to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder

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

Q9 n. slice

(a) person who ask questions (i.e. reporter or employer)

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

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

(d) pathfinder; forerunner; person who paves the way; member of a military engineering corps

Q10 n. alliance

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

(c) pact; treaty; connection; relationship

(b) something previously mentioned or indicated

(d) cosmetic foot treatment

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Test 30


Q1 v. progress

(a) to evolve; to make to progress; to grow professionally; to develop; to speed

(b) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review

(c) to attach firmly; to fasten tightly

(d) to advance; to move forward; to gain

Q2 v. influence

(a) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered

(b) to affect; to impact; to impel; to control

(c) to establish communication; to make a connection; to link to; to connect with

(d) to organize according to importance

Q3 v. bother

(a) to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort; to be concerned

(b) to accuse; to denounce

(c) to take a small portion of something as a specimen

(d) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift

Q4 v. span

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

(b) to register; to adjust prices or salaries in accordance with changes in economic indicators

(c) to confuse; to make hard to understand; to make difficult; to make complex

(d) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose

Q5 v. display

(a) to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal

(b) to come to an end; to finish; to terminate

(c) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct

(d) to contest; to contend against another; to participate in a contest

Q6 v. picture

(a) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict

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

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

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

Q7 v. evaluate

(a) to cover or to furnish with textile materials; to reprimand; to scold

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

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

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

Q8 adj. name

(a) same; identical; able; capable

(b) unable to think in a clear and orderly manner; giddy or frivolous

(c) beginning; introductory

(d) reputed; famous

Q9 v. concur

(a) to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make an offer of marriage

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

(c) to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise

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

Q10 v. plug

(a) to attach firmly; to fasten tightly

(b) to cut off; to curtail; to trim off

(c) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise

(d) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered

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Test 31


Q1 adv. severely

(a) gently; without roughness or projections; evenly; calmly

(b) in every; during


(d) seriously; gravely; acutely; critically

Q2 adv. overseas

(a) in a place across an ocean

(b) seemingly; probably

(c) first in place or rank; primary; leading; main

(d) regrettably

Q3 adv. initially

(a) dutifully; with care; thoroughly

(b) maybe; possibly; could be

(c) at first; in the first place; at the beginning

(d) quite; sufficiently; fairly

Q4 adv. late

(a) with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly; improperly

(b) after the usual or expected time; tardily; recently; far on time; formerly

(c) contrarily

(d) simply; in an unembellished manner; clearly

Q5 adv. fine

(a) in the end; eventually

(c) very well; excellent

(b) amid; in the middle

(d) methodically; in an organized fashion

Q6 adv. surely

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

(b) doubly

(c) confidently; certainly; without a doubt; yes; of course

(d) accidentally; by chance

Q7 adv. moderately

(a) dutifully; with care; thoroughly

(b) mildly; deliberatively; in a temperate manner; not excessively; reasonably

(c) ahead; to the front

(d) side by side; in alignment; on top of; up-to-date; well-informed

Q8 v. scale

(a) to direct along a particular path; to chart a course

(b) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio

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

(d) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them

Q9 v. clarify


(b) to supply; to support; to send; to move into a machine

(c) to write or print a series of names or items according to a certain order; to inscribe; to record

(d) to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like better

Q10 adv. quarterly

(a) to the smallest extent possible


(b) four times a year; once every three months

(d) in a place across an ocean

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Test 32


Q1 v. doubt

(a) to be uncertain; to have misgivings

(b) to change; to modify

(c) to call; to summon (e.g. to the telephone); to number sheets of paper in a collection

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

Q2 n. consistency

(a) article cut from a newspaper

(b) sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences

(c) movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs, desks, cabinets, closets, etc.)

(d) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness

Q3 n. prospect

(a) levy; fee

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

(c) routine job; unpleasant task

(d) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service

Q4 n. commission

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

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

(c) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson

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

Q5 n. setback

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

(b) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization

(c) shopping center; pedestrian walkway; promenade

(d) obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders progress

Q6 n. cash reserves

(a) bank deposits that are available on a short-term basis; treasury bills

(b) collapse; crash; incident

(c) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome

(d) task; assignment; delegation; errand; religious delegation

Q7 n. bearer instrument

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

(b) period of residence; act of taking possession (Law); right of possession

(c) yearly date commemorating a special event; birthday

(d) a signed money order which is payable on demand to the holder

Q8 v. extract

(a) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries

(b) to endanger; to imperil; to put at risk; to place in danger

(c) to calm; to soften; to pacify; to relieve

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

Q9 n. challenge

(a) one who damages a person or his property or rights

(b) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks

(c) shipping of goods to other countries

(d) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction

Q10 n. journey

(a) possibility; ability; capability of being

(c) long trip; distance; voyage

(b) chance occurrence; unforeseen event

(d) housemaid; servant; housekeeper

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Test 33


Q1 adj. enough

(a) ambitious; industrious; hard-working

(b) sufficient; adequate

(c) characteristic of a capital city; sophisticated

(d) one of two

Q2 adj. bothersome

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

(b) annoying; irritating

(c) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff

(d) continual

Q3 adj. professional

(a) obligated; certain; fastened; tied

(b) fast; immediate; prompt; smart

(c) arbitrary; fickle; flexible

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

Q4 adj. moral

(a) ethical; virtuous; righteous; principled; having integrity

(b) not standard; not ordinary

(c) averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting

(d) unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great; amazing

Q5 adj. sufficient

(a) clear; exact; precise; quick

(b) defective; imperfect; cracked

(c) enough; adequate

(d) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things

Q6 adj. priceless

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

(b) concentrated; focused; determined; resolute; purposeful

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

(d) floating; light; lively; cheerful

Q7 adj. due

(a) pertaining to the world and nature around us

(b) leaving; sailing; traveling to another country

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

(d) final; occurring as a result

Q8 adj. effective

(a) clear; obvious; apparent

(b) productive; in operation; impressive; striking

(c) classified; confidential; clandestine; covert; hidden; latent

(d) reliable; trustworthy; dependable

Q9 adj. second

(a) earlier; antecedent; former

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

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

(d) using numbers; with numbers

Q10 adj. ready

(a) delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality; excellent

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

(c) produced; made; manufactured

(d) close at hand

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Test 34


Q1 n. cycle

(a) getting rid of; arranging

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

(c) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money

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

Q2 n. overview

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

(b) doubtfulness

(c) before noon

(d) synopsis; general survey; introduction

Q3 n. assembly

(a) meeting; conference; set; group of people

(b) tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation; apprehension

(c) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license

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

Q4 n. empathy

(a) one who offers his services of his own free will or without pay

(b) meaning; sense; quality of having meaning

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

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

Q5 n. tray


(b) skill; talent; aptitude; capacity; power

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

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

Q6 n. formal

(a) large room used for lectures; talks, performances and other events

(b) choice; alternative; possibility; selection; election

(c) occasion which requires fancy dress (dance, ball, etc.); evening gown

(d) hug; act of wrapping one's arms around another person or thing

Q7 n. fence

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

(b) doubtfulness

(c) railing; hedge; ability to argue; person who sells stolen goods

(d) moving back and forth; influence; control; authority

Q8 adj. fine

(a) equal; equivalent; of equal rank or authority

(b) delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality; excellent

(c) lower; under

(d) lifeless; spiritless

Q9 n. overhead

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

(b) general expenses; manufacturing and business expenses

(c) boundary; edge; limit

(d) quality; factor; characteristic; feature

Q10 n. itinerary

(a) habit; tradition; convention

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

(c) route; travel plans; travel journal

(d) elasticity; ability to adapt to new circumstances; pliability

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Test 35


Q1 v. donate

(a) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose; to abandon

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

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

(d) to modernize; to make current

Q2 v. absorb

(a) to elevate; to lift; to excite; to arouse; to cause

(b) to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die

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

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

Q3 v. consume

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

(b) to derive; to conclude; to guess; to surmise; to hint

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

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

Q4 v. compare

(a) to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent

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

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

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

Q5 v. swap

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

(b) to manage; to process; to deal in; to do business with; to treat

(c) to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to barter

(d) to prepare a financial plan; to make financial arrangements

Q6 v. rate

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

(b) to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder

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

(d) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort

Q7 v. issue

(a) to be indebted to; to be under obligation to pay or repay

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

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

(d) to act as an agent on behalf of a person or organization; to symbolize

Q8 v. mean

(a) to forgive; to absolve; to release; to discharge

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

(c) to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate

(d) to give a mark to; to classify; to make level; to evaluate; to assess

Q9 v. amend

(a) to change; to alter; to improve

(c) to lounge; to do nothing; to laze around

(b) to harvest; to cut short; to clip

(d) to stay; to abide; to continue; to go on

Q10 v. alleviate

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

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

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

(d) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit

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Test 36


Q1 adv. overtime

(a) exceeding regular working hours

(b) clearly; straight; frankly; immediately; soon

(c) separately; aside; into pieces

(d) after all others; finally; at the end; most recently

Q2 adv. cordially


(c) towards a lower place, position or section

(b) to a greater distance; more; in addition

(d) in a friendly manner; warmly

Q3 adv. contrary

(a) in opposition; against; counter

(c) regrettably

(b) inexpensively

(d) clearly; in a straightforward manner

Q4 adv. ill

(a) with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly; improperly

(b) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent

(c) in place of; as a replacement

(d) into the city center; into the the town

Q5 adv. originally

(a) very well; excellent

(b) at first; in the first place; in a unique manner

(c) seriously; gravely; acutely; critically

(d) in whatever manner; however

Q6 adv. obviously

(a) previously; before a certain time

(b) at first; in the first place; at the beginning

(c) clearly; unmistakably; plainly; apparently

(d) in some way

Q7 adv. abreast

(a) justly; equitably; directly; completely; really

(b) as a logical result; unavoidably

(c) under; below

(d) side by side; in alignment; on top of; up-to-date; well-informed

Q8 adv. above

(a) relatively

(b) overhead; over; in a higher place

(c) out of doors

(d) exactly; accurately; definitely; certainly; surely

Q9 adv. downtown


(c) infrequently; not often; seldom

(b) into the city center; into the the town

(d) amid; in the middle

Q10 adv. though


(b) anyway

(c) after the usual or expected time; tardily; recently; far on time; formerly

(d) based on individual thoughts and feelings

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Test 37


Q1 n. lawsuit

(a) meat cutter; meat slaughterer; owner of a meat shop

(b) case in a court of law brought by one party against another; legal claim

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

(d) 12 dozen; 144

Q2 n. electrician

(a) end; conclusion; plug

(b) study of the statistical characteristics of a population

(c) person who installs or maintains wiring systems

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

Q3 v. exceed

(a) to send off quickly; to dismiss; to conclude with speed and efficiency; to eliminate

(b) to improve; to make better

(c) to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to assume

(d) to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo

Q4 adj. limited

(a) opposed

(b) mature; full grown

(c) confined within a boundary; restricted; narrow; mediocre

(d) content; satiated; having one's desires satisfied

Q5 n. nexus

(a) cost; price; payment

(b) moment; very short space of time; current month

(c) origin; starting point

(d) means of connection; link; joint; connected group

Q6 adj. senior

(a) congruous

(b) same in worth or value; same in importance; corresponding

(c) older; elder; having a higher rank; aged

(d) aware; awake; attentive

Q7 n. glove

(a) protecting covering for the hand; padded covering for the hand

(b) assembly; meeting; convention; cluster; collection

(c) match; whole consisting of two parts; couple

(d) consolation; relief from distress; source of comfort

Q8 n. variation

(a) exercise; assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned

(b) degree of diversity; change; modified version; deviation

(c) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him

(d) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition

Q9 n. top

(a) cost for traveling (on a bus, train, etc.)

(b) summit; peak; head

(c) hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint

(d) model; criterion; norm; average; commodity which backs a monetary system

Q10 v. accelerate

(a) to assemble; to collect; to accumulate; to conclude; to deduce

(b) to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate

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

(d) to mirror; to send back energy from a surface; to cause to return; to express

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Test 38


Q1 adj. impossible

(a) unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be endured

(b) made of a thin flexible cord of metal

(c) fixed; arranged; prepared; resolute; firmly resolved; determined in advance

(d) unusual

Q2 adj. stationary

(a) still; fixed in place; static; settled; tending to stay in one place

(b) firm; wealthy; influential; important; considerable

(c) inclusive; of all things

(d) excellent; having superior characteristics; fine

Q3 adj. alert

(a) somewhat

(b) ready; attentive; quick; agile

(c) using numbers; with numbers

(d) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; desirable

Q4 adj. polite


(b) having four equal sides enclosing four equal angles

(c) done over again

(d) sufficient; adequate

Q5 adj. own

(a) identical; corresponding; in agreement; harmonious

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

(c) controlling; aggressive; extremely self-assertive; bossy

(d) awful

Q6 adj. initiative

(a) beginning; introductory

(b) certain; sure of oneself; composed

(c) silent; noiseless; peaceful; tranquil; still; lacking activity

(d) preoccupied; lost in thought

Q7 adj. sanitary

(a) not genuine; simulated; unreal

(b) hygienic; clean; healthy

(c) chosen for office but net yet formally installed

(d) begging; attractive; interesting

Q8 adj. quality

(a) comprehensible; intelligible; rational; transparent; bright

(b) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff

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


Q9 adj. duplicate

(a) cautioning; giving advice about danger

(c) well-known; excellent; wonderful

(b) double; identical; matching

(d) older; elder; having a higher rank; aged

Q10 adj. prize

(a) main; principal; major

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

(c) having the receiver pay the charges (for a phone call)

(d) valuable; unique; outstanding; award-winning

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Q1 n. offset

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

(b) period; era; generation

(c) determination; resolution; ruling (especially in court)

(d) outcome; compensation; counterbalance

Q2 n. territory

(a) opening of a show; first public appearance

(b) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; memo; protocol; memorandum

(c) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need

(d) region; district; zone; area; domain

Q3 n. circle

(a) advance stipulation; preliminary terms

(b) either end of a passenger line; bus or train station

(c) feigning; impersonation; false show; claim; assertion

(d) ring-shaped geometric figure; round figure; group; society

Q4 n. weapon

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

(b) position; place where a person or thing is usually found; headquarters; broadcast frequency

(c) identifying characteristic

(d) instrument for use in attack or defense in combat

Q5 n. majority

(a) a measurement of output per hours worked; creativeness; fruitfulness; prolificness

(b) reduction; curtailing; decrease

(c) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total

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

Q6 n. disk

(a) disregard; inattention; forgetfulness; abandonment

(b) person who currently holds an office or position

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

(d) flat circular object

Q7 n. limit

(a) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony

(b) point at which something ends; edge; border; restriction; restraint

(c) variety; collection; selection; range; mixture

(d) yearly date commemorating a special event; birthday

Q8 n. taste

(a) seminar; brief intensive educational program; discussion group

(b) progression; succession; order; arrangement

(c) perception of flavor; sense; reason

(d) quickness; velocity; transmission gear in a motor vehicle

Q9 n. seminar

(a) folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of a garment

(b) mail manager, person responsible for managing electronic mail on a network (Computers)

(c) contrast

(d) educational meeting; training session

Q10 n. frank

(a) mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge

(b) organization and interpretation of numerical data

(c) combining of separate elements into a complete whole

(d) act of acquainting one person with another; preface

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Test 40


Q1 v. seek

(a) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows

(b) to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to request

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


Q2 v. resemble

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

(b) to be similar to; to be akin to; to look like; to have a similar appearance to

(c) to substitute for; to return something to a particular position or location

(d) to answer; to respond

Q3 v. bill

(a) to throw; to project; to form; to shape

(c) to charge; to announce; to advertise

(b) to cover; to hide

(d) to bear; to endure

Q4 v. credit

(a) to estimate; to compute; to depend upon

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

(c) to administer; to direct; to supervise; to accomplish; to handle

(d) to believe; to have faith in; to supply goods by deferred payment

Q5 v. vacation

(a) to go on holiday

(b) to be worthy of; to have a right to

(c) to express excitement; to motivate

(d) to be concerned with; to look out for; to watch over; to like; to be fond of

Q6 v. mark

(a) to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to contrive; to think up

(b) to elevate; to lift; to excite; to arouse; to cause

(c) to grant special rights; to give special advantages or benefits

(d) to indicate; to signal; to write down; to record; to notice

Q7 v. describe

(a) to impersonate; to act in a role; to claim; to assert

(b) to indicate; to itemize; to mark; to designate; to stipulate

(c) to cause to be dishonest; to pervert; to spoil

(d) to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate

Q8 n. interest

(a) concern; affair; percentage on a loan which is paid over time

(b) state of intellectual or spiritual awareness

(c) person or thing which promotes; expeditor

(d) organization; order; selection; range; assortment

Q9 v. scan

(a) to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane, ship, bus, etc.)

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

(c) to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to prepare

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

Q10 v. graduate

(a) to complete a course of study and receive a degree or diploma

(b) to make a request; to implement; to realize; to put into practice

(c) to move backward; to go back; to return to a previous condition

(d) to lessen; to diminish; to decrease

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Test 41


Q1 adv. easy

(a) commonly; generally; regularly

(b) in the end; eventually

(c) only; exclusively; merely

(d) comfortably; without great difficulty or effort

Q2 adv. regularly

(a) in place of; as a replacement

(b) at fixed intervals; at evenly-spaced intervals; usually; customarily

(c) immediately; momentarily


Q3 adv. enough

(a) exactly; accurately; definitely; certainly; surely

(b) dutifully; with care; thoroughly

(c) quite; sufficiently; fairly

(d) to a greater distance; more; in addition

Q4 adv. abroad

(a) to the rear; to the past


(c) in opposition; against; counter

(d) at fixed intervals; at evenly-spaced intervals; usually; customarily

Q5 adv. least


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

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

(d) really; genuinely

Q6 adv. comparatively

(a) strenuously; with great effort; to the full extent; intently; to the extreme limit

(b) to a greater distance; more; in addition

(c) relatively

(d) at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction

Q7 adv. frequently

(a) only; exclusively; merely

(c) regularly; often

(b) anyway; anyhow; still; all the same

(d) by hand; physically

Q8 n. particular

(a) detail; individual characteristic; item; article; specific proposition

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

(c) concentration; ability to concentrate on an issue

(d) expression of intent to damage or injure; intimidation; danger

Q9 adv. between

(a) amid; in the middle

(b) clearly; unmistakably; plainly; apparently

(c) mildly; deliberatively; in a temperate manner; not excessively; reasonably

(d) hardly; scarcely

Q10 adv. beneath


(b) very well; excellent

(c) at first; in the first place; at the beginning

(d) under; below

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Test 42


Q1 adj. interchangeable

(a) of reason or cause; inspiring to action

(b) can be traded; can be substituted by something else

(c) strong; solid; stable; fixed; immovable; determined

(d) ceremonious; conventional; according to custom; stiff; strict; symmetrical

Q2 adj. incumbent

(a) complex; complicated; involved; entangled

(b) resistant; invulnerable; impervious; sealed; durable

(c) presently holding an office or position; compulsory; necessary; resting; lying

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

Q3 v. criticize

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

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

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

(d) to help; to assist

Q4 conj. whether

(a) if

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

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

(d) but; in spite of; despite

Q5 n. valuable

(a) warning; alarm; attitude of readiness

(b) supplies; necessary items; tools, instruments or other objects for completing a task

(c) something of great worth

(d) period; era; hour; rate

Q6 adj. necessary

(a) vital; essential; indispensable; unavoidable

(b) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior

(c) obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding; acquiescent

(d) whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm; valid

Q7 n. means

(a) inducement; act of convincing

(b) method; way; medium; resources; funds

(c) agreement; business transaction; exchange; amount

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

Q8 v. call

(a) to store in a warehouse

(b) to invite; to speak loudly; to visit; to phone

(c) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority

(d) to exchange goods and services

Q9 v. suit

(a) to fit; to match; to satisfy; to please; to clothe

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


(d) to seize; to capture; to possess; to contract

Q10 n. trouble

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


(c) part of a television or computer monitor where the picture is displayed

(d) problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of worry

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Test 43


Q1 adj. ill

(a) treated as an expense

(b) near; adjacent; careful

(c) sick; bad; unfriendly; unsatisfactory; inadequate; inferior

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

Q2 adj. informal

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


(c) immediate; common; usual; standard

(d) leaving; sailing; traveling to another country

Q3 adj. dynamic

(a) channeled; centralized

(b) intended for inhabitation; occupied with homes

(c) forceful; energetic; vigorous; spirited; alive

(d) fearful; worried; worrisome; eager; keen

Q4 adj. substantial

(a) firm; wealthy; influential; important; considerable

(b) suitable; fitting

(c) careful; cautious

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

Q5 adj. competent

(a) pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt

(b) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced

(c) pertaining to home; pertaining to family; tame (about an animal)

(d) occurring once a year; yearly

Q6 adj. cautious

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

(b) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced

(c) careful; wary; suspicious

(d) pertaining to home; pertaining to family; tame (about an animal)

Q7 adj. hourly

(a) substantial; real; tangible; current

(b) continual

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

(d) splendid; majestic; superb; glorious; impressive

Q8 adj. clear

(a) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

(b) guilty; dishonest

(c) in the event of sudden need

(d) pure; obvious; easy to understand; comprehensible

Q9 adj. pretend

(a) simulated; feigned; make-believe

(b) guilty; dishonest

(c) composed of elastic material; made from caoutchouc

(d) worldwide; universal; of the whole world

Q10 adj. downsize

(a) small; of a pouch

(c) beforehand

(b) earlier; antecedent; former

(d) of a smaller version or dimension

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Test 44


Q1 n. size

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

(b) spatial dimension; measurement; extent; degree

(c) bed covering; quilt

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

Q2 n. possibility

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

(b) pull; influence; power; weight

(c) probability; feasibility; chance; likelihood

(d) notoriety; renown; good reputation

Q3 n. revise

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

(b) paper used for writing letters

(c) forward movement; progress; promotion

(d) serenity; self-control; calmness; coolness

Q4 n. rehearsal

(a) pair; group of two

(b) practice session for a performance

(c) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold

(d) representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention, seminar etc.

Q5 n. regular

(a) frequent customer; repeat customer

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

(c) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)

(d) physical or mental well-being; freedom from disease

Q6 n. upgrade

(a) origin; starting point

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

(c) money which is not generating profit

(d) the process of installing a newer and more powerful version of a software package or a piece of hardware

Q7 n. employee

(a) worker; person who works for a company or an individual

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

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

(d) path along which a fluid flows; direction in which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape

Q8 n. dial

(a) the time or amount of money that defined by checks that have been deposited but not cleared yet

(b) property; site; area; grounds; building with the grounds belonging to it

(c) a situation in which the imports of a country from the USA are larger than their exports to the USA

(d) rotatable disk on a telephone

Q9 n. quote

(a) probability; feasibility; chance; likelihood

(c) purpose; goal; objective; target

(b) commitment; obligation; period of employment

(d) citation; commercial offer

Q10 n. charge

(a) written order directing a bank to pay a specific amount of money

(b) price; cargo; responsibility

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

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

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Test 45


Q1 v. admonish

(a) to warn; to scold; to reprove

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

(c) to grind the teeth together; to abrade; to grind; to make a harsh grinding noise

(d) to forgive; to absolve; to release; to discharge

Q2 v. adhere

(a) to resuscitate; to bring back to life; to put into action again

(b) to stick to; to cling to; to be devoted to (an idea, group, organization etc.)


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

Q3 v. trouble

(a) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb

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

(c) to need to; must; to be obligated

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

Q4 v. adjourn

(a) to progress; to promote; to make a payment before it is due

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

(c) to make equal


Q5 v. margin

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

(b) to provide medical treatment; to fix; to repair; to mend

(c) to give one thing in return for another; to replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter

(d) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty

Q6 v. strive

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

(b) to endeavor; to try hard; to compete; to struggle; to resist

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

(d) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them

Q7 adv. ostensibly

(a) apparently; seemingly; to all appearances

(c) regularly; persistently; steadily; stably

(b) in some way

(d) intentionally; purposefully; methodically

Q8 v. alternate

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

(b) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale

(c) to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to substitute

(d) to make certain; to guarantee; to make secure

Q9 v. handle

(a) to vacillate; to waver; to vary; to change



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

Q10 v. reclaim

(a) to describe; to depict; to portray; to outline

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

(c) to try to; to assay

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

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Test 46


Q1 adv. truly

(a) anyway; anyhow; still; all the same

(c) chiefly; principally; mainly; initially

(b) really; genuinely

(d) apparently; seemingly; to all appearances

Q2 adv. opposite

(a) forward; in advance

(b) contrarily

(c) at first; in the first place; in a unique manner

(d) very quite; to a degree; somewhat; slightly; a bit; might as well

Q3 adv. twice

(a) doubly

(b) gently; without roughness or projections; evenly; calmly

(c) very quite; to a degree; somewhat; slightly; a bit; might as well

(d) quickly; fast; swiftly

Q4 adv. gradually

(a) really; genuinely

(c) in a close-fitting manner; firmly

(b) progressively

(d) in a friendly manner; warmly

Q5 adv. previously

(a) comfortably; without great difficulty or effort

(b) to the smallest extent possible

(c) before; at an earlier time; in the past; antecedently

(d) clearly; in a straightforward manner

Q6 adv. beyond

(a) regularly; persistently; steadily; stably


(c) at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction

(d) maybe; possibly; could be

Q7 adv. barely

(a) late; tardy

(c) quickly; fast; swiftly

(b) anyway

(d) hardly; scarcely

Q8 v. blanket

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

(b) to cover; to coat

(c) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse

(d) to overstate; to make something seem greater or more important than it really is

Q9 adj. adroit

(a) striking; noteworthy; extraordinary; exceptional

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

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

(d) first; primary; innovative; creative; novel

Q10 adv. apart

(a) to a higher level; more than; higher than

(b) separately; aside; into pieces

(c) without pleasure or happiness; wretchedly; poorly

(d) in place of; as a replacement

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Test 47


Q1 v. execute

(a) to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated; to fail; opposite of to win

(b) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice

(c) to globalize; to make worldwide

(d) to pretend; to feign

Q2 v. waver

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

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

(c) to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate

(d) to express excitement; to motivate

Q3 v. treasure

(a) to explain; to give a report; to cause; to regard


(c) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons

(d) to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to dispatch

Q4 n. stall

(a) formally or socially imposed standards of attire

(b) legal right of possession

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

(d) achievement; fulfillment; ability

Q5 n. state

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

(b) flat surface at the bottom of the room on which you walk; story; level of a building

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

(d) condition; phase; mood; splendor; nation

Q6 n. estimate

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

(b) respected position; honor; nobility

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

(d) advantage; profit; aid; stipend

Q7 v. enlighten

(a) to excel; to rise above

(b) to pass something through an opening

(c) to instruct; to provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding

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

Q8 n. structure

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

(b) product; item; asset; benefit

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

(d) choosing; time when people vote for a political candidate

Q9 adj. conscientious

(a) functional; practical; applicable

(b) careful; wanting to do what is right

(c) courteous; having good manners; gentle; genial; kind

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

Q10 n. field

(a) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)

(b) consequence; outcome; result; indirect suggestion; connotation; hint

(c) area; domain; range; piece of land; surface

(d) sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences

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Test 48


Q1 adj. robust

(a) of a city; local

(b) temporary; provisional

(c) sticking together; forming a unit or union; united; related to each other

(d) strong; healthy

Q2 adj. metropolitan

(a) tenacious; stubborn; constant; continual; diligent

(b) characteristic of a capital city; sophisticated

(c) appropriate; noble

(d) straight; forthright; clear

Q3 adj. original

(a) provocative; stimulating; encouraging

(c) first; primary; innovative; creative; novel

(b) careful; wary; suspicious

(d) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless

Q4 adj. attendant

(a) ethical; virtuous; righteous; principled; having integrity

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

(c) present; opposite of absent; accompanying

(d) pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers; of the sale of merchandise to end users

Q5 adj. critical

(a) confined within a boundary; restricted; narrow; mediocre

(b) can be traded; can be substituted by something else

(c) preferred; beloved; liked

(d) judgmental; important; crucial; vital

Q6 adj. liable

(a) rational; logical; intelligent; wise; plausible; likely; credible

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

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


Q7 n. merchandise

(a) goods; ware; stock; articles or items to be sold

(b) group of things that together form a set; group of attendants

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

(d) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage

Q8 adj. either

(a) one of two

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

(c) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous

(d) kind; good

Q9 adj. conventional

(a) customary; routine; formal

(c) careful; wanting to do what is right

(b) opposed

(d) could be; might be; may be

Q10 adj. prolific

(a) significant; important

(b) fruitful; productive; abundant; plentiful; multiplying; producing fruit

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

(d) imaginary; hypothetical; computer simulated

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Test 49


Q1 n. image

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

(b) part; portion; slice; piece

(c) person that you have met but do not know well; knowledge of something; familiarity

(d) figure; form; reflection; picture; likeness; embodiment

Q2 n. cuisine

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

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

(c) combination; conjunction; group; mixture

(d) style of cooking; national food

Q3 n. acceptance

(a) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports)

(b) aim; purpose, goal

(c) act of receiving; approval; state of believing in something


Q4 n. candidate

(a) caption beneath an illustration

(b) worker; person who works for a company or an individual

(c) switch; icon to click on

(d) applicant; nominee; examinee

Q5 n. premises

(a) part of a television or computer monitor where the picture is displayed

(b) picture; snapshot; image

(c) period of time that something continues

(d) property; site; area; grounds; building with the grounds belonging to it

Q6 n. royalties

(a) universe; empty area; gap; area; interval

(b) act of providing; act of offering; work; labor; function; role; offer

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

(d) alliance; union; agreement

Q7 n. government

(a) necessity; obligation; command; order

(b) downward; descent; slope; ebb

(c) ruling of a country or area; political control; authority

(d) distinguishing mark; unique ability; area of expertise

Q8 n. imperative

(a) relief; consolation; coziness

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

(c) tool; gadget; device; apparatus

(d) necessity; obligation; command; order

Q9 n. subject

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

(b) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle

(c) a person's handwritten signature

(d) intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion

Q10 n. myriad

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

(b) limit; border

(c) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location

(d) person who foretells future events; weatherman

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Test 50


Q1 v. lesson

(a) to reconstruct; to erect again

(b) to compel; to reinforce; to oblige; to coerce

(c) to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to rebuke

(d) to govern; to control; to determine; to decide; to decree

Q2 v. carpet


(b) to distract; to entertain; to turn in a different direction; to deflect

(c) to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to sell; to trade


Q3 v. offset

(a) to increase; to strengthen; to heighten

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

(c) to compensate; to balance


Q4 v. decide

(a) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate

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

(c) to choose; to select from several options; to conclude; to resolve

(d) to depend on; to trust in

Q5 v. advantage

(a) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell

(b) to help; to assist; to promote; to be beneficial to

(c) to cut with a sharp quick stroke; to reduce; to lower; to criticize strongly

(d) to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate

Q6 v. transact

(a) to arrange in groups; to classify; to sort; to structure

(b) to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours

(c) to help; to assist; to promote; to be beneficial to

(d) to carry out; to conduct; to perform

Q7 v. survive

(a) to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to endure; to withstand

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

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

(d) to stick to; to cling to; to be devoted to (an idea, group, organization etc.)

Q8 v. fine

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

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

(c) to stud; to constellate

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

Q9 v. succeed

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

(b) to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to inherit

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

(d) to ask for an identification (i.e. in a bar)

Q10 v. haze

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

(b) to advance; to encourage; to promote; to assist

(c) to cover; to coat

(d) to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to break into

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Test 51


Q1 n. puzzle

(a) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw

(b) using up

(c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided

(d) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint

Q2 n. contract

(a) agreement; pact; deal

(b) testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony

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

(d) manufacture; assembly; output; yield

Q3 adj. executive

(a) shiny; polished; smooth


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

(d) sloping; inclined

Q4 conj. whereas

(a) but; only


(c) in what way?

(d) as soon as

Q5 n. mood

(a) sending of cargo or freight

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

(c) state of mind; predominant emotion

(d) product which can rot or spoil (fruit, food etc.)

Q6 v. peddle

(a) to collapse; to decline; to decrease; to deteriorate; to settle


(c) to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to dispatch

(d) to hawk; to vend; to deal; to distribute; to sell

Q7 v. vary

(a) to alter; to change; to fluctuate

(b) to understand; to comprehend; to grasp

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

(d) to establish; to construct; to base; to provide a foundation

Q8 n. enough

(a) client; buyer; person who buys a product or service

(b) end; conclusion; plug

(c) goods; ware; stock; articles or items to be sold

(d) adequate amount; sufficient degree

Q9 adv. yet

(a) softly; in a low voice; without strength or force; weakly; into little pieces

(b) still; already; but; in spite of; although

(c) late; tardy

(d) based on individual thoughts and feelings

Q10 n. metropolitan

(a) device used to destroy documents by cutting them into small strips or pieces

(b) collection of written records; use of written records as evidence

(c) resident of a capital city; sophisticated big-city person

(d) flat surface at the bottom of the room on which you walk; story; level of a building

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Test 52


Q1 adj. sophisticated

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

(b) functional; practical; applicable

(c) silent; noiseless; peaceful; tranquil; still; lacking activity

(d) greatest; most; utmost; highest

Q2 adj. civic

(a) pertaining to a city; pertaining to citizenship

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

(c) well-versed; proficient; skilled

(d) detailed; complicated; carefully planned; worked out in great detail

Q3 adj. elect

(a) objective

(b) chosen for office but net yet formally installed

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

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

Q4 adj. splendid


(b) plain; clear; visible; public; intentional; undisguised (Law)

(c) wonderful; excellent; marvelous; grand; elegant; magnificent

(d) treated as an expense

Q5 adj. sincere

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

(b) same in worth or value; same in importance; corresponding

(c) preoccupied; lost in thought

(d) honest; truthful; frank; straightforward; genuine; earnest

Q6 adj. healthy

(a) well; not sick; fit; sound

(b) pertaining to accommodations; domesticated


(d) ancient; archaic; no longer in use; outdated; useless

Q7 adj. false

(a) characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated

(b) strong; solid; stable; fixed; immovable; determined

(c) showy; pretentious; bombastic; pompous; garish


Q8 n. cruise

(a) ruling of a country or area; political control; authority

(b) midpoint; middle; equally far from two extremes; average

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

(d) traveling on a ship; sea voyage; sailing

Q9 n. integrity

(a) expertise; state of having expert skills; skillfulness; adeptness; masterfulness

(b) drawing together; fold; pucker

(c) act of halting; visit; temporary residence; suspension of a legal proceeding

(d) honesty; uprightness; morality; wholeness; unity

Q10 adj. opposite

(a) content; satiated; having one's desires satisfied

(b) extreme; intense; severe

(c) unlicensed; forbidden; unlawful

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

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Test 53


Q1 n. initiative

(a) delivery; dispatch; conveyance

(b) piece of paper; attendant; servant

(c) calculation of size or extent; assessment of capacity or dimension

(d) enterprise; drive; ambition; beginning move in a process; first step

Q2 n. pose

(a) certificate; written file

(c) something previously mentioned or indicated

(b) stance

(d) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay

Q3 n. hire

(a) dividend; perk; monetary gift

(b) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks

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

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

Q4 n. departure

(a) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit

(b) certificate that bears monetary value; coupon; receipt; authorizer; endorser

(c) leaving; going away; opposite of arrival

(d) viewpoint; outlook; vista; view

Q5 n. pointer

(a) movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place; stair; stage in a process

(b) maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language

(c) being physically present; act of accompanying or serving

(d) indicator; something used to point; hand on a clock; clue; advice

Q6 n. adjustable rate

(a) an interest percentage that changes over time

(b) grant; pocket money; stipend; discount; deduction

(c) place where vessels are built and repaired

(d) mark; symbol; indication; hint; trace; notice; advertisement

Q7 v. apply

(a) to anticipate gladly

(b) to make a request; to implement; to realize; to put into practice

(c) to authorize; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else


Q8 n. cover

(a) insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid

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

(c) expansion; branch of a telephone network; supplement; reprieve

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

Q9 n. interpreter

(a) railing; hedge; ability to argue; person who sells stolen goods

(b) theme; subject of conversation; issue

(c) person who translates from one language to another (orally); person how clarifies; commentator

(d) act of paying back; repayment; compensation for a loss; repayment for an expense

Q10 n. lever

(a) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

(b) misfortune; hardship; distress; suffering

(c) sameness; uniformity

(d) hope; anticipation; assumption

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Test 54


Q1 v. counterbalance

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

(b) to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight, force etc.)

(c) to continue; to carry on; to advance; to progress; to move forward

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

Q2 v. slump

(a) to profit; to roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)

(b) to collapse; to decline; to decrease; to deteriorate; to settle

(c) to travel; to take a trip

(d) to act; to function; to manage; to use; to activate; to perform surgery

Q3 v. assemble

(a) to gather; to collect; to converge; to arrange; to meet

(b) to cause to be concerned with; to engage; to engross

(c) to show; to point out; to mark; to signify; to imply; to exhibit

(d) to question formally; to evaluate through questioning

Q4 v. sustain

(a) to support; to provide for; to finance; to assist; to encourage

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

(c) to collapse; to decline; to decrease; to deteriorate; to settle

(d) to distract; to entertain; to turn in a different direction; to deflect

Q5 v. survey

(a) to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study

(b) to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate

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

(d) to perform; to do; to engage

Q6 v. manage

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

(b) to make right; to amend

(c) to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to barter

(d) to administer; to direct; to supervise; to accomplish; to handle

Q7 v. judge

(a) to recompense someone for a service

(b) to locate

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

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

Q8 adj. forecast

(a) discovered

(b) serving as an aide; helpful; supportive; auxiliary

(c) tangible; real; substantial; solid

(d) predicted; expected; anticipated

Q9 v. keep

(a) to copy; to replicate; to photocopy

(b) to hold onto; to save; to store; to watch over; to care for

(c) to act as an agent on behalf of a person or organization; to symbolize

(d) to warn; to put on standby; to alarm

Q10 v. score

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

(b) to gather; to collect; to converge; to arrange; to meet

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

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

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Test 55


Q1 n. abbreviation

(a) something presented as evidence in a court of law; display; show

(b) compactness; closeness

(c) shortened form of a word or word combination

(d) expression of intent to damage or injure; intimidation; danger

Q2 v. analyze

(a) to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after; to copy

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

(c) to imagine to oneself; to picture; to visualize

(d) to examine; to break down into parts and study (as in a subject)

Q3 v. saw

(a) to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to picture in the mind

(b) to cut with a toothed blade

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

(d) to supply; to support; to send; to move into a machine

Q4 n. volunteer

(a) one who offers his services of his own free will or without pay

(b) one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub

(c) flammable liquid mixture derived from petroleum (used as fuel, etc.)

(d) end; conclusion; last edition of a newspaper

Q5 v. exclude

(a) not intended to earn profits; to observe; to remark on; to make a comment; to record

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

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

(d) to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair; to prepare

Q6 n. craft

(a) act of enlisting or drafting new members

(b) word or phrase by which someone or something is called or identified; moniker

(c) method of performance

(d) trade; skill; occupation; boat; plane

Q7 n. regulations

(a) headquarters of a business; dwelling place; abode; home; domicile

(b) location; description of a location

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

(d) expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; authorization

Q8 v. contact

(a) to establish communication; to make a connection; to link to; to connect with

(b) to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce; to institute

(c) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture

(d) to take a picture

Q9 n. post


(b) silence; quiet; photograph

(c) principal pipe or duct in a system; chief part of something; strength or force; high sea


Q10 v. copy

(a) to contest; to contend against another; to participate in a contest

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

(c) to duplicate; to imitate

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

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Test 56


Q1 adj. separate

(a) characteristic of a capital city; sophisticated

(b) logical; reasonable; intelligent; prudent; expressible as a whole number (Mathematics)

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

(d) detached; disconnected; distinct; set apart

Q2 adj. easy

(a) mild; slight; comfortable; simple

(b) acting as a replacement

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

(d) sturdy; long lasting

Q3 adj. famous

(a) ancient; archaic; no longer in use; outdated; useless

(b) sturdy; long lasting

(c) collective; total; taking all units as a whole

(d) well-known; excellent; wonderful

Q4 adj. consecutive

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

(b) sequential; following one after another

(c) involving rivalry; tending to contest

(d) earlier; antecedent; hasty; premature

Q5 adj. departmental

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

(b) striking; noteworthy; extraordinary; exceptional

(c) enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover; remaining

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

Q6 adj. renowned

(a) famous; prominent

(b) reliable; trustworthy; dependable

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

(d) forceful; energetic; vigorous; spirited; alive

Q7 adj. absorbed

(a) having no curves or bends; frank; continuous; honest; consistent

(b) treated as an expense

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

(d) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad

Q8 adj. whole

(a) complete; full; entire; healthy

(b) solemn; acute; critical; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim

(c) creative; new; original

(d) flat, level; even

Q9 adj. meticulous

(a) assorted; different; individual; several

(b) pedantic; cautious concerning minute details; scrupulous

(c) hygienic; clean; healthy

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

Q10 adj. apt

(a) short; concise

(b) chatty; loquacious

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

(d) beginning; introductory

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Test 57


Q1 n. consumer

(a) container devoid of contents

(c) buyer; client

(b) cost; value; worth; rate; measure

(d) rug; fabric floor covering

Q2 n. technology

(a) person who is native to or resides in a particular area

(b) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor

(c) a person who keeps financial records; a person who conducts financial audits

(d) sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences

Q3 n. delay

(a) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; memo; protocol; memorandum

(b) heap; tall bookshelf; chimney

(c) postponement; hindrance; hold-up; stopping; lingering

(d) 12 dozen; 144

Q4 n. investment

(a) expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; authorization

(b) connection; relation; association; one ring of a chain; ring

(c) spoken or written words with which people communicate thoughts and feelings

(d) plant; edible fruit of a plant

Q5 n. inference

(a) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)

(b) silence; noiselessness; stillness; tranquility; muteness; speechlessness

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

(d) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store

Q6 n. pattern

(a) magazine; journal

(b) formally or socially imposed standards of attire

(c) whole amount; entire quantity; essence; gist

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

Q7 adv. seamlessly

(a) still; already; but; in spite of; although

(c) smoothly; continuously; inconspicuously

(b) based on individual thoughts and feelings

(d) as a logical result; unavoidably

Q8 n. kind

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

(b) type; sort; class; group of things which are classed together because of their similarities

(c) thin and flat object

(d) area; domain; range; piece of land; surface

Q9 n. leave

(a) awareness; perception

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

(c) vacation; time off; permission to be absent; departure; farewell

(d) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency

Q10 n. opposite

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

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

(c) custom; practice; convention

(d) contrast; something contrary

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Test 58


Q1 v. number

(a) to travel; to take a trip

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


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

Q2 v. insulate

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

(b) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw

(c) to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to process

(d) to separate from others; to segregate

Q3 v. come across

(a) to innovate and develop production

(b) to call; to summon (e.g. to the telephone); to number sheets of paper in a collection

(c) to happen upon; to find by chance; to discover; to see

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

Q4 v. originate

(a) to supply; to grant; to set; to offer

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

(c) to pay to; to hire; to employ

(d) to begin; to be created; to result from; to develop; to be produced

Q5 v. recap

(a) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain

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

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

(d) to have a mean of a certain amount

Q6 v. extradite

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

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

(c) to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight, force etc.)


Q7 v. list

(a) to back; to support; to finance; to subsidize; to promote

(b) to write or print a series of names or items according to a certain order; to inscribe; to record

(c) to organize according to importance

(d) to make a call; to ring

Q8 v. gain

(a) to offer to do or give something for free; to propose

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

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

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

Q9 v. bulk

(a) to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition


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

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

Q10 v. last

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

(b) to continue; to suffice; to endure; to persist

(c) to make equal


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Test 59


Q1 v. compensate

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

(b) to continue

(c) to cause discomfort; to trouble; to put out; to disturb

(d) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries

Q2 n. pass

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

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

(c) innovativeness; inventiveness

(d) something that is the same of the same level

Q3 n. feasibility

(a) state of intellectual or spiritual awareness

(b) growth; expansion; addition; enlargement; escalation

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

(d) capability of being carried out; capability of being achieved; likelihood; probability

Q4 adj. pervasive

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

(b) whole; including every part; complete; full

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

(d) not real; fanciful

Q5 n. gauge

(a) bill of sale; written statement of purchases

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

(c) counsel; guidance; specific information; hint

(d) product of the division of one number by another; part of a whole; segment; fragment; quotient

Q6 v. slice

(a) to cut into portions; to cleave

(b) to endeavor; to try hard; to compete; to struggle; to resist

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

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

Q7 adv. foremost

(a) in a place across an ocean

(b) by hand; physically


(d) first in place or rank; primary; leading; main

Q8 v. induce

(a) to confirm; to sanction; to legalize

(b) to check flavor by eating; to attempt; to try

(c) to cause; to bring about; to set in motion; to influence

(d) to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire

Q9 adj. opportune

(a) expendable; spoils rapidly; likely to spoil; mortal

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

(c) appropriate; fitting; well-timed; timely; proper; expedient

(d) very important; critical; decisive; vital

Q10 n. emergency

(a) person or thing which promotes; expeditor

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

(b) a person who prepares food

(d) sudden need demanding immediate action

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Test 60


Q1 adj. mediocre

(a) spoiled; immoral; dishonest; perverted

(b) immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present; current

(c) detailed; complicated; carefully planned; worked out in great detail

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

Q2 adj. fleet

(a) same in worth or value; same in importance; corresponding

(b) pertinent; relevant; connected

(c) swift; fast

(d) small; of a pouch

Q3 adj. unforeseen

(a) reliable; trustworthy; dependable

(b) immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present; current

(c) not anticipated; not expected

(d) involving rivalry; tending to contest

Q4 adj. vast

(a) large; enormous; huge

(b) overflowing; unreserved; unrestrained; exuberant

(c) comprehensive; complete; finished


Q5 adj. pleased

(a) assorted; different; individual; several

(b) content; satiated; having one's desires satisfied

(c) main; principal; major

(d) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from

Q6 adj. homebound

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

(c) substantial; real; tangible; current


(d) not capable

Q7 adj. fortunate

(a) dangerous; risky; perilous

(b) of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding


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

Q8 adj. alternate


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

(c) rotating; one after the other; interchanging


Q9 adj. perishable

(a) expendable; spoils rapidly; likely to spoil; mortal

(b) correct; suitable; just; complete

(c) exceptional; special; strange; odd; curious

(d) close-fitting; tense; narrow

Q10 adj. quarter

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

(b) being one fourth; having four equal parts

(c) allowed; eligible; having the right to something

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

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Test 61


Q1 n. remark

(a) comment; observation; notice

(b) organization; order; selection; range; assortment

(c) act of providing; act of offering; work; labor; function; role; offer

(d) rear; end; seat

Q2 n. acquaintance

(a) structure built mainly of glass in which plants are cultivated out of season

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

(c) diligence; tenacity; stubbornness; continuation

(d) person that you have met but do not know well; knowledge of something; familiarity

Q3 n. tax

(a) attempt to discover or test something; trial; research

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


(d) levy; fee

Q4 n. ability

(a) counsel; guidance; specific information; hint

(b) model; criterion; norm; average; commodity which backs a monetary system

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

(d) skill; talent; aptitude; capacity; power

Q5 n. birth rate

(a) type; sort; class; group of things which are classed together because of their similarities

(b) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness

(c) number of babies that are born per year per thousand

(d) job; assignment; obligation; role

Q6 n. share

(a) introduction; foreword; opening statement

(b) owner of a flower shop; person who makes flower arrangements

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

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

Q7 n. commentary

(a) system; group of items; collection; posture; carriage; series; sequence

(b) attraction; closeness; liking; likeness

(c) series of remarks; explanation (often written in essay or book form)

(d) task; duty; responsibility; role; obligation

Q8 n. gratuity

(a) plan; sketch; model; layout; structure

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

(c) tip; bonus; recompense

(d) order; direction; control; domination; headquarters

Q9 n. pharmacist

(a) combining of separate elements into a complete whole

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

(c) druggist; apothecary

(d) compactness; closeness

Q10 n. repeat

(a) act of redoing something

(b) singularity; individuality; incomparability

(c) person who is resistant to change; person who favors traditional political parties

(d) sheet of paper on which information has been printed; flyer

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Test 62


Q1 v. crate

(a) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain

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

(c) to pack in a box

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

Q2 v. halt

(a) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard

(b) to stop; to cause to stop; to pause; to hesitate; to be uncertain

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

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

Q3 v. resign

(a) to supervise; to manage; to inspect

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

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

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

Q4 v. abide

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

(b) to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to tolerate

(c) to manage; to supervise; to supply; to dispense

(d) to assign to a duty; to station; to publicize; to advertise

Q5 v. expose

(a) to contemplate again

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

(c) to endeavor; to try hard; to compete; to struggle; to resist

(d) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose; to abandon

Q6 v. compartmentalize

(a) to carry; to impart or to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance

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

(c) to separate into sections; to partition

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

Q7 v. protect

(a) to defend; to save from harm; to watch over; to guard

(b) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform

(c) to happen upon; to find by chance; to discover; to see

(d) to cede; to surrender; to give up; to forsake; to abandon

Q8 adj. efficient

(a) inferior; of secondary importance; under the authority of another

(b) short; concise

(c) done without waste (of time, resources, etc.)


Q9 v. foresee

(a) to predict; to prophesy; to foretell


(c) to be ready or available; to work as an attendant; to postpone

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

Q10 v. expand

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

(b) to cause; to bring about; to set in motion; to influence

(c) to grow larger; to broaden; to increase; to enlarge; to add to

(d) to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate

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Q1 n. senior

(a) replacement; person or thing that takes the place of another

(b) person of higher rank; older person; elder


(d) beginning phase of a project; babyhood

Q2 n. recommendation

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

(b) endorsement; approval; letter of reference; suggestion; advice

(c) researcher; investigator; software program for file management

(d) period of one hundred years

Q3 v. enclose

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

(b) to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with

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

(d) to send a letter or other item via the postal service; to post

Q4 n. refund

(a) midpoint; middle; equally far from two extremes; average

(b) return of money; repayment; reimbursement

(c) option; selection; variety

(d) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence

Q5 v. interfere

(a) to give up; to renounce; to deny; to disavow; to retract

(b) to remove the contents of

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

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

Q6 v. voice

(a) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse

(b) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of

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

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

Q7 adv. upwards


(b) nearly; about; around; circa


(d) progressively

Q8 v. close

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

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

(c) to advance; to encourage; to promote; to assist

(d) to shut; to be shut; to finish; to complete

Q9 adj. fraught

(a) customary

(b) full of or accompanied by; charged with; laden with

(c) cautioning; giving advice about danger

(d) obligated; certain; fastened; tied

Q10 v. loom


(b) to examine accounts and other financial records

(c) to appear as a large and indistinct form; to appear as larger than life; to impend

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

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Test 64


Q1 adj. irritated

(a) annoyed; aggravated; exasperated

(b) little; not many; some

(c) relating to supervision and responsibility

(d) having the capacity for feeling; susceptible to external influences or agents

Q2 adj. candid

(a) controlling; aggressive; extremely self-assertive; bossy

(b) honest; straightforward; open; frank

(c) functional; practical; applicable

(d) whole; perfect; finished

Q3 adj. ideal

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

(b) perfect; imaginary; excellent; best; exemplary

(c) comprehensive; inclusive

(d) modern; current

Q4 adj. honest

(a) pertaining to a city; pertaining to citizenship

(b) truthful; candid; frank

(c) singular; matchless; rare


Q5 adj. edge

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

(b) signed with initials; marked with the first letter or letter of a name

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

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

Q6 adj. essential

(a) whole; perfect; finished

(b) impressive; inspiring; great; frightening

(c) necessary; needed; fundamental; crucial; very important

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

Q7 adj. diligent

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


(c) excellent; wonderful; splendid; magnificent

(d) ambitious; industrious; hard-working

Q8 n. bill

(a) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness

(b) wage; salary; compensation; bonus; punishment

(c) banknote; invoice; proposed law

(d) commercial information designed to attract attention; commercial

Q9 adj. perennial

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

(b) objective

(c) lasting throughout the whole year; continuing for many years; perpetual; everlasting

(d) talented; skilled; having great natural ability

Q10 adj. discrete

(a) pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers; of the sale of merchandise to end users

(b) inferior; of secondary importance; under the authority of another

(c) faithful; true to one's obligations

(d) separate; individual; discontinuous

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Q1 n. colleague

(a) list of information arranged in columns and rows; chart; flat surface

(b) routine job; unpleasant task

(c) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports)

(d) fellow worker; cowoker

Q2 n. midday


(b) noon; 12 a.m.

(c) getting rid of; arranging

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

Q3 n. examinee

(a) danger; risk; game of chance

(b) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder

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

(d) person who is tested; candidate

Q4 n. midmorning

(a) combination of related things or parts that form a complex whole

(b) facet; outlook; direction; issue; point

(c) resident of a capital city; sophisticated big-city person

(d) before noon

Q5 n. strike

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

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

(c) injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression

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

Q6 n. attitude


(b) institution for saving and borrowing money; cashier

(c) diligence; tenacity; stubbornness; continuation

(d) fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember

Q7 adj. entire

(a) typical; distinctive

(c) additional; extra

(b) about to happen; imminent

(d) whole; including every part; complete; full

Q8 n. tour

(a) variable which determines the form of a function

(b) voyage; sightseeing excursion; trip; route

(c) compound; various objects that for m a unit

(d) model; pattern; something which serves as an illustration

Q9 n. synthesis

(a) garbage; trash; waste

(b) combining of separate elements into a complete whole

(c) lack of knowledge; illiteracy; lack of education; state of being uninformed

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

Q10 n. propensity

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

(c) remark; note; statement; explanation

(b) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude

(d) high ranking military officer

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Test 66


Q1 v. conceptualize

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

(b) to get well; to get back; to regain; to obtain again

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

(d) to prosper; to flourish; to succeed

Q2 v. veil

(a) to cover; to hide

(b) to rebroadcast

(c) to convey a fluid; to transport a liquid; to make a high-pitched sound

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

Q3 v. prejudice

(a) to question formally; to evaluate through questioning

(b) to buy; to obtain; to purchase; to attain

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

(d) to convince; to induce; to sway

Q4 v. need

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

(b) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true

(c) to respect; to honor; to admire; to value

(d) to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate

Q5 v. transfer


(b) to impose; to cause something unpleasant

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

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

Q6 v. attend

(a) to grind the teeth together; to abrade; to grind; to make a harsh grinding noise

(b) to imply; to suggest; to hint

(c) to be present in a place; to care for; to serve; to accompany


Q7 v. permeate

(a) to establish; to construct; to base; to provide a foundation

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

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

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

Q8 v. pioneer

(a) eject; drive out; banish

(b) to comprise; to contain; to embrace

(c) to pave the way; to create a path; to guide; to initiate; to originate

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

Q9 v. visit

(a) to represent by chart; to draw a curve representing a given function

(b) to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to assist

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

(d) to stay somewhere temporarily; to make an official inspection

Q10 v. charge

(a) to harvest; to cut short; to clip

(b) to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with power

(c) to repeat; to say again; to restate

(d) to assume; to anticipate; to hope

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Test 67


Q1 adj. total

(a) strange; unfamiliar; from or of another place; pertaining to dealings with another country


(c) productive; in operation; impressive; striking

(d) entire; complete; absolute

Q2 v. solve

(a) to modernize; to make current

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

(c) to find the answer to; to explain

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

Q3 n. vessel

(a) exercise; assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned

(b) large craft made for navigation on water; boat; ship; container

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

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

Q4 v. fertilize

(a) to end; to sum up; to complete; to conclude

(b) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan

(c) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward

(d) to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances

Q5 n. embrace

(a) group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles

(b) hug; act of wrapping one's arms around another person or thing

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

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

Q6 adv. solely

(a) infrequently; not often; seldom

(c) particularly

(b) at a further point

(d) only; exclusively; merely

Q7 adv. subjectively

(a) as a result; therefore

(b) at fixed intervals; at evenly-spaced intervals; usually; customarily

(c) based on individual thoughts and feelings

(d) comfortably; without great difficulty or effort

Q8 n. good

(a) product; item; asset; benefit

(b) car; wagon; coach; carriage; trolley

(c) consciousness

(d) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison

Q9 adj. coordinate

(a) unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be endured

(b) tasty; having a pleasant taste or smell

(c) decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled; despicable

(d) equal; equivalent; of equal rank or authority

Q10 v. operate


(b) to act; to function; to manage; to use; to activate; to perform surgery

(c) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct

(d) to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow

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Test 68


Q1 adj. token

(a) nominal; symbolic; perfunctory

(b) end; closing; concluding; final; mortal

(c) extra; supplemental

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

Q2 adj. overt

(a) serene; quiet; peaceful; tranquil; relaxed; calm


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

(d) loyal; faithful; unchanging

Q3 adj. savvy

(a) occurring on a regular basis

(b) experienced; knowledgeable (Slang)

(c) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; desirable

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

Q4 adj. intense

(a) obligated; certain; fastened; tied

(b) extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound

(c) occurring within a building; meant to be used inside


Q5 adj. ambitious

(a) aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great effort

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

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


Q6 adj. unauthorized

(a) earlier; antecedent; former

(b) sticking together; forming a unit or union; united; related to each other

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

(d) unlicensed; forbidden; unlawful

Q7 adj. able

(a) lawful; acceptable; justified; authorized

(b) managerial; executive

(c) competent; talented; apt

(d) relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional; contingent

Q8 v. route

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

(b) to direct along a particular path; to chart a course

(c) to make circular shape

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

Q9 adj. above

(a) ambitious; industrious; hard-working

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

(b) precise; meticulous; extremely accurate

(d) mentioned earlier in the same text

Q10 adj. fundamental

(a) full of or accompanied by; charged with; laden with

(b) classified; secret; strictly private

(c) successive; uninterrupted; permanent

(d) basic; elemental; essential

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Test 69


Q1 n. coal

(a) geometric figure having four equal sides; plaza

(b) external part or surface of something

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

(d) fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember

Q2 n. preface

(a) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow

(b) state of mind; predominant emotion

(c) introduction; foreword; opening statement

(d) management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift; careful spending

Q3 n. story

(a) true or fictional account of some occurrence; short work of fiction; plot; news report

(b) group of people working together; team

(c) nomenclature; specific vocabulary

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

Q4 n. suitcase

(a) rectangular traveling bag; valise

(b) the level of monetary funding a company needs to run smoothly

(c) acknowledgment; identification


Q5 n. percent

(a) one part of a hundred

(c) grouping symbols ()

(b) person who holds a money order

(d) substitution; substitute

Q6 n. direction

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

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

(c) guidance; supervision; conducting; management

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

Q7 n. paragraph

(a) work; occupation; keeping busy

(b) disposition; mood

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

(d) boss; person or company that hires people to do work

Q8 n. assessment

(a) either end of a passenger line; bus or train station

(b) throw; team of actors; squint (of the eye)

(c) one who is higher than another in rank or position

(d) estimation; appraisal; measurement

Q9 n. recession

(a) a significant decline in general economic activity extending over a period of time

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

(c) exchange; trade

(d) esteem; respect; integrity; honesty; award; privilege

Q10 n. survey

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

(b) something which has been bought; act of buying

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

(d) review; overview; statistical study

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Test 70


Q1 v. wrong

(a) to turn into profit; to generate revenue

(b) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work)

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

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

Q2 v. review

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

(b) to stance

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

(d) to make a remark; to explain; to write an explanatory note

Q3 v. fluctuate


(b) to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle

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

(d) to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take liberties; to permit oneself

Q4 v. remain

(a) to stay; to abide; to continue; to go on

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

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

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

Q5 v. traffic

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

(b) to deal in; to sell

(c) to jump; to leap


Q6 v. capitalize


(b) to follow; to drag; to tow

(c) to get well; to get back; to regain; to obtain again

(d) to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance

Q7 v. idle

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

(b) to lounge; to do nothing; to laze around

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

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

Q8 adj. formal

(a) ready; attentive; quick; agile


(c) sticking together; consistent

(d) low; despicable; ignoble

Q9 v. dot

(a) to stud; to constellate

(b) to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly

(c) to be present in a place; to care for; to serve; to accompany

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

Q10 v. title


(b) to furnish with a caption or heading

(c) to globalize; to make worldwide

(d) to oppose; to protest

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Test 71


Q1 n. appearance

(a) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation

(b) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information

(c) impression; the way a person looks; image; semblance

(d) help; assistance; accessory

Q2 v. delegate


(b) to make an application; to enter; to let something or someone enter

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

(d) to authorize; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else

Q3 n. still

(a) silence; quiet; photograph

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

(c) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season

(d) possessions; belongings; estate; assets; ownership

Q4 n. priority

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

(b) a list of accounts receivable

(c) preference; precedence; higher rank; privileged position; seniority

(d) large closed vehicle used for transporting goods or people

Q5 n. scratch

(a) reply; answer; reaction

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

(c) group of stores, outlets, banks etc., under one management

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

Q6 v. fade

(a) to gather; to collect; to converge; to arrange; to meet

(b) to wither; to die out; to bleach; to disappear

(c) to administer; to direct; to supervise; to accomplish; to handle

(d) to segregate; to set apart; to split; to divide; to disconnect

Q7 adj. entitled

(a) strongly desiring; keen; fervently interested

(b) instantaneous; prompt; direct; close

(c) allowed; eligible; having the right to something


Q8 adj. adamant

(a) classified; secret; strictly private

(c) alike; having common qualities; comparable

(b) unyielding; firm; hard; unbending

(d) typical; distinctive

Q9 v. apparel

(a) to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to substantiate

(b) to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver

(c) to dress; to adorn wear

(d) to characterize; to depict; to describe; to present; to emphasize

Q10 adj. unique

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


(c) singular; matchless; rare

(d) grand; magnificent; striking

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Test 72


Q1 adj. anxious

(a) fearful; worried; worrisome; eager; keen

(b) characterized; by or occupying a particular place

(c) perfect; impeccable

(d) made of a thin flexible cord of metal

Q2 adj. circumspect

(a) careful; cautious

(b) first; primary; innovative; creative; novel

(c) impossible to see; imperceptible; hidden; concealed

(d) lazy; vain; unoccupied; unemployed

Q3 adj. complete

(a) discovered

(c) whole; perfect; finished

(b) easy; relaxing; cosy; financially well to do

(d) passing; brief

Q4 adj. ambiguous

(a) can be prophesied; can be foretold

(b) serene; quiet; peaceful; tranquil; relaxed; calm


(d) open to dispute; obscure; vague

Q5 adj. supportive

(a) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior

(c) providing assistance

(b) close at hand

(d) comprising; containing; embracing

Q6 adv. systematically

(a) immediately; momentarily


(b) methodically; in an organized fashion

(d) strictly; firmly

Q7 v. abuse

(a) to injure; to harm; to mistreat

(c) to live; to be

(b) to join parts together; to attach segments

(d) to interpret; to see; to perceive

Q8 adj. lucid

(a) strange; unfamiliar; from or of another place; pertaining to dealings with another country

(b) made of a thin flexible cord of metal


(d) of or pertaining to the upper class

Q9 adj. foreign

(a) hurt; wounded; insulted; offended; damaged

(b) strange; unfamiliar; from or of another place; pertaining to dealings with another country

(c) being in competition; contending

(d) receiving of a regular or fixed payment

Q10 adj. fluent

(a) cautioning; giving advice about danger


(c) articulate; eloquent; able to read and write with ease; graceful; flowing

(d) clear; obvious; apparent

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Test 73


Q1 n. goal

(a) strong feeling or idea left by an experience; effect; vague memory

(b) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits

(c) prejudice; tendency; leaning

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

Q2 n. correlation

(a) gross revenues; total business done; rate of selling or producing

(b) one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub

(c) external part or surface of something

(d) mutual connection (between two or more things); similarity; parallel

Q3 n. declaration

(a) arrangement; structure; organization; hoax; configuration of hardware or software (Computers)

(b) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level

(c) confidence; faith; credit; monopoly; several companies banded together in order to reduce competition

(d) statement; proclamation; announcement

Q4 n. suit

(a) person who translates from one language to another (orally); person how clarifies; commentator

(b) deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark from a check box (Computers)

(c) matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt; request; courtship

(d) blunder; fault; error

Q5 n. tradition

(a) profit from the difference between costs and net sales

(b) banknote printed by a government as legal tender which is not redeemable and which lacks economic value

(c) custom; practice; convention

(d) tip; bonus; recompense

Q6 n. wrong

(a) injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression

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

(c) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition

(d) attitude; stance; opinion

Q7 n. attentiveness

(a) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization

(b) certificate; written file


(d) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc.

Q8 v. institute

(a) to establish; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to start

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

(c) to solidify

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

Q9 n. repair

(a) harvesting machine

(b) section; piece; region; role; function; side in an agreement

(c) ethic; lesson; principle

(d) act of fixing; correction; act of mending

Q10 n. counter


(b) part; district; paragraph; passage; department; unit

(c) computer which can serve many users simultaneously

(d) quantity; sum

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Test 74


Q1 v. impact


(b) to influence; to affect strongly; to collide; to squeeze in

(c) to go on holiday

(d) to cover or to furnish with textile materials; to reprimand; to scold

Q2 v. revere

(a) to respect deeply; to honor greatly

(b) to solidify

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

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

Q3 v. solicit

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

(b) to fight with fists; to put crates


(d) to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to rebuke

Q4 v. mitigate

(a) to soften in force or severity; to lessen the impact or intensity of; to appease

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

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

(d) to continue; to carry on; to advance; to progress; to move forward

Q5 v. reschedule

(a) to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with

(b) to set a new time and date

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

(d) to connect; to join; to link

Q6 v. load

(a) to store in a large building

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

(c) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem

(d) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)

Q7 v. relocate

(a) to focus; to pay attention

(b) to move to a different apartment; to move to a different place

(c) to specialize in a certain field

(d) to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit

Q8 v. elude

(a) to avoid; to escape; to shrink

(b) to resuscitate; to bring back to life; to put into action again

(c) to write down in a timetable; to register

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

Q9 v. pass

(a) to interpret; to see; to perceive

(b) to cause discomfort; to trouble; to put out; to disturb

(c) to cross; to transport; to approve

(d) to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter; to hurl; to cast

Q10 v. defect

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

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

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

(d) to render insusceptible to a disease by inoculating

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Test 75


Q1 n. address

(a) location; description of a location

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

(c) silence; noiselessness; stillness; tranquility; muteness; speechlessness

(d) obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders progress

Q2 n. warehouse

(a) pullover; employer who underpays his employees

(b) manner of acting; conduct

(c) depot; wholesale store; large retail store


Q3 v. conserve

(a) to dress; to put on clothes

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

(c) to be composed of; to be made up of

(d) to protect; to guard from harm

Q4 n. house

(a) thankfulness; appreciation

(b) timetable; agenda; itinerary; plan

(c) collaboration; working together

(d) building used for a particular purpose; business; audience; legislative body

Q5 n. tie

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

(b) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film; thin layer

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

(d) feigning; impersonation; false show; claim; assertion

Q6 n. guide

(a) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

(b) something of great worth

(c) act of dragging or pulling with a rope or chain

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

Q7 adj. rigorous

(a) coming or occurring after the usual or expected time; tardy; slow; delayed

(b) in a manner which shuts out all others; solely; in a limited manner

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

(d) congruous

Q8 v. dominate

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

(b) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden

(c) to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project; to protrude

(d) to control; to rule; to command

Q9 v. reiterate


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

(c) to conform; to change; to make suitable; to match; to fit

(d) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate

Q10 v. recover

(a) to get well; to get back; to regain; to obtain again

(b) to place between other things; to throw into the center of

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

(d) to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe

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Q1 adj. curt

(a) satisfied; pleased

(c) gloomy; dark; depressing; sad; mournful

(b) brief; blunt; rude

(d) complex; complicated; involved; entangled

Q2 adj. confidential

(a) hard; troublesome; complicated; complex

(b) classified; secret; strictly private

(c) back; hind

(d) controlling; aggressive; extremely self-assertive; bossy

Q3 adj. intent



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

(d) correct; suitable; just; complete

Q4 adj. peculiar

(a) arranged in a particular way; prepared for reading and writing

(b) exceptional; special; strange; odd; curious

(c) preliminary; beginning

(d) can be traded; can be substituted by something else

Q5 adj. rational

(a) faithful; true to one's obligations


(c) having no curves or bends; frank; continuous; honest; consistent

(d) excellent; conspicuous; prominent; due

Q6 adj. bonded

(a) secured in a warehouse

(b) relating to or designed for the mass of people; large-scale; widespread; popular

(c) ancient; archaic; no longer in use; outdated; useless

(d) clear; obvious; apparent

Q7 v. promote

(a) to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver

(b) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive

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

(d) to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to assist

Q8 adj. inherent

(a) classified; secret; strictly private

(b) describing an asset or item which can easily be sold or transferred

(c) intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral part; natural; inborn

(d) pertaining to hearing and listening; sound

Q9 adj. brief

(a) arbitrary; fickle; flexible

(b) short; concise

(c) inferior; of secondary importance; under the authority of another

(d) comprising; containing; embracing

Q10 adj. interim

(a) additional; extra

(c) temporary; provisional

(b) of nature

(d) truthful; candid; frank

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Test 77


Q1 n. tackle


(b) equipment; device for lifting and lowering objects

(c) professional cook; head cook in a restaurant of hotel

(d) variety; difference; unlikeness

Q2 n. resignation

(a) something created separately for the purpose of being added to or placed inside (a book, newspaper, etc.)

(b) act of quitting a position; letter stating that one quits a position; relinquishment

(c) outlook; perspective; view; opinion; attitude

(d) inherent nature of something; central or outstanding characteristic

Q3 n. catalog

(a) mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge

(b) good friend; acquaintance

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

(d) itemized list; index; directory

Q4 n. angle

(a) person who owns and operates a food store

(b) rules introduced by the government to regulate the trade of securities and mutual funds

(c) point of view; perspective

(d) true or fictional account of some occurrence; short work of fiction; plot; news report

Q5 n. inhabitant

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

(b) sum; whole

(c) using up

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

Q6 n. bookcase

(a) marmalade; jam

(b) limit to which money may be withdrawn from the bank on credit

(c) shelves used to store printed items

(d) present; talent; offering

Q7 adj. widespread

(a) swift; fast

(b) spoiled; immoral; dishonest; perverted

(c) logical; reasonable; intelligent; prudent; expressible as a whole number (Mathematics)

(d) common; popular; extensive; prevalent

Q8 n. deposit

(a) range; journey; track; path; series; sequence

(b) formal agreement between two states; compact; covenant; contract

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

(d) the U.S. treasury

Q9 n. veracity

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

(b) task; assignment; delegation; errand; religious delegation

(c) truthfulness; something that is a truth

(d) the sale of all or most of a company's inventory or assets to another company

Q10 n. delegate


(b) military rank above captain; main subject of study chosen by a college or university student

(c) representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention, seminar etc.

(d) concern; affair; percentage on a loan which is paid over time

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Test 78


Q1 v. impose

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

(b) to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce; to institute

(c) to injure; to harm; to mistreat

(d) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to

Q2 v. import

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

(b) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote

(c) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply

(d) to alter; to change; to fluctuate

Q3 v. perpetuate

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

(b) to render insusceptible to a disease by inoculating

(c) to cause to be acquainted; to accustom; to make something well known; to publicize

(d) to manage; to supervise; to supply; to dispense

Q4 v. deserve

(a) to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish

(b) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell

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

(d) to be worthy of; to have a right to

Q5 v. accompany

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


(c) to give a cost to something

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

Q6 v. reveal


(b) to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to describe; to define

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

(d) to reach; to achieve; to fulfill; to realize (a goal, purpose, etc.)

Q7 v. focus

(a) to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to discern

(b) to confuse; to make hard to understand; to make difficult; to make complex

(c) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information

(d) to make clear; to concentrate

Q8 v. vilify

(a) to carry; to impart or to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance

(b) to lounge; to do nothing; to laze around

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


Q9 v. honor

(a) to agree; to concur; to confirm; to endorse


(c) to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept

(d) to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in speaking

Q10 v. recognize

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

(b) to give confidence; to promise; to pledge; to encourage

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

(d) to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to spoil; to humor

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Test 79


Q1 v. edge

(a) to calculate; to figure; to estimate

(b) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively

(c) to train; to certify; to meet the minimum standards; to moderate; to modify

(d) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct

Q2 v. sight

(a) to see with the eyes; to view; to notice; to discern; to observe

(b) to fail after starting well; to make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence

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

(d) to devise; to invent; to dream up; to design (often in a negative way)

Q3 n. nationality

(a) citizenship; patriotism

(b) act of giving in to desire; something which gratifies; luxury; leniency

(c) enterprise; drive; ambition; beginning move in a process; first step

(d) action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent

Q4 n. standard

(a) model; criterion; norm; average; commodity which backs a monetary system

(b) person who puts money into a project

(c) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; job

(d) equipment; device for lifting and lowering objects

Q5 v. floor

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

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

(c) to catalog; to list; to enumerate; to set down in full detail

(d) to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to contrive; to think up

Q6 n. domestic


(b) obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders progress

(c) plentifulness; abundance; numerousness; plurality

(d) housemaid; servant; housekeeper

Q7 adj. recognizable

(a) identifiable; determinable; able to be distinguished

(b) pertaining to home; pertaining to family; tame (about an animal)

(c) being one fourth; having four equal parts

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

Q8 v. jeopardize

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

(b) to postpone; to disgust; to repulse; to deter

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

(d) to endanger; to place in danger; to imperil; to put at risk

Q9 n. decrease

(a) large craft made for navigation on water; boat; ship; container

(b) disorder; embarrassment; bewilderment

(c) something unyielding; something hard; stone similar to diamond

(d) decline; reduction; lessening

Q10 n. sign

(a) advantage; profit; help; benefit

(b) learning; field of learning; thorough investigation; report; analysis

(c) drink; refreshment

(d) mark; symbol; indication; hint; trace; notice; advertisement

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Test 80


Q1 adj. domestic

(a) very great in numbers; huge; powerful

(b) pertaining to home; pertaining to family; tame (about an animal)

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

(d) enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover; remaining

Q2 adj. nearby

(a) close at hand


(c) final; occurring as a result

(d) flat, level; even

Q3 adj. set

(a) chief; leading; main; principal

(b) having no curves or bends; frank; continuous; honest; consistent

(c) little; few in number; trivial; unimportant; modest

(d) fixed; arranged; prepared; resolute; firmly resolved; determined in advance

Q4 adj. scatterbrained

(a) appropriate; fitting; well-timed; timely; proper; expedient


(c) fruitful; productive; abundant; plentiful; multiplying; producing fruit

(d) immediate; common; usual; standard

Q5 adj. eager

(a) occurring within a building; meant to be used inside

(b) still; fixed in place; static; settled; tending to stay in one place

(c) strongly desiring; keen; fervently interested

(d) comprehensive; complete; finished

Q6 adj. urgent

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


(c) of or relating to the mind; intellectual; psychosocial

(d) pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt

Q7 v. privatize

(a) to confirm the truth of something

(b) to transfer control from governmental to individual powers

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

(d) to examine; to investigate; to inspect; to scrutinize

Q8 adj. square

(a) sloping; inclined

(b) ready; attentive; quick; agile

(c) infinite; boundless

(d) having four equal sides enclosing four equal angles

Q9 adj. confident

(a) certain; sure of oneself; composed

(b) honest; truthful; frank; straightforward; genuine; earnest

(c) immediate; common; usual; standard

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

Q10 adj. compliant

(a) additional; extra

(b) obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding; acquiescent

(c) floating; light; lively; cheerful

(d) having the capacity for feeling; susceptible to external influences or agents

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Test 81


Q1 n. watch

(a) appraisal; estimation; assessment

(b) financial framework; financial plan

(c) place used by planes for takeoff and landing

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

Q2 n. virtual

(a) resident; native of a country

(b) computerized representation of an actual object

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

(d) quality; factor; characteristic; feature

Q3 n. suite

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

(b) luggage; cargo; things to take on a trip; equipment

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

(d) group of things that together form a set; group of attendants

Q4 n. anger

(a) attraction; closeness; liking; likeness

(b) sheet of paper on which information has been printed; flyer

(c) rage; fury

(d) price; expense

Q5 n. enclosure

(a) staying where one is; expectation; ambush

(b) confinement; additional document or letter placed within another

(c) deficiency; flaw

(d) hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint

Q6 n. reserve requirement

(a) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S.

(b) award; gift; present; contribution; donation

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

(d) representative; rep; factor; cause

Q7 n. choice

(a) option; selection; variety

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

(c) pullover; employer who underpays his employees

(d) good friend; acquaintance

Q8 adj. staple

(a) grand; magnificent; striking

(b) appropriate; fitting; well-timed; timely; proper; expedient

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

(d) essential; regularly used; primary; principal; main (of goods or products)

Q9 n. funnel

(a) formal agreement between two states; compact; covenant; contract

(b) inheritance; bequest; something handed down from one's ancestors

(c) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness

(d) device with a wide opening at the top which narrows as it reaches the bottom

Q10 n. profession

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

(b) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement

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

(d) vocation; skilled occupation; declaration; proclamation

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Test 82


Q1 v. pocket

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


(c) to make a remark; to explain; to write an explanatory note

(d) to profit; to roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)

Q2 v. attach

(a) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to

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

(c) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart

(d) to label; to fine

Q3 v. subsidize


(b) to provide financial assistance

(c) to deal in; to sell

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

Q4 v. get over

(a) to emphasize; to accentuate


(c) to recover

(d) to prove; to verify; to confirm; to actualize

Q5 v. tour

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

(b) to alter; to change; to fluctuate

(c) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel

(d) to display; to demonstrate; to bestow; to grant

Q6 v. prize

(a) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed

(b) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection

(c) to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to describe; to define

(d) to appreciate; to esteem; to respect; to appraise; to assess worth

Q7 n. additive

(a) person who favors political and social reform

(b) supplement

(c) development; progress

(d) person who presides over court trials; arbiter; expert; critic

Q8 v. calendar

(a) to take away part of a whole; to remove; to deduct


(c) to prepare a financial plan; to make financial arrangements

(d) to write down in a timetable; to register

Q9 v. stem

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


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

(d) to measure; to evaluate; to determine; to estimate

Q10 v. major

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

(b) to place in particular situations

(c) to defend; to save from harm; to watch over; to guard

(d) to specialize in a certain field

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Test 83


Q1 adv. outside

(a) quite; sufficiently; fairly

(b) out of doors

(c) strenuously; with great effort; to the full extent; intently; to the extreme limit

(d) at first; in the first place; in a unique manner

Q2 adj. cheap

(a) coming or occurring after the usual or expected time; tardy; slow; delayed

(b) very great in numbers; huge; powerful

(c) satisfied; pleased

(d) opposite of expensive; inexpensive

Q3 n. message

(a) incorrect interpretation

(b) abstract; summary; concise report; instructions

(c) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation

(d) plan; aim; goal; purpose

Q4 adj. top

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


(c) highest; prime; leading

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

Q5 n. accomplishment

(a) inability to succeed; lack of success; lack; bankruptcy; downfall

(b) fulfillment; realization; attainment; achievement

(c) test; attempt; experiment; annoyance

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

Q6 v. generate


(b) to create; to produce; to bring into being

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

(d) to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit

Q7 n. character

(a) suitcases; cases and bags carried by travelers


(c) nature; disposition; attitude; figure; person; statement of qualities

(d) shared characteristic; common feature

Q8 v. emerge

(a) to shape with skill

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

(c) to irritate; to infuriate; to enrage

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

Q9 pref. counter

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

(b) toward; at

(c) after; later; subsequent to

(d) against; opposed

Q10 v. measure

(a) to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a specific level or condition

(b) to interest; to amuse; to host

(c) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate

(d) to specialize in a certain field

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Test 84


Q1 adj. inventive

(a) creative; new; original

(b) of a smaller version or dimension

(c) comprising the best result ever attained

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

Q2 adj. certain

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

(b) sure; definite; particular; specific

(c) plain; clear; visible; public; intentional; undisguised (Law)

(d) open to dispute; obscure; vague

Q3 adj. forward

(a) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant

(b) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive

(c) entrusted to the care

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

Q4 adj. fraudulent

(a) guilty; dishonest

(b) injurious; causing damage

(c) exact; not more and not less; meticulous; strict

(d) classified; confidential; clandestine; covert; hidden; latent

Q5 adj. close

(a) first; primary; innovative; creative; novel

(c) near; adjacent; careful

(b) kind; good

(d) doubtful; not reliable; ambiguous

Q6 adj. curious

(a) truthful; candid; frank

(b) judgmental; important; crucial; vital

(c) arbitrary; fickle; flexible

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

Q7 n. dealer

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

(b) shopping center; pedestrian walkway; promenade

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

(d) inflection; verbal 'time'

Q8 adj. continuous

(a) pure; obvious; easy to understand; comprehensible

(b) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless

(c) containing nothing; without people; without contents; hollow; meaningless

(d) successive; uninterrupted; permanent

Q9 adj. rear

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

(b) appropriate; fitting; well-timed; timely; proper; expedient

(c) back; hind

(d) honest; truthful; frank; straightforward; genuine; earnest

Q10 adj. intricate

(a) complex; complicated; involved; entangled

(b) in a manner which shuts out all others; solely; in a limited manner

(c) available on a regular basis; employed to handle merchandise or goods

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

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Test 85


Q1 n. florist

(a) educator; teacher; trainer


(c) separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed

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

Q2 n. station

(a) standard against which something is measured; factor; discipline


(c) temporary arrangement; in between period

(d) limit to which money may be withdrawn from the bank on credit

Q3 n. surface

(a) restriction; force; limitation; limit

(b) influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch

(c) diagram; chart

(d) exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external part or layer; outward appearance

Q4 n. dress code

(a) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; job

(b) netting attached to a woman's hat

(c) metal cord with sharp projecting points

(d) formally or socially imposed standards of attire

Q5 n. link

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

(b) connection; relation; association; one ring of a chain; ring

(c) exchange; transfer; device

(d) introduction; foreword; opening statement

Q6 n. fraction

(a) soldier of the three lowest military ranks

(b) product of the division of one number by another; part of a whole; segment; fragment; quotient

(c) progress; modernization; promotion

(d) principle; basis; essential

Q7 n. surprise

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

(b) display; layout; clothing; menu

(c) drawing together; fold; pucker

(d) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications network

Q8 adj. downward

(a) sublime; exalted; superior

(b) descending

(c) dangerous; risky; perilous

(d) identifiable; determinable; able to be distinguished

Q9 n. carpet


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

(c) slice; part; segment; creation; work

(d) rug; fabric floor covering

Q10 n. compatible

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

(b) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of

(c) bother; disturbance; nuisance; discomfort

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

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Test 86


Q1 v. legitimate

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

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

(c) to enlist or draft new members; to gain; to obtain; to procure

(d) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out

Q2 v. proceed

(a) to continue; to carry on; to advance; to progress; to move forward


(c) to tolerate; to be patient

(d) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively

Q3 v. afford

(a) to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture

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

(c) to examine; to break down into parts and study (as in a subject)

(d) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection

Q4 v. broker

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

(b) to tolerate; to be patient

(c) to cause discomfort; to trouble; to put out; to disturb

(d) to surround

Q5 v. challenge

(a) to cause to remember

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

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

(d) to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair; to prepare

Q6 v. include

(a) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require


(c) to sow; to place seeds or vegetation into soil; to establish; to set

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

Q7 v. image

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

(b) to train in advance

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

(d) to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to picture in the mind

Q8 v. accommodate

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

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

(c) to adapt oneself; to host guests; to provide lodging

(d) to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study

Q9 v. key

(a) to confirm; to license; to authorize

(b) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device

(c) to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow

(d) to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise

Q10 v. caution

(a) to warn; to notify of danger

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

(c) to establish; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to start

(d) to cut with a toothed blade

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Test 87


Q1 conj. directly

(a) in what way?

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

(c) but; in spite of; despite

(d) precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases

Q2 v. provide


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

(c) to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter; to hurl; to cast

(d) to cause to be dishonest; to pervert; to spoil

Q3 v. administer

(a) to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to request

(b) to arrange in proper order


(d) to produce via mechanical means

Q4 v. compute

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

(b) to calculate; to figure; to estimate

(c) to make different; to invest one's assets in various securities

(d) to visit a store and purchase goods; to browse in a store; to inform on; to betray (British Slang)

Q5 pref. photo

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

(b) of light

(c) against; opposed

(d) toward; at

Q6 n. concrete

(a) seal; trademark

(b) friend; member of an academic organization; suitor

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

(d) wages; living; stronghold

Q7 v. ensure

(a) to segregate; to set apart; to split; to divide; to disconnect

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

(c) to make certain; to guarantee; to make secure

(d) to fix in place; to link firmly together; to be held in place

Q8 n. possession

(a) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.)

(b) collective enterprise; group endeavor; collaboration

(c) refuse; trash; disorder

(d) custody; property; asset; control; ownership

Q9 v. chop

(a) to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage

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

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

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

Q10 n. incline

(a) slope; grade; slant

(b) number of babies that are born per year per thousand

(c) degree of difference; promotion of a student to a higher grade

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

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Test 88


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

Q4 adj. ordinary

(a) straight; forthright; clear

(c) regular; common

(b) not the same; unusual; distinctive

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

Q5 adj. stipendiary

(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

Q9 adj. even


(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

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Test 89


Q1 n. occurrence


(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) training

(d) informal word for a commercial announcement

Q8 n. file

(a) point of view; perspective

(b) contrast

(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

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Test 90


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

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Test 91


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


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



(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


(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

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Test 92


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) accomplishment; fulfillment

(d) sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily; one who acts furtively

Q8 adj. manual

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

(b) not capable

(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


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Test 93


Q1 n. reception

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


(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

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Test 94


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


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


(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


(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

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Test 95


Q1 adj. payable

(a) much; plenty; large; spacious


(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


(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


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

(c) to help; to assist


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)

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Test 96


Q1 adj. appealing

(a) not healthful; not clean

(c) typical; distinctive

(b) begging; attractive; interesting

(d) alike; having common qualities; comparable

Q2 adj. prime

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


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


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

Q7 adj. number

(a) unusual


(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

Q9 adj. contrary

(a) common; widespread; current

(b) annoying; irritating

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

(d) opposed

Q10 adj. minute

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


(c) detached; disconnected; distinct; set apart

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

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Test 97


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

Q5 n. care

(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.)

Q7 n. queues

(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

Q9 n. save

(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

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Test 98


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


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


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

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Test 99


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

(d) to contemplate again

Q3 adj. inalienable

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

(b) non-transferable


(d) discovered

Q4 n. witness

(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


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



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

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Test 100


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


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

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Test 101


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


(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


(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

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Test 102


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


(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

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Test 103


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

Q5 v. omit

(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


(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

Q7 v. budge

(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

Q8 n. bother

(a) payment given for regularly scheduled performances or publications

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

(c) parallelogram

(d) effort; nuisance

Q9 n. pioneer

(a) pathfinder; forerunner; person who paves the way; member of a military engineering corps

(b) quantity; sum

(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

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Test 104


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


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

Q3 adj. difficult

(a) profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful



(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

Q7 adj. becoming

(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

Q9 adj. main

(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


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Test 105


Q1 n. firm

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

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

(c) company; commercial business; corporation

(d) part; portion; slice; piece

Q2 n. reference

(a) connection; attachment

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

(c) ruin; desolation; annihilation

(d) wash basin; sewer; drain; cesspool; place where criminals gather

Q3 n. institute


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

(c) foundation; organization which provides a certain service or supports a particular cause


Q4 n. chef

(a) professional cook; head cook in a restaurant of hotel


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

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

Q5 n. failure

(a) creator; craftsman; skilled workman

(b) conference; routine; custom; treaty

(c) inability to succeed; lack of success; lack; bankruptcy; downfall

(d) unexperienced person

Q6 n. alternative

(a) response; critique; information about the results of a certain procedure or performance

(b) choice; option


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

Q7 n. property

(a) volume which can be contained or received; function; role; feature; potential

(b) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister

(c) possessions; belongings; estate; assets; ownership

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

Q8 n. glossary

(a) sharp stinging pain

(b) work; occupation; keeping busy

(c) occurrence; occasion; example; illustration

(d) list of terms and definitions (usually at the end of a book); dictionary of technical or specific terms

Q9 n. contrary

(a) something which is opposite

(c) strong durable fabric; persistence

(b) television or radio advertisement

(d) dress; clothing; apparel

Q10 n. esteem

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

(b) colored substance applied to surfaces; layer of dried pigment on a surface

(c) admiration; respect

(d) incentive; drive; inspiration; state of being stirred to action

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Test 106


Q1 v. replay

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

(b) to improve; to make better

(c) to confess to something; to allow entrance; to accept as valid

(d) to rebroadcast

Q2 v. apologize

(a) to express regret; to say sorry

(b) to fail after starting well; to make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence

(c) to answer; to respond

(d) to give; to submit; to transform; to represent; to depict

Q3 v. jeopardy

(a) to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow


(c) to display; to demonstrate; to bestow; to grant

(d) to compensate; to balance

Q4 v. corner

(a) to hold at bay; to gain advantage on the market; to approach; to catch; to trap

(b) to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a specific level or condition



Q5 v. treat

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

(b) to relate to; to deal with; to process; to pay for

(c) to assemble; to collect; to accumulate; to conclude; to deduce

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

Q6 v. weigh

(a) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden

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

(c) to revise; to alter; to make changes and corrections prior to printing

(d) to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to assist

Q7 v. package

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

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

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

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

Q8 v. check

(a) to happen upon; to find by chance; to discover; to see

(b) to impersonate; to act in a role; to claim; to assert

(c) to examine; to investigate; to inspect; to scrutinize

(d) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate

Q9 v. irritate

(a) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward


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

(d) to permit; to enable

Q10 v. founder

(a) to get well; to get back; to regain; to obtain again

(b) to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to substitute

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

(d) to stay; to abide; to continue; to go on

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Test 107


Q1 adj. minimum

(a) avoiding; tending to shrink; elusive

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

(c) brief; blunt; rude

(d) pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least

Q2 v. coin

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

(b) to mint; to invent a new word or phrase


(d) to cover; to hide

Q3 adj. plane

(a) flat, level; even


(c) more important than others; great; serious

(d) distant; located far away; secluded; isolated; aloof

Q4 adj. underway


(b) pertaining to a minor

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

(d) averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting

Q5 v. stress

(a) to emphasize; to accentuate

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

(c) to impersonate; to act in a role; to claim; to assert

(d) to set a new time and date

Q6 v. puzzle

(a) to mystify; to baffle; to confound; to confuse; to perplex

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

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

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

Q7 adj. remote

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

(b) lazy; vain; unoccupied; unemployed


(d) wonderful; excellent; marvelous; grand; elegant; magnificent

Q8 v. care

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

(b) to solidify

(c) to request the presence of; to solicit; to attract; to encourage; to promote

(d) to be concerned with; to look out for; to watch over; to like; to be fond of

Q9 adj. succinct

(a) stated briefly but clearly; clear and concise; short and to the point

(b) arranged in a particular way; prepared for reading and writing

(c) strange; unfamiliar; from or of another place; pertaining to dealings with another country

(d) of a smaller version or dimension

Q10 v. benefit

(a) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand

(b) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose; to abandon

(c) to make clear; to explain

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

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Test 108


Q1 adj. valuable

(a) common; regular; boring; tedious; dull

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

(c) imaginary; hypothetical; computer simulated

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

Q2 adj. conscious

(a) aware; awake; attentive

(b) feasible; workable; applicable; useful; efficacious

(c) lifeless; spiritless

(d) satisfied; pleased

Q3 adj. reverse

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

(b) of publicizing; of advancement; of encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise

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

(d) older; elder; having a higher rank; aged

Q4 adj. different

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

(b) more important than others; great; serious

(c) not the same; unusual; distinctive

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

Q5 adj. interior

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

(b) precise; meticulous; extremely accurate

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

(d) double; identical; matching

Q6 adj. useless

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

(b) biased; dishonest

(c) fruitful; productive; abundant; plentiful; multiplying; producing fruit

(d) not functional; not practical

Q7 adj. grateful

(a) main; major; chief; principal

(b) thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks

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

(d) arrogant; haughty; magnificent; impressive

Q8 v. affect

(a) to furnish with a caption or heading

(b) to influence

(c) to plan; to invent; to design

(d) to suppose; to take on a position or duty; to accept an idea

Q9 adj. articulate

(a) suitable; fitting

(b) negotiated by an intermediary; settled through a middleman

(c) honest; straightforward; open; frank

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

Q10 adj. key

(a) comprehensive; complete; finished

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


(d) infinite; boundless

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Test 109


Q1 n. demand

(a) learning; field of learning; thorough investigation; report; analysis

(b) claim; requirement; strong request



Q2 n. lawyer

(a) conjecture; supposition; hypothesis

(b) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister

(c) plan; scheme; program; task; assignment; activity

(d) vacation; time off; permission to be absent; departure; farewell

Q3 n. coach

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


(c) trainer; tutor; teacher; bus

(d) one part of a hundred

Q4 n. trust

(a) confidence; faith; credit; monopoly; several companies banded together in order to reduce competition

(b) deletion; negligence; failure; default

(c) strength; power; force; bravery


Q5 n. repo

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

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

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

(d) something previously mentioned or indicated

Q6 n. move

(a) change of residence; action; turn in a game; formal request or proposition

(b) price reduction; rebate

(c) display; show; public presentation of work or skills; trade fair

(d) end; completion; conclusion; polish; something which completes or perfects

Q7 n. bearer

(a) fee for sending letters or packages by mail

(b) person who holds a money order

(c) center; hub; concentration

(d) protecting covering for the hand; padded covering for the hand

Q8 n. rate

(a) preciseness; exactness

(b) graph; diagram

(c) organization; custom; convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society

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

Q9 n. jeopardy

(a) greatest quantity or amount possible; highest capacity

(b) warning; alarm; attitude of readiness

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

(d) emptiness; available position; job opening

Q10 n. trail


(b) track; footprints; path; way

(c) realization; performance; completion; gratification; satisfaction

(d) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level

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Test 110


Q1 v. revolve

(a) to make right; to amend

(b) to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be created

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

(d) to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept

Q2 v. bottom


(b) to put; to lay; to lodge; to nominate; to appoint

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

(d) to fail after starting well; to make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence

Q3 v. set out

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

(b) to endanger; to place in danger; to imperil; to put at risk

(c) to put; to lay; to lodge; to nominate; to appoint

(d) to fight for; to challenge; to appeal

Q4 v. value

(a) to assign too low a value to

(b) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate

(c) to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to request

(d) to hold at bay; to gain advantage on the market; to approach; to catch; to trap

Q5 v. lose

(a) to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated; to fail; opposite of to win

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

(c) to move quickly; to pass quickly

(d) to embarrass; to mix up; to muddle up; to bewilder; to startle

Q6 v. fetch

(a) to govern; to control; to determine; to decide; to decree

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

(c) to go after and bring back; to pick up; to charm


Q7 n. consciousness

(a) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum

(b) extensive piece of land usually with a large house on it; person's property; wealth; possessions

(c) product which can rot or spoil (fruit, food etc.)

(d) awareness; cognition; ability to perceive

Q8 v. gauge

(a) to measure; to evaluate; to determine; to estimate

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

(c) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into

(d) to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to use

Q9 v. frank

(a) to overstate; to make something seem greater or more important than it really is

(b) to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be formed

(c) to deliver without charge

(d) to bend; to turn sharply in a different direction

Q10 v. compromise

(a) to establish an agreement; to settle a dispute

(b) to defend; to save from harm; to watch over; to guard

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


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Test 111


Q1 n. debate

(a) person who has been appointed; candidate

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

(c) argument; dispute; discussion; conversation

(d) increase in salary; wage increase

Q2 adj. characteristic

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

(b) foreign; abroad

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

(d) typical; distinctive

Q3 n. service

(a) act of providing; act of offering; work; labor; function; role; offer

(b) one who makes or alters garments

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

(d) exertion of force; application of weight; weight; burden; encumbrance

Q4 adj. dense

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

(b) vital; essential; indispensable; unavoidable

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

(d) not genuine; simulated; unreal

Q5 adj. expert

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

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

(c) skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced

(d) rotating; one after the other; interchanging

Q6 v. withdraw

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

(b) to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter

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

(d) to provide; to supply (food, etc.); to care for

Q7 n. addiction

(a) choice; option

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

(c) link; connection; touch; interface

(d) devotion to a certain habit; dependency

Q8 v. transcend


(b) to excel; to rise above

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

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

Q9 adj. diverse

(a) different; varied

(b) whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm; valid

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

(d) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things

Q10 n. specialty

(a) slight difference; subtle distinction

(b) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

(c) dossier for storing papers; directory


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Test 112


Q1 adj. concrete

(a) principal; head; chief

(c) ready; attentive; quick; agile

(b) tangible; real; substantial; solid

(d) worldwide; universal; of the whole world

Q2 adj. straight

(a) well-known; excellent; wonderful

(b) having no curves or bends; frank; continuous; honest; consistent

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

(d) precise; meticulous; extremely accurate

Q3 adj. perfect

(a) guilty; dishonest

(b) having membership in; belonging to (a group, academic organization, etc.); of the same type

(c) flawless; complete; undamaged

(d) physical; done using human skill or force

Q4 adj. weak

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


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

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

Q5 adj. express

(a) clear; exact; precise; quick

(b) nominal; symbolic; perfunctory

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


Q6 adj. unsanitary

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

(b) not healthful; not clean

(c) traveling in an inward direction

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

Q7 adj. likely

(a) lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary

(b) determined; firm; steadfast

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

(d) easy; relaxing; cosy; financially well to do

Q8 adj. profuse

(a) perfect; imaginary; excellent; best; exemplary

(b) governmental; bureaucratic; majestic; dignified

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

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

Q9 adj. beneficent

(a) regular; common

(c) kind; good

(b) whole; including every part; complete; full

(d) straight; equal; even; honest

Q10 adj. ample




(d) skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced

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Test 113


Q1 n. advertisement

(a) tool; instrument; piece of equipment

(b) law; custom; common practice; government; flat tool used for measuring distances

(c) commercial information designed to attract attention; commercial

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

Q2 n. city

(a) distribution; liberation; transference

(b) sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional gambler

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

(d) town; large urban area

Q3 n. supplier

(a) inducement; act of convincing

(b) act of giving back; reply; answer; profit; yield; repayment

(c) provider

(d) something created separately for the purpose of being added to or placed inside (a book, newspaper, etc.)

Q4 n. haze

(a) action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent

(b) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness

(c) itemized list; index; directory

(d) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement

Q5 n. wrench

(a) degree of diversity; change; modified version; deviation

(b) supplement; mathematical operation

(c) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts

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

Q6 n. founder

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

(b) line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of a blade; excitement

(c) hug; act of wrapping one's arms around another person or thing

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

Q7 n. crew

(a) short informational periodical that is usually distributed to the members of an interest group

(b) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor

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

(d) group of people working together; team

Q8 n. wait

(a) advance stipulation; preliminary terms

(b) staying where one is; expectation; ambush

(c) one who makes a journey

(d) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building

Q9 n. fluctuation

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

(b) vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy; change

(c) the process of installing a newer and more powerful version of a software package or a piece of hardware

(d) contrast; something contrary

Q10 n. exposure

(a) knowledge; intelligence; data

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

(c) denouncement; revealing; photograph; abandoning; placement

(d) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field

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Test 114


Q1 v. limit

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

(b) to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to inherit

(c) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border

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

Q2 v. unlock

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

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

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

(d) to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to depart

Q3 v. cushion

(a) to come into view; to show up; to seem

(b) to ask for an identification (i.e. in a bar)

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

(d) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster

Q4 v. levy

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


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

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

Q5 v. look forward to


(b) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate

(c) to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to indicate

(d) to anticipate gladly

Q6 v. would

(a) helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire

(b) to discern; to perceive; to pay attention; to observe; to remark

(c) to throw; to project; to form; to shape

(d) to talk about; to debate; to converse

Q7 v. entrust

(a) to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like better

(b) to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to stimulate

(c) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty

(d) to make happen; to bring about

Q8 v. reprove

(a) to accuse; to admonish

(b) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer

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

(d) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct

Q9 v. catalog

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

(b) to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.)

(c) to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to dwell; to store; to shelter

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

Q10 v. excel

(a) to depart; to exit; to quit; to omit; to let alone

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

(c) to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate

(d) to echo

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Test 115


Q1 n. plant

(a) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment

(b) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin

(c) profession; development; progress; gradual growth

(d) examination; money order; payment order; restaurant bill

Q2 n. fare

(a) section; piece; region; role; function; side in an agreement

(b) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition

(c) response; critique; information about the results of a certain procedure or performance

(d) cost for traveling (on a bus, train, etc.)

Q3 v. falter

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

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

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

(d) to ascribe to; to link to; to associate with; to relate to

Q4 n. quality

(a) line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of a blade; excitement

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

(c) researcher; investigator; software program for file management

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

Q5 v. inspect

(a) to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to collect; to compile

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

(c) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review

(d) to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture

Q6 n. creativity

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

(b) accessibility; attainability; obtainability

(c) stability; consistency; continuousness; unbroken succession

(d) innovativeness; inventiveness

Q7 v. utilize

(a) to put to practical use; to take advantage of

(b) to believe; to have faith in; to supply goods by deferred payment

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

(d) to duplicate; to imitate

Q8 v. railroad


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

(c) to spice; to flavor; to accustom; to acclimatize; to become experienced

(d) to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane, ship, bus, etc.)

Q9 v. aid

(a) to authorize; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else

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

(c) to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to prepare


Q10 adj. versatile

(a) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things

(b) modern; current

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

(d) being in competition; contending

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Q1 adj. constant

(a) external

(b) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad

(c) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant


Q2 adj. tall

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

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

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

(d) entire; complete; absolute

Q3 adj. good

(a) comprehensive; inclusive

(b) trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor


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

Q4 adj. incredible

(a) relating to or designed for the mass of people; large-scale; widespread; popular


(c) unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great; amazing

(d) mature; full grown

Q5 adj. secret

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

(b) classified; confidential; clandestine; covert; hidden; latent

(c) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive

(d) necessary; obligatory; commanding

Q6 adj. available

(a) determined; firm; steadfast

(c) lower; under



Q7 adj. absent

(a) sufficient; suitable; appropriate; proper

(c) comprising; containing; embracing

(b) awful

(d) preoccupied; lost in thought

Q8 adj. sporadic

(a) successive; uninterrupted; permanent


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

(d) irregular; fitful; occasional; infrequent

Q9 adj. imperative

(a) necessary; obligatory; commanding

(b) inattentive; unmindful

(c) right; proper; exact; accurate

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

Q10 adj. lucrative

(a) full of or accompanied by; charged with; laden with

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

(c) relating to supervision and responsibility

(d) profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful

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Test 117


Q1 n. award

(a) device with a wide opening at the top which narrows as it reaches the bottom

(b) prize; grant; arbitration

(c) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency

(d) person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival

Q2 n. compensation

(a) nullification; termination; revocation

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

(c) cost; value; worth; rate; measure

(d) garbage; refuse; scrap

Q3 n. hallmark

(a) identifying characteristic

(b) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee

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

(d) termination; end

Q4 n. skirting


(b) act of going around; avoidance; evasion

(c) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports)

(d) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions

Q5 n. ado

(a) item; piece of information; part of a whole

(c) commotion; flurry; excitement


(d) guest; migrating bird

Q6 n. privacy

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

(b) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility

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

(d) proof; something which proves or disproves

Q7 n. airport

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

(b) structure built mainly of glass in which plants are cultivated out of season

(c) place used by planes for takeoff and landing

(d) baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor

Q8 n. ferry

(a) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money

(b) dividend; perk; monetary gift

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


Q9 n. signification

(a) place; location; area

(b) elastic material derived from of some tropical plants; eraser

(c) meaning; sense; importance; consequence; act of pointing out

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

Q10 n. note

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

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

(c) school director; school master; capital sum (Finance)

(d) apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine

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Test 118


Q1 v. code

(a) to cipher


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

(d) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct

Q2 v. accomplish

(a) to receive as a result of work or other service performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy

(b) to dress; to adorn wear

(c) must (indicating duty or obligation); would (softening the statement)

(d) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform

Q3 v. button

(a) to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise

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

(c) to fasten; to connect

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

Q4 v. depart

(a) to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die

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

(c) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram

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

Q5 v. abound

(a) to produce via mechanical means

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

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

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

Q6 v. confirm


(b) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on

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

(d) to approve; to verify; to ascertain

Q7 n. switchboard

(a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent

(b) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits

(c) reminder; internal document


Q8 v. bond

(a) to store in a warehouse

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


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

Q9 v. form

(a) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons

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

(c) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder

(d) to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be created

Q10 v. temper

(a) to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.)

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

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


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Test 119


Q1 n. appliance

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

(b) fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember

(c) case in a court of law brought by one party against another; legal claim

(d) tool; gadget; device; apparatus

Q2 n. guilt

(a) trip; journey; travel; cruise

(b) state of having committed a crime or offense; culpability; feeling of having done something wrong

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

(d) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money

Q3 v. withstand

(a) to gain entrance to; to get at

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

(c) to bear; to endure

(d) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb

Q4 n. arrival

(a) devotion to a certain habit; dependency

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

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

(d) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub

Q5 n. weight

(a) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty


(c) heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence

(d) universe; empty area; gap; area; interval

Q6 adv. certainly


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

(c) of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely; absolutely

(d) at a further point

Q7 v. develop

(a) to forgive; to absolve; to release; to discharge

(b) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border


(d) to build; to create; to design; to grow

Q8 v. invoice

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

(b) to bill; to charge

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

(d) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice

Q9 v. fleet

(a) to embarrass; to mix up; to muddle up; to bewilder; to startle

(b) to move quickly; to pass quickly

(c) to communicate data to; to tell; to brief; to notify

(d) to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to inherit

Q10 n. aggregate

(a) combination; conjunction; group; mixture

(b) something that is discarded; rubbish; trash; junk; waste

(c) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story

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

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Test 120


Q1 adj. frequent

(a) happening often; regular; common; usual

(b) flat, level; even


(d) terrible; awful; disgusting

Q2 adj. mean

(a) close at hand

(b) skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced

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

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

Q3 adj. excellent

(a) silent; noiseless; peaceful; tranquil; still; lacking activity

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

(c) pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least

(d) superior; extraordinary; outstanding

Q4 adj. meaning


(b) stated briefly but clearly; clear and concise; short and to the point

(c) not standard; not ordinary

(d) having a thin edge intended for cutting; sudden; clear; smart

Q5 adj. attentive

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

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

(c) predicted; expected; anticipated

(d) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously

Q6 adj. legal

(a) loyal; faithful; unchanging

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



Q7 adj. unable

(a) in the event of sudden need

(b) careful; wanting to do what is right

(c) not capable

(d) between countries; of relations between two or more countries

Q8 adj. direct

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


(c) straight; forthright; clear

(d) striking; noteworthy; extraordinary; exceptional

Q9 adj. regardless

(a) pedantic; cautious concerning minute details; scrupulous

(b) exerting great force; effective; potent; producing the desired effect; influential

(c) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from

(d) inattentive; unmindful

Q10 adj. subordinate

(a) creative; new; original

(b) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions

(c) inferior; of secondary importance; under the authority of another

(d) arranged in a particular way; prepared for reading and writing

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Test 121


Q1 n. communication

(a) news story publicized in only a newspaper or television/radio station

(b) host; performer; comedian

(c) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message


Q2 n. conviction

(a) instructions; manual; handbook; indication of acceptable conduct or procedure

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

(c) misgiving; lack of certainty

(d) acknowledgment; strong persuasion or belief; condemnation

Q3 n. must

(a) necessity; obligation; new wine; grape juice that has not yet fermented

(b) living; state of being; life

(c) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation


Q4 n. slogan

(a) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret


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

(d) truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness

Q5 n. scenery

(a) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body

(b) exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external part or layer; outward appearance

(c) view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on stage to portray a particular setting or locale

(d) a list of accounts receivable

Q6 n. reach

(a) headway; forward movement; development; advancement

(b) educational meeting; training session

(c) decline; reduction; lessening

(d) distance that an arm can extend

Q7 n. consideration

(a) payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness; careful attention

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

(c) awareness; cognition; ability to perceive

(d) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement

Q8 n. private

(a) instrument for use in attack or defense in combat


(c) trait; feature; ability; distinguishing quality; attribute

(d) soldier of the three lowest military ranks

Q9 n. objective

(a) putting to use; putting into action; effort; struggle; strain

(b) end; completion; conclusion; polish; something which completes or perfects

(c) aim; purpose, goal

(d) aid; help; support; direction; upkeep

Q10 n. cost

(a) argument; dispute; discussion; conversation

(b) limit; border

(c) price; expense


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Test 122


Q1 v. lease

(a) to conduct a series of activities organized to accomplish a goal

(b) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram

(c) to rent out property for a specific period of time; to let

(d) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign

Q2 v. complain

(a) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out

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

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

(d) to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise

Q3 v. identify

(a) to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for

(b) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict


(d) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate

Q4 v. certify

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

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

(c) to confirm to be true; to authorize

(d) to crumble into granules

Q5 v. intend

(a) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to

(b) to emphasize; to accentuate


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

Q6 v. concentrate

(a) to focus; to pay attention

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

(c) to cipher

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

Q7 v. consist

(a) to be composed of; to be made up of

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

(c) to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow

(d) to imagine to oneself; to picture; to visualize

Q8 v. overlap

(a) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster

(b) to cover a part of; to have something in common

(c) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict

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

Q9 v. angle

(a) to indicate; to signal; to write down; to record; to notice

(b) to bend; to turn sharply in a different direction

(c) to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance


Q10 v. counter

(a) to enlist or draft new members; to gain; to obtain; to procure

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

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

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

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Test 123


Q1 v. compel

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

(b) to send a letter or other item via the postal service; to post

(c) to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance

(d) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand

Q2 v. recommend

(a) to endeavor; to try hard; to compete; to struggle; to resist

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


(d) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest

Q3 n. border

(a) large vessel made for sailing on the sea; aircraft; spacecraft

(b) the process of installing a newer and more powerful version of a software package or a piece of hardware


(d) person who has been appointed; candidate

Q4 n. endorsement

(a) signature on a money order such as a check

(b) person who puts money into a project

(c) person who works with pipe and water systems

(d) person who purchases something; client; customer; shopper; purchaser

Q5 v. consider

(a) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account

(b) to place in; to put in; to add to

(c) to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise

(d) to make an application; to enter; to let something or someone enter

Q6 n. initial

(a) beginning letter of a person's first name; first letter (as of a word)


(c) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship

(d) paper used for writing letters

Q7 v. strengthen

(a) to make strong; to fortify; to reinforce; to toughen

(b) to grow older; to mature

(c) to have different opinions; to differ

(d) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect

Q8 v. mend

(a) to repair; to improve; to be improved



(d) to rent out property for a specific period of time; to let

Q9 v. adorn

(a) to modify; to adapt; to fit; to arrange; to settle

(b) to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for

(c) to support; to solidify; to strengthen

(d) to decorate; to beautify

Q10 adj. ostentatious


(b) showy; pretentious; bombastic; pompous; garish

(c) composed of elastic material; made from caoutchouc

(d) begging; attractive; interesting

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Test 124


Q1 adj. collectible

(a) rotating; one after the other; interchanging

(b) tenacious; stubborn; constant; continual; diligent

(c) payable; subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

(d) highest; prime; leading

Q2 adj. germane

(a) pertinent; relevant; connected

(b) unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great; amazing

(c) recent; common; prevalent; present; popular

(d) alert; clever; ingenious; skillful; adept

Q3 adj. guilty

(a) deserving of punishment; responsible


(c) extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound

(d) intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral part; natural; inborn

Q4 adj. committed

(a) occurring at regular intervals; recurrent; cyclic; seasonal

(b) confusing; hard to understand; difficult; complex


(d) obligated; engaged; industrious; ambitious; loyal

Q5 adj. advance

(a) big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous

(b) short; concise

(c) beforehand

(d) of a skilled occupation; working in one of the skilled occupations

Q6 adj. large

(a) big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous

(b) confusing; hard to understand; difficult; complex



Q7 adj. predictable

(a) brief; blunt; rude


(c) terrible; awful; disgusting

(d) can be prophesied; can be foretold

Q8 adj. practical

(a) suitable; worthy of; qualified; entitled to; allowed

(b) exceptional; special; strange; odd; curious

(c) feasible; workable; applicable; useful; efficacious

(d) successive; uninterrupted; permanent

Q9 adj. crucial

(a) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad

(b) very important; critical; decisive; vital

(c) conquered; seized; filled; taken up; inhabited; populated


Q10 adj. tremendous

(a) typical; characteristic; acting on behalf of another person or organization

(b) secured in a warehouse

(c) very great in numbers; huge; powerful

(d) easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain

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Q1 n. comparison

(a) risk; peril; hazard

(b) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization

(c) speaking ability; something that is communicated orally

(d) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness

Q2 n. special

(a) benefit; profit; utility; avail

(b) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal

(c) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition

(d) garbage; trash; waste

Q3 n. spy

(a) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people

(b) person who designs gardens or large areas

(c) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole

(d) necessity; obligation; command; order

Q4 n. logistics

(a) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location

(b) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need

(c) dossier; collection of documents on a subject; tool for smoothing surfaces; line; queue

(d) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation

Q5 n. defect

(a) statement; proclamation; announcement

(c) variety; difference; unlikeness

(b) deficiency; flaw

(d) public; large group of people; gathering

Q6 n. stage

(a) price; expense

(b) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; memo; protocol; memorandum

(c) device; system; machine; gadget; appliance

(d) raised platform; resting place on a journey; phase

Q7 n. response

(a) punctuality

(b) region; domain; field; category


(d) reply; answer; reaction

Q8 v. forward

(a) to convey passengers or cargo by boat across a small body of water

(b) to hold a party; to feast; to dine; to drink


(d) to establish; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to start

Q9 n. nurse

(a) region; domain; field; category

(b) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor)

(c) clothing; garments; clothes; garb

(d) adequate amount; sufficient degree

Q10 n. preserve

(a) throw; team of actors; squint (of the eye)


(c) area of land set aside to protect natural resources and wildlife

(d) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)

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Q1 v. appropriate

(a) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into

(b) to focus; to pay attention

(c) to set aside; to allot; to adapt; to embrace; to accept

(d) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse

Q2 v. cement

(a) to obtain; to attain; to perform; to accomplish

(b) to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)

(c) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection

(d) to hand over to another nation or judicial authority

Q3 v. account

(a) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information

(b) to command; to request something; to arrange; to manage

(c) to explain; to give a report; to cause; to regard


Q4 v. discount

(a) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume

(b) to warn; to notify of danger

(c) to defend; to save from harm; to watch over; to guard

(d) to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore

Q5 v. accredit

(a) to certify; to recognize; to assign; to license

(b) to join; to cause to become one

(c) to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at an advance opportunity

(d) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy

Q6 v. explain

(a) to give confidence; to promise; to pledge; to encourage


(c) to resuscitate; to bring back to life; to put into action again

(d) to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to describe; to define

Q7 n. ranches

(a) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

(b) educator; teacher; trainer

(c) flat circular object

(d) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock

Q8 v. recruit


(b) to conduct; to guide; to direct; to influence

(c) to come to an end; to finish; to terminate

(d) to set going; to launch; to begin; to start

Q9 v. perform

(a) to locate

(b) to do; to carry out; to execute; to present; to arrange; to manage

(c) to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to heat and spice for drinking

(d) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract

Q10 v. collect

(a) to search for valuable materials (such as gold, oil, etc.)

(b) to choose; to pick out

(c) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments

(d) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply

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Q1 n. visitor

(a) afternoon party where a light meal is served

(c) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern

(b) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret


Q2 adj. including

(a) conspicuous; bulging outward; protruding; remarkable; noticeable


(c) comprising; containing; embracing

(d) of general expenses; general

Q3 n. visit

(a) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection

(b) act of providing; provision; reserve; stock

(c) outcome; compensation; counterbalance

(d) competition

Q4 n. subordinate

(a) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll

(b) one who is subservient; someone under the authority of another


(d) vibrations that can be detected by the human ear; noise; vocal utterance

Q5 n. negligence

(a) representing; in support of

(b) rule; command; supervision; restraint


(d) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)

Q6 n. timeliness

(a) person who is being asked questions; job candidate

(b) punctuality

(c) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school)

(d) creator; craftsman; skilled workman

Q7 v. carry out

(a) to pass something through an opening

(b) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct

(c) to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study

(d) to answer adequately or successfully

Q8 n. break

(a) trademark; type; make; variety; product name

(b) recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture; slouch; collapse

(c) fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration


Q9 adj. placid

(a) pertaining to a minor

(b) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying

(c) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive

(d) serene; quiet; peaceful; tranquil; relaxed; calm

Q10 v. grain

(a) read superficially; to cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid

(b) to give; to match; to fit; to complement

(c) to crumble into granules

(d) to disapprove; to censure; to find fault

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Q1 adj. suspect

(a) doubtful; dubious

(b) competent; talented; apt


(d) moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise; strict; exact

Q2 adj. responsive

(a) marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture


(c) straight; forthright; clear

(d) skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced

Q3 adj. generous

(a) certain; sure of oneself; composed

(b) solemn; acute; critical; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim

(c) benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful

(d) sublime; exalted; superior

Q4 adj. outstanding

(a) full; packed; crammed together

(c) right away; shortly; at once; without delay

(b) excellent; conspicuous; prominent; due

(d) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless

Q5 adj. previous

(a) earlier; antecedent; hasty; premature

(b) firm; wealthy; influential; important; considerable

(c) occurring at fixed intervals; normal; usual; ordinary; common

(d) equivalent to; equal to

Q6 adj. adult

(a) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous

(b) estimable; determinable; assessable

(c) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling

(d) mature; full grown

Q7 adj. extraordinary


(c) unusual

(b) certain; sure of oneself; composed

(d) proficient; skilled; expert

Q8 adj. motive

(a) of reason or cause; inspiring to action

(b) sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible; fashionable; unique

(c) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions

(d) pertaining to a minor

Q9 adj. flexible

(a) intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral part; natural; inborn

(b) channeled; centralized

(c) external

(d) elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable

Q10 adj. arbitrary

(a) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive

(b) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable

(c) predicted; expected; anticipated

(d) optional; uncertain; changeable; open; unrestricted

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Test 129


Q1 n. exit

(a) hold; understanding; knowledge; realization

(b) assembly; board; group of people (gathered to advise, plan, etc.)

(c) a charge imposed and collected

(d) passage that leads out

Q2 n. waiter

(a) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field

(b) progress; advance

(c) one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub

(d) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble

Q3 n. injury

(a) comprehensive inquiry; extensive investigation of a subject

(b) trees that have been sawed into rough planks; useless items that been put in storage

(c) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult

(d) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas

Q4 n. institution

(a) relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar; asphalt; throw

(b) organization; custom; convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society

(c) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement

(d) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure

Q5 n. overtime

(a) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work

(b) quarrel; disagreement; argument

(c) cipher; collection of instructions of the law

(d) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions

Q6 n. supervisor

(a) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks

(b) overseer; director; manager

(c) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation

(d) concern; fear; misfortune; distress

Q7 n. photograph

(a) business; commerce; barter; occupation


(c) exercise; assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned

(d) picture; snapshot; image

Q8 n. extension

(a) textile; weave; structure; framework; construction

(b) something that is out of the ordinary; anomaly; objection; opposition

(c) expansion; branch of a telephone network; supplement; reprieve

(d) enjoyment; amusement; entertainment; delight; joy

Q9 n. process

(a) specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece

(b) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas

(c) routine; course of action; advance; summons to court

(d) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship

Q10 n. legacy

(a) inheritance; bequest; something handed down from one's ancestors

(b) apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme

(c) product; item; asset; benefit

(d) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)

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Q1 v. supplement

(a) to make up for a deficiency; to add on to

(b) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose

(c) to buy; to acquire in exchange for money; to procure; to obtain

(d) to refer to; to comment on; to draw attention to

Q2 v. couple

(a) to connect; to join; to link

(b) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink

(c) to load with goods; to load; to weigh down; to send as cargo

(d) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict

Q3 v. diet

(a) to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to break into

(b) to limit the amount of food eaten; to eat only certain kinds of food

(c) to cut with a toothed blade

(d) to equip with devices for measuring, recording, or controlling

Q4 v. except


(b) to dress; to adorn wear

(c) to exclude; to leave out; to skip; to protest; to object

(d) to emphasize

Q5 v. board

(a) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction

(b) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments

(c) to put to practical use; to take advantage of

(d) to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane, ship, bus, etc.)

Q6 v. capture

(a) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot

(b) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain

(c) to disapprove; to censure; to find fault

(d) to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition

Q7 v. comprehend

(a) to measure time; to register on a time piece

(b) to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to barter

(c) to demand; to emphasize firmly; to request firmly; to require; to persevere

(d) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive

Q8 adj. paramount

(a) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important

(b) relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional; contingent

(c) well-versed; proficient; skilled

(d) common; widespread; current

Q9 adj. inanimate

(a) frail; feeble; faint; dilute; watery

(b) concentrated; focused; observant; polite; caring

(c) lifeless; spiritless

(d) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions

Q10 v. initial

(a) to sign using the first letter or letters of a name

(b) to discover; to discern; to find out


(d) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit

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Test 131


Q1 v. privilege


(b) to grant special rights; to give special advantages or benefits

(c) to recompense someone for a service

(d) to alter; to replace; to become different

Q2 v. lack

(a) to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to tolerate

(b) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust

(c) to search for valuable materials (such as gold, oil, etc.)

(d) to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to need; to want

Q3 v. discern


(b) to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better than

(c) to furnish; to equip; to make up for; to compensate for; to substitute for temporarily

(d) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate

Q4 v. cash

(a) to exchange a check (or another money order) for coins and bank notes; to redeem

(b) to receive; to agree; to consent

(c) to amass; to accumulate; to supply; to equip

(d) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to

Q5 n. performance

(a) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset

(b) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency

(c) public; large group of people; gathering

(d) show; presentation; execution; act; deed

Q6 n. housing

(a) lodging; dwelling

(b) itemized list; index; directory

(c) deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark from a check box (Computers)

(d) rivalry; contest; act of competing against another

Q7 n. auditorium

(a) financial framework; financial plan

(b) automated device used for selling items

(c) large room used for lectures; talks, performances and other events


Q8 adj. familiar

(a) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known

(b) entire; complete; absolute

(c) lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary

(d) allowed; eligible; having the right to something

Q9 n. slash

(a) punctuation mark in the form of a diagonal line (/); reduction; decrease

(b) training

(c) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)

(d) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee

Q10 n. record

(a) totality; completeness; entirety

(b) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ

(c) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions

(d) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame

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Q1 adj. brokered

(a) negotiated by an intermediary; settled through a middleman

(b) benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful

(c) foreign; abroad

(d) simulated; feigned; make-believe

Q2 adj. unjudged

(a) skilled; able; proficient; adept

(b) common; widespread; current

(c) objective

(d) just; reasonable; handsome; light colored; clean; clear

Q3 adj. fellow

(a) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously

(b) itemized; marked by thoroughness in treating small items or parts


(d) containing nothing; without people; without contents; hollow; meaningless

Q4 adj. global

(a) hurt; wounded; insulted; offended; damaged

(b) suitable; appropriate; intelligent; savvy; capable

(c) worldwide; universal; of the whole world


Q5 adj. alive

(a) not the same; unusual; distinctive

(b) lifeless; spiritless

(c) active; attentive

(d) allowed; eligible; having the right to something

Q6 adj. independent

(a) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior


(c) free; autonomous; sovereign; self-reliant; self-sufficient

(d) attentive; conscious of

Q7 adj. additional

(a) extra; supplemental

(c) honest; straightforward; open; frank

(b) back; hind


Q8 adj. earnest

(a) characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated

(b) serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager

(c) special; unique; different

(d) elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable

Q9 adj. maximum

(a) valuable; unique; outstanding; award-winning

(b) greatest; most; utmost; highest

(c) serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous; harsh; strict

(d) being one fourth; having four equal parts

Q10 adj. relevant

(a) excellent; having superior characteristics; fine


(c) simple; basic

(d) special; unique; different

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Q1 n. abuse

(a) maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language

(b) duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement

(c) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits

(d) moment; very short space of time; current month

Q2 n. voucher

(a) certificate that bears monetary value; coupon; receipt; authorizer; endorser

(b) delight; refreshment or entertainment given to its recipient without cost

(c) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

(d) cat (Slang); feline

Q3 n. part-time

(a) tool; implement; device; appliance; agent; means

(b) custody; property; asset; control; ownership



Q4 n. influx

(a) estimation; appraisal; measurement

(b) trainer; tutor; teacher; bus

(c) option; selection; variety

(d) inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows into another body of water

Q5 n. study


(b) determination; resolution; ruling (especially in court)

(c) friend; member of an academic organization; suitor

(d) person who is resistant to change; person who favors traditional political parties

Q6 adj. initialed

(a) signed with initials; marked with the first letter or letter of a name

(b) exerting great force; effective; potent; producing the desired effect; influential

(c) done without waste (of time, resources, etc.)

(d) reciprocal; done in response to a previous action; repeated; recurring

Q7 n. availability

(a) choice; option

(b) realization; performance; completion; gratification; satisfaction


(d) banknote printed by a government as legal tender which is not redeemable and which lacks economic value

Q8 n. secret

(a) information that is confidential or classified; mystery; unexplained phenomenon


(c) negotiation; settlement; business deal

(d) awareness; cognition; ability to perceive

Q9 n. pressure

(a) movement; journeying

(b) company; commercial business; corporation

(c) exertion of force; application of weight; weight; burden; encumbrance

(d) pledge; vow; declaration of intention; source of hope; basis for expectations

Q10 n. counterbalance

(a) inflection; verbal 'time'

(c) period; era; generation

(b) equal weight or power acting in opposition

(d) behavior; management

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Test 134


Q1 v. look into

(a) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed

(b) to need to; must; to be obligated

(c) to wither; to die out; to bleach; to disappear

(d) to investigate

Q2 v. watch

(a) to permit; to enable


(c) to mint; to invent a new word or phrase

(d) to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise

Q3 v. deal


(b) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability


(d) to knock down; to astound; to shock

Q4 v. elucidate

(a) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict

(b) to examine; to break down into parts and study (as in a subject)

(c) to increase; to strengthen; to heighten

(d) to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated; to fail; opposite of to win

Q5 v. headquarter

(a) to bind; to fasten with a rope or cord

(b) to give a cost to something

(c) to set up a center of operations; to be set up in a center of operations

(d) to support; to provide for; to finance; to assist; to encourage

Q6 v. branch

(a) to fork; to divide into parts or sections

(b) to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise

(c) to demand; to emphasize firmly; to request firmly; to require; to persevere

(d) to impose a tariff; to impose a levy; to burden; to demand too much

Q7 v. reduce

(a) to lessen; to diminish; to decrease

(b) to partition; to be partitioned

(c) to extricate; to remove; to evict; to oust; to expel

(d) to arrange in proper order

Q8 n. appeal

(a) link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of debt

(b) request; plea; petition for a new trial or judgment

(c) climb over rough terrain; struggle for possession; disorderly or chaotic proceeding

(d) exertion of force; application of weight; weight; burden; encumbrance

Q9 v. experiment

(a) to clarify; to explain; to approve

(b) to attempt to discover or test something; to try; to venture; to research

(c) to modify; to adapt; to fit; to arrange; to settle

(d) to indicate; to signal; to write down; to record; to notice

Q10 v. upgrade

(a) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad

(b) to fork; to divide into parts or sections

(c) to improve; to raise the quality of

(d) to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash

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Test 135


Q1 adj. least

(a) smallest in size; smallest in amount; lowest in importance

(b) relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional; contingent

(c) large; enormous; huge

(d) aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great effort

Q2 n. constraint

(a) occurrence; occasion; example; illustration

(b) restriction; force; limitation; limit

(c) sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional gambler

(d) gas pedal of a motor vehicle

Q3 n. conservative

(a) candidate; nominee

(b) bid; offer; overseer; supervisor

(c) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry

(d) person who is resistant to change; person who favors traditional political parties

Q4 n. reinforcement

(a) act of strengthening; reward or punishment designed to encourage or discourage a particular response

(b) plans or methods created for the purpose of achieving a goal


(d) confinement; additional document or letter placed within another

Q5 n. device

(a) commotion; flurry; excitement

(b) apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme

(c) vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy; change

(d) hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection

Q6 adj. found

(a) alert; clever; ingenious; skillful; adept

(c) discovered


(d) one of two

Q7 n. wool

(a) contrast

(c) risk; peril; hazard

(b) fleece from some animals; frizzy hair

(d) sign; indication; symbol; grade; trace

Q8 v. verify

(a) to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die

(b) to confirm the truth of something

(c) to help; to assist; to promote; to be beneficial to

(d) to represent by chart; to draw a curve representing a given function

Q9 n. part

(a) traveling on a ship; sea voyage; sailing

(b) cipher; collection of instructions of the law

(c) section; piece; region; role; function; side in an agreement

(d) fantasizing; visualizing

Q10 n. support

(a) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid

(b) condition; phase; mood; splendor; nation

(c) dossier; collection of documents on a subject; tool for smoothing surfaces; line; queue

(d) confinement; additional document or letter placed within another

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Q1 adj. terminal

(a) fast; immediate; prompt; smart

(b) necessary; needed; fundamental; crucial; very important

(c) end; closing; concluding; final; mortal


Q2 adj. steadfast

(a) identifiable; determinable; able to be distinguished

(b) loyal; faithful; unchanging


(d) occurring at fixed intervals; normal; usual; ordinary; common

Q3 adj. fussy

(a) select; fine; excellent

(c) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying


(d) right; proper; exact; accurate

Q4 adj. upcoming

(a) lawful; acceptable; justified; authorized

(b) inner; inside; inland; of a country's domestic affairs; of an individual's inner life

(c) about to happen; imminent

(d) fixed; arranged; prepared; resolute; firmly resolved; determined in advance

Q5 adj. comfortable

(a) available to lease or rent


(c) easy; relaxing; cosy; financially well to do

(d) somewhat

Q6 adj. traditional

(a) relating to or designed for the mass of people; large-scale; widespread; popular

(b) binding; compelling; must be done; necessary

(c) customary

(d) frank; candid; sincere; honest; simple; uncomplicated

Q7 adj. gifted

(a) behind; after; rear; hind

(b) sufficient; suitable; appropriate; proper

(c) not continuous; sporadic; fitful; alternately stopping and starting

(d) talented; skilled; having great natural ability

Q8 adj. back

(a) behind; after; rear; hind


(c) having a degree or diploma; concerning studies beyond a bachelor's degree

(d) fearful; worried; worrisome; eager; keen

Q9 adj. salient

(a) conspicuous; bulging outward; protruding; remarkable; noticeable

(b) relating to supervision and responsibility

(c) ruling; supervising; regulating; managing; restraining

(d) unyielding; firm; hard; unbending

Q10 adj. prevalent

(a) tenacious; stubborn; constant; continual; diligent

(b) perfect; impeccable

(c) simulated; feigned; make-believe

(d) common; widespread; current

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Test 137


Q1 n. license

(a) permit; official permission; authorization; document which shows proof of authorization; certificate

(b) selection; choice; assortment; accumulation


(d) case; crate; punch; hit

Q2 n. age

(a) attraction; closeness; liking; likeness

(b) refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to recognize

(c) period; era; generation

(d) person who makes changes; person who introduces new methods or procedures; creative person

Q3 n. asset

(a) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge

(b) a person who was unable to repay their debts


(d) person or organization that owns part of a company

Q4 n. postage


(b) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people

(c) metal clip for binding papers; essential element

(d) meat cutter; meat slaughterer; owner of a meat shop

Q5 n. matter

(a) staff; work force; team; crew

(b) occasion which requires fancy dress (dance, ball, etc.); evening gown

(c) figure; form; reflection; picture; likeness; embodiment

(d) issue; affair; question; problem; substance of a particular composition and consistency

Q6 n. vacancy

(a) knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through

(b) emptiness; available position; job opening

(c) tag; sign; identification tag


Q7 n. coincidence

(a) living; state of being; life

(b) approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data

(c) chance occurrence; unforeseen event

(d) person or thing that is the same

Q8 n. expert

(a) citation; commercial offer

(b) person skilled in a particular area; specialist

(c) gift; contribution

(d) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

Q9 n. meaning

(a) definition; significance; intention; explanation

(b) act of paying back; repayment; compensation for a loss; repayment for an expense

(c) setting; biography

(d) way into a building or other structure; gate; doorway

Q10 n. delivery

(a) creator; designer

(c) distribution; liberation; transference

(b) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment

(d) new member of a group; new employee

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Test 138


Q1 v. implement


(b) to perform; to put into effect; to carry out; to execute; to realize

(c) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly

(d) to make strong; to fortify; to reinforce; to toughen

Q2 v. urbanize

(a) to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight, force etc.)

(b) to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble

(c) to make into a city

(d) to cause to become involved in; to arouse curiosity

Q3 v. assess

(a) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely

(b) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure

(c) helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire

(d) to progress; to promote; to make a payment before it is due

Q4 v. dedicate

(a) to stop; to discontinue; to disturb; to bring a conversation to a halt


(c) to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone

(d) to give; to match; to fit; to complement

Q5 v. mollify

(a) to glide; to sneak; to slide; to decline; to deteriorate; to make a mistake


(c) to speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner; to offend; to affront

(d) to calm; to soften; to pacify; to relieve

Q6 v. incline

(a) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss

(b) to slope; to bend; to bow; to slant; to influence

(c) to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to inherit

(d) to postpone; to disgust; to repulse; to deter

Q7 v. become

(a) to copy; to replicate; to photocopy

(b) to take a cruise; to travel; to make a journey

(c) to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with power


Q8 v. cause

(a) to strengthen; to fortify; to support; to increase

(b) to make happen; to bring about

(c) to transport via locomotive; to convey by train

(d) to demand; to emphasize firmly; to request firmly; to require; to persevere

Q9 v. autograph


(b) to open; to extend; to apply a layer on; to scatter; to distribute

(c) to form a relationship with another person

(d) to recover

Q10 v. monitor

(a) to supervise; to observe; to follow up on; to check up on


(c) to experience; to endure


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Test 139


Q1 n. picture

(a) substitution; substitute

(b) roll; roster; inventory; strip; band

(c) ten years; group of tens

(d) photograph; drawing; painting; film; embodiment

Q2 v. canvass

(a) to cross; to transport; to approve

(b) to vacillate; to waver; to vary; to change

(c) to examine; to debate; to scrutinize; to solicit votes or opinions

(d) to impose a tax or fine; to conscript troops

Q3 adj. evasive


(b) judgmental; important; crucial; vital

(c) avoiding; tending to shrink; elusive

(d) keeping quiet; reserved; showing self-restraint

Q4 n. department

(a) military rank above captain; main subject of study chosen by a college or university student

(b) distance that an arm can extend

(c) division of a company; section; area

(d) programs which control the functions of a computer's hardware

Q5 v. propose

(a) to make clear; to concentrate


(c) to mark with an iron; to disgrace; to condemn

(d) to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make an offer of marriage

Q6 v. suggest

(a) to hide; to keep secret; to cover up

(b) to propose; to mention; to imply; to hint; to evoke

(c) to fall on; to storm; to invade; to attack; to seize; to assault

(d) to give confidence; to promise; to pledge; to encourage

Q7 n. nomination

(a) part of a book; phase; stage; local branch of an organization

(b) parallelogram

(c) plan; aim; goal; purpose

(d) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)

Q8 n. subsidiary


(b) company that is owned or controlled by another company

(c) least possible amount; smallest possible size; lowest degree

(d) large container; tank; tub

Q9 v. emulate


(b) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject

(c) to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after; to copy

(d) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish

Q10 v. report

(a) to provide a detailed statement about an occurrence or situation; inform

(b) to support a proposal or statement; to endorse; to approve; to help; to assist

(c) to sign using the first letter or letters of a name


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Test 140


Q1 adj. acquainted

(a) familiar; close; intimate; informed; aware

(b) resistant; invulnerable; impervious; sealed; durable

(c) coming or occurring after the usual or expected time; tardy; slow; delayed

(d) benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful

Q2 adj. profitable

(a) mentioned earlier in the same text

(b) physical; done using human skill or force

(c) lucrative; paying; rewarding; beneficial; producing income

(d) serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager

Q3 adj. reasonable

(a) of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding

(b) rational; logical; intelligent; wise; plausible; likely; credible


(d) doubtful; dubious

Q4 adj. actual


(b) substantial; real; tangible; current


(d) ruling; supervising; regulating; managing; restraining

Q5 adj. crowded

(a) necessary; obligatory; commanding

(b) full; packed; crammed together

(c) independent; independent contractor; business owner; person who is not a hired laborer


Q6 adj. several

(a) some; few; separate; distinct; individual; various

(b) end; closing; concluding; final; mortal

(c) characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated

(d) chatty; loquacious

Q7 adj. frisky

(a) intended for inhabitation; occupied with homes

(b) energetic; full of life; playful; lively


(d) comfortable; useful; serviceable

Q8 adj. overseas

(a) thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks

(c) foreign; abroad

(b) whole; perfect; finished

(d) content; self-satisfied; comfortable; smug

Q9 adj. adept

(a) strong; healthy

(b) bothersome; troublesome; worrisome; harassing

(c) proficient; skilled; expert

(d) occurring every three months; taking place four times a year

Q10 adj. town

(a) of a city; local


(c) necessary; obligatory; commanding

(d) pertaining to the commercial center of a city

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Test 141


Q1 n. maintenance

(a) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage

(b) upkeep; repairs; livelihood; means of support

(c) financial industry owned cooperative supplying secure, standardized messaging services to financial institutions

(d) thing; object; article; news story; piece of information

Q2 n. downturn

(a) misgiving; lack of certainty

(b) finishing; finalizing

(c) agreement; settling of a disagreement by making mutual concessions

(d) negative tendency (especially in economy or business)

Q3 n. exhibit

(a) something presented as evidence in a court of law; display; show

(b) pledge; vow; declaration of intention; source of hope; basis for expectations

(c) the time or amount of money that defined by checks that have been deposited but not cleared yet

(d) shelves used to store printed items

Q4 n. scene

(a) place where an event occurs; vista; view

(b) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony

(c) examination; careful inspection; debate

(d) part of a population differing in some characteristic; state of being under legal age

Q5 n. back order



(c) disorder; embarrassment; bewilderment

(d) organization; society; union; coalition; foundation

Q6 n. preference

(a) viewpoint; stance; condition; state; mood; attitude

(b) tip; bonus; recompense

(c) favor; liking; fondness; priority; superior status

(d) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building

Q7 n. custom

(a) tax; charge; levy; grievous price

(b) declaration; notice; the act of informing the public

(c) person who designs gardens or large areas

(d) habit; tradition; convention

Q8 n. mean

(a) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out

(b) leveling; harmony; stability; rest; remainder


(d) midpoint; middle; equally far from two extremes; average

Q9 n. contest

(a) person who creates sets of instructions for a computer or other device

(b) management committee; food

(c) development; progress

(d) competition

Q10 n. dash

(a) minor office worker; book-keeper; bureaucrat

(b) act of quitting a position; letter stating that one quits a position; relinquishment

(c) hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint


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Test 142


Q1 v. feature

(a) to characterize; to depict; to describe; to present; to emphasize

(b) to seize; to grip; to comprehend; to understand; to realize

(c) to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance

(d) to unite; to join; to come together; to become one

Q2 v. rectify


(b) to represent; to indicate; to communicate; to express; to convey

(c) to take a risk in order to achieve a goal

(d) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust

Q3 v. comfort

(a) to remove the contents of

(c) to emphasize

(b) to bring relief; to encourage; to console

(d) to confirm to be true; to authorize

Q4 v. search

(a) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine

(b) to try to; to assay

(c) to send off quickly; to dismiss; to conclude with speed and efficiency; to eliminate

(d) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit

Q5 v. argue

(a) to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an example

(b) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons

(c) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall

(d) to fasten; to connect

Q6 v. overlook


(b) to vouch for; to give a warranty; to assure; to promise

(c) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly


Q7 v. inform

(a) to accomplish; to put into action; to execute; to do

(b) to communicate data to; to tell; to brief; to notify


(d) to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture

Q8 v. enhance

(a) to design; to plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)

(b) to put off to a later time; to delay; to defer; to put off until later; to stay


(d) to expend money or effort for future benefits; to grant; to install; to cover; to authorize

Q9 v. believe

(a) to descend; to decline; to abate; to lessen

(b) to place between other things; to throw into the center of

(c) to substitute for; to return something to a particular position or location

(d) to have faith in; to assume; to suppose

Q10 v. adapt

(a) to remove the contents of

(b) to conform; to change; to make suitable; to match; to fit

(c) to expect; to predict; to assume


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Test 143


Q1 v. deploy

(a) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action

(b) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability


(d) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent

Q2 adv. rather

(a) intensely; in an extreme manner; severely

(b) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully

(c) very quite; to a degree; somewhat; slightly; a bit; might as well


Q3 n. combine

(a) harvesting machine


(c) ten years; group of tens


Q4 n. enlargement

(a) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation

(b) person who installs or maintains wiring systems


(d) expansion; increase in size; magnification

Q5 v. dispute

(a) to give money for goods or to cancel debts; to settle; to be worthwhile; to be profitable

(b) to send; to dispatch; to transport (by airplane, truck, etc.); to embark

(c) to confirm; to sanction; to legalize

(d) to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to fight against

Q6 v. attain

(a) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account

(b) to punish

(c) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records


Q7 adv. instinctively

(a) infrequently; not often; seldom

(b) gently; without roughness or projections; evenly; calmly

(c) totally; completely; absolutely

(d) naturally; spontaneously; intuitively; automatically

Q8 n. compare


(b) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.)

(c) part of an object designed to be gripped by the hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title

(d) contrast

Q9 n. barter

(a) spatial dimension; measurement; extent; degree

(b) exchanging of goods and services; trade

(c) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck

(d) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold

Q10 n. account

(a) city

(b) goods; ware; stock; articles or items to be sold

(c) program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule

(d) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank

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Test 144


Q1 adj. secure

(a) administrative; operational; having the power to execute laws and policy

(b) safe; protected; strong; stable; confident


(d) provocative; stimulating; encouraging

Q2 adj. visible

(a) easy; relaxing; cosy; financially well to do

(b) expendable; spoils rapidly; likely to spoil; mortal

(c) doubtful; dubious

(d) in view; observable; obvious; apparent

Q3 adj. infant

(a) older; elder; having a higher rank; aged

(b) safe; protected; strong; stable; confident

(c) ethical; virtuous; righteous; principled; having integrity

(d) pertaining to a minor

Q4 adj. stable


(b) steady; firm; lasting; dependable; faithful

(c) descending

(d) able to be carried out; achievable; possible; likely

Q5 adj. distinctive

(a) special; unique; different

(b) reputed; famous

(c) splendid; majestic; superb; glorious; impressive

(d) whole; including every part; complete; full

Q6 adj. loyal

(a) delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality; excellent

(b) faithful; true to one's obligations

(c) governmental; bureaucratic; majestic; dignified


Q7 n. might

(a) person or company that does a particular job or assignment

(b) strength; power; force; bravery

(c) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)

(d) act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output

Q8 adj. smart

(a) tangible; real; substantial; solid

(b) pertaining to a city; municipal

(c) intelligent; clever; shrewd; lively; fashionable; stylish

(d) non-transferable

Q9 adj. substantive

(a) existing independently; real; tangible

(b) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive


(d) regular; common

Q10 adj. comprehensive

(a) excited; passionate; ardent; fervent

(b) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; desirable

(c) pertinent; relevant; connected

(d) including a lot; large in scope; extensive

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Test 145


Q1 n. draft

(a) mind; understanding; leader; person in authority; top

(b) commercial transaction; instance of offering goods at a reduced price; demand for merchandise; auction

(c) obligation; something owed (i.e. money)

(d) rough outline; sketch; written order for payment; conscription

Q2 n. constant

(a) number with a fixed value; factor

(b) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device

(c) emphasis; importance; accent; strain; tension; pressure

(d) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out

Q3 n. behalf


(b) character which is part of an alphabet; written communication sent to a person or organization

(c) hope; anticipation; assumption

(d) esteem; respect; thought; consideration; look; glance

Q4 n. revenue

(a) freight; luggage; baggage; load

(b) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper

(c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation

(d) access; method; system; procedure

Q5 n. litter

(a) refuse; trash; disorder

(b) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub

(c) thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on; article; essay; questionnaire

(d) standard against which something is measured; factor; discipline

Q6 n. expectation

(a) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information

(b) festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar

(c) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor)

(d) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope

Q7 n. deregulation

(a) obligation; something owed (i.e. money)

(b) event; occurrence; one of a group of loosely connected stories

(c) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange

(d) transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization

Q8 n. reject

(a) view; scenery; horizontal page orientation

(b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey

(c) something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; outcast

(d) exit; electrical source for connecting appliances; store; shop; joint

Q9 n. equity

(a) contract by which property or persons are guaranteed against damage or loss

(b) public announcement or printed notice designed to attract attention

(c) link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of debt

(d) honesty; fairness; justice

Q10 n. court

(a) accomplishment; fulfillment

(b) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole

(c) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant

(d) yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place

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Test 146


Q1 v. cancel

(a) to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to spoil; to humor

(b) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot

(c) to follow

(d) to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop

Q2 v. arrest

(a) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison

(b) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart

(c) to protect; to guard from harm

(d) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct

Q3 v. hurry

(a) to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail

(b) to drag or to carry by force

(c) to fulfill; to meet a request or requirement; to compensate; to remunerate

(d) to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash

Q4 v. file

(a) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way

(b) to need to; must; to be obligated

(c) to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate

(d) to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent

Q5 v. patch


(b) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole

(c) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw

(d) to go before; to be in front; to be ahead of; to predate

Q6 v. break down

(a) to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to descend

(b) to issue a command; to make an official order

(c) to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer

(d) to conform; to change; to make suitable; to match; to fit

Q7 n. loyalty

(a) period; era; generation

(b) plateau; area of level ground; prairie; savanna

(c) faithfulness; devotion; constancy

(d) slice; part; segment; creation; work

Q8 v. ought

(a) to need to; must; to be obligated

(b) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb

(c) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose

(d) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device

Q9 v. change

(a) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to

(b) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal

(c) to intend; to plan; to design; to aim

(d) to alter; to replace; to become different

Q10 v. lumber

(a) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect

(b) to rely on; to extend business credit

(c) to create; to produce; to bring into being

(d) to honor; to admire; to esteem; to hold in high regard

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Test 147


Q1 n. newsletter

(a) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of

(b) competition; equal opponent; partner; counterweight; game

(c) short informational periodical that is usually distributed to the members of an interest group

(d) schedule; agenda; written order of events

Q2 n. plan

(a) program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule

(b) ascent

(c) track; path; customary series of stops during a trip

(d) person who receives guests; large number; multitude (of people or things)

Q3 n. membership

(a) harvest; return; produce; income; profit

(b) chart showing the months of a year (including days and weeks); schedule; timetable

(c) state of belonging to an organization or group; fellowship

(d) part; district; paragraph; passage; department; unit

Q4 n. carriage

(a) job; assignment; obligation; role

(c) price; expense

(b) coach; buggy; transportation

(d) rubbing out; deletion; eradication

Q5 v. process


(b) to support; to inspire; to give hope

(c) to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to picture in the mind

(d) to cipher

Q6 n. establishment

(a) supplementary charge; additional charge; amount paid for insurance; reward

(b) something that is superimposed

(c) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.)

(d) manufacturing; trade; diligence; perseverance; tendency to work hard

Q7 n. banquet

(a) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking

(b) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere

(c) purchase; sale; acquisition

(d) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry

Q8 v. tow

(a) to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after; to copy

(b) to pull; to drag


(d) to be useful; to help; to facilitate

Q9 n. opportunity

(a) chance; occasion; favorable time to act

(b) spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address

(c) a measurement of output per hours worked; creativeness; fruitfulness; prolificness


Q10 v. must


(b) to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or probable

(c) to hold onto; to save; to store; to watch over; to care for

(d) to understand; to comprehend; to accomplish; to convert into cash; to liquidate

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Test 148


Q1 adj. promotional

(a) of publicizing; of advancement; of encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise

(b) pertaining to the commercial center of a city


(d) pure; obvious; easy to understand; comprehensible

Q2 adj. hard

(a) ruling; supervising; regulating; managing; restraining


(c) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff

(d) unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be endured

Q3 adj. objective

(a) opposite of expensive; inexpensive

(b) penetrating; infiltrating; spreading; extending; permeating

(c) of or pertaining to the upper class

(d) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind

Q4 adj. few

(a) little; not many; some

(b) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous

(c) straight; equal; even; honest

(d) low; despicable; ignoble

Q5 adj. congruent


(b) of general expenses; general

(c) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known

(d) identical; corresponding; in agreement; harmonious

Q6 adj. creative

(a) collective; total; taking all units as a whole

(b) inventive; innovative; artistic

(c) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind

(d) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew

Q7 adj. convenient

(a) containing; comprehensive; all-embracing; extensive; taking in

(b) aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great effort

(c) comfortable; useful; serviceable

(d) of great worth; costly; cherished; dear; important

Q8 adj. content

(a) principal; head; chief

(b) satisfied; pleased


(d) pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt

Q9 adj. prosaic

(a) plentiful; abundant; generous; extravagant; wasteful

(b) common; regular; boring; tedious; dull


(d) beside the point; unconnected; impertinent; immaterial

Q10 adj. preventive

(a) defective; imperfect; cracked

(b) classified; confidential; clandestine; covert; hidden; latent

(c) customary; routine; formal

(d) averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting

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Test 149


Q1 n. combination

(a) joining; union; an ordered sequence

(b) weather conditions; surrounding conditions; atmosphere; setting

(c) customary action; habit; drill; training exercise

(d) disturbance; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-off

Q2 n. anticipation

(a) attempt to discover or test something; trial; research

(b) person that you have met but do not know well; knowledge of something; familiarity

(c) bed covering; quilt

(d) expectation; hope; intuition

Q3 n. sink

(a) something that is discarded; rubbish; trash; junk; waste

(b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments

(c) formally or socially imposed standards of attire

(d) wash basin; sewer; drain; cesspool; place where criminals gather

Q4 n. lock

(a) exhibition; explanation; showing

(b) fastening mechanism which is opened with a key or other device

(c) fright; horror; concern; terror

(d) exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external part or layer; outward appearance

Q5 n. nuance

(a) rule enacted by a community or country; custom; principle; convention


(c) drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible

(d) word; expression; idiom; condition; stipulation

Q6 n. sneakers

(a) tool; instrument; piece of equipment

(b) sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily; one who acts furtively

(c) working, performance, handling; venture, undertaking; series of actions

(d) area; domain; range; piece of land; surface

Q7 n. strength

(a) durability; determination; resolve; power; intensity; force

(b) duplicate; photostat

(c) high ranking military officer

(d) person who is free from sin or wrongdoing

Q8 v. salvage

(a) to meet by chance; to face; to meet with (difficulties, hardships, etc.)

(b) to be involved; to join in

(c) to save from destruction; to rescue

(d) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate

Q9 n. pretense

(a) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; any security device

(b) silence; quiet; photograph

(c) rite; ritual; formality

(d) feigning; impersonation; false show; claim; assertion

Q10 n. growth

(a) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency

(b) flat

(c) one who damages a person or his property or rights

(d) development; progress

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Test 150


Q1 v. direct

(a) to invite; to speak loudly; to visit; to phone

(b) to advertise; to bring to the attention of a large audience

(c) to fix in place; to link firmly together; to be held in place

(d) to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise

Q2 v. adopt

(a) to find out; to come across; to get information about something

(b) to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an example

(c) to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to use

(d) to form a relationship with another person

Q3 v. format

(a) to set some distance apart

(b) to expend money or effort for future benefits; to grant; to install; to cover; to authorize

(c) to design the appearance of; to arrange; to prepare a diskette or hard disk for use

(d) to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort; to be concerned

Q4 v. assume


(b) to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be formed

(c) to suppose; to take on a position or duty; to accept an idea

(d) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit

Q5 v. entitle



(c) to be plentiful; to be filled with; to overflow with

(d) to give a heading or name to (i.e. a book, painting, etc.); to grant a right; to claim something

Q6 v. merge

(a) to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to substitute

(b) to mystify; to baffle; to confound; to confuse; to perplex

(c) to become bigger; to expand

(d) to blend; to be blended; to combine or unite into a single body; to be assimilated

Q7 v. excite

(a) to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to stimulate

(b) to separate into sections; to partition

(c) to cut into portions; to cleave

(d) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk

Q8 n. vendor

(a) introduction of something new; change; new method or practice

(b) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods

(c) enlargement; increase; spread; development

(d) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument

Q9 n. factor

(a) spatial dimension; measurement; extent; degree

(b) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender

(c) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income

(d) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults

Q10 v. place

(a) to come to a sum; to become; to total


(c) to try or to intend to achieve something; to direct; to plan; to aspire


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Test 151


Q1 v. brake

(a) to excel; to rise above


(c) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to

(d) to provide financial assistance

Q2 v. complicate

(a) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose

(b) to draft into military service; to voluntarily join a cause


(d) to train; to certify; to meet the minimum standards; to moderate; to modify

Q3 n. division


(b) partitioning; department; faculty; ranking; level according to difficulty

(c) levy; fee

(d) opinion; creed; religion; faith; conviction

Q4 v. nominate

(a) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand

(b) to warn; to scold; to reprove

(c) to set a new time and date

(d) to appoint someone (for a position, office, or honor); to designate; to select

Q5 adj. aware

(a) sequential; following one after another

(b) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind

(c) most important; main; first; opening; beginning


Q6 n. applicant

(a) candidate; nominee

(b) compactness; closeness

(c) rules introduced by the government to regulate the trade of securities and mutual funds

(d) something presented as evidence in a court of law; display; show

Q7 n. cognition

(a) advantage; profit; aid; stipend

(b) awareness; perception

(c) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions

(d) case; crate; punch; hit

Q8 v. reward

(a) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan

(c) to warn; to notify of danger

(b) to write down in a timetable; to register

(d) to recompense someone for a service

Q9 v. object

(a) to oppose; to protest


(c) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation

(d) to bear; to endure

Q10 n. card

(a) state of having committed a crime or offense; culpability; feeling of having done something wrong

(b) straw-filled mattress; hard and simple bed; platform used to stack items during moving or storage

(c) thin and flat object

(d) connection; overall situation; background

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Test 152


Q1 adj. uncertain

(a) bothersome; troublesome; worrisome; harassing


(c) existing independently; real; tangible

(d) deserving of punishment; responsible

Q2 adj. commercial

(a) chief; leading; main; principal

(b) congruous

(c) double; identical; matching

(d) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling

Q3 adj. horrible

(a) dangerous; risky; perilous

(b) pertaining to the world and nature around us

(c) serving as a model; normal; regular; typical; widely accepted


Q4 adj. wry

(a) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew

(b) significant; important

(c) negotiated by an intermediary; settled through a middleman


Q5 adj. impatient

(a) common; shared; collective

(b) characterized; by or occupying a particular place

(c) occurring at regular intervals; recurrent; cyclic; seasonal

(d) unable to wait; intolerant; restless

Q6 n. loss

(a) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.)

(b) printed form that entitles the holder to certain rights such as in a discount

(c) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction

(d) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling

Q7 n. waste

(a) physical or mental well-being; freedom from disease

(b) tool; gadget; device; apparatus

(c) picture in a book or other work; explanation; clarification

(d) misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage

Q8 adj. further

(a) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced

(b) arrogant; haughty; magnificent; impressive

(c) more distant; additional

(d) common; regular; ordinary

Q9 adj. surface

(a) main; major; chief; principal

(c) external

(b) modern; current


Q10 adj. complacent

(a) sequential; following one after another

(c) common; shared; collective

(b) active; attentive

(d) content; self-satisfied; comfortable; smug

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Test 153


Q1 n. width

(a) result; outcome; impact; trick; natural phenomenon


(c) flammable liquid mixture derived from petroleum (used as fuel, etc.)

(d) accomplishment; fulfillment

Q2 n. grocery

(a) location where sick and injured people receive medical treatment

(b) an interest percentage that changes over time

(c) store which sells food and other household goods


Q3 n. mind

(a) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight

(b) brain; memory; recollection; opinion; intention; desire

(c) deletion; negligence; failure; default

(d) customary action; habit; drill; training exercise

Q4 n. intelligence

(a) ability to reason and understand; cleverness; brilliance; information

(b) person whose job it is to supervise and examine; police officer ranking below a superintendent

(c) match; whole consisting of two parts; couple

(d) quotation; official praise; summons to a court of law

Q5 n. environment

(a) pair; group of two

(b) surroundings; conditions in which someone or something lives

(c) inventory of legal investments for savings banks and trust funds

(d) comment; remark; ascription; mention; regard

Q6 n. pushy

(a) ruling principle; command; decree

(b) cat (Slang); feline

(c) house; dwelling; structure; premises


Q7 n. objection

(a) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message

(b) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement

(c) order; direction; control; domination; headquarters


Q8 n. table


(b) injury; harm

(c) company that is owned or controlled by another company

(d) list of information arranged in columns and rows; chart; flat surface

Q9 n. crate

(a) state of perfection; state of highest quality

(b) assortment; kind; sort

(c) wooden box; old car; old plane

(d) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

Q10 n. feature

(a) bed covering; quilt

(b) characteristic; function; capability (of a product, machine, device, software etc.)

(c) citation; passage taken from another source; reference; commercial offer; statement of price

(d) person who translates from one language to another (orally); person how clarifies; commentator

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Test 154


Q1 v. serve

(a) to tend to; to attend; to work; to perform a duty or task

(b) to furnish; to equip; to make up for; to compensate for; to substitute for temporarily

(c) to choose; to vote for; to prefer; to decide

(d) to create or adapt for a particular need or desire

Q2 v. repair

(a) to move; to be moved

(b) to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or malfunction

(c) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research

(d) to plan; to design; to name; to call

Q3 v. work


(b) to transmit document electronically

(c) to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal

(d) to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to process

Q4 v. seem

(a) to ride a bike

(b) to appear to be; to look like; to give the impression of; to have the appearance of

(c) to influence; to affect strongly; to collide; to squeeze in

(d) to comprise; to contain; to embrace

Q5 v. soar


(b) to postpone; to disgust; to repulse; to deter

(c) to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise

(d) to nominate; to designate

Q6 v. employ

(a) to restore to good condition; to restart; to resume; to refresh

(b) to predict; to prophesy; to foretell

(c) to take a small portion of something as a specimen

(d) to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to use

Q7 v. lecture

(a) to examine; to debate; to scrutinize; to solicit votes or opinions

(b) to deliver a discourse before an audience; to reprimand tediously

(c) to supply with stock; to equip with supplies (esp. food)

(d) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account

Q8 v. simulate

(a) to judge an object's value; to appraise; to assess; to guess

(b) to copy; to pretend; to fake

(c) to give assignments; to overburden; to strain

(d) to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend incorrectly

Q9 v. occasion

(a) to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal

(b) to jump; to leap


(d) to cause; to incite; to bring to pass

Q10 v. arrange

(a) to lease; to rent; to employ

(b) to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to memorize

(c) to organize; to settle; to structure; to order; to systematize

(d) to irritate; to infuriate; to enrage

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Test 155


Q1 v. audit

(a) to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be formed

(b) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict

(c) to predict; to prophesy; to foretell

(d) to examine accounts and other financial records

Q2 v. subtract

(a) to take away part of a whole; to remove; to deduct

(b) to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo


(d) to support; to assist; to strengthen

Q3 adj. somber

(a) easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain

(b) not functional; not practical


(d) useful; providing assistance; repairing; performing maintenance tasks

Q4 v. cruise

(a) to dare; to invite to engage in a contest; to stimulate; to test one's ability

(b) to increase; to enlarge; to enhance; to multiply

(c) to honor; to admire; to esteem; to hold in high regard

(d) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly

Q5 n. behavio(u)r

(a) manner of acting; conduct

(b) payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness; careful attention

(c) innovativeness; inventiveness

(d) enterprise; drive; ambition; beginning move in a process; first step

Q6 adj. environmental

(a) deserving of punishment; responsible

(b) spreading over a large area; comprehensive

(c) smooth; straight; level; parallel; equal; consistent

(d) pertaining to the world and nature around us

Q7 n. money supply

(a) druggist; apothecary


(c) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law)

(d) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay

Q8 v. grade

(a) to submerge; to fall down below the surface (especially in water)

(b) to situate; to place; to identify; to find; to settle

(c) to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to dwell; to store; to shelter

(d) to give a mark to; to classify; to make level; to evaluate; to assess

Q9 n. prime

(a) something of value (property, equipment, goods, etc.); item of quality; something beneficial

(b) inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows into another body of water

(c) state of perfection; state of highest quality

(d) a situation in which the imports of a country from the USA are larger than their exports to the USA

Q10 n. moral

(a) duplicate; photostat

(c) ethic; lesson; principle

(b) connection; link; uniting; joining


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Test 156


Q1 adj. funnelled

(a) strong; healthy

(c) not capable

(b) channeled; centralized

(d) beforehand

Q2 adj. located

(a) thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks

(b) situated; placed; identified; found; existing; standing

(c) external; of the outdoors; from the outdoors; maximal

(d) very important; critical; decisive; vital

Q3 adj. vivid

(a) extreme; intense; severe


(b) opposite of expensive; inexpensive

(d) kind; good

Q4 adj. empty

(a) near; adjacent; careful

(b) of a city; local

(c) containing nothing; without people; without contents; hollow; meaningless

(d) sturdy; long lasting

Q5 adj. residential

(a) nominal; symbolic; perfunctory

(b) done without waste (of time, resources, etc.)

(c) intended for inhabitation; occupied with homes

(d) identical; corresponding; in agreement; harmonious

Q6 adj. supervisory

(a) temporary; provisional

(b) available on a regular basis; employed to handle merchandise or goods

(c) excessive; redundant; superfluous

(d) managerial; overseeing

Q7 adj. firm

(a) correct; suitable; just; complete

(b) strong; solid; stable; fixed; immovable; determined

(c) filled with petrol, gas or another substance that produces energy

(d) objective

Q8 adj. pushy

(a) feasible; workable; applicable; useful; efficacious


(c) harsh; strict; severe; exact; precise

(d) controlling; aggressive; extremely self-assertive; bossy

Q9 adj. eligible

(a) honest; truthful; frank; straightforward; genuine; earnest

(b) capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding; practical

(c) suitable; worthy of; qualified; entitled to; allowed

(d) treated as an expense

Q10 adj. buoyant

(a) swift; fast

(b) provocative; stimulating; encouraging


(d) chosen for office but net yet formally installed

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Test 157


Q1 n. average

(a) word or phrase functioning as a noun

(c) explanation; illustration; instruction

(b) mean; median

(d) track; footprints; path; way

Q2 n. standpoint

(a) act of sending out; act of starting or initiating; commencement; inauguration

(b) outlook; perspective; view; opinion; attitude

(c) this being the case; since (used in formal documents)

(d) brining in of goods from another country; opposite of export; meaning; significance

Q3 n. competition

(a) theme; subject of conversation; issue

(b) person who has completed a course of study and received a degree or diploma

(c) great number of persons or things; many; a lot; composed of a countless number of items


Q4 n. clerk


(b) verification of a person or thing; recognition

(c) minor office worker; book-keeper; bureaucrat


Q5 n. consumption

(a) rules introduced by the government to regulate the trade of securities and mutual funds

(b) enhancement; refinement; improvement

(c) item; piece of information; part of a whole

(d) using up

Q6 n. danger

(a) substance; component; all that is inside of something

(b) issue; affair; question; problem; substance of a particular composition and consistency

(c) risk; peril; hazard

(d) city

Q7 n. completion

(a) telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or office

(b) lodger; occupant; resident; renter; landlord

(c) finishing; finalizing

(d) angle that points outward

Q8 n. content

(a) display; show; public presentation of work or skills; trade fair

(b) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S.

(c) substance; component; all that is inside of something

(d) person, company or organization that markets a commodity, product or service; wholesaler; dealer

Q9 n. style



(c) awareness; cognition; ability to perceive

(d) pillow; soft padded object

Q10 n. agent

(a) support; skeleton; structure; system

(b) place used by planes for takeoff and landing

(c) reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome; product

(d) representative; rep; factor; cause

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Test 158


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


(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


(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


(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


(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


(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



(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

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Test 159


Q1 adj. reliable

(a) occurring every three months; taking place four times a year

(b) clear; exact; precise; quick

(c) credible; trustworthy; dependable


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


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


(d) to go regularly to (a certain place); to patronize

Q8 adv. fair


(b) therefore; so

(c) doubly

(d) annually

Q9 n. course

(a) plan; goal; aim; objective; meaning

(b) favor; liking; fondness; priority; superior status


(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

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Test 160


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


Q5 adj. occupied

(a) credible; trustworthy; dependable

(b) leftover; unused; desolate; desert; destroyed


(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.)


(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

(d) modern; current

Q10 adj. substitute

(a) enough; adequate

(b) awful

(c) pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers; of the sale of merchandise to end users

(d) acting as a replacement

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Test 161


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


(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


(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

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Test 162


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


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


(b) to enlarge; to add to; to multiply; to raise; to intensify


(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

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Test 163


Q1 n. premium


(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


(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


(d) customary; routine; formal

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Test 164


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



Q3 adj. internal

(a) vulnerable; prone; impressionable

(b) preoccupied; lost in thought


(d) behind; after; rear; hind

Q4 adj. possible

(a) could be; might be; may be


(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


(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


Q8 adj. inclusive


(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


(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

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Test 165


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

Q2 n. employment

(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

Q4 n. advice


(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

Q6 n. background


(b) bias; sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances


(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)


(d) netting attached to a woman's hat

Q10 n. use

(a) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain


(c) route; travel plans; travel journal

(d) function; utilization; benefit; advantage; consumption

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Test 166


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


(b) to oversee; to administer; to direct; to manage; to watch over


(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


(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


(b) to halt; to cease; to quit; to close; to block; to impede


(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

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Test 167


Q1 adj. superb


(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


(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

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Test 168


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


Q3 n. grocer

(a) automated device used for selling items

(b) postal service; letters and other items that are sent via the postal service


(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


(b) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer


(d) progression; succession; order; arrangement

Q8 n. slip

(a) track; footprints; path; way

(b) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue


(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

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Test 169


Q1 v. tax


(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


(c) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business)


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


(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


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

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Test 170


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


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


(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


(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


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

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Test 171


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


(b) person living at about the same time as another person


(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.)


(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


(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


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

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Test 172


Q1 v. merchandise


(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


(c) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure


Q5 v. enlist


(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


(d) to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble

Q10 v. age

(a) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records


(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

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Test 173


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


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


(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


(b) to grant a permit; to authorize; to permit; to allow


(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

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Test 174


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


(c) connection; association; closeness

(d) nourishment; substance which provides the body with nutrients; sustenance

Q5 n. shipment


(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




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


(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


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

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Test 175


Q1 v. get on with

(a) to originate from; to reveal the origin of something; to obtain from a particular supplier

(b) to continue

(c) to establish; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to start

(d) to cut with a toothed blade

Q2 v. divert

(a) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem


(c) to distract; to entertain; to turn in a different direction; to deflect

(d) to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make an offer of marriage

Q3 v. assure

(a) to go along with; to go together with; to join; to attach

(b) to equip; to outfit with supplies

(c) to give confidence; to promise; to pledge; to encourage

(d) to discern; to perceive; to pay attention; to observe; to remark

Q4 v. finalize

(a) to grow larger; to broaden; to increase; to enlarge; to add to

(b) to make changes; to create something new; to invent

(c) to erect; to set; to put; to place

(d) to end; to sum up; to complete; to conclude

Q5 v. staff

(a) to submit; to consent; to obey; to agree with

(b) to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble

(c) to employ a group of workers; to provide with employees; to man

(d) to pack; to crate; to box

Q6 v. ship

(a) to add

(b) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest

(c) to send; to dispatch; to transport (by airplane, truck, etc.); to embark

(d) to rebroadcast

Q7 v. damage

(a) to send away; to fire; to release; to free

(b) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster

(c) to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane, ship, bus, etc.)

(d) to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly

Q8 v. augment

(a) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply

(b) to increase; to enlarge; to enhance; to multiply

(c) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose

(d) to narrate; to tell; to make a connection between; to have a good relationship with

Q9 v. position

(a) to extricate; to remove; to evict; to oust; to expel

(b) to erect; to set; to put; to place

(c) to ascribe to; to link to; to associate with; to relate to

(d) to influence; to affect strongly; to collide; to squeeze in

Q10 v. recant

(a) to obtain; to attain; to perform; to accomplish

(b) to stud; to constellate

(c) to give up; to renounce; to deny; to disavow; to retract


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Test 176


Q1 n. series

(a) doctrine; tenet; precept; fundamental law; primary law on which other laws are based

(b) sequence; succession; television program broadcast in installments

(c) protective coating

(d) instructional booklet; handbook

Q2 adj. comforting

(a) providing assistance

(b) consoling; encouraging; reassuring; brining relief; heartening

(c) ambitious; industrious; hard-working

(d) compact; having a high mass per unit volume; close

Q3 n. practice

(a) a measurement of output per hours worked; creativeness; fruitfulness; prolificness

(b) customary action; habit; drill; training exercise

(c) graph; diagram

(d) a document giving details about an offering of securities investment for sale to the public

Q4 n. time

(a) switch; icon to click on

(b) certificate; entry pass; tag

(c) period; era; hour; rate

(d) meeting at which a person is evaluated through questioning (as for a job)

Q5 adj. invisible

(a) lucrative; paying; rewarding; beneficial; producing income

(b) impossible to see; imperceptible; hidden; concealed

(c) sequential; following one after another


Q6 adj. international

(a) between countries; of relations between two or more countries

(b) more distant; additional

(c) spreading over a large area; comprehensive

(d) serving as a model; normal; regular; typical; widely accepted

Q7 v. campaign

(a) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out

(b) to recommence; to begin again; to retake; to take back; to continue

(c) to conduct a series of activities organized to accomplish a goal

(d) to go after and bring back; to pick up; to charm

Q8 n. indulgence

(a) nourishment; substance which provides the body with nutrients; sustenance

(b) center; hub; concentration

(c) a charge imposed and collected

(d) act of giving in to desire; something which gratifies; luxury; leniency

Q9 n. superior

(a) person who lives in a particular place; resident; tenant; occupant

(b) ability to reason and understand; cleverness; brilliance; information


(d) one who is higher than another in rank or position

Q10 v. rush

(a) to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce

(b) to perform; to present; to carry out; to execute

(c) to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire

(d) to hurry; to make haste; to act or move quickly; to cause to hurry

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Test 177


Q1 n. store


(b) notice; warning; caveat; carefulness; premonition

(c) shop; place where merchandise is sold; supply of goods or materials set aside for future use

(d) option; selection; variety

Q2 n. space


(b) opinion; creed; religion; faith; conviction

(c) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service


Q3 n. collaboration


(b) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications network

(c) perception of flavor; sense; reason

(d) working together; cooperation

Q4 n. donation

(a) type of aircraft; two-dimensional surface; rank; level

(b) gift; contribution

(c) obligation; promise

(d) attitude; stance; opinion

Q5 n. fluency


(b) ability to speak and write easily; eloquence; articulateness; gracefulness

(c) comment; observation; notice

(d) intersection; crossing; connection

Q6 n. language

(a) spoken or written words with which people communicate thoughts and feelings

(b) clothing; garments; clothes; garb


(d) grant; pocket money; stipend; discount; deduction

Q7 n. fixture

(a) ability of the mind to create mental pictures which do not exist in reality


(c) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (such as eBay)

(d) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event

Q8 v. resolve

(a) to indicate; to itemize; to mark; to designate; to stipulate

(b) to act on; to transfer from one place to another; to change residence

(c) to determine; to decide; to separate into constituent parts

(d) to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to endure; to withstand

Q9 n. photo

(a) picture; snapshot

(b) derailment; feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

(c) notoriety; renown; good reputation

(d) requirement; shortage of an indispensable item; distress; hardship

Q10 n. bond


(b) link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of debt

(c) guidance; advance position; first place; guide


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Test 178


Q1 v. photograph

(a) to separate from others; to segregate

(b) to take a picture


(d) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose

Q2 v. leave

(a) to narrate; to tell; to make a connection between; to have a good relationship with


(c) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

(d) to save from destruction; to rescue

Q3 v. preserve

(a) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential

(b) to determine the scope of a target; to extend; to stretch; to vary

(c) to throw; to project; to form; to shape

(d) to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to protect

Q4 v. reply

(a) to answer; to respond

(b) to oversee; to administer; to direct; to manage; to watch over

(c) to receive; to obtain; to purchase; to bring; to persuade

(d) to belong to; to be connected to; to relate; to refer

Q5 v. anchor

(a) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift

(b) to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance

(c) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot

(d) to attach firmly; to fasten tightly

Q6 v. even

(a) to knock down; to astound; to shock

(b) to prophesy; to foretell; to announce in advance

(c) to make level; to smooth; to balance

(d) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder

Q7 v. debate

(a) to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder

(b) to catalog; to list; to enumerate; to set down in full detail

(c) to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to tolerate

(d) to tend to; to attend; to work; to perform a duty or task

Q8 v. screen

(a) to separate into sections; to partition

(b) to pave the way; to create a path; to guide; to initiate; to originate

(c) to cover a part of; to have something in common

(d) to cover with a curtain; to filter; to sift; to hide; to conceal; to separate

Q9 v. study

(a) to glide; to sneak; to slide; to decline; to deteriorate; to make a mistake

(b) to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to memorize

(c) to appoint someone (for a position, office, or honor); to designate; to select

(d) to notch; to groove; to assign to a place or position (in an organization, system, etc.)

Q10 v. expel

(a) to be unsuccessful; to not do; to disappoint; to go bankrupt; to be used up

(b) to classify; to categorize; to systematize; to structure

(c) eject; drive out; banish

(d) to stop; to discontinue; to disturb; to bring a conversation to a halt

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Test 179


Q1 n. habit

(a) event; occurrence; one of a group of loosely connected stories

(b) custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior pattern

(c) honor; esteem; high regard; consideration; attention


Q2 n. labor

(a) strenuous physical or mental work; toil; exertion

(b) mutual connection (between two or more things); similarity; parallel

(c) guidebook; library; catalog

(d) pull; influence; power; weight

Q3 n. dollar drain

(a) a situation in which the imports of a country from the USA are larger than their exports to the USA

(b) supplement

(c) area of fabric used to repair a hole; stain; bandage; lot

(d) rematch; repetition

Q4 n. call


(b) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need

(c) act of pretending; counterfeit; imitation of the operation or features of one system using an other system

(d) physical or mental well-being; freedom from disease

Q5 v. chain

(a) to tie down

(b) to arrange in a line; to grade; to classify


(d) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct

Q6 adv. directly

(a) chiefly; principally; mainly; initially

(b) commonly; generally; regularly

(c) in another country; outside; widely

(d) clearly; straight; frankly; immediately; soon

Q7 n. availability float

(a) width; broadness

(b) ring-shaped geometric figure; round figure; group; society

(c) the time or amount of money that defined by checks that have been deposited but not cleared yet

(d) ability to speak and write easily; eloquence; articulateness; gracefulness

Q8 adj. tentative

(a) large; important; huge; immense; wonderful; exciting

(b) just; reasonable; handsome; light colored; clean; clear


(d) experimental; trial; temporary; hesitant

Q9 n. fleet

(a) small retail store; studio; business; office; outlet

(b) group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles

(c) amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply

(d) attainment of something desired or attempted; accomplishment; prosperity

Q10 adj. outside



(c) about to happen; imminent

(d) external; of the outdoors; from the outdoors; maximal

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Test 180


Q1 n. expansion

(a) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality

(b) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)

(c) facet; outlook; direction; issue; point

(d) enlargement; increase; spread; development

Q2 n. awareness


(b) endorsement; approval; letter of reference; suggestion; advice

(c) consciousness

(d) certificate; entry pass; tag

Q3 n. present

(a) gift; offering; something that is given to another person without compensation

(b) refers to the cost of developing a product or system

(c) exhibition; explanation; showing

(d) view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on stage to portray a particular setting or locale

Q4 n. handbook

(a) short meeting; summarizing; giving and receiving instructions; reporting

(b) present; talent; offering

(c) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions

(d) process of making neat and attractive

Q5 n. threat

(a) expression of intent to damage or injure; intimidation; danger

(b) picture in a book or other work; explanation; clarification

(c) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season

(d) expectation; hope; intuition

Q6 n. transaction

(a) negotiation; settlement; business deal

(c) something of great worth

(b) salary; wages

(d) line; file (British); row; braid; plait

Q7 n. misgiving

(a) thing; object; article; news story; piece of information

(b) apprehension; worry; doubt; hesitation; reservation

(c) person living at about the same time as another person

(d) familiarity; understanding; wisdom; education; awareness

Q8 n. clear

(a) brining in of goods from another country; opposite of export; meaning; significance

(b) deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark from a check box (Computers)

(c) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video


Q9 n. talk

(a) shared characteristic; common feature

(b) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting

(c) termination; end

(d) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder

Q10 n. couple

(a) school director; school master; capital sum (Finance)

(b) pair; group of two

(c) tool; instrument; piece of equipment

(d) enjoyment; amusement; entertainment; delight; joy

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Test 181


Q1 v. present

(a) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise

(b) to advance; to move forward; to gain

(c) to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to descend

(d) to display; to demonstrate; to bestow; to grant

Q2 v. calculate

(a) to bend; to turn sharply in a different direction

(b) to estimate; to compute; to depend upon

(c) to fill with water and sink; to fall; to fail; to stumble; to cause to sink

(d) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of

Q3 v. request

(a) to protect; to guard; to evade a question; to respond in a vague manner

(b) to ask for; to petition for

(c) to change; to alter; to improve

(d) to plan; to design; to imagine; to conceive; to envision

Q4 v. page

(a) to represent; to indicate; to communicate; to express; to convey

(b) to call; to summon (e.g. to the telephone); to number sheets of paper in a collection

(c) to collapse; to decline; to decrease; to deteriorate; to settle

(d) to talk about; to debate; to converse

Q5 v. substantiate

(a) to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop

(b) to set up for use; to put in (i.e. machinery); to establish in an office or position

(c) to complete a course of study and receive a degree or diploma


Q6 v. phone

(a) to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to depart

(b) to fix in place; to link firmly together; to be held in place

(c) to be adjacent to


Q7 v. unveil


(b) to present for the first time; to initiate; to establish; to announce

(c) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate

(d) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose

Q8 v. pipe

(a) to accuse; to admonish

(b) to convey a fluid; to transport a liquid; to make a high-pitched sound

(c) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase

(d) to involve; to affect; to worry; to interest; to relate to

Q9 v. facilitate

(a) to make easy; to assist; to forward; to promote; to expedite

(b) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk

(c) to exchange a check (or another money order) for coins and bank notes; to redeem

(d) to grant special rights; to give special advantages or benefits

Q10 v. contest

(a) to stress; to show the importance of

(b) to open; to extend; to apply a layer on; to scatter; to distribute



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Test 182


Q1 adj. severe

(a) containing nothing; without people; without contents; hollow; meaningless

(b) hurt; wounded; insulted; offended; damaged

(c) external

(d) serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous; harsh; strict

Q2 adj. subsidiary

(a) supplementary; auxiliary; secondary; lesser in importance

(b) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew

(c) inquisitive; desiring to know and understand; odd; strange; rare

(d) not functional; not practical

Q3 conj. immediately

(a) as soon as (b) in what way? (c) if (d) but; only

Q4 n. monitor

(a) movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs, desks, cabinets, closets, etc.)

(b) mail; column; opinion; role; job placement

(c) supervisor; device for regulating; screen

(d) method or course that restores health; prescribed treatment for an illness

Q5 n. above

(a) meaning; sense; importance; consequence; act of pointing out

(b) flammable liquid mixture derived from petroleum (used as fuel, etc.)

(c) replacement; person or thing that takes the place of another

(d) something previously mentioned or indicated

Q6 v. rebound

(a) to ask for an identification (i.e. in a bar)

(b) to spring back

(c) to begin; to be created; to result from; to develop; to be produced

(d) to refer to a case or occurrence to explain or prove a point; to cite; to mention

Q7 n. expression

(a) strenuous physical or mental work; toil; exertion

(b) putting into words; phrase; word; manifestation

(c) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank

(d) deletion; negligence; failure; default

Q8 adj. susceptible

(a) attentive; conscious of

(b) between countries; of relations between two or more countries

(c) physical; done using human skill or force

(d) vulnerable; prone; impressionable

Q9 n. panel

(a) group of judges; board; band; strip; crew; staff

(b) part of an object designed to be gripped by the hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title

(c) person who is an expert; person who is skilled

(d) amount; extent; measure; degree; size; magnitude

Q10 n. list

(a) roll; roster; inventory; strip; band

(b) creator; craftsman; skilled workman

(c) combining of separate elements into a complete whole

(d) official document; license; reference; attestation

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Test 183


Q1 n. statistics

(a) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid

(b) organization and interpretation of numerical data

(c) supplies; necessary items; tools, instruments or other objects for completing a task

(d) possibility; ability; capability of being

Q2 n. consultancy

(a) skill; talent; aptitude; capacity; power

(b) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field

(c) friend; member of an academic organization; suitor

(d) collective enterprise; group endeavor; collaboration

Q3 n. examiner

(a) elasticity; cheerfulness; quality of quickly recovering from sadness or failure; buoyancy

(b) adequate amount; sufficient degree

(c) connection; attachment


Q4 n. retirement

(a) number with a fixed value; factor

(b) shelves used to store printed items

(c) withdrawal from one's job or occupation

(d) person who is native to or resides in a particular area

Q5 n. law


(b) person who favors political and social reform

(c) permit; official permission; authorization; document which shows proof of authorization; certificate

(d) connection; attachment

Q6 n. workshop


(b) seminar; brief intensive educational program; discussion group

(c) something interesting or amusing; fun; hospitality

(d) commercial and market information that indicates overall economic trends

Q7 n. nominee


(b) meal; nourishment; material supplied; act of inserting into a machine (especially of putting paper into a printer)

(c) instructor; director; escort; leader; manual; handbook

(d) foundation; principal element; fundamental part

Q8 adj. small

(a) flawless; complete; undamaged

(b) little; few in number; trivial; unimportant; modest

(c) content; self-satisfied; comfortable; smug

(d) in a manner which shuts out all others; solely; in a limited manner

Q9 adj. irrelevant

(a) beside the point; unconnected; impertinent; immaterial

(b) foreign; abroad

(c) available to lease or rent

(d) dependable; reliable; accountable; liable

Q10 n. point

(a) spot; tip; essence; gist; matter

(b) printed work which is bound together; bundle

(c) yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place

(d) rough outline; sketch; written order for payment; conscription

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Test 184


Q1 v. admit

(a) to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance

(b) to cut off; to curtail; to trim off


(d) to finish; to infer; to deduce; to make a decision

Q2 v. range

(a) to exercise; to train; to drill



(d) to determine the scope of a target; to extend; to stretch; to vary

Q3 v. thread

(a) to believe; to have faith in; to supply goods by deferred payment

(b) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase

(c) to pass something through an opening

(d) to make a request; to implement; to realize; to put into practice

Q4 v. order

(a) to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to request

(b) to command; to request something; to arrange; to manage

(c) to comfort; to console; to encourage; to relieve; to appease

(d) to move to a different apartment; to move to a different place

Q5 v. get through with

(a) to draw attention; to captivate; to fascinate

(b) to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel

(c) to finish; to complete

(d) to glide; to sneak; to slide; to decline; to deteriorate; to make a mistake

Q6 v. go through



(b) to experience; to endure

(d) to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver

Q7 n. deed of surrender

(a) a legal document that temporarily transfers a property from one individual to another

(b) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement

(c) obligation; responsibility; assignment; customs tax

(d) a significant decline in general economic activity extending over a period of time

Q8 v. plane


(b) to extend; to lengthen

(c) to smooth wood; to make smooth; to remove rough areas

(d) to accuse; to admonish

Q9 v. empty

(a) to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo

(c) to save from destruction; to rescue

(b) to startle; to astonish; to ambush

(d) to remove the contents of

Q10 v. tie


(b) to attach firmly; to fasten tightly

(c) to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to endure; to withstand

(d) not intended to earn profits; to observe; to remark on; to make a comment; to record

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Test 185


Q1 v. inspire

(a) to cause not to happen; to avert; to delay; to impede; to hinder


(c) to substantiate with evidence; to demonstrate; to show clearly

(d) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage

Q2 n. implication

(a) car; vehicle; ride

(b) consequence; outcome; result; indirect suggestion; connotation; hint

(c) person or organization that owns part of a company

(d) buyer; client

Q3 n. thought

(a) idea; concept; product of the mind

(b) computer which can serve many users simultaneously

(c) foundation; grounding

(d) rare object

Q4 n. poll

(a) person who participates in a bargaining session

(b) voting, electing; counting of votes; number of votes; referendum

(c) favor; liking; fondness; priority; superior status

(d) explanation; meaning; interpretation (as of a word or term)

Q5 adv. adversely

(a) unfavorably; in a manner that works against; antagonistically

(b) clearly; straight; frankly; immediately; soon

(c) amid; in the middle

(d) quite; sufficiently; fairly

Q6 n. fulfillment

(a) act of enlisting or drafting new members

(b) noon; 12 a.m.



Q7 n. documentation

(a) chance occurrence; unforeseen event

(b) collection of written records; use of written records as evidence


(d) price; cost; speed; pace; tax

Q8 n. feed

(a) narration; act of telling; family member; connection; association

(b) location where sick and injured people receive medical treatment

(c) assembly; board; group of people (gathered to advise, plan, etc.)

(d) meal; nourishment; material supplied; act of inserting into a machine (especially of putting paper into a printer)

Q9 n. notice

(a) series of remarks; explanation (often written in essay or book form)

(b) merchandise; goods; item that is bought and sold; something useful

(c) announcement; poster, sign; warning; attention; consideration

(d) banknote; invoice; proposed law

Q10 n. fundamental

(a) head; leader; chairman; chief

(b) financial assistance

(c) principle; basis; essential

(d) the act of transferring a property title from one person to another

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Test 186


Q1 n. conjunction

(a) act of making changes; alteration; proof sheet made to verify changes made and check for additional errors

(b) connection; link; uniting; joining


(d) occurrence; happening; contest; campaign; promotion

Q2 n. report

(a) stock; list of assets; act of checking stock

(b) detailed account of an occurrence or situation

(c) duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement

(d) caution; advice about danger; advance notice

Q3 n. debut

(a) supply of goods; inventory; share; company's capital divided into shares

(b) opening of a show; first public appearance

(c) frequent customer; repeat customer


Q4 n. scan


(c) argument; dispute; discussion; conversation

(b) close examination; scrutinizing look

(d) slope; grade; slant

Q5 n. recruitment


(b) cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave


(d) act of enlisting or drafting new members

Q6 n. place

(a) location; position; standing; role; function

(b) cameraman; person who takes pictures

(c) declaration; allegation; official account

(d) military rank above captain; main subject of study chosen by a college or university student

Q7 n. programmer

(a) large closed vehicle used for transporting goods or people

(b) person who creates sets of instructions for a computer or other device

(c) range; extent; sphere; expanse

(d) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention

Q8 n. doctor

(a) hug; act of wrapping one's arms around another person or thing

(b) person who works in a skilled occupation; specialist

(c) advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person who gives professional advice

(d) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.)

Q9 n. dispute

(a) obligation; responsibility; assignment; customs tax


(c) specimen; small part of something; representative part of a larger group

(d) track; footprints; path; way

Q10 n. trade

(a) act of sending out; act of starting or initiating; commencement; inauguration

(b) importance that is attached to something; accent or stress that is placed on a word or words

(c) tip; bonus; recompense

(d) business; commerce; barter; occupation

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Test 187


Q1 v. slot

(a) to copy files from a distant computer onto another computer through an Internet connection

(b) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate

(c) to appear; to come out; to be revealed

(d) to notch; to groove; to assign to a place or position (in an organization, system, etc.)

Q2 v. defend

(a) to take off; to shed; to take away; to eliminate; to get rid of

(b) to divide; to split

(c) to protect; to secure; to vindicate


Q3 v. purpose

(a) to form a relationship with another person


(b) to live; to be

(d) to pack in a box

Q4 v. note



(c) to summarize; to review with a short summary

(d) to train; to teach; to instruct; to guide; to counsel

Q5 v. cast

(a) to calm; to soften; to pacify; to relieve

(b) to throw; to project; to form; to shape

(c) to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire

(d) to assemble; to collect; to accumulate; to conclude; to deduce

Q6 v. plant

(a) to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to process

(b) to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash

(c) to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to discern

(d) to sow; to place seeds or vegetation into soil; to establish; to set

Q7 v. specify

(a) to indicate; to itemize; to mark; to designate; to stipulate

(b) to stay; to abide; to continue; to go on

(c) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract

(d) to establish an agreement; to settle a dispute

Q8 v. manufacture

(a) to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)

(b) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent

(c) to call; to summon (e.g. to the telephone); to number sheets of paper in a collection

(d) to rent out property for a specific period of time; to let

Q9 v. streamline

(a) to upset; to disturb; to divide

(b) to present in a condensed form; to list the main points in a brief and comprehensive manner

(c) to startle; to astonish; to ambush

(d) to make more efficient; to organize; to simplify

Q10 v. leverage

(a) to drill; to practice an action repeatedly in order to perfect it

(b) to use one's influence to affect people or circumstances

(c) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish

(d) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research

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Test 188


Q1 v. pattern

(a) to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an example

(b) to obtain; to attain; to perform; to accomplish

(c) to recover


Q2 v. itemize

(a) to add

(b) to fork; to divide into parts or sections

(c) to bend; to crease; to wrap; to envelop; to clasp

(d) to catalog; to list; to enumerate; to set down in full detail

Q3 n. output

(a) increase in salary; wage increase

(b) conjecture; supposition; hypothesis

(c) act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output

(d) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer

Q4 n. breakthrough

(a) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service

(b) problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of worry

(c) rectangular traveling bag; valise

(d) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration

Q5 n. release

(a) combination; conjunction; group; mixture

(b) realization; carrying out; performing; putting into effect; execution

(c) honesty; uprightness; morality; wholeness; unity


Q6 n. dot

(a) government department responsible for collecting taxes on imports

(b) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts

(c) spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address

(d) blunder; fault; error

Q7 n. expense

(a) custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior pattern

(b) chance; occasion; favorable time to act


(d) cost; price; payment

Q8 v. embark

(a) to recover; to regain; to bring back; to fetch; to rescue

(b) to go on board a ship; to put on board a ship; to begin; to become involved in an enterprise


(d) to receive; to agree; to consent

Q9 v. hit

(a) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list

(b) to pave the way; to create a path; to guide; to initiate; to originate

(c) to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise

(d) to strike; to beat; to reach; to find; to collide

Q10 v. shop

(a) to visit a store and purchase goods; to browse in a store; to inform on; to betray (British Slang)

(b) to spice; to flavor; to accustom; to acclimatize; to become experienced

(c) to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or vehicle; to land

(d) to agree; to concur; to confirm; to endorse

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Test 189


Q1 n. swap

(a) exchange; trade

(b) geometric figure having four equal sides; plaza

(c) brain; memory; recollection; opinion; intention; desire


Q2 n. segment

(a) regard; esteem; renown

(b) attempt to discover or test something; trial; research



Q3 n. budget

(a) conference; routine; custom; treaty

(b) customer; buyer; computer that serves as a terminal

(c) passage; distinct portion of text (usually begins with an indented line); section; clause

(d) financial framework; financial plan

Q4 n. affiliation

(a) probability; chance; feasibility; possibility

(b) bill; money made of paper

(c) connection; attachment


Q5 n. admiration

(a) scope; range; scale; size; measure; degree

(c) tolerance; forbearance

(b) enchantment; affection; adoration

(d) restriction; force; limitation; limit

Q6 n. location

(a) diligence; neatness

(b) place; position; situation; site; spot

(c) something unyielding; something hard; stone similar to diamond

(d) depot; wholesale store; large retail store

Q7 n. figure

(a) number; image; character; price; human shape; symbol

(b) bother; disturbance; nuisance; discomfort

(c) expertise; state of having expert skills; skillfulness; adeptness; masterfulness

(d) percentage of profits paid to an artist for each copy of his work that is sold

Q8 n. associate

(a) something that continues for many years

(b) citizenship; patriotism

(c) partner; fellow worker; co-worker; friend

(d) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition

Q9 n. routine

(a) partnership; association

(b) profession; development; progress; gradual growth

(c) commonplace activity; everyday task; habit; custom; practice

(d) report on current economic conditions, published by the Federal Reserve Board

Q10 n. lack

(a) need; want; shortage; absence

(b) point of view; perspective

(c) strength; period; permanence

(d) effect; impact; person or thing which has power to affect others

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Test 190


Q1 v. internationalize

(a) to globalize; to make worldwide

(b) to come to a sum; to become; to total

(c) to presume to be true; to hypothesize; to believe

(d) to aid; to help; to support; to guide; to direct

Q2 v. convey

(a) to examine; to debate; to scrutinize; to solicit votes or opinions

(b) to carry; to impart or to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance

(c) to extend across; to stretch from one point another; to bridge

(d) to find fault; to express displeasure; to protest

Q3 v. contrive

(a) to devise; to invent; to dream up; to design (often in a negative way)


(c) to allay; to soothe; to relieve; to soften; to lessen

(d) to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder

Q4 v. sponsor

(a) to tie with a narrow piece of leather; to lash

(b) to load with goods; to load; to weigh down; to send as cargo

(c) to back; to support; to finance; to subsidize; to promote

(d) to examine; to debate; to scrutinize; to solicit votes or opinions

Q5 v. expire

(a) to restore to good condition; to restart; to resume; to refresh


(c) to design; to plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)

(d) to come to an end; to finish; to terminate

Q6 v. remit

(a) to mystify; to baffle; to confound; to confuse; to perplex

(b) to obtain; to protect; to defend; to strengthen

(c) to forgive; to absolve; to release; to discharge

(d) to let; to allow someone to use property in return for regular payments; to hire

Q7 v. satisfy




(d) to fulfill; to meet a request or requirement; to compensate; to remunerate

Q8 v. rent

(a) to let; to allow someone to use property in return for regular payments; to hire

(b) to advance; to encourage; to promote; to assist


(d) to finish; to complete

Q9 v. back

(a) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct


(c) to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after; to copy


Q10 v. lounge


(b) to lie down; to recline; to move in a relaxed manner; to walk lazily

(c) to go regularly to (a certain place); to patronize


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Test 191


Q1 v. set up

(a) to alter; to replace; to become different

(b) to go on; to keep doing something; to last; to perpetuate

(c) to establish; to start; to found; to being; to raise


Q2 n. necessity

(a) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

(b) sensitivity; susceptibility (to disease, etc.)

(c) obligation; need; requirement

(d) boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle

Q3 v. avail

(a) to limit; to restrict; to contract; to lessen in width; to taper

(b) to make or to fit according to individual needs or desires; to personalize; to individualize

(c) to be useful; to help; to facilitate

(d) to question formally; to evaluate through questioning

Q4 n. common

(a) the U.S. treasury

(b) bend; crease; depression in the ground; hollow between two hills; yard

(c) punishment; fine; punishment in the form of a financial payment

(d) open public area in a city or town; park; square

Q5 v. conceal

(a) to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore

(b) to hide; to keep secret; to cover up

(c) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.)

(d) to assign too low a value to

Q6 v. submit

(a) to revise; to alter; to make changes and corrections prior to printing

(b) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose

(c) to represent as the embodiment of perfection

(d) to present for the first time; to initiate; to establish; to announce

Q7 v. mobilize

(a) to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for action (especially armed reserves)

(b) to control; to rule; to command

(c) to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to portray; to elucidate

(d) to protect; to guard from harm

Q8 v. discard

(a) to enlarge; to add to; to multiply; to raise; to intensify

(b) to amass; to accumulate; to supply; to equip

(c) to begin; to be created; to result from; to develop; to be produced

(d) to throw away; to get rid of

Q9 n. reverse

(a) opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback; defeat

(b) foundation; organization which provides a certain service or supports a particular cause

(c) progression of steps; table of graduated rates; system of marks used for measuring


Q10 n. lasting

(a) commitment; obligation; period of employment

(b) harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip; short haircut

(c) painstaking labor; careful planning; adding of extra details; act of improving; production

(d) strong durable fabric; persistence

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Test 192


Q1 n. machine

(a) inflection; verbal 'time'

(b) bank deposits that are available on a short-term basis; treasury bills

(c) heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence

(d) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function

Q2 n. smart

(a) person who makes changes; person who introduces new methods or procedures; creative person

(b) formal agreement between two states; compact; covenant; contract

(c) sharp stinging pain

(d) distribution; liberation; transference

Q3 n. insert

(a) statement; proclamation; announcement

(b) more current version of something

(c) national money of a country; circulation; custom; prevalence

(d) something created separately for the purpose of being added to or placed inside (a book, newspaper, etc.)

Q4 n. factory


(b) supervisor; device for regulating; screen

(c) type; kind; character; manner; quality


Q5 n. satisfaction

(a) gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment

(b) resident of a capital city; sophisticated big-city person

(c) duplicate; photostat

(d) act of giving in to desire; something which gratifies; luxury; leniency

Q6 n. library

(a) intersection; crossing; connection

(c) offer; plan; theory; problem

(b) possibility; ability; capability of being

(d) place where one can borrow books

Q7 n. inspiration


(b) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum

(c) stimulus; motivation; revelation; insight; idea

(d) person who is free from sin or wrongdoing

Q8 n. effect


(b) result; outcome; impact; trick; natural phenomenon

(c) necessity; obligation; command; order


Q9 n. plain

(a) plateau; area of level ground; prairie; savanna

(b) try; assay; test; trial

(c) program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule

(d) instructions; manual; handbook; indication of acceptable conduct or procedure

Q10 n. rebound

(a) series of remarks; explanation (often written in essay or book form)

(b) incentive; drive; inspiration; state of being stirred to action

(c) backlash

(d) financial obligation; debt; responsibility; obligation

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Test 193


Q1 v. ascertain


(b) to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify

(c) to make level; to smooth; to balance

(d) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze

Q2 v. back up

(a) to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours

(b) to support; to solidify; to strengthen

(c) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish

(d) to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to discern

Q3 v. project


(b) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw

(c) to overstate; to make something seem greater or more important than it really is


Q4 v. market

(a) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote

(b) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate

(c) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer

(d) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder

Q5 v. cater

(a) to imply; to suggest; to hint

(b) to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight, force etc.)

(c) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify


Q6 v. spend

(a) to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel

(b) to mirror; to send back energy from a surface; to cause to return; to express

(c) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action

(d) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.)

Q7 v. write off

(a) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer)

(b) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to



Q8 adj. base

(a) low; despicable; ignoble

(b) enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover; remaining

(c) infinite; boundless

(d) skilled; able; proficient; adept

Q9 v. refuse

(a) to decline; to deny; to reject

(b) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer)

(c) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.)

(d) to deal in; to sell

Q10 v. dissipate

(a) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck

(b) to perform; to present; to carry out; to execute

(c) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered

(d) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely

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Test 194


Q1 v. ignore

(a) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject

(b) to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate

(c) to estimate; to compute; to depend upon

(d) to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to memorize

Q2 adj. superfluous

(a) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous

(b) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things

(c) being more than is needed; excessive; unnecessary

(d) produced; made; manufactured

Q3 n. conclusion


(b) end; deduction; cognition; final decision


(d) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment

Q4 adj. private

(a) useful; providing assistance; repairing; performing maintenance tasks


(c) intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal; of an individual

(d) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant

Q5 adj. admirable

(a) wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly; improper

(b) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous

(c) strong; healthy

(d) different; varied

Q6 v. formulate

(a) to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances

(b) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard

(c) to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to rebuke

(d) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan

Q7 n. origin

(a) hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection

(b) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality

(c) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S.

(d) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date

Q8 n. employer

(a) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination


(c) boss; person or company that hires people to do work

(d) something that causes a person to act; cause; incentive; purpose; intention

Q9 v. slander

(a) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect

(b) to be worthy of; to have a right to

(c) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform

(d) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign

Q10 adj. bottom

(a) lower; under

(b) in view; observable; obvious; apparent


(d) immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present; current

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Test 195


Q1 n. margin

(a) profit from the difference between costs and net sales

(b) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult

(c) coach; buggy; transportation

(d) push; lift; incentive; encouragement

Q2 n. crowd

(a) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling

(b) public; large group of people; gathering


(d) attention; concern; caution; supervision; management

Q3 n. plug

(a) awareness; perception

(b) case; crate; punch; hit

(c) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement

(d) type; kind; character; manner; quality

Q4 n. season

(a) target; aim; purpose; objective; destination

(b) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location

(c) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)

(d) competition; contention; act of competing

Q5 n. development

(a) principal pipe or duct in a system; chief part of something; strength or force; high sea

(b) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw


(d) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression

Q6 n. credit risk

(a) spot; tip; essence; gist; matter


(c) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)

(d) base; fundament; substructure; establishing; institution

Q7 n. menu

(a) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected

(b) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event

(c) substance burned to create energy (petrol, gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.)

(d) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection

Q8 v. guess

(a) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture

(b) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company

(c) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate

(d) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel

Q9 v. site

(a) to have a price; to require payment; to set a price

(b) to punish

(c) to locate

(d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate

Q10 n. sight

(a) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle

(b) person or business that sells goods to final consumers


(d) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)

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Test 196


Q1 v. rescue


(b) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential

(c) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk

(d) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply

Q2 v. use

(a) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable

(b) to practice; to employ; to exploit; to treat; to consume

(c) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on

(d) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand

Q3 v. dictate

(a) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose

(b) to make whole; to finish; to perfect

(c) to drill; to practice an action repeatedly in order to perfect it

(d) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out

Q4 v. skim


(b) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss

(c) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture

(d) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure

Q5 v. harmonize

(a) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose

(b) to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to protect

(c) to go along with; to go together with; to join; to attach

(d) to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with

Q6 adv. consistently

(a) methodically; in an organized fashion

(c) strictly; firmly

(b) accidentally; by chance

(d) regularly; persistently; steadily; stably

Q7 n. return

(a) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope


(c) attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression

(d) person of higher rank; older person; elder

Q8 v. inventory

(a) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of

(b) to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to give temporarily

(c) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable


Q9 v. head

(a) to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise; to clear or pass an obstacle

(b) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate

(c) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction

(d) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business)

Q10 v. prevail

(a) to try to get; to attempt to get

(b) to win; to succeed; to overcome; to surpass; to prove superior

(c) to move quickly; to pass quickly

(d) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict

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Test 197


Q1 v. advise

(a) to employ a group of workers; to provide with employees; to man

(b) to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform

(c) to appear as a large and indistinct form; to appear as larger than life; to impend

(d) to let; to allow someone to use property in return for regular payments; to hire

Q2 n. aisle

(a) before noon

(b) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification

(c) new member of a group; new employee

(d) passage; walkway (between rows of seats or shelves)

Q3 adj. supplementary

(a) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced

(b) passing; brief

(c) additional; extra

(d) containing; comprehensive; all-embracing; extensive; taking in

Q4 n. vocabulary

(a) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid


(c) sum; whole

(d) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order

Q5 n. leather

(a) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts


(c) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications network

(d) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin

Q6 adj. representative


(b) more important than others; great; serious

(c) whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm; valid

(d) average; middle; unkind; base; inferior

Q7 v. invent


(b) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively

(c) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct

(d) to carry; to impart or to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance

Q8 adv. likely

(a) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully

(c) out of doors

(b) seemingly; probably


Q9 adv. either

(a) also; too; as well

(b) at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction


(d) progressively

Q10 adv. close

(a) in any event; anyway

(b) nearby

(c) at first; in the first place; in a unique manner

(d) under; below

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Test 198


Q1 n. item

(a) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts

(b) sickness; illness

(c) thing; object; article; news story; piece of information

(d) opposite of child; a grown-up; a mature person

Q2 n. mend

(a) reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement

(b) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge


(d) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected

Q3 n. elevator

(a) state of not being a derivative of anything else

(b) lift; mechanical apparatus for moving people or items from floor to floor within a building


(d) gift; offering; something that is given to another person without compensation

Q4 n. selection

(a) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose

(b) base; foot; seat of a chair


(d) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking

Q5 n. manufacture

(a) meeting or conference at which a specific topic is discussed

(b) product made by hand or by machine

(c) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression

(d) materials that are used to cushion and cover furniture (i.e. fabric, lining, padding, etc.)

Q6 n. harmony

(a) calculation of size or extent; assessment of capacity or dimension

(b) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry

(c) plan; scheme; program; task; assignment; activity

(d) ball; sphere; planet Earth; world

Q7 n. shipping

(a) business of sending or transporting cargo; sea voyage (Archaic)

(b) rite; ritual; formality

(c) act of fixing; correction; act of mending

(d) a fraud scheme involving cold calling

Q8 n. comment

(a) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks

(b) remark; note; statement; explanation


(d) deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark from a check box (Computers)

Q9 n. resistance

(a) something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; outcast

(b) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of

(c) person who is tested; candidate

(d) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition

Q10 n. periodical

(a) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture

(b) magazine; journal

(c) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions


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Test 199


Q1 v. engage

(a) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale

(b) to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to commit

(c) to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express

(d) to make equal

Q2 v. blunder

(a) to make a stupid mistake; to move back and forth in a clumsy manner

(b) to use one's influence to affect people or circumstances


(d) to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire

Q3 v. entrance

(a) to use one's influence to affect people or circumstances

(b) to hypnotize; to enthrall

(c) to encourage; to nurture; to promote; to raise; to care for

(d) to make a stupid mistake; to move back and forth in a clumsy manner

Q4 v. reject

(a) to narrate; to tell; to make a connection between; to have a good relationship with

(b) to finish; to complete



Q5 v. compete

(a) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure

(b) to profit; to gain; to be advantageous

(c) to perform; to do; to engage

(d) to contest; to contend against another; to participate in a contest

Q6 v. familiarize

(a) to cause to be acquainted; to accustom; to make something well known; to publicize

(b) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal

(c) to escape; to keep away from; to prevent; to keep from happening; to evade

(d) to bring relief; to encourage; to console

Q7 v. inflict


(b) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way

(c) to impose; to cause something unpleasant

(d) to desert; to abandon; to change sides

Q8 v. brand

(a) to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up; to unite; to structure

(b) to set apart an additional amount of space or money for security


(d) to mark with an iron; to disgrace; to condemn

Q9 v. crowd


(b) to determine; to decide; to separate into constituent parts

(c) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out

(d) to gather together; to group together; to press in

Q10 v. balance

(a) to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at an advance opportunity

(b) to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to break into

(c) to support a proposal or statement; to endorse; to approve; to help; to assist

(d) to make equal

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Test 200


Q1 n. operator

(a) custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior pattern

(b) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation

(c) one who activates; worker of a telephone switchboard; operation symbol

(d) messenger; company that delivers messages, documents, parcels, etc.

Q2 v. price

(a) to put off to a later time; to delay; to defer; to put off until later; to stay

(b) to grant special rights; to give special advantages or benefits

(c) to give a cost to something

(d) to wither; to die out; to bleach; to disappear

Q3 n. testimonial

(a) viewpoint; stance; condition; state; mood; attitude

(b) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income

(c) check

(d) letter of recommendation

Q4 n. privilege

(a) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage

(b) expression of admiration; word of praise for someone

(c) letter of recommendation

(d) certificate that bears monetary value; coupon; receipt; authorizer; endorser

Q5 n. barren capital

(a) way into a building or other structure; gate; doorway

(b) straps and other parts by which a draft animal is attached to a vehicle

(c) money which is not generating profit

(d) source from which something arises; prototype; model

Q6 n. experiment

(a) regard; esteem; renown

(b) attempt to discover or test something; trial; research


(d) official institution; agency; power; control; jurisdiction

Q7 adj. administrative

(a) managerial; executive

(b) pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least

(c) of a political group; of social gatherings

(d) of publicizing; of advancement; of encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise

Q8 n. essence

(a) inherent nature of something; central or outstanding characteristic

(b) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (such as eBay)

(c) act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing; sudden assault or attack

(d) opening of a show; first public appearance

Q9 n. remit

(a) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise

(b) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.)

(c) point at which something ends; edge; border; restriction; restraint

(d) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching

Q10 v. rule


(b) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons

(c) to ride a bike

(d) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border

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Test 201


Q1 n. appointment


(b) staff; work force; team; crew

(c) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret

(d) person or business that sells goods to final consumers

Q2 n. willingness

(a) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits

(b) rank; extent; university certificate

(c) readiness; agreeableness

(d) connection; link; uniting; joining

Q3 n. research

(a) degree of diversity; change; modified version; deviation

(b) case in a court of law brought by one party against another; legal claim


(d) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure

Q4 n. customs

(a) a fraud scheme involving cold calling

(b) government department responsible for collecting taxes on imports

(c) monetary or material worth; importance; merit

(d) resident of a capital city; sophisticated big-city person

Q5 n. undercut

(a) route; travel plans; travel journal

(b) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base

(c) dampness; moistness; mugginess

(d) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness

Q6 n. extract

(a) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction

(b) period of time that something continues

(c) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage

(d) exchange; transfer; device

Q7 n. ceremony

(a) elasticity; ability to adapt to new circumstances; pliability

(b) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination

(c) afternoon party where a light meal is served

(d) rite; ritual; formality

Q8 n. dispatch

(a) physical position or bearing; opinion; attitude

(b) pausing; stammering; faltering

(c) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness

(d) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S.

Q9 n. span

(a) length; distance; duration; period of time

(b) passage that leads out

(c) totality; completeness; entirety

(d) line that is not curved; section that is not curved

Q10 n. spot

(a) roundish stain; speck; place; awkward or difficult situation; predicament

(b) conference; routine; custom; treaty

(c) enterprise; drive; ambition; beginning move in a process; first step

(d) injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression

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Test 202


Q1 v. move


(b) to stress; to show the importance of

(c) to decorate; to beautify

(d) to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in speaking

Q2 v. style

(a) to transport; to continue; to bear

(b) to become bigger; to expand


(d) to plan; to design; to name; to call

Q3 v. inconvenience

(a) to summarize; to review with a short summary

(b) to cause discomfort; to trouble; to put out; to disturb

(c) to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to order; to command

(d) to end; to sum up; to complete; to conclude

Q4 v. emphasize

(a) to stress; to show the importance of

(b) to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove



Q5 v. fold


(b) to bend; to crease; to wrap; to envelop; to clasp

(c) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract

(d) to put into a stable; to delay; to check the progress of

Q6 v. define

(a) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries

(b) to lease; to rent; to employ

(c) to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die

(d) to make certain; to guarantee; to make secure

Q7 n. rival

(a) worry; issue; problem; group of companies; large corporation

(b) recuperation; getting well; return

(c) one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub

(d) competitor; opponent; contender

Q8 v. host


(b) to rotate; to turn; to spin; to encircle; to think about; to contemplate


(d) to act as master of ceremonies; to receive guests into one's home; to give a party

Q9 v. commission

(a) to persuade; to influence; to prove

(b) to make circular shape

(c) to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer


Q10 v. oversee

(a) to substitute for; to return something to a particular position or location

(b) to echo

(c) to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone

(d) to supervise; to manage; to inspect

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Test 203


Q1 adj. budget


(b) unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great; amazing

(c) double; identical; matching

(d) inexpensive; cheap; of or relating to a financial plan

Q2 adv. small

(a) anyway; anyhow; still; all the same

(b) smoothly; continuously; inconspicuously

(c) in opposition; against; counter

(d) softly; in a low voice; without strength or force; weakly; into little pieces

Q3 n. score

(a) expression of intent to damage or injure; intimidation; danger

(b) progression; succession; order; arrangement

(c) progression of steps; table of graduated rates; system of marks used for measuring


Q4 n. industry

(a) consolation; relief from distress; source of comfort

(b) manufacturing; trade; diligence; perseverance; tendency to work hard

(c) source from which something arises; prototype; model

(d) comment; observation; notice

Q5 adv. instantaneously

(a) especially; specifically


(b) immediately; momentarily

(d) to the rear; to the past

Q6 v. loop


(b) to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to dispatch


(d) to give; to grant; to judge; to rule

Q7 adj. equal

(a) extra; supplemental

(c) same; identical; able; capable

(b) comfortable; useful; serviceable

(d) little; not many; some

Q8 n. switch

(a) furnace which burns things to ashes

(b) instructions; manual; handbook; indication of acceptable conduct or procedure

(c) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter)


Q9 v. house

(a) to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel

(b) to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to dwell; to store; to shelter



Q10 n. market

(a) telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or office


(c) demand for goods or services; rate of purchase and sale; fair

(d) enlargement; increase; spread; development

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Test 204


Q1 n. set

(a) nutritionist; expert on nutrition

(b) something of great worth

(c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided; section; portion

(d) system; group of items; collection; posture; carriage; series; sequence

Q2 n. condition

(a) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided; section; portion

(b) representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention, seminar etc.

(c) institution for saving and borrowing money; cashier

(d) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation

Q3 n. cure

(a) sign; indication; symbol; grade; trace

(b) folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of a garment

(c) method or course that restores health; prescribed treatment for an illness

(d) store which sells food and other household goods

Q4 n. calendar

(a) picture in a book or other work; explanation; clarification

(b) manufacture; assembly; output; yield

(c) disturbance; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-off

(d) chart showing the months of a year (including days and weeks); schedule; timetable

Q5 n. route

(a) equal weight or power acting in opposition

(b) noon; 12 a.m.

(c) return of money; repayment; reimbursement

(d) track; path; customary series of stops during a trip

Q6 n. relief

(a) path for a train made of parallel metal tracks

(b) living; state of being; life

(c) easement; alleviation; liberation; aid; assistance

(d) business of sending or transporting cargo; sea voyage (Archaic)

Q7 n. persuasion

(a) creativity; resourcefulness; fabrication; falsehood

(b) wash basin; sewer; drain; cesspool; place where criminals gather

(c) building used for a particular purpose; business; audience; legislative body

(d) inducement; act of convincing

Q8 n. qualification


(b) influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch

(c) housing; residence; lodging; arrangement; adjustment

(d) function; utilization; benefit; advantage; consumption

Q9 n. absence


(b) disposition; mood

(c) grant; pocket money; stipend; discount; deduction

(d) place where two surfaces meet; angle

Q10 n. opinion

(a) seriousness; industriousness

(b) comfort; fitness or suitability for performing an action

(c) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage

(d) attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation

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Test 205


Q1 v. pose

(a) to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be created

(b) to answer adequately or successfully

(c) to reconstruct; to erect again

(d) to stance

Q2 v. garner

(a) to have a mean of a certain amount

(b) to injure; to harm; to mistreat

(c) to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to place in reserve

(d) to wrap; to combine things together as one inseparable unit

Q3 v. cover


(b) to describe; to depict; to portray; to outline


(d) to provide medical treatment; to fix; to repair; to mend

Q4 v. lay off

(a) to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire

(b) to be indebted to; to be under obligation to pay or repay

(c) to support; to provide for; to finance; to assist; to encourage

(d) to open; to extend; to apply a layer on; to scatter; to distribute

Q5 v. resume

(a) to be ready or available; to work as an attendant; to postpone

(b) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio

(c) to crack; to become defective; to become cracked

(d) to recommence; to begin again; to retake; to take back; to continue

Q6 v. confuse

(a) to embarrass; to mix up; to muddle up; to bewilder; to startle

(b) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk

(c) to examine; to investigate; to check closely; to inspect

(d) to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours

Q7 n. traveler



(c) concrete; mortar; bonding agent; filling (for teeth)

(d) one who makes a journey

Q8 v. queues

(a) to choose; to pick out


(c) to add a footnote; to place a note that directs readers to another source of information (in a book, journal, etc.)

(d) to follow; to drag; to tow

Q9 v. depict

(a) to be adjacent to

(b) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty

(c) to be indebted to; to be under obligation to pay or repay

(d) to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to portray; to elucidate

Q10 v. collaborate


(b) to come into view; to show up; to seem

(c) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure

(d) to work together; to cooperate

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Test 206


Q1 n. stay


(b) declaration; allegation; official account

(c) client; buyer; person who buys a product or service

(d) act of halting; visit; temporary residence; suspension of a legal proceeding

Q2 n. weakness

(a) stand; booth; pen; pretext to delay


(c) partner company; distributor

(d) drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible

Q3 v. maintain

(a) to keep in existence; to preserve; to support; to provide for

(b) to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show

(c) to elevate; to lift; to excite; to arouse; to cause


Q4 adj. quiet

(a) silent; noiseless; peaceful; tranquil; still; lacking activity

(b) identifiable; determinable; able to be distinguished

(c) regular; common


Q5 n. innocent

(a) rubbing out; deletion; eradication

(b) person who is free from sin or wrongdoing

(c) figure; form; reflection; picture; likeness; embodiment

(d) boss; supervisor; manager; head

Q6 adj. consistent

(a) conquered; seized; filled; taken up; inhabited; populated


(c) unusual; exceptional; unique; particular; highly valued

(d) perfect; imaginary; excellent; best; exemplary

Q7 n. lumber


(b) consciousness

(c) proprietor

(d) straw-filled mattress; hard and simple bed; platform used to stack items during moving or storage

Q8 n. characteristic

(a) freight; luggage; baggage; load

(b) dress; clothing; apparel

(c) pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground deposit of oil

(d) trait; feature; ability; distinguishing quality; attribute

Q9 v. clip

(a) to cut off; to curtail; to trim off

(b) to direct; to lead; to instruct

(c) to cut with a sharp quick stroke; to reduce; to lower; to criticize strongly


Q10 adj. rank


(b) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously

(c) impossible to see; imperceptible; hidden; concealed

(d) select; fine; excellent

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Test 207


Q1 n. check

(a) summary; synopsis; abstract; CV; curriculum vitae

(b) examination; money order; payment order; restaurant bill

(c) sign; indication; symbol; grade; trace

(d) opening; record; information or item in a book, dictionary, catalog, list, directory, etc.

Q2 n. brand

(a) conversion; stock market; trade; barter; conversation

(b) response; critique; information about the results of a certain procedure or performance

(c) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride

(d) trademark; type; make; variety; product name

Q3 n. cheque

(a) gross revenues; total business done; rate of selling or producing

(b) building; structure; the industry of erecting buildings

(c) reason; purpose; principle; factor; basis for a legal case

(d) written order directing a bank to pay a specific amount of money

Q4 n. emphasis


(b) importance that is attached to something; accent or stress that is placed on a word or words

(c) fulfillment; realization; attainment; achievement

(d) folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of a garment

Q5 n. demonstration

(a) job; assignment; obligation; role

(b) money (in a bank account); trust; confidence; respect

(c) exhibition; explanation; showing

(d) pasture; scope; extent; field; domain; assortment

Q6 n. pedicure

(a) ability; skill; talent

(b) chance meeting

(c) program used for viewing websites on the Internet

(d) cosmetic foot treatment

Q7 n. case

(a) working together; cooperation

(b) sickness; illness

(c) influence; ability to affect or alter people or circumstance

(d) occasion; instance; situation; bag

Q8 n. plane

(a) tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation; apprehension

(b) supply; stock; means of accomplishing a goal; expedient

(c) conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability

(d) type of aircraft; two-dimensional surface; rank; level

Q9 n. cement

(a) preference; precedence; higher rank; privileged position; seniority

(b) growth; expansion; addition; enlargement; escalation


(d) group of things that together form a set; group of attendants

Q10 n. incumbent

(a) mean; median

(b) act of ordering in advance (hotel room, airline ticket, etc.)

(c) attention; concern; caution; supervision; management

(d) person who currently holds an office or position

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Test 208


Q1 v. narrow

(a) to make a call; to ring

(b) to limit; to restrict; to contract; to lessen in width; to taper

(c) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit

(d) to disregard; to ignore; to forget to perform (a duty); to shirk; to abandon

Q2 v. should

(a) to enter; to penetrate; to infiltrate; to suffuse

(b) must (indicating duty or obligation); would (softening the statement)

(c) to represent; to indicate; to communicate; to express; to convey

(d) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink

Q3 v. slash

(a) to cut with a sharp quick stroke; to reduce; to lower; to criticize strongly

(b) to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show

(c) to exchange a check (or another money order) for coins and bank notes; to redeem

(d) to influence

Q4 v. appear


(b) to pack; to crate; to box

(c) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit

(d) to communicate data to; to tell; to brief; to notify

Q5 v. hesitate

(a) to train in advance

(b) to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive

(c) to transfer control from governmental to individual powers

(d) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice

Q6 v. schedule

(a) to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up; to unite; to structure

(b) to measure time; to register on a time piece

(c) to answer; to reply; to react

(d) to create a timetable; to enter into a timetable; to plan for a certain date

Q7 n. ambition

(a) inside a building; inland section of a country

(b) aspiration; hope; goal; dream

(c) exertion of force; application of weight; weight; burden; encumbrance


Q8 v. perfect

(a) to express regret; to say sorry

(b) to travel in a car; to transport in a vehicle; to compel

(c) to surrender; to quit; to stop doing


Q9 v. assimilate

(a) to come to a sum; to become; to total

(b) to publish; to distribute; to circulate; to emit

(c) to pull by force; to twist; to cut off; to distort; to pervert

(d) to incorporate; to take in; to absorb

Q10 v. classify

(a) to endorse; to donate; to contribute; to pledge; to support; to approve


(c) to go on board a ship; to put on board a ship; to begin; to become involved in an enterprise

(d) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential

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Test 209


Q1 v. qualify

(a) to train; to certify; to meet the minimum standards; to moderate; to modify

(b) to name; to call; to designate

(c) to disturb; to confuse; to worry; to divert; to amuse

(d) to repay; to refund; to compensate for a loss; to repay for an expense

Q2 n. perennial

(a) instrument for use in attack or defense in combat

(b) something that continues for many years

(c) consciousness

(d) management; supervisors; leadership

Q3 n. mention

(a) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement

(b) person who purchases something; client; customer; shopper; purchaser

(c) innovation; something new; discovery

(d) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided

Q4 adv. deliberately

(a) side by side; in alignment; on top of; up-to-date; well-informed


(c) intentionally; purposefully; methodically

(d) nearly; about; around; circa

Q5 v. increase

(a) to examine; to break down into parts and study (as in a subject)

(b) to go on a journey; to move; to go from one place to another

(c) to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort; to be concerned

(d) to enlarge; to add to; to multiply; to raise; to intensify

Q6 adj. local


(b) irregular; fitful; occasional; infrequent

(c) rational; logical; intelligent; wise; plausible; likely; credible

(d) characterized; by or occupying a particular place

Q7 adj. fiscal

(a) of public funds; of or pertaining to money matters

(b) superior; extraordinary; outstanding

(c) intelligent; clever; shrewd; lively; fashionable; stylish

(d) sticking together; consistent

Q8 n. feedback


(b) upkeep; repairs; livelihood; means of support

(c) response; critique; information about the results of a certain procedure or performance

(d) compound; various objects that for m a unit

Q9 n. conserve

(a) rage; fury

(b) group of things that together form a set; group of attendants

(c) marmalade; jam

(d) doubtfulness

Q10 adj. average

(a) reciprocal; done in response to a previous action; repeated; recurring

(b) of reason or cause; inspiring to action

(c) superior; extraordinary; outstanding

(d) immediate; common; usual; standard

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Test 210


Q1 n. component

(a) metal clip for binding papers; essential element

(b) ingredient; single piece which forms part of a larger unit; part; constituent; element



Q2 n. visibility



(b) mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type

(d) quality of being clearly seen

Q3 n. railroad


(b) product; item; asset; benefit

(c) shop; place where merchandise is sold; supply of goods or materials set aside for future use

(d) path for a train made of parallel metal tracks

Q4 n. vaccination

(a) harvest; return; produce; income; profit

(b) act or instance of rendering insusceptible to disease by inoculating

(c) confinement; additional document or letter placed within another

(d) inside a building; inland section of a country

Q5 n. impression

(a) strong feeling or idea left by an experience; effect; vague memory


(c) plan; sketch; model; layout; structure

(d) postponement; hindrance; hold-up; stopping; lingering

Q6 n. gather

(a) state of mind; predominant emotion

(b) netting attached to a woman's hat

(c) drawing together; fold; pucker

(d) unit of time equal to one thousand years; thousandth year anniversary

Q7 n. inspector

(a) open public area in a city or town; park; square

(b) person whose job it is to supervise and examine; police officer ranking below a superintendent


(d) act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination; ejection; dismissal

Q8 n. neglect

(a) vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy; change

(b) number of babies that are born per year per thousand

(c) disregard; inattention; forgetfulness; abandonment


Q9 n. thread

(a) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture

(b) gift; contribution

(c) string; thin cord; Internet discussion

(d) work; occupation; keeping busy

Q10 n. head

(a) wager; bet; investment; share

(b) mind; understanding; leader; person in authority; top

(c) commercial transaction; instance of offering goods at a reduced price; demand for merchandise; auction

(d) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas

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Test 211


Q1 v. profit

(a) to have faith in; to assume; to suppose

(b) to ask for; to petition for


(d) to tie with a narrow piece of leather; to lash

Q2 v. yield

(a) to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make an offer of marriage


(c) to write or print a series of names or items according to a certain order; to inscribe; to record

(d) to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.)

Q3 v. subscribe

(a) to exclude; to leave out; to skip; to protest; to object

(b) to endorse; to donate; to contribute; to pledge; to support; to approve

(c) to add

(d) to do; to carry out; to execute; to present; to arrange; to manage

Q4 v. go after

(a) to exemplify; to clarify; to explain; to depict; to elucidate

(b) to try to get; to attempt to get

(c) to permit; to enable

(d) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand

Q5 v. distinguish


(b) to mark as different; to see as different; to discern; to recognize

(c) to obtain; to protect; to defend; to strengthen

(d) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify

Q6 v. pull out

(a) to find out; to come across; to get information about something

(b) to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to depart

(c) to receive; to agree; to consent

(d) to command; to request something; to arrange; to manage

Q7 v. trash

(a) to assign to a duty; to station; to publicize; to advertise

(b) to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to damage


(d) to write or print a series of names or items according to a certain order; to inscribe; to record

Q8 v. document


(b) to measure; to evaluate; to determine; to estimate


(d) to record for evidence; to write down; to substantiate

Q9 v. relinquish

(a) to cede; to surrender; to give up; to forsake; to abandon

(b) to repay; to refund; to compensate for a loss; to repay for an expense


(d) to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop

Q10 v. negotiate

(a) to arise; to come from; to originate; to stop; to check

(b) to obtain; to acquire; to get; to buy; to purchase

(c) to classify; to categorize; to systematize; to structure

(d) to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise; to clear or pass an obstacle

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Test 212


Q1 n. occupancy

(a) enchantment; affection; adoration

(b) switch; icon to click on

(c) period of residence; act of taking possession (Law); right of possession

(d) working, performance, handling; venture, undertaking; series of actions

Q2 v. indicate

(a) to crumble into granules

(b) to appear to be; to look like; to give the impression of; to have the appearance of

(c) to show; to point out; to mark; to signify; to imply; to exhibit

(d) to make or earn a total of (before taxes and other expenses)

Q3 v. thrive

(a) to arrange according to dimension

(c) to cross; to transport; to approve

(b) to prosper; to flourish; to succeed

(d) to avoid; to run away; to shrink

Q4 v. reflect

(a) to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate

(b) to assign to a particular post or position; to appoint

(c) to mirror; to send back energy from a surface; to cause to return; to express

(d) to instruct; to provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding

Q5 n. loan


(b) number with a fixed value; factor


(d) attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully

Q6 n. messenger

(a) choice; option

(b) person employed to deliver official dispatches or go on special errands

(c) a list of accounts receivable

(d) meaning; sense; importance; consequence; act of pointing out

Q7 adj. unconventional

(a) separate; individual; discontinuous


(c) managerial; executive

(d) not standard; not ordinary

Q8 v. certificate


(b) to determine; to decide; to separate into constituent parts

(c) to confirm; to license; to authorize

(d) to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to fight against

Q9 adj. final

(a) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive

(b) full; packed; crammed together


(d) secured in a warehouse

Q10 v. precede

(a) to decline; to deny; to turn down

(b) to go before; to be in front; to be ahead of; to predate

(c) to make happen; to bring about

(d) to negotiate; to arrive at an agreement

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Test 213


Q1 n. sharp

(a) occasion; instance; situation; bag

(b) sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional gambler

(c) rule enacted by a community or country; custom; principle; convention

(d) substance; component; all that is inside of something

Q2 n. luncheon

(a) cause; basis for action; intelligence; sense

(b) afternoon party where a light meal is served

(c) shape having three sides and three corners; group of three

(d) release; approval; washing

Q3 n. improvement

(a) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin


(c) variety; collection; selection; range; mixture


Q4 n. consignment

(a) behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance

(c) delivery; dispatch; conveyance

(b) class; division; section; segment

(d) claim; requirement; strong request

Q5 n. century

(a) period of one hundred years


(c) short dash; short line used to connect or separate words or syllables (-)

(d) leveling; harmony; stability; rest; remainder

Q6 n. blue sky laws

(a) one who relies on another especially for financial support

(b) rules introduced by the government to regulate the trade of securities and mutual funds

(c) payment given for regularly scheduled performances or publications

(d) calculation of size or extent; assessment of capacity or dimension

Q7 n. fraud

(a) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement

(b) alliance; union; agreement

(c) the U.S. treasury

(d) beginning letter of a person's first name; first letter (as of a word)

Q8 n. accuracy

(a) reference point; geographical location

(b) caption beneath an illustration

(c) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body

(d) preciseness; exactness

Q9 n. ill



(c) withdrawal from one's job or occupation

(d) trouble; misfortune; evil; harm; disease; sickness

Q10 n. diet

(a) nourishment; nutrition; food and drink; regimen; weight loss plan

(b) preference; precedence; higher rank; privileged position; seniority

(c) inventory of legal investments for savings banks and trust funds

(d) careful observation of a person or group

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Test 214


Q1 v. voyage

(a) to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash

(b) to anticipate gladly

(c) to take a cruise; to travel; to make a journey

(d) to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to process

Q2 v. procure

(a) to obtain; to acquire; to get; to buy; to purchase

(b) to impose a tariff; to impose a levy; to burden; to demand too much

(c) to attempt to discover or test something; to try; to venture; to research


Q3 v. industrialize

(a) to channel; to centralize

(b) to innovate and develop production

(c) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison

(d) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss

Q4 v. alter


(b) to measure; to evaluate; to determine; to estimate

(c) to change; to modify

(d) to pull by force; to twist; to cut off; to distort; to pervert

Q5 v. line

(a) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad

(b) eject; drive out; banish

(c) to happen; to take place; to transpire; to come to mind; to suggest itself

(d) to reconstruct; to erect again

Q6 v. adjust


(b) to separate into sections; to partition

(c) to have a mean of a certain amount

(d) to modify; to adapt; to fit; to arrange; to settle

Q7 v. edit


(b) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to

(c) to revise; to alter; to make changes and corrections prior to printing

(d) to describe; to depict; to portray; to outline

Q8 v. speed

(a) to accelerate; to cause to move quickly; to expedite; to further; to hurry

(b) to want; to command; to determine; to decide

(c) to be compatible; to be suitable; to be an equal competitor; to compare

(d) to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to indicate

Q9 v. strike


(b) to communicate data to; to tell; to brief; to notify

(c) to draw attention; to captivate; to fascinate

(d) to go regularly to (a certain place); to patronize

Q10 v. insert

(a) to place in; to put in; to add to


(c) to estimate; to compute; to depend upon

(d) to enter

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Test 215


Q1 n. wallpaper

(a) picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface

(b) conjecture; supposition; hypothesis



Q2 n. design


(b) plan; sketch; model; layout; structure

(c) division of a company; section; area

(d) enhancement; refinement; improvement

Q3 n. postmaster

(a) mark; objective; aim; object; goal


(c) portable personal computer; laptop computer

(d) more current version of something

Q4 v. impress

(a) to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp

(b) to continue; to carry on; to advance; to progress; to move forward



Q5 n. insult

(a) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking


(c) affront; offense; rude remark or action

(d) rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments

Q6 n. tow

(a) act of dragging or pulling with a rope or chain

(b) article cut from a newspaper

(c) place where grain is stored; granary; storehouse; collection; store

(d) importance that is attached to something; accent or stress that is placed on a word or words

Q7 n. production


(b) stance

(c) manufacture; assembly; output; yield

(d) act of sending out; act of starting or initiating; commencement; inauguration

Q8 n. sort

(a) type; kind; character; manner; quality

(b) means of transport (car, bus, etc.); instrument; means; medium

(c) organization and interpretation of numerical data

(d) injury; harm

Q9 v. comprise

(a) to affect; to impact; to impel; to control

(b) to give; to submit; to transform; to represent; to depict

(c) to provide with the required supplies, tools and items

(d) to include; to contain; to consist

Q10 adv. throughout


(b) ahead; to the front

(c) previously; before a certain time

(d) mildly; deliberatively; in a temperate manner; not excessively; reasonably

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Test 216


Q1 n. diversity

(a) pledge; vow; declaration of intention; source of hope; basis for expectations

(b) person or thing which promotes; expeditor

(c) seminar; brief intensive educational program; discussion group

(d) variety; difference; unlikeness

Q2 n. baggage

(a) detailed account of an occurrence or situation


(c) denial; rejection

(d) total number of people living in an area

Q3 n. significance

(a) person who is resistant to change; person who favors traditional political parties

(b) lack of knowledge; illiteracy; lack of education; state of being uninformed

(c) method; way; medium; resources; funds

(d) meaning; sense; quality of having meaning

Q4 n. offense

(a) seal; trademark

(b) information that is confidential or classified; mystery; unexplained phenomenon

(c) lodger; occupant; resident; renter; landlord

(d) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

Q5 n. shop

(a) small retail store; studio; business; office; outlet

(b) strength; period; permanence

(c) acknowledgment; strong persuasion or belief; condemnation

(d) meeting; seminar; convention

Q6 n. speech

(a) dampness; moistness; mugginess

(b) transmission; dispatch; radio program


(d) license; authorization

Q7 v. groom

(a) to rub off; to remove totally; to delete

(b) to find the answer to; to explain

(c) to tend carefully; to take care of; to make clean and tidy; to prepare for

(d) to understand; to comprehend; to accomplish; to convert into cash; to liquidate

Q8 n. mark


(b) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story

(c) sign; indication; symbol; grade; trace

(d) ecclesiastical judge; priest

Q9 n. mentor

(a) foundation; grounding


(c) adviser; counselor; person who guides and teaches; spiritual instructor

(d) explanation; illustration; instruction

Q10 n. warranty

(a) study of the statistical characteristics of a population

(b) a situation in which the imports of a country from the USA are larger than their exports to the USA

(c) guarantee; authority; justification

(d) probability; chance; feasibility; possibility

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Test 217


Q1 v. funnel

(a) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate


(c) to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical care; to take care of

(d) to channel; to centralize

Q2 v. strap

(a) to capture; to assume control

(b) to tie with a narrow piece of leather; to lash

(c) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose

(d) to decide; to define; to conclude; to cause; to affect

Q3 v. injure

(a) to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter; to hurl; to cast

(b) to send; to direct; to ascribe to; to relate to; to apply to; to call attention to

(c) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel

(d) to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage

Q4 v. publicize

(a) to obtain; to protect; to defend; to strengthen

(b) to act; to function; to manage; to use; to activate; to perform surgery

(c) to confirm to be true; to authorize

(d) to advertise; to bring to the attention of a large audience

Q5 v. compose

(a) to create; to write; to relax; to calm oneself; to settle

(b) to issue a command; to make an official order

(c) to appreciate; to esteem; to respect; to appraise; to assess worth

(d) to profit; to gain; to be advantageous

Q6 v. instrument

(a) to direct along a particular path; to chart a course

(b) to equip with devices for measuring, recording, or controlling

(c) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of

(d) to put off to a later time; to delay; to defer; to put off until later; to stay

Q7 v. earn

(a) to name; to call; to designate

(b) to receive as a result of work or other service performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy

(c) to oppose; to retaliate; to react; to strike back

(d) to employ a group of workers; to provide with employees; to man

Q8 v. pleasure

(a) to enlarge; to add to; to multiply; to raise; to intensify

(b) to impose; to cause something unpleasant

(c) to cause someone enjoyment


Q9 v. fuel

(a) to arrange according to dimension

(b) to blend; to be blended; to combine or unite into a single body; to be assimilated

(c) to try or to intend to achieve something; to direct; to plan; to aspire

(d) to provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

Q10 v. lead

(a) to lounge; to do nothing; to laze around

(b) to make a stupid mistake; to move back and forth in a clumsy manner

(c) to conduct; to guide; to direct; to influence

(d) to express regret; to say sorry

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Test 218


Q1 adj. proper

(a) correct; suitable; just; complete

(c) imaginary; hypothetical; computer simulated

(b) chief; leading; main; principal

(d) comprising the best result ever attained

Q2 n. sweater

(a) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant



(d) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult

Q3 n. momentum

(a) large room used for lectures; talks, performances and other events

(b) force of movement; strength or motivation derived from an initial effort


(d) chance meeting

Q4 n. fuel

(a) substance burned to create energy (petrol, gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.)

(b) coins and paper notes which have value; currency; medium of trade; wealth

(c) volume; mass; main part; most

(d) tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade; saying; maxim; proverb

Q5 n. uniqueness

(a) easement; alleviation; liberation; aid; assistance

(b) singularity; individuality; incomparability

(c) necessity; obligation; new wine; grape juice that has not yet fermented


Q6 n. capacity

(a) seal; trademark

(b) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest

(c) volume which can be contained or received; function; role; feature; potential


Q7 v. owe

(a) to be indebted to; to be under obligation to pay or repay


(c) to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to substitute


Q8 n. stem


(b) central stalk of a plant; petiole

(c) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers

(d) tag; sign; identification tag

Q9 n. discipline

(a) head; leader; chairman; chief

(b) public announcement or printed notice designed to attract attention

(c) training

(d) protective coating

Q10 n. investor


(c) person who puts money into a project

(b) result of manufacturing; goods; merchandise


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Test 219


Q1 n. adjustment

(a) adaption; settlement of an insurance claim

(b) process of making neat and attractive

(c) inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows into another body of water

(d) item; piece of information; part of a whole

Q2 n. gathering




(d) compound; various objects that for m a unit

Q3 n. definition

(a) choosing; time when people vote for a political candidate

(b) this being the case; since (used in formal documents)

(c) explanation; meaning; interpretation (as of a word or term)

(d) joining; union; an ordered sequence

Q4 n. code

(a) cipher; collection of instructions of the law

(b) reply; answer; reaction

(c) holiday

(d) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility

Q5 n. greenhouse

(a) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition

(b) act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing; sudden assault or attack

(c) group of twenty items; debt; account; bill; grade on a test

(d) structure built mainly of glass in which plants are cultivated out of season

Q6 n. exertion

(a) adaption; settlement of an insurance claim

(b) putting to use; putting into action; effort; struggle; strain

(c) meeting; seminar; convention

(d) security; warranty; pledge; assurance

Q7 n. mall

(a) depot; wholesale store; large retail store

(b) shopping center; pedestrian walkway; promenade

(c) plentifulness; abundance; numerousness; plurality

(d) manner of acting; conduct

Q8 v. sum


(b) to add


(d) to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or probable

Q9 n. advance

(a) progress; modernization; promotion

(b) political group; social gathering; side of an agreement; group; gang

(c) nourishment; substance which provides the body with nutrients; sustenance

(d) rebound; recoiling; sudden movement to the rear

Q10 n. loop

(a) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

(b) attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully

(c) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week

(d) abuse; molestation

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Test 220


Q1 v. precondition

(a) to seize; to capture; to possess; to contract


(c) to train in advance

(d) to profit; to roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)

Q2 v. box


(b) to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort

(c) to fight with fists; to put crates

(d) to represent by chart; to draw a curve representing a given function

Q3 v. interject

(a) to judge an object's value; to appraise; to assess; to guess

(b) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure

(c) to place between other things; to throw into the center of

(d) to send; to direct; to ascribe to; to relate to; to apply to; to call attention to

Q4 v. blame


(b) to plan; to design; to name; to call


(d) to accuse; to denounce

Q5 v. exist

(a) to rent out property for a specific period of time; to let

(b) to live; to be

(c) to join; to cause to become one

(d) to tie down

Q6 v. prohibit

(a) to warn; to scold; to reprove

(b) to negotiate; to arrive at an agreement

(c) to sell something through a bidding system

(d) to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent

Q7 v. postpone

(a) to put off to a later time; to delay; to defer; to put off until later; to stay

(b) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of

(c) to examine accounts and other financial records


Q8 v. dislodge

(a) to extricate; to remove; to evict; to oust; to expel

(b) to make ready; to get oneself ready; to put into the proper condition

(c) to change; to modify

(d) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race

Q9 v. render

(a) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain

(b) to give; to submit; to transform; to represent; to depict

(c) to slope; to bend; to bow; to slant; to influence

(d) to alter; to change; to fluctuate

Q10 v. concern

(a) to cover a part of; to have something in common

(b) to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances

(c) to involve; to affect; to worry; to interest; to relate to

(d) to stress; to show the importance of

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Test 221


Q1 v. raise

(a) to elevate; to lift; to excite; to arouse; to cause

(b) to appear as a large and indistinct form; to appear as larger than life; to impend

(c) to fall; to make fall; to bring down; to go down; to omit; to abandon

(d) to indicate; to itemize; to mark; to designate; to stipulate

Q2 v. predict




(d) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate

Q3 v. commit

(a) to protect; to guard; to evade a question; to respond in a vague manner

(b) to agree; to harmonize; to coincide; to collaborate; to consent

(c) to contrive false evidence against; to set up; to construct; to build; to fashion; to formulate

(d) to perform; to do; to engage

Q4 n. trustee

(a) meaning; sense; importance; consequence; act of pointing out

(b) person who has the right to grant a license

(c) person who translates from one language to another (orally); person how clarifies; commentator

(d) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him

Q5 n. recipient


(b) person who accepts; person who takes or gets

(c) adviser; counselor; person who guides and teaches; spiritual instructor

(d) house; dwelling; structure; premises

Q6 n. plaid

(a) device used to destroy documents by cutting them into small strips or pieces

(b) colorful fabric with a pattern of square s and crossbars

(c) organization; society; union; coalition; foundation

(d) 12 dozen; 144

Q7 n. triangle

(a) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts

(b) shape having three sides and three corners; group of three

(c) substance burned to create energy (petrol, gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.)

(d) collapse; crash; incident

Q8 v. tailor

(a) to aid; to help; to support; to guide; to direct

(b) to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances

(c) to move to a different apartment; to move to a different place


Q9 v. insult

(a) to go on; to keep doing something; to last; to perpetuate

(b) to evolve; to make to progress; to grow professionally; to develop; to speed

(c) to speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner; to offend; to affront

(d) to record; to order in advance; to inscribe; to indicate

Q10 v. section

(a) to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept


(c) to avoid; to run away; to shrink

(d) to accomplish; to put into action; to execute; to do

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Test 222


Q1 n. alert

(a) printed form that entitles the holder to certain rights such as in a discount

(b) learning; instruction; imparting of knowledge; upbringing

(c) warning; alarm; attitude of readiness

(d) agreement; settling of a disagreement by making mutual concessions

Q2 n. debris

(a) art and science of disease treatment and health maintenance; remedy; drug

(b) rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments

(c) issue; affair; question; problem; substance of a particular composition and consistency

(d) admiration; respect

Q3 n. scope

(a) way of life

(c) transmission; dispatch; radio program


(d) adjacency; nearness; closeness; vicinity

Q4 n. contact

(a) end; deduction; cognition; final decision


(b) contrast; something contrary

(d) reminder; internal document

Q5 n. impulse

(a) list of terms and definitions (usually at the end of a book); dictionary of technical or specific terms

(b) instinctual urge; sudden desire; whim; wave of energy sent via a nerve

(c) person who falls prey (to an attack, deception, etc.)

(d) mind; understanding; leader; person in authority; top

Q6 n. identification

(a) verification of a person or thing; recognition

(b) citation; passage taken from another source; reference; commercial offer; statement of price

(c) traveling on a ship; sea voyage; sailing

(d) officer of a monastery; high-ranking member of a religious order

Q7 n. leaflet

(a) point at which something ends; edge; border; restriction; restraint

(b) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock

(c) sheet of paper on which information has been printed; flyer


Q8 n. intent

(a) chamber; bureau; incumbency; agency; authority

(b) concern; fear; misfortune; distress

(c) gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment

(d) plan; goal; aim; objective; meaning

Q9 n. adversity

(a) building used for a particular purpose; business; audience; legislative body

(b) misfortune; hardship; distress; suffering

(c) point at which something ends; edge; border; restriction; restraint

(d) assembly; meeting; convention; cluster; collection

Q10 n. drive

(a) matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt; request; courtship

(b) something which legally or rightfully belongs to an individual; payment; fee

(c) trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware; combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund raiser)

(d) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of

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Test 223


Q1 v. disappear

(a) to go before; to be in front; to be ahead of; to predate

(b) to submit; to consent; to obey; to agree with

(c) to determine; to decide; to separate into constituent parts

(d) to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish

Q2 v. subside

(a) to invent; to create; to contrive; to think up

(b) to descend; to decline; to abate; to lessen

(c) to relate to; to deal with; to process; to pay for

(d) to find fault; to express displeasure; to protest

Q3 v. structure

(a) to establish an agreement; to settle a dispute


(c) to organize; to arrange; to give form to


Q4 v. sign

(a) to cause to be concerned with; to engage; to engross

(b) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage

(c) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard

(d) to mark; to indicate; to write one's name

Q5 v. chart

(a) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram

(b) to register; to adjust prices or salaries in accordance with changes in economic indicators

(c) to echo


Q6 v. go along with

(a) to supply with stock; to equip with supplies (esp. food)

(b) to visit a store and purchase goods; to browse in a store; to inform on; to betray (British Slang)

(c) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand

(d) to comply; to conform; to follow; to agree

Q7 v. cope


(b) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)


(d) to bind with a contract

Q8 v. lock

(a) to fix in place; to link firmly together; to be held in place

(b) to consent; to concur; to suit; to have the same opinion; to fit


(d) to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate

Q9 v. part

(a) to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to barter

(b) to divide; to separate; to be divided; to allocate

(c) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose

(d) to assign to a duty; to station; to publicize; to advertise

Q10 v. budget

(a) to prepare a financial plan; to make financial arrangements

(b) to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort; to be concerned

(c) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed

(d) to shut; to be shut; to finish; to complete

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Test 224


Q1 adj. corrupt

(a) separate; individual; discontinuous

(c) earlier; antecedent; hasty; premature

(b) common; regular; ordinary

(d) spoiled; immoral; dishonest; perverted

Q2 v. task

(a) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered

(b) to provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

(c) to make ready; to get oneself ready; to put into the proper condition

(d) to give assignments; to overburden; to strain

Q3 adv. conscientiously

(a) separately; aside; into pieces

(b) very quite; to a degree; somewhat; slightly; a bit; might as well

(c) to the rear; to the past

(d) dutifully; with care; thoroughly

Q4 n. technician

(a) something that is the same of the same level

(b) region; domain; field; category


(d) specialist in repairs of machinery and appliances

Q5 n. screen

(a) good deal; agreement; item that has been bought at a specially low price

(b) chamber; bureau; incumbency; agency; authority


(d) part of a television or computer monitor where the picture is displayed

Q6 n. citizenship

(a) right to live in a country; condition of being a member of a country


(c) picture; snapshot

(d) excitement; great interest

Q7 adj. proud

(a) situated; placed; identified; found; existing; standing


(c) arrogant; haughty; magnificent; impressive

(d) estimable; determinable; assessable

Q8 n. instrument

(a) something interesting or amusing; fun; hospitality

(b) tool; implement; device; appliance; agent; means



Q9 n. load

(a) something carried; cargo; burden; unit of measure or weight; capacity

(b) fleece from some animals; frizzy hair

(c) place; position; situation; site; spot

(d) degree of diversity; change; modified version; deviation

Q10 v. imply

(a) to avoid; to escape; to shrink

(b) to speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner; to offend; to affront


(d) to compensate; to balance

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Test 225


Q1 n. engagement

(a) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson

(b) expansion; branch of a telephone network; supplement; reprieve

(c) type of aircraft; two-dimensional surface; rank; level

(d) commitment; obligation; period of employment

Q2 n. take

(a) amount collected at one time; income; proceeds; profits (Informal)

(b) indicator; something used to point; hand on a clock; clue; advice

(c) photograph; drawing; painting; film; embodiment

(d) durability; determination; resolve; power; intensity; force

Q3 n. evidence


(b) not many; some; several; small number of

(c) proof; something which proves or disproves

(d) furnace which burns things to ashes

Q4 n. election

(a) choosing; time when people vote for a political candidate

(b) bringing something down to a smaller scale; lowering expenses


(d) mistake; something that is incorrect

Q5 n. garment

(a) fellow worker; cowoker

(b) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency

(c) spatial dimension; measurement; extent; degree


Q6 n. van

(a) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle

(b) power; strength; force; capacity to be

(c) large closed vehicle used for transporting goods or people

(d) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation

Q7 v. enlarge

(a) to become bigger; to expand



(d) to provide secret information about another country; to examine

Q8 n. substantive

(a) collection of written records; use of written records as evidence

(b) word or phrase functioning as a noun


(d) occasion; instance; situation; bag

Q9 n. commercial

(a) television or radio advertisement

(b) state of belonging to an organization or group; fellowship


(d) overseer; director; manager

Q10 n. terminology

(a) public; large group of people; gathering

(b) nomenclature; specific vocabulary

(c) open public area in a city or town; park; square

(d) means of transport (car, bus, etc.); instrument; means; medium

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Test 226


Q1 v. revise

(a) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct

(b) to meet by chance; to face; to meet with (difficulties, hardships, etc.)

(c) to rub off; to remove totally; to delete

(d) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research

Q2 v. esteem

(a) to tend to; to attend; to work; to perform a duty or task

(b) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race


(d) to attract; to pull; to sketch; to depict with lines; to conclude

Q3 v. fund

(a) to pay to; to hire; to employ

(b) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation

(c) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race

(d) to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter

Q4 v. intensify

(a) to explain; to clarify; to elucidate; to understand or explain in a particular way

(b) to increase; to strengthen; to heighten

(c) to control; to arrange; to put in order

(d) to give one thing in return for another; to replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter

Q5 v. taste

(a) to incorporate; to take in; to absorb

(b) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct

(c) to check flavor by eating; to attempt; to try

(d) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan

Q6 v. term

(a) to provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

(b) to name; to call; to designate


(d) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio

Q7 n. benchmark

(a) plan; goal; aim; objective; meaning

(b) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison

(c) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits

(d) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship

Q8 v. innovate


(b) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad

(c) to eat or drink; to use up; to destroy


Q9 v. surmise

(a) to consent; to concur; to suit; to have the same opinion; to fit

(b) to cover; to hide

(c) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume

(d) to give assignments; to overburden; to strain

Q10 v. specialize


(b) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit

(c) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign

(d) to claim; to require; to request strongly

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Test 227


Q1 adv. instead

(a) in any event; anyway

(c) smoothly; continuously; inconspicuously

(b) in place of; as a replacement

(d) clearly; unmistakably; plainly; apparently

Q2 n. layer

(a) messenger; company that delivers messages, documents, parcels, etc.

(b) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition

(c) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger

(d) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum

Q3 v. disclaim

(a) to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow



(d) to annoy; to bother; to aggravate; to anger

Q4 v. content

(a) to provide with the required supplies, tools and items

(b) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine

(c) to inflate; to play an important role

(d) to satisfy; to please; to meet a request

Q5 v. conduct

(a) to prejudice; to influence opinions

(b) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit

(c) to buy; to acquire in exchange for money; to procure; to obtain

(d) to ride a bike

Q6 n. acquisition

(a) side of a hill; incline; upward or downward slant; degree to which a surface deviates from the vertical

(b) license; authorization

(c) exchange; trade

(d) purchase; something that has been purchased or obtained

Q7 v. permit

(a) to administer; to direct; to supervise; to accomplish; to handle

(b) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction


(d) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent

Q8 v. minute

(a) to acquire; to procure; to secure; to earn; to achieve


(c) to record the proceedings of a meeting; to make a memorandum

(d) to supply; to support; to send; to move into a machine

Q9 n. track

(a) denial; rejection

(b) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise

(c) lane; path; signs; trails; channel

(d) piece of equipment which can be used with other machines without alternation

Q10 adj. urban

(a) confined within a boundary; restricted; narrow; mediocre


(c) channeled; centralized

(d) pertaining to accommodations; domesticated

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Test 228


Q1 n. carrier

(a) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck

(b) citation; passage taken from another source; reference; commercial offer; statement of price

(c) something that continues for many years

(d) abrasion; cut; score of zero; cash; money (Slang)

Q2 n. economy

(a) vagueness; lack of clarity

(b) something which is opposite

(c) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw


Q3 n. offender

(a) customer; buyer; computer that serves as a terminal

(b) one who makes or alters garments

(c) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults

(d) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected

Q4 n. affiliate


(b) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson

(c) arrangement; plan; sketch; drawing; something which has been arranged

(d) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication

Q5 n. agenda

(a) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him

(b) type of fuel; gasoline

(c) happening; event; incident

(d) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done

Q6 n. pipe

(a) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others

(b) close examination; scrutinizing look

(c) tube; trachea; flute; toot

(d) something which has been bought; act of buying

Q7 n. option

(a) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle

(b) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal

(c) choice; alternative; possibility; selection; election

(d) person who is tested; candidate

Q8 n. breadth

(a) width; broadness

(b) separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed

(c) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out

(d) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain

Q9 n. damage

(a) arrangement; instruction; command; request for something

(b) establisher; organization or channel; person who gives authorization to operate a channel

(c) piece of paper; attendant; servant

(d) injury; harm

Q10 n. campaign

(a) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry


(c) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management

(d) person who puts money into a project

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Test 229


Q1 v. dispense


(b) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out



Q2 v. remember

(a) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection

(b) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort

(c) to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to commit

(d) to pack; to crate; to box

Q3 v. broadcast

(a) to fight with fists; to put crates

(b) to divide; to separate; to be divided; to allocate

(c) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise


Q4 v. destroy

(a) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase

(b) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust

(c) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list

(d) to pull; to drag

Q5 v. receive

(a) to support; to inspire; to give hope

(b) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate

(c) to duplicate; to imitate

(d) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account

Q6 v. boost

(a) to cushion; to fill; to fill out; to walk; to go by foot

(b) to reward; to reimburse; to pay back; to make up for

(c) to store in a warehouse

(d) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift

Q7 n. pollution

(a) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction

(b) transmission; dispatch; radio program

(c) soldier of the three lowest military ranks

(d) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage

Q8 v. receipt

(a) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale

(b) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)

(c) to accept; to belief; to hug; to hold tight

(d) to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the affections of someone

Q9 v. party

(a) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate


(c) to celebrate

(d) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram

Q10 v. sample


(b) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction

(c) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of

(d) to take a small portion of something as a specimen

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Test 230


Q1 v. fare

(a) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability

(b) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink

(c) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate

(d) to cipher

Q2 n. prerogative

(a) chance; occasion; favorable time to act

(b) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body

(c) joining; union; an ordered sequence

(d) right; special privilege

Q3 v. come along

(a) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly

(b) to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to collect; to compile

(c) to reach; to achieve; to fulfill; to realize (a goal, purpose, etc.)

(d) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed

Q4 conj. however

(a) up to the time which

(b) but; in spite of; despite

(c) precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases

(d) in what way?

Q5 n. briefcase

(a) function; utilization; benefit; advantage; consumption


(c) act of redoing something

(d) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers

Q6 n. complaint

(a) instructional booklet; handbook

(b) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money

(c) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)

(d) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base

Q7 n. renovation

(a) commonplace activity; everyday task; habit; custom; practice

(b) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people

(c) agreement; pact; deal

(d) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition

Q8 adj. compatible

(a) managerial; overseeing

(b) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important

(c) congruous

(d) creative; new; original

Q9 n. halt

(a) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods


(c) television or radio advertisement

(d) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ

Q10 v. litter

(a) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine

(b) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb

(c) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder

(d) to find the answer to; to explain

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Test 231


Q1 n. fine

(a) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication

(b) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money

(c) tool; implement; device; appliance; agent; means

(d) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week

Q2 n. convention

(a) conference; routine; custom; treaty

(c) accomplishment; fulfillment

(b) period of one hundred years

(d) happening; event; incident

Q3 n. novel



(c) representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify

(d) identifying characteristic

Q4 n. incentive

(a) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement

(b) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank


(d) fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration

Q5 n. period

(a) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season

(b) official institution; agency; power; control; jurisdiction

(c) height; distance above sea level

(d) quarrel; disagreement; argument

Q6 n. raise

(a) not many; some; several; small number of

(b) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose

(c) increase in salary; wage increase


Q7 n. session

(a) meeting; assembly; term; semester

(b) release; approval; washing

(c) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government

(d) synopsis; general survey; introduction

Q8 n. source


(b) problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of worry


(d) strength; power; force; bravery

Q9 n. attendant

(a) property; site; area; grounds; building with the grounds belonging to it

(b) misgiving; lack of certainty

(c) decline; reduction; lessening

(d) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others

Q10 n. onus

(a) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation

(b) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame

(c) act of going around; avoidance; evasion

(d) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level

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Test 232


Q1 v. dismiss

(a) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on

(b) to delete; to skip over; to neglect

(c) to send away; to fire; to release; to free

(d) eject; drive out; banish

Q2 v. kit

(a) to equip; to outfit with supplies

(b) to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend incorrectly


(d) to provide additional details; to plan carefully and with great detail; to produce; to develop

Q3 v. prioritize

(a) to organize according to importance

(b) to convey; to relocate; to hand over; to pass on

(c) to comply; to conform; to follow; to agree


Q4 v. average

(a) to take a small portion of something as a specimen

(b) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into

(c) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio

(d) to have a mean of a certain amount

Q5 v. create

(a) to calculate; to figure; to estimate

(b) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture

(c) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage

(d) to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about

Q6 v. mortgage

(a) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way

(b) to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire

(c) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage

(d) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate

Q7 n. information

(a) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board

(b) knowledge; intelligence; data

(c) money in the form of coins and bank notes

(d) person who foretells future events; weatherman

Q8 v. guide

(a) to refine; to improve; to complete; to make faultless


(c) to gather together; to group together; to press in

(d) to direct; to lead; to instruct

Q9 v. piece

(a) to partition; to be partitioned

(c) to join parts together; to attach segments

(b) to deliver without charge

(d) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure

Q10 v. forecast

(a) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal

(b) to disregard; to ignore; to forget to perform (a duty); to shirk; to abandon

(c) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell

(d) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole

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Test 233


Q1 v. attire

(a) to dress; to put on clothes

(b) to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate

(c) to make into a city

(d) to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage

Q2 v. pressure

(a) to apply force or weight; to push; to stress

(b) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward

(c) to inform; to direct; to guide; to command; to order; to educate


Q3 v. remind

(a) to cause to remember


(c) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy


Q4 v. trail

(a) to give; to grant; to judge; to rule

(b) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice

(c) to examine

(d) to follow; to drag; to tow

Q5 v. mistake

(a) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse


(c) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate

(d) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate

Q6 n. earnings

(a) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done

(b) place where an event occurs; vista; view

(c) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement

(d) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income

Q7 n. journalist

(a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent

(b) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device

(c) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.)

(d) outcome; compensation; counterbalance

Q8 adj. present

(a) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying

(b) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times

(c) impersonating; putting on a false appearance; feigning; arrogant; haughty

(d) simple; basic

Q9 v. course

(a) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require

(b) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race

(c) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote

(d) to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to damage

Q10 v. labor

(a) to continue; to suffice; to endure; to persist

(b) to mint; to invent a new word or phrase

(c) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of

(d) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard

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Test 234


Q1 n. daily

(a) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week

(b) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

(c) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.)

(d) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation

Q2 n. competitor

(a) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest

(b) letter of recommendation

(c) overseer; director; manager


Q3 n. relationship

(a) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)

(b) connection; association; closeness

(c) commercial center of a city; business distract


Q4 n. resist

(a) protective coating

(c) business; commerce; barter; occupation

(b) location; description of a location

(d) word or phrase functioning as a noun

Q5 n. will

(a) make-up; constitution; essay

(b) comment; observation; notice

(c) attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully

(d) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property

Q6 n. car

(a) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride

(b) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order


(d) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; job

Q7 n. basis

(a) means of connection; link; joint; connected group

(b) one fourth; neighborhood; coin worth 25 cents; period of three months; district


(d) foundation; grounding

Q8 v. coordinate

(a) to clarify; to explain; to approve

(b) to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to contrive; to think up

(c) to arrange in proper order

(d) to inspect; to supervise; to miss; to omit; to ignore; to excuse

Q9 v. prolong

(a) to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to place in reserve


(c) to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate

(d) to plead; to request; to petition for a new trial or judgment

Q10 n. straight

(a) negative tendency (especially in economy or business)

(b) line that is not curved; section that is not curved

(c) person or company that produces and distributes printed material

(d) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc.

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Test 235


Q1 v. arrive

(a) to give; to contribute; to grant; to bestow

(b) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons

(c) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize

(d) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed

Q2 v. clear

(a) to direct; to lead; to instruct

(b) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain

(c) to clarify; to explain; to approve

(d) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly

Q3 v. validate



(c) to bill; to charge

(d) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden

Q4 v. posture

(a) to pretend; to feign

(b) to alter; to replace; to become different


(d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem

Q5 v. regress

(a) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection

(b) to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated; to fail; opposite of to win


(d) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad

Q6 v. drill


(b) to make better; to increase in quality; to enhance; to develop

(c) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive

(d) to control; to rule; to command

Q7 v. quote

(a) to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or malfunction

(b) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information

(c) to cite; to state a price; to offer a price

(d) to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to sell; to trade

Q8 v. proliferate

(a) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out

(b) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison

(c) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly

(d) to control; to arrange; to put in order

Q9 v. complete


(b) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential


(d) to fight with fists; to put crates

Q10 v. express

(a) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true

(b) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract


(d) to celebrate

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Test 236


Q1 n. shortage


(b) introduction; foreword; opening statement

(c) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency

(d) realization; carrying out; performing; putting into effect; execution

Q2 n. catering

(a) boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle

(b) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation


(d) business of supplying and servicing food

Q3 v. look over

(a) to make familiar; to present someone; to introduce someone

(b) to examine


(d) to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to endure; to withstand

Q4 n. franchisor

(a) readiness; agreeableness

(c) magazine; journal

(b) person who has the right to grant a license

(d) group of people working together; team

Q5 adj. dismal

(a) gentle; good-hearted; understanding; compassionate


(c) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad

(d) decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled; despicable

Q6 n. grade

(a) cameraman; person who takes pictures


(c) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school)

(d) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side

Q7 n. president

(a) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor

(b) mutual connection (between two or more things); similarity; parallel

(c) head; leader; chairman; chief

(d) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture

Q8 v. resist

(a) to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to assist

(b) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand

(c) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to

(d) to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to set aside for future consideration

Q9 v. warehouse

(a) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate

(b) to charge; to announce; to advertise

(c) to partition; to be partitioned

(d) to store in a large building

Q10 n. venture

(a) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome

(b) indicator; something used to point; hand on a clock; clue; advice

(c) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope

(d) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement

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Test 237


Q1 n. involvement

(a) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.)

(b) region; district; zone; area; domain

(c) security deposit

(d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation

Q2 n. flaw


(b) action or instance in which the ball or puck is prevented from entering the goal

(c) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.)

(d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation

Q3 n. clearance

(a) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work


(c) release; approval; washing


Q4 n. clip

(a) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video

(b) person who holds public position; authority

(c) money (in a bank account); trust; confidence; respect

(d) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits

Q5 n. misunderstanding

(a) incorrect interpretation


(c) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side

(d) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude

Q6 n. sales

(a) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service

(b) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.)

(c) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry

(d) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid

Q7 n. brake

(a) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality

(b) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle

(c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided

(d) conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability

Q8 n. last


(b) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight

(c) mark; objective; aim; object; goal

(d) dividend; perk; monetary gift

Q9 n. interior

(a) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total

(b) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender

(c) inside a building; inland section of a country


Q10 n. dictate

(a) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder

(b) ruling principle; command; decree

(c) force of movement; strength or motivation derived from an initial effort

(d) rope; cord; link; connection; equal score in a game

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Test 238


Q1 v. decline

(a) to pass something through an opening

(b) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall

(c) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent

(d) to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project; to protrude

Q2 v. talk

(a) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information

(b) to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish

(c) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink

(d) to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to substantiate

Q3 v. imagine

(a) to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to assume

(b) to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel

(c) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business)

(d) to follow

Q4 v. remark

(a) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse

(b) to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate

(c) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say

(d) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of

Q5 v. track

(a) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device

(b) to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with power

(c) to locate

(d) to follow

Q6 v. lend

(a) to interest; to amuse; to host

(b) to make or to fit according to individual needs or desires; to personalize; to individualize

(c) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to

(d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate

Q7 v. career


(b) to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to finance again

(c) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows

(d) to bind; to fasten with a rope or cord

Q8 v. weight

(a) to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to market goods

(b) to pretend; to feign

(c) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller

(d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem

Q9 v. cure

(a) to incline; to slant upward or downward; to cause to tilt

(b) to restore to health; to make well; to correct a bad habit; to preserve food

(c) to withdraw from a position (usually due to old age); go into seclusion; to withdraw

(d) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)

Q10 v. contract


(b) to appeal; to summon; to invoke; to implore

(c) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain

(d) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort

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Test 239


Q1 n. grooming

(a) person who installs or maintains wiring systems

(b) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)

(c) process of making neat and attractive

(d) proof; something which proves or disproves

Q2 n. retail

(a) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor

(b) sale of products to final consumers; sale of goods to end users

(c) act of acquainting one person with another; preface

(d) perception of flavor; sense; reason

Q3 v. default

(a) to delete; to skip over; to neglect

(b) to leaf through a book; to surf Internet websites

(c) to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court

(d) to assign to a particular post or position; to appoint

Q4 n. resident

(a) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location

(b) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway

(c) quality of being clearly seen

(d) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty

Q5 n. agreement

(a) applicant; nominee; examinee

(b) location; position; standing; role; function

(c) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence

(d) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)

Q6 adj. exclusive

(a) not healthful; not clean

(b) main; major; chief; principal


(d) supplementary; auxiliary; secondary; lesser in importance

Q7 n. chop

(a) adviser; counselor; person who guides and teaches; spiritual instructor

(b) seal; trademark


(d) security; warranty; pledge; assurance

Q8 n. drill

(a) representative; rep; factor; cause

(b) decline; reduction; lessening

(c) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow

(d) result; outcome; impact; trick; natural phenomenon

Q9 n. collateral


(b) security deposit

(c) devotion to a certain habit; dependency

(d) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message

Q10 adj. immediately

(a) right away; shortly; at once; without delay


(c) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive

(d) arranged in divisions; divisional; concerning an office

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Test 240


Q1 n. gift

(a) present; talent; offering

(b) large container; tank; tub

(c) insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid


Q2 n. logo

(a) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization


(c) netting attached to a woman's hat

(d) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected

Q3 n. cancellation

(a) detention; imprisonment

(b) refuse; trash; disorder

(c) nullification; termination; revocation

(d) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected

Q4 n. pile

(a) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out

(b) deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury; act of freeing from risk

(c) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee

(d) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need

Q5 n. aircraft

(a) afternoon party where a light meal is served

(b) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter)

(c) selection; choice; assortment; accumulation

(d) toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate

Q6 n. confirmation

(a) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay

(b) border; limit; obstacle; barricade

(c) quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a function reoccurs

(d) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony

Q7 n. tool

(a) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition

(b) apparatus; device

(c) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching

(d) delivery; dispatch; conveyance

Q8 v. commute

(a) to calculate; to think; to assume; to portray; to depict; to express verbally

(b) to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive


(d) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work)

Q9 n. express

(a) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger



(d) act of providing; act of offering; work; labor; function; role; offer

Q10 n. function

(a) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention

(b) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)

(c) midpoint; middle; equally far from two extremes; average

(d) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management

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Test 241


Q1 v. bound

(a) to share company; to connect; to relate to; to combine

(b) to jump; to leap

(c) to receive as a result of work or other service performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy

(d) to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to depart

Q2 v. presume


(b) to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be created

(c) to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take liberties; to permit oneself

(d) to take away part of a whole; to remove; to deduct

Q3 v. pretend

(a) to prophesy; to foretell; to announce in advance


(c) to impersonate; to act in a role; to claim; to assert

(d) to respect; to honor; to admire; to value

Q4 v. accrue

(a) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for

(b) to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow

(c) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison

(d) to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)

Q5 v. categorize


(b) to arrange in groups; to classify; to sort; to structure

(c) to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an example

(d) to lessen; to diminish; to decrease

Q6 n. semester

(a) money which is not generating profit


(c) aim; purpose, goal

(d) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)

Q7 n. takeover

(a) working, performance, handling; venture, undertaking; series of actions

(b) television or radio advertisement

(c) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video

(d) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)

Q8 v. mandate

(a) to issue a command; to make an official order

(b) to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to heat and spice for drinking

(c) to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical care; to take care of

(d) to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry

Q9 v. devise

(a) to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent

(b) to hide; to keep secret; to cover up


(d) to predict; to prophesy; to foretell

Q10 v. infer

(a) to derive; to conclude; to guess; to surmise; to hint

(b) to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit

(c) to cede; to surrender; to give up; to forsake; to abandon


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Test 242


Q1 adj. general



(b) suitable; fitting


Q2 v. declare

(a) to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)


(c) to cause not to happen; to avert; to delay; to impede; to hinder

(d) to support; to solidify; to strengthen

Q3 v. wait

(a) to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition

(b) to record; to order in advance; to inscribe; to indicate

(c) to understand; to comprehend; to grasp

(d) to be ready or available; to work as an attendant; to postpone

Q4 n. handle

(a) ball; sphere; planet Earth; world

(b) ruling principle; command; decree

(c) collective enterprise; group endeavor; collaboration

(d) part of an object designed to be gripped by the hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title

Q5 n. photographer

(a) tolerance; forbearance

(b) cameraman; person who takes pictures

(c) list of information arranged in columns and rows; chart; flat surface

(d) advantage; profit; help; benefit

Q6 n. grit

(a) agreement; business transaction; exchange; amount

(b) shortened form of a word or word combination

(c) small rough granules or particles (i.e. sand); bravery; pluck; endurance

(d) person who works with pipe and water systems

Q7 n. garbage

(a) something that is discarded; rubbish; trash; junk; waste

(b) obligation; promise

(c) traveling on a ship; sea voyage; sailing

(d) harvesting machine

Q8 adj. corporate

(a) experienced; knowledgeable (Slang)

(b) managerial; executive

(c) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind

(d) common; shared; collective

Q9 v. anger

(a) to acquire; to earn; to purchase; to obtain; to profit

(b) to irritate; to infuriate; to enrage

(c) to show; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to disclose

(d) to seize; to grip; to comprehend; to understand; to realize

Q10 v. season

(a) to anticipate gladly

(b) to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to descend



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Test 243


Q1 n. safety


(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


(b) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers)

(c) boss; supervisor; manager; head


Q5 n. proposal

(a) ability; skill; talent

(b) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising


(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


(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


(d) middleman; agent who buys and sells property or shares etc. for other people

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Test 244


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



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


(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


(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

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Test 245


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


(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


Q5 adj. daily

(a) chief; head; leading; primary; main

(b) occurring on a regular basis


(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


(d) examination; careful inspection; debate

Q8 n. mortgage


(b) individual's social or professional standing; position; rank; present situation


(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


(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


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Test 246


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

Q3 n. cause

(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


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


Q5 n. skill

(a) slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position or status; promotion; angry response


(c) physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt; organized operation

(d) substance; component; all that is inside of something

Q6 n. entry

(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

Q7 n. dispense

(a) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness


(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


(c) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out


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

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Test 247


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


(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


(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


(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



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



Q8 v. book

(a) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal


(c) to record; to order in advance; to inscribe; to indicate

(d) to cut into portions; to cleave

Q9 v. clerk


(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

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Test 248


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


Q2 n. duress


(b) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done



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



(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


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Test 249


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)


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


(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


(c) supplement; mathematical operation


Q6 n. cab

(a) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment

(c) frequent customer; repeat customer

(b) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint

(d) match; whole consisting of two parts; couple

Q7 n. scramble

(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

Q8 n. array

(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


(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)

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Test 250


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


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


(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


(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


(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

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Test 251


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)


(c) non-transferable


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


Q6 conj. yet

(a) but; in spite of; despite


(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


(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

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Test 252


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


(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


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


(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


Q10 n. reason



(c) location; position; standing; role; function

(d) lane; path; signs; trails; channel

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Test 253


Q1 v. concoct

(a) to exercise; to train; to drill

(b) to answer; to reply; to react

(c) to mystify; to baffle; to confound; to confuse; to perplex

(d) to invent; to create; to contrive; to think up

Q2 v. relate

(a) to happen upon; to find by chance; to discover; to see

(b) to grant a permit; to authorize; to permit; to allow

(c) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed

(d) to narrate; to tell; to make a connection between; to have a good relationship with

Q3 v. export

(a) to endorse; to donate; to contribute; to pledge; to support; to approve

(b) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate


(d) to ship; to send abroad; to sell goods and products overseas

Q4 v. reimburse

(a) to repay; to refund; to compensate for a loss; to repay for an expense

(b) to profit; to roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)

(c) to give; to submit; to transform; to represent; to depict

(d) to come to an end; to finish; to terminate

Q5 v. respond

(a) to shut; to be shut; to finish; to complete

(b) to place one thing on top of another in a heap; to pile

(c) to endorse; to donate; to contribute; to pledge; to support; to approve

(d) to answer; to reply; to react

Q6 v. barter

(a) to exchange goods and services

(b) to pay attention to; to supervise; to regret; to oppose; to remember; to notice


(d) to embarrass; to mix up; to muddle up; to bewilder; to startle

Q7 v. pick up


(b) to separate from others; to segregate

(c) to influence

(d) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck

Q8 n. name

(a) word or phrase by which someone or something is called or identified; moniker

(b) therapy; care; relation; attitude; behavior

(c) mathematical value or its symbol; indefinite amount; quantity of; sum


Q9 v. research

(a) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive

(b) to channel; to centralize

(c) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely

(d) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict

Q10 v. fax

(a) to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward

(b) to cause to be dishonest; to pervert; to spoil

(c) to transmit document electronically

(d) to confirm the truth of something

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Test 254


Q1 adv. further

(a) in a friendly manner; warmly

(c) to a greater distance; more; in addition

(b) still; already; but; in spite of; although

(d) in a close-fitting manner; firmly

Q2 v. put off


(b) to be similar to; to be akin to; to look like; to have a similar appearance to

(c) to postpone; to disgust; to repulse; to deter

(d) to encase; to review; to protect; to include; to insure

Q3 v. enthuse

(a) to conform; to change; to make suitable; to match; to fit

(b) to belong to; to be connected to; to relate; to refer

(c) to cede; to surrender; to give up; to forsake; to abandon


Q4 v. invite

(a) to improve; to make better


(c) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall

(d) to supply with stock; to equip with supplies (esp. food)

Q5 adj. evident

(a) chosen; picked out; choice; superior; prime; picky

(b) clear; obvious; apparent

(c) recent; common; prevalent; present; popular


Q6 n. novelty

(a) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame

(b) side of a hill; incline; upward or downward slant; degree to which a surface deviates from the vertical

(c) viewpoint; stance; condition; state; mood; attitude

(d) innovation; something new; discovery

Q7 v. invest

(a) to examine accounts and other financial records

(b) to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to give temporarily

(c) to give a mark to; to classify; to make level; to evaluate; to assess

(d) to expend money or effort for future benefits; to grant; to install; to cover; to authorize

Q8 n. export

(a) device used to open locks; button on a board

(b) car; wagon; coach; carriage; trolley

(c) shipping of goods to other countries

(d) news story publicized in only a newspaper or television/radio station

Q9 v. fear

(a) to rely on; to extend business credit

(b) to sow; to place seeds or vegetation into soil; to establish; to set

(c) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate


Q10 n. anchor

(a) newsreader; broadcaster

(b) long trip; distance; voyage

(c) government department responsible for collecting taxes on imports

(d) means of expression; channel of communication; middle man; intermediary; broker

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Test 255


Q1 n. layout

(a) a word which is formed from the first letters of several words; i.e. TOEIC or NATO

(b) action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent


(d) voyage; sightseeing excursion; trip; route

Q2 n. bankrupt

(a) exchange; conveying something from one person to another

(b) bill

(c) a person who was unable to repay their debts

(d) product which can rot or spoil (fruit, food etc.)

Q3 n. reimbursement

(a) stimulus; motivation; revelation; insight; idea

(b) act of paying back; repayment; compensation for a loss; repayment for an expense

(c) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin

(d) ability; skill; talent

Q4 n. amount

(a) a person who was unable to repay their debts


(c) lack of knowledge; illiteracy; lack of education; state of being uninformed

(d) quantity; sum

Q5 n. step

(a) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field

(b) movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place; stair; stage in a process

(c) newspaper; magazine; diary; blog; bookkeeping ledger

(d) financial sheet listing salaries; list of workers who receive wages and salaries

Q6 v. get into

(a) to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project; to protrude

(b) to enter

(c) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require

(d) to reduce; to lessen; to decline

Q7 n. example

(a) model; pattern; something which serves as an illustration

(b) collapse; crash; incident

(c) climb over rough terrain; struggle for possession; disorderly or chaotic proceeding

(d) elastic material derived from of some tropical plants; eraser

Q8 n. divide

(a) height; distance above sea level

(b) money paid for the use of property; property that is leased; act of leasing

(c) festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar

(d) separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed

Q9 n. manual

(a) coins and paper notes which have value; currency; medium of trade; wealth

(b) blunder; fault; error

(c) instructional booklet; handbook

(d) the act of transferring a property title from one person to another

Q10 n. interim

(a) act of ordering in advance (hotel room, airline ticket, etc.)

(b) temporary arrangement; in between period

(c) straps and other parts by which a draft animal is attached to a vehicle

(d) amount collected at one time; income; proceeds; profits (Informal)

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Test 256


Q1 v. promise

(a) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject

(b) to sell something through a bidding system

(c) to be plentiful; to be filled with; to overflow with

(d) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action

Q2 v. dash

(a) to experience; to endure

(b) to express regret; to say sorry

(c) to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter; to hurl; to cast

(d) to protect; to guard; to evade a question; to respond in a vague manner

Q3 v. convince


(b) to endanger; to place in danger; to imperil; to put at risk

(c) to enter

(d) to drag or to carry by force

Q4 v. feed


(b) to supply; to support; to send; to move into a machine

(c) to mirror; to send back energy from a surface; to cause to return; to express

(d) to criticize; to assess; to determine; to rule

Q5 v. article

(a) to vindicate; to defend; to support; to excuse

(b) to bind with a contract

(c) to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp

(d) to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer

Q6 v. fizzle

(a) to follow; to drag; to tow

(b) to conduct; to guide; to direct; to influence

(c) to fail after starting well; to make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence

(d) to receive as a result of work or other service performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy

Q7 v. mail

(a) to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate

(b) to devise; to invent; to dream up; to design (often in a negative way)

(c) to hawk; to vend; to deal; to distribute; to sell


Q8 v. effect

(a) to accomplish; to put into action; to execute; to do

(b) to help; to assist; to promote; to be beneficial to

(c) to give one thing in return for another; to replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter

(d) to decline; to deny; to reject

Q9 v. franchise

(a) to grant a license to an individual or group; to grant the right to vote

(b) to treat; to adapt; to prepare; to make ready

(c) to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the affections of someone

(d) to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or vehicle; to land

Q10 v. stall

(a) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse

(b) to put into a stable; to delay; to check the progress of

(c) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify

(d) to finish; to infer; to deduce; to make a decision

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Test 257


Q1 adj. controlling

(a) mobile; movable; can be transported from one place to another

(b) ruling; supervising; regulating; managing; restraining

(c) major; chief; select; of the highest quality; excellent

(d) content; satiated; having one's desires satisfied

Q2 n. instalment

(a) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided

(b) exchanging of goods and services; trade

(c) rubbing out; deletion; eradication

(d) freight; luggage; baggage; load

Q3 n. shareholder

(a) termination; end

(b) person or organization that owns part of a company

(c) moment; very short space of time; current month

(d) ecclesiastical judge; priest

Q4 v. envision

(a) to create; to conceive; to produce; to conceptualize

(b) to calculate; to figure; to estimate

(c) to change; to alter; to improve

(d) to imagine to oneself; to picture; to visualize

Q5 v. constrain

(a) to compel; to reinforce; to oblige; to coerce


(c) to accomplish; to put into action; to execute; to do


Q6 n. bargain

(a) repayment; something done to make up for (a loss, deficiency or fault)

(b) good deal; agreement; item that has been bought at a specially low price


(d) person of higher rank; older person; elder

Q7 n. advisor

(a) means of expression; channel of communication; middle man; intermediary; broker

(b) finishing; finalizing

(c) garbage; refuse; scrap

(d) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor

Q8 n. number

(a) mathematical value or its symbol; indefinite amount; quantity of; sum

(b) concept; thought; opinion; intention; plan


(d) trait; feature; ability; distinguishing quality; attribute

Q9 v. own

(a) to go before; to be in front; to be ahead of; to predate

(b) to be in possession of; to belong to; to confess

(c) to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe

(d) to establish an agreement; to settle a dispute

Q10 v. advert

(a) to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or vehicle; to land

(b) to come near to; to tackle (a problem or situation)

(c) to refer to; to comment on; to draw attention to

(d) to set aside; to allot; to adapt; to embrace; to accept

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Test 258


Q1 n. fellow

(a) itemized list; index; directory

(b) friend; member of an academic organization; suitor

(c) colored substance applied to surfaces; layer of dried pigment on a surface

(d) profit; assets; achievement; increase; benefit; advantage

Q2 n. leader

(a) being physically present; act of accompanying or serving

(b) one fourth; neighborhood; coin worth 25 cents; period of three months; district


(d) rare object

Q3 n. citizen

(a) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date

(b) resident; native of a country


(d) quest; hunt; instance of looking for something; investigation; examination

Q4 n. facilitator

(a) picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface

(b) division of a company; section; area

(c) opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback; defeat

(d) person or thing which promotes; expeditor

Q5 n. chapter

(a) one who relies on another especially for financial support

(b) part of a book; phase; stage; local branch of an organization

(c) acknowledgment; identification

(d) purpose; goal; objective; target

Q6 n. generation

(a) survey; general study; examination; inspection


(c) act of dragging or pulling with a rope or chain

(d) identifying characteristic

Q7 n. layman

(a) person who participates in a bargaining session

(b) advantage; profit; aid; stipend

(c) conversion; stock market; trade; barter; conversation


Q8 n. need

(a) profit; amount of assets that is higher than liabilities

(b) act of pretending; counterfeit; imitation of the operation or features of one system using an other system

(c) requirement; shortage of an indispensable item; distress; hardship

(d) distance that an arm can extend

Q9 n. credit

(a) money (in a bank account); trust; confidence; respect

(b) plans or methods created for the purpose of achieving a goal

(c) gross error; stupid mistake

(d) abstract; summary; concise report; instructions

Q10 n. counsel

(a) trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware; combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund raiser)



(d) reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome; product

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Test 259


Q1 v. enroll

(a) to provide a detailed statement about an occurrence or situation; inform


(c) to choose; to select from several options; to conclude; to resolve

(d) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list

Q2 v. reinforce

(a) to set free; to emancipate; to make available to the general public; to surrender


(c) to strengthen; to fortify; to support; to increase

(d) to hawk; to vend; to deal; to distribute; to sell

Q3 v. download



(c) to celebrate

(d) to appear; to come out; to be revealed

Q4 v. rank

(a) to want; to command; to determine; to decide

(b) to be present in a place; to care for; to serve; to accompany

(c) to arrange in a line; to grade; to classify


Q5 v. represent


(b) to act as an agent on behalf of a person or organization; to symbolize


(d) to require; to be in distress; to be under hardship; to be obligated

Q6 n. erasure

(a) rage; fury

(b) rubbing out; deletion; eradication

(c) pasture; scope; extent; field; domain; assortment

(d) one who offers his services of his own free will or without pay

Q7 v. abolish

(a) to place in; to put in; to add to

(b) to appoint; to specify; to identify; to designate



Q8 v. plan

(a) to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with


(c) to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to contrive; to think up

(d) to appear to be; to look like; to give the impression of; to have the appearance of

Q9 v. disrupt

(a) to upset; to disturb; to divide

(b) to devise; to invent; to dream up; to design (often in a negative way)

(c) to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow

(d) to explain; to clarify; to elucidate; to understand or explain in a particular way

Q10 v. engineer

(a) to design; to plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)

(b) to criticize; to assess; to determine; to rule

(c) to progress; to promote; to make a payment before it is due


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Test 260


Q1 n. restriction

(a) limitation; limit

(c) singularity; individuality; incomparability

(b) pair; group of two

(d) width; broadness

Q2 v. plate

(a) to try and obtain something through persuasion or earnest requests

(b) to finish; to infer; to deduce; to make a decision

(c) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal

(d) to risk; to gamble; to finance; to underwrite

Q3 adj. annoying

(a) tangible; real; substantial; solid

(b) elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable

(c) extreme; intense; severe

(d) bothersome; troublesome; worrisome; harassing

Q4 adj. repeat

(a) done over again

(b) overflowing; unreserved; unrestrained; exuberant

(c) resistant; invulnerable; impervious; sealed; durable

(d) trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor

Q5 n. operation

(a) esteem; respect; thought; consideration; look; glance

(b) tolerance; forbearance

(c) rematch; repetition

(d) working, performance, handling; venture, undertaking; series of actions

Q6 v. observe

(a) to harvest; to cut short; to clip

(b) to authorize; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else

(c) to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to discern


Q7 n. turnover

(a) practice session for a performance

(b) refuse; trash; disorder

(c) good deal; agreement; item that has been bought at a specially low price

(d) gross revenues; total business done; rate of selling or producing

Q8 adj. significant

(a) intelligent; clever; shrewd; lively; fashionable; stylish

(b) important; consequential; meaningful; having meaning; of a considerable amount

(c) in favor of reform; supporting a progressive philosophy; tolerant; open-minded


Q9 adj. residual

(a) facing; across from; contrary; reverse; different; antithetical

(b) enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover; remaining

(c) careful; wary; suspicious

(d) honest; straightforward; open; frank

Q10 v. level

(a) to convince; to induce; to sway


(c) to believe; to have faith in; to supply goods by deferred payment

(d) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize

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Test 261


Q1 n. bias

(a) prejudice; tendency; leaning

(b) state of having both positive and negative feelings towards a subject

(c) detention; imprisonment

(d) area of fabric used to repair a hole; stain; bandage; lot

Q2 n. readiness

(a) program used for viewing websites on the Internet

(b) replacement; person or thing that takes the place of another

(c) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness

(d) limitation; limit

Q3 n. description

(a) act of rescuing; rescued items

(c) explanation; illustration; instruction

(b) tax; charge; levy; grievous price

(d) detention; imprisonment

Q4 n. equality


(b) esteem; respect; thought; consideration; look; glance


(d) incorrect interpretation

Q5 n. assistance

(a) representative; rep; factor; cause

(b) person who takes part in a particular event such as a conference or seminar; participant

(c) aid; help; support; direction; upkeep

(d) border; limit; obstacle; barricade

Q6 n. ambiguity

(a) car; wagon; coach; carriage; trolley

(b) change of residence; action; turn in a game; formal request or proposition

(c) vagueness; lack of clarity

(d) newspaper; magazine; diary; blog; bookkeeping ledger

Q7 n. rescue

(a) deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury; act of freeing from risk

(b) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization


(d) volume which can be contained or received; function; role; feature; potential

Q8 n. arrest

(a) detention; imprisonment

(b) state of not being a derivative of anything else

(c) stroke; blow; collision; success; popular event or production

(d) consolation; relief from distress; source of comfort

Q9 n. comfort


(b) idea; concept; product of the mind

(c) embarrassing situation; predicament; location; position (i.e. of a ship or individual)

(d) relief; consolation; coziness

Q10 n. barometer

(a) angle that points outward

(b) large batch of letters sent at one time by a single sender; rented property

(c) commercial and market information that indicates overall economic trends

(d) open public area in a city or town; park; square

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Test 262


Q1 v. prevent

(a) to register; to adjust prices or salaries in accordance with changes in economic indicators

(b) to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort

(c) to cause not to happen; to avert; to delay; to impede; to hinder

(d) to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to protect

Q2 v. characterize

(a) to comfort; to console; to encourage; to relieve; to appease

(b) to leave out; to keep out; to prevent from happening or being; to reject

(c) to presume to be true; to hypothesize; to believe

(d) to describe; to depict; to portray; to outline

Q3 v. appoint


(b) to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform

(c) to arrange according to dimension


Q4 v. evade

(a) to conduct; to guide; to direct; to influence

(b) to shape with skill

(c) to avoid; to run away; to shrink

(d) to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to dwell; to store; to shelter

Q5 v. pursue

(a) to let; to allow someone to use property in return for regular payments; to hire

(b) to copy; to replicate; to photocopy

(c) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for

(d) to share company; to connect; to relate to; to combine

Q6 v. stand out

(a) to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project; to protrude



(d) to decorate; to beautify

Q7 adj. complicated

(a) confusing; hard to understand; difficult; complex

(b) mobile; movable; can be transported from one place to another


(d) judgmental; important; crucial; vital

Q8 v. vaccinate

(a) to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to order; to command

(b) to be concerned with; to look out for; to watch over; to like; to be fond of

(c) to render insusceptible to a disease by inoculating

(d) to revise; to alter; to make changes and corrections prior to printing

Q9 v. reconsider

(a) to convey a fluid; to transport a liquid; to make a high-pitched sound

(b) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed

(c) to contemplate again

(d) to give a cost to something

Q10 v. further


(b) to contest; to contend against another; to participate in a contest

(c) to advance; to encourage; to promote; to assist

(d) to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or probable

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Test 263


Q1 v. stop

(a) to halt; to cease; to quit; to close; to block; to impede

(b) to eat or drink; to use up; to destroy

(c) to make an application; to enter; to let something or someone enter

(d) to jump; to leap

Q2 adv. especially


(c) particularly

(b) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent

(d) at a further point

Q3 n. trial

(a) test; attempt; experiment; annoyance

(b) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset

(c) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking

(d) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work

Q4 n. impact

(a) shipping of goods to other countries

(b) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction

(c) concern; affair; percentage on a loan which is paid over time

(d) influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch

Q5 n. mailing

(a) yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place


(c) act or instance of rendering insusceptible to disease by inoculating

(d) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship

Q6 adj. favorite

(a) confined usually by illness

(b) unusual; exceptional; unique; particular; highly valued

(c) empty; unfilled; unoccupied; lacking expression

(d) preferred; beloved; liked

Q7 n. joint venture

(a) behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance

(b) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total

(c) pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground deposit of oil

(d) collective enterprise; group endeavor; collaboration

Q8 v. expedite

(a) to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to dispatch

(b) to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove



Q9 n. whereas

(a) meeting; assembly; term; semester

(b) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole


(d) one who activates; worker of a telephone switchboard; operation symbol

Q10 adj. elaborate

(a) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously

(b) detailed; complicated; carefully planned; worked out in great detail

(c) reputed; famous

(d) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling

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Test 264


Q1 n. currency

(a) distribution; liberation; transference



(d) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame

Q2 n. destruction

(a) familiarity; understanding; wisdom; education; awareness

(b) ruin; desolation; annihilation

(c) foundation; principal element; fundamental part

(d) money paid for the use of property; rip; tear; laceration

Q3 n. fortune

(a) movement; journeying

(c) luck; wealth; chance; success; riches

(b) style of cooking; national food


Q4 n. entertainer



(c) something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)

(d) host; performer; comedian

Q5 n. token

(a) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance

(b) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; any security device

(c) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination

(d) heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence

Q6 n. courtesy

(a) withdrawal from one's job or occupation


(c) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility

(d) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor

Q7 n. chore

(a) string; thin cord; Internet discussion


(c) person who travels back and forth between home and work

(d) prejudice; tendency; leaning

Q8 n. infant

(a) extension of an archived file compressed with a special program; type of drive using removable disks

(b) baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor

(c) setting; biography

(d) advantage; profit; help; benefit

Q9 n. judge


(b) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock

(c) aspiration; hope; goal; dream


Q10 n. hurry


(b) area of land set aside to protect natural resources and wildlife

(c) rush; haste; urgency

(d) influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch

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Test 265


Q1 v. command


(b) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority


(d) to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees

Q2 v. shape

(a) to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance

(b) to come near to; to tackle (a problem or situation)

(c) to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be formed

(d) to lease; to rent; to employ

Q3 v. base

(a) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on

(b) to take away part of a whole; to remove; to deduct

(c) to manage; to process; to deal in; to do business with; to treat

(d) to hold a party; to feast; to dine; to drink

Q4 v. indulge

(a) to make better; to increase in quality; to enhance; to develop


(c) to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to spoil; to humor

(d) to provide a detailed statement about an occurrence or situation; inform

Q5 v. registering

(a) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate

(b) to exchange a check (or another money order) for coins and bank notes; to redeem

(c) to record; to enroll; to have an effect; to have influence


Q6 v. extend

(a) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart

(b) to rely on; to extend business credit



Q7 n. demographics

(a) inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows into another body of water

(b) study of the statistical characteristics of a population


(d) person or organization that prepares printed matter for publication

Q8 v. estimate

(a) to hesitate; to stumble; to sway; to totter; to be unstable

(b) to offer to do or give something for free; to propose

(c) to comfort; to console; to encourage; to relieve; to appease

(d) to judge an object's value; to appraise; to assess; to guess

Q9 v. bargain

(a) to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair; to prepare

(b) to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify

(c) to cause someone enjoyment

(d) to negotiate; to arrive at an agreement

Q10 v. hazard

(a) to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture

(b) to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a specific level or condition

(c) to quit an office or position; to relinquish; to give up; to abdicate

(d) to set a new time and date

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Test 266


Q1 n. board

(a) person who works with pipe and water systems



(d) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness

Q2 adj. favorable

(a) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; desirable

(b) traveling in an inward direction

(c) exact; not more and not less; meticulous; strict

(d) injurious; causing damage

Q3 v. authorize

(a) to make ready; to get oneself ready; to put into the proper condition

(b) to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore

(c) to permit; to approve; to empower


Q4 n. occupation

(a) act of forcefully taking possession of an area; seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of land

(b) drawing together; fold; pucker

(c) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration

(d) standard of perfection; pattern; model; person or thing that embodies a standard of perfection

Q5 v. cook


(b) to provide financial assistance

(c) to ship; to send abroad; to sell goods and products overseas


Q6 adj. serious

(a) solemn; acute; critical; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim

(b) excellent; wonderful; splendid; magnificent

(c) of general expenses; general


Q7 n. capability

(a) dossier for storing papers; directory

(b) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)

(c) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality

(d) luggage; cargo; things to take on a trip; equipment

Q8 v. participate




(d) to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe

Q9 adj. capital

(a) sure; definite; particular; specific

(b) main; major; chief; principal

(c) little; not many; some

(d) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable

Q10 v. link

(a) to attempt to discover or test something; to try; to venture; to research

(b) to incorporate; to take in; to absorb

(c) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to

(d) to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir to action; to induce

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Test 267


Q1 n. salary

(a) sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily; one who acts furtively

(b) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay

(c) equal weight or power acting in opposition

(d) close examination; scrutinizing look

Q2 n. specification


(b) warning; alarm; attitude of readiness

(c) pausing; stammering; faltering

(d) item or detail included in a description of requirements or plans

Q3 n. reputation

(a) rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction; prosperity

(b) act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination; ejection; dismissal


(d) regard; esteem; renown

Q4 n. affinity

(a) method of dealing with a certain subject; draft of a treaty

(b) attraction; closeness; liking; likeness

(c) person or thing that is the same

(d) pertaining to a value that is approximately in the middle of a series of values

Q5 n. site

(a) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license


(c) schedule; agenda; written order of events

(d) place; location; area

Q6 n. cutback

(a) nature; disposition; attitude; figure; person; statement of qualities

(b) limitation; limit

(c) beginning phase of a project; babyhood

(d) reduction; curtailing; decrease

Q7 n. admission

(a) agreement; settlement; harmony

(b) entrance; permission to enter; confession

(c) act of receiving; approval; state of believing in something


Q8 n. fix

(a) sample; model; form; mold; decorative design

(b) something created separately for the purpose of being added to or placed inside (a book, newspaper, etc.)

(c) person whose job it is to supervise and examine; police officer ranking below a superintendent

(d) embarrassing situation; predicament; location; position (i.e. of a ship or individual)

Q9 n. cast


(b) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city

(c) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow

(d) tax; charge; levy; grievous price

Q10 n. measure

(a) timetable; agenda; itinerary; plan

(b) action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent

(c) traveler; fare; person who rides or travels

(d) respected position; honor; nobility

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Test 268


Q1 n. liberal

(a) casing; skeleton; structure; body structure; mood

(b) a significant decline in general economic activity extending over a period of time

(c) person who favors political and social reform

(d) computerized representation of an actual object

Q2 n. prior

(a) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date

(b) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills)

(c) exchanging of goods and services; trade


Q3 n. tailor

(a) stimulus; motivation; revelation; insight; idea

(b) expectation; hope; intuition

(c) one who makes or alters garments

(d) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation

Q4 adj. negotiable

(a) entire; complete; absolute

(b) possible; capable of becoming; able to be

(c) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from

(d) describing an asset or item which can easily be sold or transferred

Q5 n. beverage

(a) drink; refreshment


(c) truthfulness; something that is a truth

(d) buyer; client

Q6 n. assignment

(a) task; duty; responsibility; role; obligation

(b) set way of saying or doing something; principle; pattern

(c) teaching; direction; guidance; training; education; information

(d) opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback; defeat

Q7 n. worry

(a) backlash

(b) small machine that makes computations

(c) concern; fear; misfortune; distress

(d) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor

Q8 v. practice

(a) to duplicate; to imitate

(b) to send; to direct; to ascribe to; to relate to; to apply to; to call attention to

(c) to deliver a discourse before an audience; to reprimand tediously

(d) to exercise; to train; to drill

Q9 adj. viable

(a) talented; skilled; having great natural ability


(c) lower; under

(d) well; not sick; fit; sound

Q10 v. index

(a) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty

(b) to suggest; to tender; to bid; to propose a price; to present

(c) to register; to adjust prices or salaries in accordance with changes in economic indicators


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Test 269


Q1 n. tense

(a) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions

(b) the sale of all or most of a company's inventory or assets to another company

(c) inflection; verbal 'time'

(d) return of money; repayment; reimbursement

Q2 n. lounge

(a) person who holds public position; authority

(b) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll

(c) confirmation; endorsement; positive opinion

(d) definition; significance; intention; explanation

Q3 n. handling

(a) check

(b) care; treatment; procedure; system; touch


(d) refers to the cost of developing a product or system

Q4 n. climate

(a) weather conditions; surrounding conditions; atmosphere; setting

(b) financial obligation; debt; responsibility; obligation

(c) examination; careful inspection; debate

(d) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble

Q5 n. humidity

(a) rotatable disk on a telephone

(c) dampness; moistness; mugginess

(b) management; supervisors; leadership

(d) truthfulness; something that is a truth

Q6 n. manager

(a) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor

(b) person living at about the same time as another person


(d) plan; aim; goal; purpose

Q7 n. removal

(a) ruin; desolation; annihilation

(b) exchange; trade

(c) connection; association; closeness

(d) act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination; ejection; dismissal

Q8 n. central


(b) performance; operation; attainment; mission; success

(c) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review

(d) telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or office

Q9 n. line

(a) reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement

(b) long thin mark; row; border; domain; tactic

(c) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility

(d) grouping symbols ()

Q10 n. paradigm

(a) tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade; saying; maxim; proverb


(c) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)

(d) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern

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Test 270


Q1 n. ticket

(a) certificate; entry pass; tag


(c) person whose job it is to supervise and examine; police officer ranking below a superintendent

(d) either end of a passenger line; bus or train station

Q2 n. book

(a) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer

(b) picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface

(c) candidate; nominee

(d) printed work which is bound together; bundle

Q3 n. plumber

(a) person who works with pipe and water systems

(b) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review

(c) enhancement; refinement; improvement

(d) state of perfection; state of highest quality

Q4 adj. discouraged

(a) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from

(b) collective; total; taking all units as a whole

(c) excited; passionate; ardent; fervent

(d) of nature

Q5 v. cart

(a) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely

(b) to drag or to carry by force

(c) to give up; to renounce; to deny; to disavow; to retract

(d) to fill with water and sink; to fall; to fail; to stumble; to cause to sink

Q6 v. retire

(a) to withdraw from a position (usually due to old age); go into seclusion; to withdraw

(b) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly

(c) to be similar to; to be akin to; to look like; to have a similar appearance to

(d) to design; to plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)

Q7 n. amortization

(a) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset



(d) place; position; situation; site; spot

Q8 n. import

(a) feigning; impersonation; false show; claim; assertion

(b) rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction; prosperity

(c) brining in of goods from another country; opposite of export; meaning; significance

(d) admiration; respect

Q9 n. resource

(a) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility

(b) car; vehicle; ride

(c) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store


Q10 v. firm

(a) to solidify; to become solid; to stabilize; to become stable

(b) to exemplify; to clarify; to explain; to depict; to elucidate

(c) to channel; to centralize


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Test 271


Q1 n. patience

(a) creativity; resourcefulness; fabrication; falsehood

(b) trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware; combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund raiser)

(c) characteristic; function; capability (of a product, machine, device, software etc.)

(d) tolerance; forbearance

Q2 n. access

(a) copying of data for safety purposes; substitute; reserve; spare


(c) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation

(d) approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data

Q3 n. path

(a) track; lane; route; search route

(b) relief; consolation; coziness

(c) transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization

(d) number; image; character; price; human shape; symbol

Q4 n. management

(a) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building

(b) wooden box; old car; old plane

(c) list of subjects or other information arranged in alphabetical order; indicator; sign

(d) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise

Q5 n. innovator

(a) holiday

(b) more current version of something

(c) confidence; faith; credit; monopoly; several companies banded together in order to reduce competition

(d) person who makes changes; person who introduces new methods or procedures; creative person

Q6 n. conversation

(a) plan; scheme; program; task; assignment; activity

(b) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange

(c) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage

(d) present; talent; offering

Q7 n. pad

(a) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting

(b) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side

(c) garbage; trash; waste

(d) section; piece; region; role; function; side in an agreement

Q8 n. expertise

(a) goal; aim; intention; objective

(b) person who does not belong to any political party

(c) gross revenues; total business done; rate of selling or producing

(d) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information

Q9 n. proximity

(a) opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason; cause

(b) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function

(c) act of strengthening; reward or punishment designed to encourage or discourage a particular response


Q10 n. audit

(a) slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position or status; promotion; angry response

(b) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation

(c) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting

(d) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid

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Test 272


Q1 v. reach

(a) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward

(b) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale


(d) to want; to command; to determine; to decide

Q2 v. target

(a) to be worthy of; to have a right to

(b) to aim at something


(d) to realize; to make a reality; to accomplish; to complete; to execute

Q3 n. loom

(a) ecclesiastical judge; priest

(b) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope

(c) apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine


Q4 adj. spot

(a) having begun a journey (especially of a sea vessel); initiated; in progress; under construction


(c) made or done immediately; paid at once; performed randomly

(d) credible; trustworthy; dependable

Q5 v. put up with

(a) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons

(b) to wrap; to combine things together as one inseparable unit

(c) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation

(d) to tolerate; to be patient

Q6 adv. apparently

(a) still; already; but; in spite of; although

(b) evidently; obviously; allegedly; seemingly

(c) unfavorably; in a manner that works against; antagonistically

(d) regularly; often

Q7 adj. exclusively

(a) easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain

(b) unlicensed; forbidden; unlawful

(c) in a manner which shuts out all others; solely; in a limited manner

(d) belonging to oneself or itself (mine, yours, his, etc.); self; by oneself

Q8 v. proof


(b) to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit

(c) to pull; to drag

(d) to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle

Q9 v. sense

(a) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller

(b) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate

(c) to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up; to unite; to structure

(d) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand

Q10 v. regulate

(a) to crash; to meet head on; to come together with solid or direct impact

(b) to make level; to smooth; to balance

(c) to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a specific level or condition

(d) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote

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Test 273


Q1 n. building

(a) house; dwelling; structure; premises

(c) expansion; increase in size; magnification

(b) act of fixing; correction; act of mending

(d) heart of the matter; main point

Q2 n. perspective


(b) occurrence; occasion; example; illustration

(c) foundation; organization which provides a certain service or supports a particular cause

(d) group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles

Q3 n. driver

(a) working together; cooperation


(c) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device

(d) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.)

Q4 n. paint

(a) resident; native of a country




Q5 n. stake

(a) wager; bet; investment; share

(b) rotatable disk on a telephone


(d) dossier for storing papers; directory

Q6 n. reflection

(a) act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; idea; concept

(b) action or instance in which the ball or puck is prevented from entering the goal

(c) place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined

(d) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality

Q7 n. attention

(a) external part or surface of something

(b) method; way; medium; resources; funds

(c) alleyway; narrow road between mountains; successful grade on a test

(d) concentration; consideration; focus; care; acknowledgment; recognition

Q8 n. travel

(a) injury; harm

(c) movement; journeying

(b) serenity; self-control; calmness; coolness


Q9 n. canvass

(a) vagueness; lack of clarity

(c) cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance


(d) examination; careful inspection; debate

Q10 n. benefit

(a) shipping of goods to other countries

(b) advantage; profit; aid; stipend


(d) range; journey; track; path; series; sequence

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Test 274


Q1 v. refurbish

(a) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority

(b) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden

(c) to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition

(d) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively

Q2 v. fix

(a) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand

(b) to submerge; to fall down below the surface (especially in water)

(c) to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair; to prepare

(d) to dress; to put on clothes

Q3 n. interruption

(a) computer peripheral used for exporting documents to paper

(b) certificate that bears monetary value; coupon; receipt; authorizer; endorser


(d) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister

Q4 v. explore

(a) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research

(b) to control to rule over; to be superior

(c) to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp

(d) to be uncertain; to have misgivings

Q5 n. facility

(a) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property

(b) commitment; obligation; period of employment

(c) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building


Q6 n. grasp

(a) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride


(c) wooden box; old car; old plane

(d) worker; person who works for a company or an individual

Q7 v. overwhelm

(a) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck

(b) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze

(c) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of

(d) to recover

Q8 v. diversify

(a) to throw away; to get rid of

(b) to express in a fluent and clear manner


(d) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform

Q9 n. adept

(a) person who is an expert; person who is skilled

(b) inducement; act of convincing


(d) word or phrase by which someone or something is called or identified; moniker

Q10 v. worry

(a) to protect; to secure; to vindicate

(b) to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express


(d) to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort

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Test 275


Q1 n. mainframe

(a) financial assistance

(b) awareness; perception


(d) height of something; altitude above sea or ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur

Q2 n. tenure


(b) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government

(c) meeting; assembly; term; semester

(d) strength; period; permanence

Q3 n. guideline

(a) instructions; manual; handbook; indication of acceptable conduct or procedure

(b) fulfillment; realization; attainment; achievement

(c) progress; modernization; promotion

(d) person or business that sells goods to final consumers

Q4 n. ingredient

(a) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification

(b) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture

(c) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods

(d) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments

Q5 n. vehicle

(a) means of transport (car, bus, etc.); instrument; means; medium

(b) opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason; cause

(c) guilt; responsibility; liability


Q6 n. peace


(b) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer


(d) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility

Q7 n. lesson

(a) store which sells food and other household goods

(b) exercise; assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned

(c) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license

(d) test; attempt; experiment; annoyance

Q8 n. due

(a) extensive piece of land usually with a large house on it; person's property; wealth; possessions

(b) something which legally or rightfully belongs to an individual; payment; fee


(d) commercial center of a city; business distract

Q9 n. experience

(a) tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation; apprehension

(b) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week

(c) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor

(d) knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through

Q10 n. display

(a) discourse given before an audience; tedious reprimand; formal reproof

(b) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition

(c) type of fuel; gasoline

(d) hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint

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Test 276


Q1 n. trespasser

(a) adjacency; nearness; closeness; vicinity

(b) one who damages a person or his property or rights


(d) course or method of action; guidelines; position; standpoint; insurance contract

Q2 adj. flawless

(a) lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary

(b) perfect; impeccable

(c) strong; solid; stable; fixed; immovable; determined

(d) experienced; knowledgeable (Slang)

Q3 v. exchange

(a) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest

(b) to give one thing in return for another; to replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter


(d) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority

Q4 v. carry

(a) to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce; to institute

(b) to vindicate; to defend; to support; to excuse

(c) to transport; to continue; to bear

(d) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject

Q5 v. pretense

(a) to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show

(b) to shut; to be shut; to finish; to complete

(c) to prove; to verify; to confirm; to actualize

(d) to express in a fluent and clear manner

Q6 v. dial

(a) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons

(b) to investigate

(c) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries

(d) to choose; to pick out

Q7 n. memo


(b) facet; outlook; direction; issue; point

(c) choosing; time when people vote for a political candidate

(d) reminder; internal document

Q8 n. terminal

(a) either end of a passenger line; bus or train station

(b) person who who makes and fixes keys and fasting mechanisms

(c) declaration; allegation; official account

(d) the total amount of funds in circulation in a given country's economy

Q9 adj. pertinent

(a) invaluable; beyond any expressible value; very expensive

(b) bothersome; troublesome; worrisome; harassing

(c) relevant; related; appropriate; fitting

(d) being more than is needed; excessive; unnecessary

Q10 v. alert


(c) to warn; to put on standby; to alarm

(b) to pull; to drag

(d) to place in; to put in; to add to

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Test 277


Q1 n. mull




(d) equal weight or power acting in opposition

Q2 n. income

(a) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage

(b) supplement; mathematical operation

(c) something which is opposite

(d) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits

Q3 n. staple

(a) metal clip for binding papers; essential element

(b) devotion to a certain habit; dependency

(c) ball; sphere; planet Earth; world

(d) happening; event; incident

Q4 n. grain

(a) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson

(b) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts

(c) representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention, seminar etc.

(d) cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave

Q5 n. attendance

(a) sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional gambler

(b) person who holds public position; authority

(c) act of quitting a position; letter stating that one quits a position; relinquishment

(d) being physically present; act of accompanying or serving

Q6 n. carpenter

(a) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture

(b) meat cutter; meat slaughterer; owner of a meat shop

(c) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function

(d) business; commerce; barter; occupation

Q7 n. lifestyle

(a) way of life

(c) process of turning money into profit

(b) power; strength; force; capacity to be

(d) forward movement; progress; promotion

Q8 n. inconvenience

(a) act of acquainting one person with another; preface

(b) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality


(d) theme; subject of conversation; issue

Q9 n. ship


(b) organic or chemical substance added to soil to enrich it (i.e. manure)

(c) need; want; shortage; absence

(d) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)

Q10 n. skim

(a) gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment

(b) person or organization that lends something; lender; loaner; moneylender

(c) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film; thin layer

(d) holiday

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Test 278


Q1 n. hyphen

(a) attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation

(b) cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance



Q2 v. corrupt

(a) to cause to be dishonest; to pervert; to spoil

(b) to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to use

(c) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate

(d) to ask for; to petition for

Q3 n. clout





Q4 adj. various

(a) intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal; of an individual

(b) assorted; different; individual; several

(c) articulate; eloquent; able to read and write with ease; graceful; flowing


Q5 adj. managerial


(b) relating to supervision and responsibility

(c) essential; regularly used; primary; principal; main (of goods or products)

(d) extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound

Q6 n. receptionist

(a) person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival

(b) amount; extent; measure; degree; size; magnitude

(c) aspiration; hope; goal; dream

(d) person who accepts; person who takes or gets

Q7 n. caveat

(a) money in the form of coins and bank notes

(b) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law)

(c) briefcase; attache case; list of securities and stocks

(d) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city

Q8 v. evidence

(a) to sell something through a bidding system

(b) to choose; to select from several options; to conclude; to resolve

(c) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true

(d) to mark; to indicate; to write one's name

Q9 adj. intermittent

(a) not continuous; sporadic; fitful; alternately stopping and starting

(b) brief; blunt; rude

(c) complex; complicated; involved; entangled

(d) annoyed; aggravated; exasperated

Q10 v. mention

(a) to tolerate; to be patient


(c) to instruct; to provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding


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Test 279


Q1 n. supply

(a) disregard; inattention; forgetfulness; abandonment

(b) official document; license; reference; attestation

(c) act of providing; provision; reserve; stock

(d) list of information arranged in columns and rows; chart; flat surface

Q2 n. statement

(a) voyage; sightseeing excursion; trip; route

(b) declaration; allegation; official account

(c) worry; issue; problem; group of companies; large corporation


Q3 n. stack

(a) track; lane; route; search route

(b) heap; tall bookshelf; chimney

(c) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement


Q4 n. diversification

(a) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality

(b) spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address


(d) process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services

Q5 n. paper

(a) capability of being carried out; capability of being achieved; likelihood; probability

(b) determination; resolution; ruling (especially in court)

(c) something which escapes or passes through a hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.)

(d) thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on; article; essay; questionnaire

Q6 n. rear

(a) commercial center of a city; business distract

(b) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.)

(c) bend; crease; depression in the ground; hollow between two hills; yard

(d) gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment

Q7 n. graph

(a) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter)

(b) path along which a fluid flows; direction in which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape

(c) list of terms and definitions (usually at the end of a book); dictionary of technical or specific terms

(d) diagram; chart

Q8 v. evict


(b) to expel a tenant by legal process; to turn out

(c) to experience; to endure

(d) to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to picture in the mind

Q9 n. independent

(a) person who does not belong to any political party

(b) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration

(c) person who ask questions (i.e. reporter or employer)

(d) pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground deposit of oil

Q10 n. coin

(a) person employed to deliver official dispatches or go on special errands

(b) vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy; change

(c) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills)

(d) singularity; individuality; incomparability

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Test 280


Q1 adj. intensive

(a) essential; regularly used; primary; principal; main (of goods or products)

(b) serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager

(c) characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated

(d) marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture

Q2 n. major

(a) total number of people living in an area

(b) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.)

(c) military rank above captain; main subject of study chosen by a college or university student

(d) graph; diagram

Q3 n. rubber

(a) elastic material derived from of some tropical plants; eraser

(b) process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services

(c) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers)

(d) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city

Q4 v. unify

(a) to save from destruction; to rescue

(b) to gather; to collect; to converge; to arrange; to meet

(c) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate

(d) to join; to cause to become one

Q5 v. take over

(a) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct

(b) to capture; to assume control

(c) to issue a command; to make an official order

(d) to surrender; to quit; to stop doing

Q6 n. incinerator

(a) affront; offense; rude remark or action

(b) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message

(c) furnace which burns things to ashes

(d) slide; stumble; mistake; blunder; error

Q7 v. motivate




(d) to see with the eyes; to view; to notice; to discern; to observe

Q8 n. potential

(a) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total

(b) possibility; ability; capability of being

(c) arrangement; structure; organization; hoax; configuration of hardware or software (Computers)

(d) small machine that makes computations

Q9 v. involve



(c) to stud; to constellate

(d) to make happen; to bring about

Q10 n. dedication

(a) opening stroke or hit of the ball (Sports)

(b) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.)

(c) idea; concept; product of the mind

(d) thankfulness; appreciation

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Test 281


Q1 n. leakage

(a) something which escapes or passes through a hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.)

(b) head; chief; director; carrier; main article

(c) system; group of items; collection; posture; carriage; series; sequence

(d) innovation; something new; discovery

Q2 n. region


(b) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere

(c) person who does not belong to any political party

(d) sound produced in the throat; expression; language

Q3 n. situation


(b) guarantee; authority; justification

(c) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll

(d) condition; circumstance; location; position; job; place of employment

Q4 n. headquarters

(a) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)

(b) drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible


(d) main office; central office of a company; center of operation

Q5 n. business

(a) product made by hand or by machine


(c) trouble; misfortune; evil; harm; disease; sickness

(d) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue

Q6 n. airways

(a) slide; stumble; mistake; blunder; error

(b) wages; rent; rental; charge; fee

(c) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level

(d) telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or office

Q7 adj. durable

(a) sturdy; long lasting


(c) pure; obvious; easy to understand; comprehensible

(d) end; closing; concluding; final; mortal

Q8 n. document



(c) certificate; written file

(d) putting into words; phrase; word; manifestation

Q9 n. broadcast

(a) change; adjustment, agreement; adaptation; restriction

(b) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out

(c) transmission; dispatch; radio program

(d) entrance; permission to enter; confession

Q10 n. fair

(a) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister

(b) type; kind; character; manner; quality


(d) festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar

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Test 282


Q1 adj. trivial

(a) large; enormous; huge

(b) trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor


(d) obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding; acquiescent

Q2 n. application


(b) place; location; area

(c) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation

(d) workers' association; federation; amalgamation

Q3 n. uncertainty

(a) close examination; scrutinizing look

(b) readiness; agreeableness

(c) doubtfulness

(d) act of ordering in advance (hotel room, airline ticket, etc.)

Q4 adj. measurable

(a) singular; matchless; rare


(c) intended for inhabitation; occupied with homes

(d) prepared; set; eager; willing; quick; fast

Q5 n. debt

(a) nomenclature; specific vocabulary

(b) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness

(c) obligation; something owed (i.e. money)

(d) make-up; constitution; essay

Q6 n. conference

(a) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school)

(b) main office; central office of a company; center of operation


(d) meeting; seminar; convention

Q7 n. doubt

(a) misgiving; lack of certainty


(c) schedule; agenda; written order of events

(d) influence; ability to affect or alter people or circumstance

Q8 n. minimum

(a) financial obligation; debt; responsibility; obligation



(d) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.)

Q9 adj. still

(a) serving as an aide; helpful; supportive; auxiliary

(b) aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great effort

(c) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless

(d) defective; imperfect; cracked

Q10 n. sense

(a) quickness; velocity; transmission gear in a motor vehicle

(b) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit


(d) banknote; invoice; proposed law

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Test 283


Q1 n. representative

(a) expansion; growth; range; story or advertisement that covers two pages


(c) view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on stage to portray a particular setting or locale

(d) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization

Q2 n. obligation

(a) person who receives guests; large number; multitude (of people or things)

(b) period; era; hour; rate

(c) duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement

(d) place where one can borrow books

Q3 n. sympathy


(c) good friend; acquaintance

(b) affinity; compassion; pity; concern; empathy

(d) provider

Q4 n. town

(a) political group; social gathering; side of an agreement; group; gang

(b) city

(c) expenditure; pardon

(d) advance stipulation; preliminary terms

Q5 n. status

(a) individual's social or professional standing; position; rank; present situation

(b) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service

(c) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness

(d) cat (Slang); feline

Q6 n. command

(a) harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip; short haircut

(b) fusion; agglomeration

(c) order; direction; control; domination; headquarters

(d) safeguard; something used to avert an unwanted situation

Q7 n. intention


(b) plan; aim; goal; purpose

(c) building used for a particular purpose; business; audience; legislative body

(d) adaption; settlement of an insurance claim

Q8 n. empty

(a) attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation

(b) container devoid of contents


(d) quality of being clearly seen

Q9 n. auction


(b) volume; mass; main part; most

(c) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film; thin layer

(d) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (such as eBay)

Q10 n. cook


(b) one who damages a person or his property or rights


(d) a person who prepares food

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Test 284


Q1 adj. special

(a) of nature

(b) including a lot; large in scope; extensive

(c) unusual; exceptional; unique; particular; highly valued

(d) occurring once within 12 months

Q2 adj. cohesive

(a) common; popular; extensive; prevalent

(b) extra; supplemental

(c) of a city; local

(d) sticking together; forming a unit or union; united; related to each other

Q3 n. tension

(a) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)

(b) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway

(c) tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation; apprehension

(d) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)

Q4 v. prove


(b) to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward

(c) to substantiate with evidence; to demonstrate; to show clearly

(d) to surround

Q5 adj. elemental

(a) simple; basic

(b) unable to wait; intolerant; restless

(c) flawless; complete; undamaged


Q6 n. diary

(a) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument

(b) written account of daily events and occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book; blog

(c) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture

(d) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out

Q7 n. commerce

(a) display; show; public presentation of work or skills; trade fair

(b) quest; hunt; instance of looking for something; investigation; examination

(c) narration; act of telling; family member; connection; association

(d) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money

Q8 v. delay

(a) to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort

(b) to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter

(c) to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo

(d) to decline; to deny; to reject

Q9 n. forward

(a) small rough granules or particles (i.e. sand); bravery; pluck; endurance

(b) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports)

(c) supply of goods; inventory; share; company's capital divided into shares

(d) ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or trade that requires special training

Q10 adj. yearly

(a) occurring once within 12 months

(b) experienced; knowledgeable (Slang)

(c) commonplace; ordinary; usual; customary; habitual

(d) important; consequential; meaningful; having meaning; of a considerable amount

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Test 285


Q1 n. ad

(a) the time or amount of money that defined by checks that have been deposited but not cleared yet

(b) informal word for a commercial announcement

(c) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills)

(d) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal

Q2 n. copy

(a) photograph; drawing; painting; film; embodiment

(b) duplicate; photostat

(c) percentage of profits paid to an artist for each copy of his work that is sold

(d) probability; feasibility; chance; likelihood

Q3 n. locksmith



(c) act of making changes; alteration; proof sheet made to verify changes made and check for additional errors

(d) consequence; outcome; result; indirect suggestion; connotation; hint

Q4 n. drop

(a) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him

(b) lodging; dwelling

(c) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information

(d) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant

Q5 n. recognition

(a) acknowledgment; identification

(b) link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of debt

(c) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.)

(d) characteristic; function; capability (of a product, machine, device, software etc.)

Q6 n. posting

(a) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)


(c) pausing; stammering; faltering

(d) rank; extent; university certificate

Q7 n. vegetable


(b) specialist in repairs of machinery and appliances

(c) person or company that does a particular job or assignment

(d) petition; instance of asking for something; something that is asked for; object of a petition

Q8 adj. aggregate

(a) collective; total; taking all units as a whole

(b) providing assistance

(c) costly; precious; opposite of cheap

(d) appropriate; noble

Q9 n. branch


(b) set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin


(d) place where two surfaces meet; angle

Q10 n. substitute

(a) replacement; person or thing that takes the place of another

(b) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc.

(c) protecting covering for the hand; padded covering for the hand

(d) journals and newspapers collectively; act or process of printing

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Test 286


Q1 n. necessary

(a) something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)


(c) right; special privilege

(d) picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface

Q2 adj. last

(a) traveling in an inward direction

(b) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable

(c) coming after all others; most recent; final; newest

(d) obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding; acquiescent

Q3 v. signify

(a) to presume to be true; to hypothesize; to believe

(b) to organize according to importance

(c) to represent; to indicate; to communicate; to express; to convey

(d) to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to tolerate

Q4 n. groceries


(b) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store


(d) magazine; journal

Q5 v. introduce

(a) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose; to abandon

(b) to present for the first time; to initiate; to establish; to announce

(c) to protect; to guard from harm

(d) to celebrate

Q6 v. fill out


(b) to take on loan; to copy; to steal

(c) to accuse; to denounce


Q7 n. agency

(a) office; bureau; institution; franchise; method

(b) town; large urban area

(c) vacation; time off; permission to be absent; departure; farewell

(d) workers' association; federation; amalgamation

Q8 n. fee

(a) program used for viewing websites on the Internet



(d) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere

Q9 adj. unlimited

(a) impossible to see; imperceptible; hidden; concealed

(b) infinite; boundless

(c) still; fixed in place; static; settled; tending to stay in one place

(d) singular; matchless; rare

Q10 v. affiliate

(a) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to

(b) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of

(c) to rub off; to remove totally; to delete

(d) to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail

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Test 287


Q1 n. value

(a) monetary or material worth; importance; merit

(b) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board

(c) computer peripheral used for exporting documents to paper

(d) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation

Q2 n. bank draft

(a) political group; social gathering; side of an agreement; group; gang

(b) check

(c) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store

(d) line that is not curved; section that is not curved

Q3 n. payroll

(a) financial sheet listing salaries; list of workers who receive wages and salaries

(b) gift; offering; something that is given to another person without compensation

(c) person who participates in a bargaining session

(d) act of paying back; repayment; compensation for a loss; repayment for an expense

Q4 n. adverse opinion

(a) survey; review; news reporting; insurance

(b) harvesting machine

(c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided; section; portion

(d) wooden box; old car; old plane

Q5 n. accelerator


(b) beginning letter of a person's first name; first letter (as of a word)

(c) foundation; grounding


Q6 n. slot

(a) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck

(b) rug; fabric floor covering

(c) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.)

(d) aim; purpose, goal

Q7 n. attire

(a) dress; clothing; apparel

(c) mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type

(b) product made by hand or by machine

(d) push; lift; incentive; encouragement

Q8 v. coach

(a) to sow; to place seeds or vegetation into soil; to establish; to set

(b) to train; to teach; to instruct; to guide; to counsel

(c) to come near to; to tackle (a problem or situation)

(d) to enter

Q9 n. advantage

(a) benefit; profit; utility; avail

(b) offer; plan; theory; problem

(c) act of going around; avoidance; evasion

(d) metal clip for binding papers; essential element

Q10 n. instant

(a) exchanging of goods and services; trade

(b) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

(c) moment; very short space of time; current month

(d) bundle; parcel; container for storage or transportation; inseparable combination of items

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Test 288


Q1 n. stable

(a) structure in which horses and other animals are housed

(b) dishonesty; immorality; irregularity; unlawfulness; illegality

(c) something that is superimposed

(d) progress; modernization; promotion

Q2 v. locate

(a) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize


(c) to situate; to place; to identify; to find; to settle

(d) to grant a license to an individual or group; to grant the right to vote

Q3 v. mull

(a) to conduct a series of activities organized to accomplish a goal


(c) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase

(d) to characterize; to depict; to describe; to present; to emphasize

Q4 n. disclaimer

(a) rear; end; seat

(b) statement which denies responsibility or affiliation; repudiation; denial

(c) timepiece; device for telling time


Q5 adv. manually

(a) by hand; physically

(b) obviously; apparently; unmistakably

(c) after the usual or expected time; tardily; recently; far on time; formerly

(d) at first; in the first place; at the beginning

Q6 n. cooperation

(a) case in a court of law brought by one party against another; legal claim

(b) incorrect interpretation

(c) collaboration; working together

(d) item; object; piece of text; paragraph of a contract

Q7 n. base

(a) act of going around; avoidance; evasion

(b) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome

(c) foundation; principal element; fundamental part


Q8 v. volunteer

(a) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for

(b) to be ready or available; to work as an attendant; to postpone

(c) to tend to; to attend; to work; to perform a duty or task

(d) to offer to do or give something for free; to propose

Q9 v. draw

(a) to tend carefully; to take care of; to make clean and tidy; to prepare for

(b) to give money for goods or to cancel debts; to settle; to be worthwhile; to be profitable

(c) to bend; to turn sharply in a different direction


Q10 adj. gross

(a) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions


(c) near; adjacent; careful

(d) next after the first; alternate; other; additional; subordinate; having a lower rank

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Test 289


Q1 n. success

(a) short written reminder; memo; brief informal letter; official message

(b) something which makes up for a deficiency; addition; extra added part

(c) attainment of something desired or attempted; accomplishment; prosperity

(d) benefit; profit; utility; avail

Q2 n. millennium

(a) unit of time equal to one thousand years; thousandth year anniversary

(b) state of mind; predominant emotion

(c) collection of written records; use of written records as evidence

(d) procedure; plan of action; way; manner in which one conducts business; technique

Q3 n. offensive

(a) lane; path; signs; trails; channel

(b) attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression

(c) mutual connection (between two or more things); similarity; parallel

(d) spoken or written words with which people communicate thoughts and feelings

Q4 n. section

(a) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose

(b) shortened form of a word or word combination

(c) part; district; paragraph; passage; department; unit

(d) partner; fellow worker; co-worker; friend

Q5 n. title

(a) bias; sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances

(b) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow

(c) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship


Q6 n. explorer

(a) great number of persons or things; many; a lot; composed of a countless number of items

(b) researcher; investigator; software program for file management

(c) statute; law; act of controlling; management; direction

(d) word or phrase functioning as a noun

Q7 n. imagining

(a) line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of a blade; excitement

(b) unit of time equal to one thousand years; thousandth year anniversary

(c) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise

(d) fantasizing; visualizing

Q8 v. circumstance

(a) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift

(b) to place in particular situations

(c) to move to a different apartment; to move to a different place

(d) to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to rebuke

Q9 n. earnest

(a) something which is smallest in size or importance

(b) proprietor

(c) seriousness; industriousness

(d) timepiece; device for telling time

Q10 n. executive


(b) manager; person or group of persons having administrative authority within an organization

(c) strong durable fabric; persistence

(d) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ

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Test 290


Q1 n. consultant


(b) course or method of action; guidelines; position; standpoint; insurance contract

(c) drink; refreshment

(d) advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person who gives professional advice

Q2 v. machine

(a) to arrange in proper order

(b) to produce via mechanical means

(c) to connect; to join; to link

(d) to bear witness; to declare under oath; to attest

Q3 v. provision

(a) to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive

(b) to make different; to invest one's assets in various securities

(c) to supply with stock; to equip with supplies (esp. food)

(d) to move; to be moved

Q4 n. luggage

(a) suitcases; cases and bags carried by travelers


(c) reduction; curtailing; decrease

(d) range; journey; track; path; series; sequence

Q5 adj. usual

(a) straight; equal; even; honest

(b) having begun a journey (especially of a sea vessel); initiated; in progress; under construction

(c) occurring on a regular basis


Q6 n. software

(a) programs which control the functions of a computer's hardware

(b) end; completion; conclusion; polish; something which completes or perfects

(c) movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place; stair; stage in a process

(d) rebound; recoiling; sudden movement to the rear

Q7 n. project

(a) plan; scheme; program; task; assignment; activity

(b) careful observation of a person or group

(c) item or detail included in a description of requirements or plans


Q8 adj. bound

(a) common; regular; boring; tedious; dull

(b) major; chief; select; of the highest quality; excellent

(c) familiar; close; intimate; informed; aware

(d) obligated; certain; fastened; tied

Q9 adj. disparate

(a) present; opposite of absent; accompanying

(b) worldwide; universal; of the whole world

(c) markedly different; contrasting

(d) firm; wealthy; influential; important; considerable

Q10 v. elicit

(a) to prepare a financial plan; to make financial arrangements

(b) to protect; to secure; to vindicate

(c) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out

(d) to propose; to mention; to imply; to hint; to evoke

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Q1 n. subsidy

(a) financial assistance

(b) amount collected at one time; income; proceeds; profits (Informal)

(c) piece of clothing; outer covering

(d) prize; grant; arbitration

Q2 n. estate

(a) concept; thought; opinion; intention; plan

(b) trouble; misfortune; evil; harm; disease; sickness

(c) mean; median

(d) extensive piece of land usually with a large house on it; person's property; wealth; possessions

Q3 n. harvest

(a) thin piece cut from a larger object; portion; share

(b) coach; buggy; transportation

(c) reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome; product


Q4 n. main


(b) something which escapes or passes through a hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.)

(c) quality; factor; characteristic; feature

(d) power; strength; force; capacity to be

Q5 n. victim

(a) obligation; need; requirement

(b) person who falls prey (to an attack, deception, etc.)

(c) acknowledgment; strong persuasion or belief; condemnation

(d) rank; extent; university certificate

Q6 n. sum

(a) specialist in repairs of machinery and appliances

(b) whole amount; entire quantity; essence; gist

(c) proprietor

(d) style of cooking; national food

Q7 n. collection

(a) vocation; skilled occupation; declaration; proclamation


(c) organization and interpretation of numerical data

(d) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills)

Q8 n. interview

(a) honesty; uprightness; morality; wholeness; unity

(b) meeting at which a person is evaluated through questioning (as for a job)

(c) danger; risk; game of chance

(d) short dash; short line used to connect or separate words or syllables (-)

Q9 n. confidence

(a) show; presentation; execution; act; deed

(b) competition

(c) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret


Q10 n. advert

(a) figure; form; reflection; picture; likeness; embodiment

(b) main office; central office of a company; center of operation

(c) public announcement or printed notice designed to attract attention

(d) manufacture; assembly; output; yield

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Test 292


Q1 n. equivalent


(c) flat

(b) something that is the same of the same level

(d) fusion; agglomeration

Q2 v. dispatch

(a) to prejudice; to influence opinions

(b) to classify; to categorize; to systematize; to structure



Q3 adv. primarily

(a) totally; completely; absolutely

(c) in a friendly manner; warmly

(b) chiefly; principally; mainly; initially

(d) overhead; over; in a higher place

Q4 n. aging schedule

(a) honesty; uprightness; morality; wholeness; unity

(b) a list of accounts receivable

(c) heart of the matter; main point

(d) using up

Q5 n. keep

(a) time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in

(b) wages; living; stronghold

(c) amount; extent; measure; degree; size; magnitude

(d) bundle; parcel; container for storage or transportation; inseparable combination of items

Q6 adj. eventual

(a) chatty; loquacious


(c) rational; reasonable; wise; judicious; cognizant; aware


Q7 v. prefer

(a) to provide; to supply (food, etc.); to care for

(b) to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like better

(c) to tie down

(d) to have a price; to require payment; to set a price

Q8 n. sequence

(a) progression; succession; order; arrangement

(b) source from which something arises; prototype; model

(c) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service

(d) argument; dispute; discussion; conversation

Q9 v. scratch

(a) to train; to certify; to meet the minimum standards; to moderate; to modify

(b) to vindicate; to defend; to support; to excuse

(c) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out

(d) to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to stimulate

Q10 v. connote

(a) to imply; to suggest; to hint

(b) to store in a warehouse

(c) to place in particular situations

(d) to adapt oneself; to host guests; to provide lodging

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Test 293


Q1 n. aspect


(b) instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water or electricity)

(c) achievement; fulfillment; ability

(d) facet; outlook; direction; issue; point

Q2 n. sample

(a) specimen; small part of something; representative part of a larger group

(b) injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression

(c) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue

(d) endorsement; approval; letter of reference; suggestion; advice

Q3 n. bonus

(a) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance

(b) dividend; perk; monetary gift

(c) emptiness; available position; job opening

(d) ability to speak and write easily; eloquence; articulateness; gracefulness

Q4 n. dealing

(a) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out

(b) list; record; regulator; gauge

(c) fleece from some animals; frizzy hair

(d) brain; memory; recollection; opinion; intention; desire

Q5 n. barbed wire

(a) metal cord with sharp projecting points

(b) location; position; standing; role; function


(d) person who holds a money order

Q6 n. attempt

(a) try; assay; test; trial

(b) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching

(c) partnership; association

(d) thin piece cut from a larger object; portion; share

Q7 n. passport

(a) pact; treaty; connection; relationship



(d) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

Q8 v. bankrupt

(a) to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like better

(b) to supervise; to observe; to follow up on; to check up on

(c) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse

(d) to offer at lower prices than the competition; to weaken; to undermine

Q9 n. treat

(a) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation

(b) delight; refreshment or entertainment given to its recipient without cost

(c) training

(d) dress; clothing; apparel

Q10 n. frame

(a) nourishment; substance which provides the body with nutrients; sustenance

(b) person who creates sets of instructions for a computer or other device

(c) casing; skeleton; structure; body structure; mood

(d) manner of acting; conduct

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Test 294


Q1 v. assign


(b) to produce via mechanical means

(c) to specialize in a certain field


Q2 n. bankruptcy

(a) path along which a fluid flows; direction in which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape

(b) banknote; invoice; proposed law

(c) comment; remark; ascription; mention; regard

(d) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency

Q3 n. ignorance

(a) lack of knowledge; illiteracy; lack of education; state of being uninformed

(b) car; vehicle; ride

(c) act of rescuing; rescued items

(d) temporary work stoppage; good luck; discovery of natural resources

Q4 v. pitch


(b) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss


(d) to influence

Q5 adj. impressive

(a) necessary; needed; fundamental; crucial; very important

(b) grand; magnificent; striking

(c) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times

(d) possible; capable of becoming; able to be

Q6 v. comment

(a) to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or probable

(b) to direct along a particular path; to chart a course


(d) to pave the way; to create a path; to guide; to initiate; to originate

Q7 adj. mental

(a) made or done immediately; paid at once; performed randomly

(b) of or relating to the mind; intellectual; psychosocial

(c) detailed; complicated; carefully planned; worked out in great detail

(d) delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality; excellent

Q8 v. graph

(a) to injure; to harm; to mistreat

(b) to represent by chart; to draw a curve representing a given function

(c) to influence; to affect strongly; to collide; to squeeze in

(d) to innovate and develop production

Q9 adj. legitimate

(a) just; reasonable; handsome; light colored; clean; clear

(b) lawful; acceptable; justified; authorized

(c) hard; troublesome; complicated; complex

(d) spreading over a large area; comprehensive

Q10 n. precondition


(b) advance stipulation; preliminary terms

(c) exchange; conveying something from one person to another

(d) testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony

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Test 295


Q1 n. accord

(a) make-up; constitution; essay

(b) impression; the way a person looks; image; semblance

(c) agreement; settlement; harmony

(d) signature on a money order such as a check

Q2 n. society

(a) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship

(b) survey; general study; examination; inspection

(c) bar; counting device

(d) shape; image; framework; document with blank spaces to be filled in; fitness; type

Q3 n. episode



(c) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination

(d) truthfulness; something that is a truth

Q4 n. finance

(a) connection; confiscation; file sent via email

(b) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor)

(c) strenuous physical or mental work; toil; exertion

(d) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management

Q5 n. ZIP


(b) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange

(c) organization; order; selection; range; assortment


Q6 n. certificate

(a) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern

(b) official document; license; reference; attestation

(c) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization

(d) time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in

Q7 n. medium


(b) price; cost; speed; pace; tax

(c) specialist in repairs of machinery and appliances

(d) person who travels back and forth between home and work

Q8 n. range

(a) honesty; fairness; justice

(b) purchase; something that has been purchased or obtained

(c) pasture; scope; extent; field; domain; assortment

(d) opening; breach; hiatus; space; great difference; disparity

Q9 conj. until

(a) up to the time which

(b) despite the fact that; in spite of the fact that

(c) despite; in spite of

(d) not before; precluding; barring; except; aside from

Q10 n. artisan


(b) arrangement; plan; sketch; drawing; something which has been arranged

(c) opening; breach; hiatus; space; great difference; disparity

(d) creator; craftsman; skilled workman

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Test 296


Q1 v. grit

(a) to extend; to lengthen

(b) to grind the teeth together; to abrade; to grind; to make a harsh grinding noise



Q2 v. grant

(a) to change; to modify

(b) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate

(c) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort


Q3 adj. collateral

(a) of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding

(b) having a specified height; difficult to believe; exaggerated; challenging

(c) vulnerable; prone; impressionable

(d) nicely; thoughtfully; graciously; considerately; sympathetically

Q4 n. reward

(a) printed work which is bound together; bundle

(b) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service


(d) cord; line; string; telegraph cable

Q5 n. stationery

(a) flow (of water, electricity, etc.); process; tendency; direction

(b) false and injurious statements made about another; defamation; calumny

(c) dispute; claim; rationale; cause

(d) paper used for writing letters

Q6 v. summarize

(a) to offer at lower prices than the competition; to weaken; to undermine

(b) to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop

(c) to separate from others; to segregate

(d) to present in a condensed form; to list the main points in a brief and comprehensive manner

Q7 n. fertilizer

(a) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant

(b) pillow; soft padded object

(c) organic or chemical substance added to soil to enrich it (i.e. manure)

(d) one who is higher than another in rank or position

Q8 v. case

(a) to expend money or effort for future benefits; to grant; to install; to cover; to authorize

(b) to pack; to crate; to box

(c) to put into a stable; to delay; to check the progress of

(d) to stand in line; to make a row

Q9 n. vacation

(a) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people

(b) movement; journeying

(c) holiday

(d) blister; gas-filled sac

Q10 v. poll

(a) to derive; to conclude; to guess; to surmise; to hint

(b) to nominate; to designate

(c) to stop; to cause to stop; to pause; to hesitate; to be uncertain


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Test 297


Q1 n. insurance

(a) contract by which property or persons are guaranteed against damage or loss

(b) series of remarks; explanation (often written in essay or book form)

(c) appraisal; estimation; assessment

(d) stupid person substance unmixed with other substances; commoner

Q2 n. forecaster

(a) person who foretells future events; weatherman

(b) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money

(c) office table

(d) bill

Q3 n. concern

(a) worry; issue; problem; group of companies; large corporation

(b) competition

(c) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock

(d) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects; projection; rock ledge; sandbank

Q4 n. assortment

(a) variety; collection; selection; range; mixture

(b) business of sending or transporting cargo; sea voyage (Archaic)


(d) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride

Q5 n. accident

(a) setting; biography

(b) copying of data for safety purposes; substitute; reserve; spare

(c) casualty; misadventure; mishap; failure

(d) comfort; fitness or suitability for performing an action

Q6 n. lease

(a) shape; image; framework; document with blank spaces to be filled in; fitness; type


(c) need; want; shortage; absence

(d) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

Q7 n. effort

(a) thin and flat object

(b) physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt; organized operation

(c) large room used for lectures; talks, performances and other events

(d) area of fabric used to repair a hole; stain; bandage; lot

Q8 n. price



(c) examination; money order; payment order; restaurant bill

(d) cost; value; worth; rate; measure

Q9 n. traffic


(b) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications network

(c) sequence; succession; television program broadcast in installments


Q10 n. blunder

(a) employees working in an organization; personnel; crew; team

(b) guidance; advance position; first place; guide

(c) gross error; stupid mistake

(d) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness

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Test 298


Q1 n. review

(a) salary; wages

(b) survey; general study; examination; inspection


(d) druggist; apothecary

Q2 v. support

(a) to make or to fit according to individual needs or desires; to personalize; to individualize

(b) to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to substantiate

(c) to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise; to clear or pass an obstacle


Q3 n. prospectus


(b) trademark; type; make; variety; product name

(c) brain; memory; recollection; opinion; intention; desire

(d) a document giving details about an offering of securities investment for sale to the public

Q4 v. collate




(d) to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to memorize

Q5 v. revive

(a) to resuscitate; to bring back to life; to put into action again

(b) to work together; to cooperate


(d) to show; to point out; to mark; to signify; to imply; to exhibit

Q6 v. erase


(b) to rub off; to remove totally; to delete

(c) to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to describe; to define

(d) to convey a fluid; to transport a liquid; to make a high-pitched sound

Q7 n. denial

(a) something that continues for many years

(b) person of higher rank; older person; elder

(c) refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to recognize

(d) a legal document that temporarily transfers a property from one individual to another

Q8 v. expect

(a) to assume; to anticipate; to hope


(c) to aim at something

(d) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer

Q9 v. trust

(a) to rely on; to extend business credit


(c) to take a picture

(d) to make an itemized list; to index; to classify

Q10 n. expectancy

(a) hope; anticipation; assumption

(b) banknote printed by a government as legal tender which is not redeemable and which lacks economic value

(c) base; foot; seat of a chair

(d) ingredient; single piece which forms part of a larger unit; part; constituent; element

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Test 299


Q1 n. achievement

(a) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry

(b) performance; operation; attainment; mission; success

(c) management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift; careful spending


Q2 n. pair

(a) match; whole consisting of two parts; couple

(b) width; broadness

(c) voting, electing; counting of votes; number of votes; referendum

(d) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement

Q3 n. suggestion

(a) temporary work stoppage; good luck; discovery of natural resources

(b) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint

(c) safety; pledge; guarantee; stock; bond

(d) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money

Q4 n. leisure


(b) acceptance; event in which guests are formally welcomed by their host; check-in

(c) a signed money order which is payable on demand to the holder

(d) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation

Q5 n. owner

(a) labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; effort

(b) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season


(d) proprietor

Q6 n. circumstance

(a) ascent

(b) expertise; state of having expert skills; skillfulness; adeptness; masterfulness

(c) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)

(d) condition; influencing factor; situation

Q7 n. enterprise

(a) punctuation mark in the form of a diagonal line (/); reduction; decrease

(b) company; firm; undertaking; business; endeavor

(c) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor)

(d) connection; relation; association; one ring of a chain; ring

Q8 n. solace

(a) written account of daily events and occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book; blog

(b) consolation; relief from distress; source of comfort

(c) fee for sending letters or packages by mail

(d) apparatus; device

Q9 n. ideal

(a) standard of perfection; pattern; model; person or thing that embodies a standard of perfection


(c) quality of being clearly seen

(d) occasion which requires fancy dress (dance, ball, etc.); evening gown

Q10 n. quantity

(a) cipher; collection of instructions of the law

(b) amount; extent; measure; degree; size; magnitude


(d) temporary arrangement; in between period

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Test 300


Q1 n. aptitude

(a) apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine

(b) rebound; recoiling; sudden movement to the rear

(c) ability; skill; talent

(d) something interesting or amusing; fun; hospitality

Q2 adj. sensible

(a) rational; reasonable; wise; judicious; cognizant; aware

(b) customary

(c) highest; prime; leading

(d) confined within a boundary; restricted; narrow; mediocre

Q3 n. flight

(a) climb over rough terrain; struggle for possession; disorderly or chaotic proceeding

(b) passage; distinct portion of text (usually begins with an indented line); section; clause

(c) strenuous physical or mental work; toil; exertion

(d) flying; aviation; trip on an airplane; escape

Q4 n. perishable

(a) general expenses; manufacturing and business expenses

(b) obligation; need; requirement

(c) product which can rot or spoil (fruit, food etc.)


Q5 n. introduction


(b) institution of higher education that grants degrees; type of school; council


(d) act of acquainting one person with another; preface

Q6 v. approve

(a) to continue

(b) to grow larger; to broaden; to increase; to enlarge; to add to

(c) to agree; to concur; to confirm; to endorse

(d) to provide a detailed statement about an occurrence or situation; inform

Q7 n. stance

(a) physical position or bearing; opinion; attitude

(b) money paid for the use of property; property that is leased; act of leasing

(c) mean; median

(d) diagram; chart

Q8 n. proficiency

(a) concern; fear; misfortune; distress

(b) elastic material derived from of some tropical plants; eraser

(c) expertise; state of having expert skills; skillfulness; adeptness; masterfulness

(d) opinion; creed; religion; faith; conviction

Q9 conj. except

(a) despite the fact that; in spite of the fact that


(c) but; only

(d) up to the time which

Q10 v. acquire

(a) to cut; to cut down; to cut into pieces; to mince


(c) to buy; to obtain; to purchase; to attain

(d) to offer to do or give something for free; to propose

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Test 301


Q1 n. administration

(a) management; supervisors; leadership

(b) stroke; blow; collision; success; popular event or production

(c) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry

(d) sending of cargo or freight

Q2 n. scale

(a) progression of steps; table of graduated rates; system of marks used for measuring

(b) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation

(c) chase; quest; search; occupation; pastime

(d) supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales representative

Q3 n. dignity

(a) respected position; honor; nobility

(b) headquarters of a business; dwelling place; abode; home; domicile

(c) the proportion of available time that an item of equipment is operating

(d) method; way; medium; resources; funds

Q4 n. wallet

(a) dispute; claim; rationale; cause

(b) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video

(c) small purse used to carry money and personal documents; billfold; handbag

(d) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event

Q5 n. area

(a) backlash

(c) region; domain; field; category

(b) answer; response


Q6 n. coupon


(b) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter)

(c) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment

(d) one who offers his services of his own free will or without pay

Q7 n. population

(a) total number of people living in an area

(b) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.)

(c) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint

(d) agreement; settlement; harmony

Q8 n. level

(a) sound produced in the throat; expression; language

(b) lane; path; signs; trails; channel

(c) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere

(d) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain

Q9 n. dependent

(a) something which has been bought; act of buying

(b) one who relies on another especially for financial support

(c) style of cooking; national food


Q10 n. blame

(a) person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography

(b) guilt; responsibility; liability


(d) act of giving back; reply; answer; profit; yield; repayment

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Test 302


Q1 n. program

(a) public announcement or printed notice designed to attract attention

(b) schedule; agenda; written order of events

(c) chance occurrence; unforeseen event

(d) device for electronically transmitting written material; electronically transmitted document

Q2 v. aim

(a) to try or to intend to achieve something; to direct; to plan; to aspire

(b) to cut into portions; to cleave

(c) to increase; to strengthen; to heighten

(d) to convey passengers or cargo by boat across a small body of water

Q3 pref. ad

(a) against; opposed

(c) toward; at

(b) after; later; subsequent to

(d) of light

Q4 n. barrier

(a) act of fixing; correction; act of mending

(b) border; limit; obstacle; barricade

(c) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent

(d) act of receiving; approval; state of believing in something

Q5 n. rule

(a) vacation; time off; permission to be absent; departure; farewell

(b) law; custom; common practice; government; flat tool used for measuring distances

(c) harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip; short haircut

(d) connection; relation; association; one ring of a chain; ring

Q6 adv. slantwise


(b) softly; in a low voice; without strength or force; weakly; into little pieces

(c) at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction

(d) inexpensively

Q7 n. rise

(a) office table

(b) slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position or status; promotion; angry response

(c) height; distance above sea level

(d) part; portion; quota; allocation; issue of stock

Q8 v. function

(a) to have a price; to require payment; to set a price

(b) to work; to act; to operate; to perform

(c) to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage

(d) to drag or to carry by force

Q9 v. evoke

(a) to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take liberties; to permit oneself


(c) to arouse; to bring out; to summon; to wake

(d) to tie with a narrow piece of leather; to lash

Q10 adj. level

(a) low; despicable; ignoble

(b) straight; equal; even; honest

(c) principal; head; chief

(d) presently holding an office or position; compulsory; necessary; resting; lying

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Test 303


Q1 n. quotation

(a) claim; requirement; strong request

(b) gross error; stupid mistake

(c) citation; passage taken from another source; reference; commercial offer; statement of price

(d) capability of being carried out; capability of being achieved; likelihood; probability

Q2 n. apartment

(a) flat

(b) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods

(c) right; special privilege

(d) strong durable fabric; persistence

Q3 n. butcher

(a) bars of gold; bars of silver

(b) repayment; something done to make up for (a loss, deficiency or fault)

(c) meat cutter; meat slaughterer; owner of a meat shop

(d) foundation; organization which provides a certain service or supports a particular cause

Q4 n. sale


(b) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching

(c) commercial transaction; instance of offering goods at a reduced price; demand for merchandise; auction


Q5 n. degree

(a) part; district; paragraph; passage; department; unit

(b) esteem; respect; integrity; honesty; award; privilege

(c) rank; extent; university certificate

(d) strength; energy; extreme degree; depth; clarity

Q6 n. rivalry





Q7 n. flexibility

(a) result of manufacturing; goods; merchandise

(b) abuse; molestation


(d) elasticity; ability to adapt to new circumstances; pliability

Q8 n. increase

(a) connection; overall situation; background

(b) nomenclature; specific vocabulary

(c) thankfulness; appreciation

(d) growth; expansion; addition; enlargement; escalation

Q9 n. local

(a) separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed

(b) person who is native to or resides in a particular area

(c) permit; official permission; authorization; document which shows proof of authorization; certificate


Q10 n. maximum

(a) legal right of possession

(b) agreement; settling of a disagreement by making mutual concessions

(c) something that is the same of the same level

(d) greatest quantity or amount possible; highest capacity

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Test 304


Q1 n. page

(a) piece of paper; attendant; servant

(b) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency

(c) petition; instance of asking for something; something that is asked for; object of a petition


Q2 n. scanner


(b) representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify


(d) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers)

Q3 v. downsize


(b) to give up; to renounce; to deny; to disavow; to retract

(c) to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce; to institute


Q4 v. resonate

(a) to echo


(c) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them

(d) to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to stimulate

Q5 n. shelf

(a) shortened form of a word or word combination

(b) attention; concern; caution; supervision; management

(c) diligence; neatness


Q6 n. faith

(a) the process of installing a newer and more powerful version of a software package or a piece of hardware

(b) written order directing a bank to pay a specific amount of money

(c) chance meeting

(d) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty

Q7 n. discouragement

(a) derailment; feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

(b) rivalry; contest; act of competing against another


(d) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law)

Q8 n. apology

(a) overseer; director; manager

(b) list; record; regulator; gauge

(c) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification


Q9 v. predominate

(a) to indicate; to signal; to write down; to record; to notice

(b) to control to rule over; to be superior


(d) to identify; to acknowledge; to know; to admit

Q10 v. divide

(a) to grind the teeth together; to abrade; to grind; to make a harsh grinding noise

(b) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse

(c) to separate into parts; to part; to share; to apportion

(d) to record; to enroll; to have an effect; to have influence

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Test 305


Q1 n. mistreatment

(a) freedom; liberation; newly distributed film (or record, book, etc.); statement provided to the media


(c) abuse; molestation

(d) place where vessels are built and repaired

Q2 n. gain


(b) joining; union; an ordered sequence

(c) profit; assets; achievement; increase; benefit; advantage

(d) occasion which requires fancy dress (dance, ball, etc.); evening gown

Q3 n. briefing


(b) necessity; obligation; new wine; grape juice that has not yet fermented

(c) short meeting; summarizing; giving and receiving instructions; reporting

(d) acknowledgment; strong persuasion or belief; condemnation

Q4 n. cargo

(a) connection; association; closeness

(b) financial framework; financial plan

(c) freight; luggage; baggage; load

(d) definition; significance; intention; explanation

Q5 n. promise

(a) sending of cargo or freight

(b) gift; offering; something that is given to another person without compensation

(c) reply; answer; reaction

(d) pledge; vow; declaration of intention; source of hope; basis for expectations

Q6 n. product

(a) passage that leads out

(c) housemaid; servant; housekeeper


(d) result of manufacturing; goods; merchandise

Q7 n. request


(b) manner; way; fashion; chic; vogue

(c) rear; end; seat

(d) petition; instance of asking for something; something that is asked for; object of a petition

Q8 n. shape

(a) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold

(b) intersection; crossing; connection

(c) institution for saving and borrowing money; cashier

(d) printed work which is bound together; bundle

Q9 n. plate

(a) flat

(b) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board

(c) apparatus; device

(d) state of belonging to an organization or group; fellowship

Q10 n. vegetarian

(a) corporation; firm; ensemble; association with another

(b) person, company or organization that markets a commodity, product or service; wholesaler; dealer

(c) change of residence; action; turn in a game; formal request or proposition

(d) one who does not eat meat; herbivore

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Test 306


Q1 pref. step

(a) of light

(b) toward; at

(c) after; later; subsequent to

(d) related to by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood

Q2 conj. although

(a) despite; in spite of

(b) despite the fact that; in spite of the fact that

(c) as soon as

(d) not before; precluding; barring; except; aside from

Q3 n. argument

(a) dispute; claim; rationale; cause

(b) chamber; bureau; incumbency; agency; authority

(c) housing; residence; lodging; arrangement; adjustment

(d) device used to destroy documents by cutting them into small strips or pieces

Q4 n. speed

(a) written order directing a bank to pay a specific amount of money

(b) fantasizing; visualizing


(d) quickness; velocity; transmission gear in a motor vehicle

Q5 n. refuse

(a) act of quitting a position; letter stating that one quits a position; relinquishment


(c) garbage; trash; waste


Q6 n. decision

(a) determination; resolution; ruling (especially in court)

(b) heart of the matter; main point



Q7 n. health

(a) physical or mental well-being; freedom from disease



(d) means of connection; link; joint; connected group

Q8 v. scrutinize

(a) to expel a tenant by legal process; to turn out

(b) to give a mark to; to classify; to make level; to evaluate; to assess

(c) to extricate; to remove; to evict; to oust; to expel

(d) to examine; to investigate; to check closely; to inspect

Q9 v. station

(a) to bind with a contract


(c) to control; to rule; to command


Q10 adj. hazardous


(b) able to be carried out; achievable; possible; likely

(c) dangerous; risky; perilous

(d) shiny; polished; smooth

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Test 307


Q1 n. treaty

(a) ethic; lesson; principle

(b) answer; response

(c) flat circular object

(d) formal agreement between two states; compact; covenant; contract

Q2 n. flat money

(a) banknote printed by a government as legal tender which is not redeemable and which lacks economic value

(b) stability; consistency; continuousness; unbroken succession

(c) claim; requirement; strong request

(d) briefcase; attache case; list of securities and stocks

Q3 n. unit

(a) misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage

(b) innovativeness; inventiveness

(c) guarantee; authority; justification

(d) specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece

Q4 n. citation

(a) sensitivity; susceptibility (to disease, etc.)

(b) quotation; official praise; summons to a court of law

(c) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation


Q5 n. conveyance

(a) the act of transferring a property title from one person to another

(b) inventory of legal investments for savings banks and trust funds


(d) statute; law; act of controlling; management; direction

Q6 n. money

(a) examination; money order; payment order; restaurant bill


(c) coins and paper notes which have value; currency; medium of trade; wealth

(d) provider

Q7 n. conduct

(a) collaboration; working together

(b) adaption; settlement of an insurance claim

(c) transgression; desecration; attack or disruption; rape


Q8 n. transfer

(a) article, thing; goal; focus of a thought or action


(c) exchange; conveying something from one person to another


Q9 n. confusion

(a) quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a function reoccurs

(b) punishment; fine; punishment in the form of a financial payment

(c) ability to reason and understand; cleverness; brilliance; information

(d) disorder; embarrassment; bewilderment

Q10 n. difference

(a) exchange; conveying something from one person to another

(b) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder

(c) group of judges; board; band; strip; crew; staff

(d) rotatable disk on a telephone

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Test 308


Q1 n. equal




(d) headquarters of a business; dwelling place; abode; home; domicile

Q2 adj. transcendent

(a) serving as an aide; helpful; supportive; auxiliary



(d) sublime; exalted; superior

Q3 n. apparatus

(a) device; system; machine; gadget; appliance

(b) fright; horror; concern; terror

(c) impression; the way a person looks; image; semblance

(d) breadth; thickness

Q4 n. motive

(a) something that causes a person to act; cause; incentive; purpose; intention

(b) variety; difference; unlikeness

(c) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)

(d) law; custom; common practice; government; flat tool used for measuring distances

Q5 n. enthusiasm

(a) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination

(b) excitement; great interest

(c) mark; symbol; indication; hint; trace; notice; advertisement

(d) punishment; fine; punishment in the form of a financial payment

Q6 n. junction

(a) announcement; poster, sign; warning; attention; consideration

(b) sensitivity; susceptibility (to disease, etc.)

(c) newsreader; broadcaster

(d) intersection; crossing; connection

Q7 n. meter

(a) instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water or electricity)


(c) trip; journey; travel; cruise

(d) something which is opposite

Q8 n. floor

(a) mathematical value or its symbol; indefinite amount; quantity of; sum


(c) flat surface at the bottom of the room on which you walk; story; level of a building

(d) state of perfection; state of highest quality

Q9 adv. hard

(a) hardly; scarcely

(b) seriously; gravely; acutely; critically


(d) knowingly; with awareness

Q10 n. adamant

(a) assembly; board; group of people (gathered to advise, plan, etc.)

(b) something unyielding; something hard; stone similar to diamond

(c) the act of transferring a property title from one person to another

(d) money in the form of coins and bank notes

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Test 309


Q1 n. imaging


(b) track; lane; route; search route

(c) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue


Q2 n. position

(a) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; job

(b) property; financial means; assets; main city of a country of region


(d) result; outcome; impact; trick; natural phenomenon

Q3 n. badge

(a) scope; range; scale; size; measure; degree

(c) baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor

(b) act of enlisting or drafting new members

(d) tag; sign; identification tag

Q4 n. automobile

(a) characteristic; function; capability (of a product, machine, device, software etc.)

(b) getting rid of; arranging

(c) car; vehicle; ride

(d) method of performance

Q5 n. accountant

(a) rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments

(b) competitor; opponent; contender


(d) conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability

Q6 n. bubble

(a) a person who prepares food


(c) intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion

(d) blister; gas-filled sac

Q7 n. buyer

(a) serenity; self-control; calmness; coolness


(c) concern; affair; percentage on a loan which is paid over time


Q8 n. arrangement

(a) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults

(b) organization; order; selection; range; assortment

(c) large closed vehicle used for transporting goods or people

(d) a significant decline in general economic activity extending over a period of time

Q9 n. piece

(a) act of strengthening; reward or punishment designed to encourage or discourage a particular response



(d) least possible amount; smallest possible size; lowest degree

Q10 n. brief



(c) abstract; summary; concise report; instructions

(d) agreement; business transaction; exchange; amount

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Test 310


Q1 v. spread

(a) to open; to extend; to apply a layer on; to scatter; to distribute

(b) to certify; to recognize; to assign; to license

(c) to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about


Q2 n. fear

(a) length; distance; duration; period of time

(b) judgment of an object's worth; appraisal; opinion; judgment

(c) person who accepts; person who takes or gets

(d) fright; horror; concern; terror

Q3 n. client



(c) incentive; drive; inspiration; state of being stirred to action

(d) spot; tip; essence; gist; matter

Q4 n. illustration

(a) tool; gadget; device; apparatus

(b) picture in a book or other work; explanation; clarification

(c) person or organization that prepares printed matter for publication


Q5 adv. anyhow


(b) in some way

(c) really; genuinely

(d) sturdily; steadily; assertively; in a determined manner

Q6 n. aid

(a) help; assistance; accessory

(b) expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; authorization

(c) way into a building or other structure; gate; doorway

(d) assortment; kind; sort

Q7 n. progress


(b) aspiration; hope; goal; dream

(c) the proportion of available time that an item of equipment is operating


Q8 v. attempt


(b) to provide secret information about another country; to examine

(c) to try to; to assay

(d) to bill; to charge

Q9 n. detail

(a) prize; grant; arbitration

(b) summary; synopsis; abstract; CV; curriculum vitae

(c) nutritionist; expert on nutrition

(d) item; piece of information; part of a whole

Q10 n. default

(a) pillow; soft padded object

(b) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected

(c) a word which is formed from the first letters of several words; i.e. TOEIC or NATO

(d) risk; peril; hazard

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Test 311


Q1 n. guess

(a) a legal document that temporarily transfers a property from one individual to another

(b) seclusion; solitude; reclusion; secrecy; confidentiality

(c) conjecture; supposition; hypothesis

(d) location; description of a location

Q2 n. knowledge

(a) standard of perfection; pattern; model; person or thing that embodies a standard of perfection

(b) familiarity; understanding; wisdom; education; awareness

(c) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition


Q3 n. density

(a) fastening mechanism which is opened with a key or other device

(b) letter of recommendation

(c) device used to open locks; button on a board

(d) compactness; closeness

Q4 n. extent


(b) something unyielding; something hard; stone similar to diamond

(c) declaration; notice; the act of informing the public

(d) scope; range; scale; size; measure; degree

Q5 n. penalty


(b) institution of higher education that grants degrees; type of school; council

(c) punishment; fine; punishment in the form of a financial payment

(d) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.)

Q6 n. bulk transfer


(b) outcome; compensation; counterbalance

(c) bill; money made of paper

(d) the sale of all or most of a company's inventory or assets to another company

Q7 n. event


(b) wager; bet; investment; share

(c) spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address


Q8 v. advance

(a) to put a sum of money in a bank for safekeeping; to pay in part; to set down

(b) to select; to prefer; to pick; to make a choice

(c) to progress; to promote; to make a payment before it is due

(d) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to

Q9 n. least

(a) withdrawal from one's job or occupation

(b) insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid

(c) something which is smallest in size or importance

(d) plans or methods created for the purpose of achieving a goal

Q10 n. persistence

(a) diligence; tenacity; stubbornness; continuation

(b) procedure; plan of action; way; manner in which one conducts business; technique

(c) rough outline; sketch; written order for payment; conscription

(d) expenditure; pardon

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Test 312


Q1 n. beige book

(a) person, company or organization that markets a commodity, product or service; wholesaler; dealer


(c) extensive piece of land usually with a large house on it; person's property; wealth; possessions

(d) report on current economic conditions, published by the Federal Reserve Board

Q2 n. object


(b) word; expression; idiom; condition; stipulation


(d) obligation; promise

Q3 v. monetize


(b) to cause to remember

(c) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw

(d) to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to order; to command

Q4 v. put in

(a) to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for action (especially armed reserves)

(b) to dress; to put on clothes

(c) to convince; to induce; to sway

(d) to make an application; to enter; to let something or someone enter

Q5 adj. effusive

(a) available to lease or rent

(b) greatest; most; utmost; highest

(c) necessary; needed; fundamental; crucial; very important

(d) overflowing; unreserved; unrestrained; exuberant

Q6 n. recovery

(a) flat circular object

(b) means of connection; link; joint; connected group

(c) recuperation; getting well; return

(d) baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor

Q7 n. continuity

(a) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment

(b) stability; consistency; continuousness; unbroken succession

(c) cord; line; string; telegraph cable

(d) acceptance; event in which guests are formally welcomed by their host; check-in

Q8 adv. however


(c) in any event; anyway

(b) obviously; apparently; unmistakably

(d) in opposition; against; counter

Q9 adj. obsolete

(a) experimental; trial; temporary; hesitant

(b) ancient; archaic; no longer in use; outdated; useless

(c) decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled; despicable

(d) humble; unpretentious; unassuming; simple; limited

Q10 n. chain

(a) group of stores, outlets, banks etc., under one management

(b) suitcases; cases and bags carried by travelers

(c) person who presides over court trials; arbiter; expert; critic

(d) head; leader; chairman; chief

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Test 313


Q1 n. attendee

(a) period of one hundred years

(b) straps and other parts by which a draft animal is attached to a vehicle

(c) price reduction; rebate

(d) person who takes part in a particular event such as a conference or seminar; participant

Q2 n. streamline


(b) reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement

(c) group of stores, outlets, banks etc., under one management

(d) path along which a fluid flows; direction in which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape

Q3 n. respect

(a) honor; esteem; high regard; consideration; attention

(b) something which is smallest in size or importance

(c) leaflet; booklet; printed product information


Q4 n. contractor

(a) person or company that does a particular job or assignment

(b) textile; weave; structure; framework; construction

(c) one who does not eat meat; herbivore

(d) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness

Q5 n. inquiry

(a) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony

(b) person who travels back and forth between home and work


(d) labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; effort

Q6 n. distributor

(a) organic or chemical substance added to soil to enrich it (i.e. manure)

(b) physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt; organized operation

(c) trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware; combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund raiser)

(d) person, company or organization that markets a commodity, product or service; wholesaler; dealer

Q7 n. allowance

(a) probability; chance; feasibility; possibility

(b) bill of sale; written statement of purchases

(c) dishonesty; immorality; irregularity; unlawfulness; illegality

(d) grant; pocket money; stipend; discount; deduction

Q8 n. stock


(b) reminder; internal document

(c) automated device used for selling items

(d) device used to open locks; button on a board

Q9 n. patch

(a) journals and newspapers collectively; act or process of printing

(b) area of fabric used to repair a hole; stain; bandage; lot

(c) chance; occasion; favorable time to act

(d) try; assay; test; trial

Q10 n. wire

(a) particular form of something; variant; rendering; translation

(b) probability; feasibility; chance; likelihood

(c) cord; line; string; telegraph cable

(d) expansion; branch of a telephone network; supplement; reprieve

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Test 314


Q1 n. search


(b) middleman; agent who buys and sells property or shares etc. for other people

(c) quest; hunt; instance of looking for something; investigation; examination

(d) set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin

Q2 n. mandate

(a) proof; something which proves or disproves

(b) person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival


(d) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body

Q3 n. invoice

(a) necessity; obligation; new wine; grape juice that has not yet fermented

(b) person who takes part in a particular event such as a conference or seminar; participant

(c) bill


Q4 n. capital requirement

(a) degree of difference; promotion of a student to a higher grade


(c) mistake; something that is incorrect

(d) the level of monetary funding a company needs to run smoothly

Q5 v. hide

(a) to by-pass; to side-step; to evade

(b) to conceal; to cover up; to keep secret; to place out of sight

(c) to eternalize; to make everlasting; to preserve from extinction

(d) to appear to be; to look like; to give the impression of; to have the appearance of

Q6 v. cycle


(b) to ride a bike

(c) to calm; to soften; to pacify; to relieve

(d) to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish

Q7 n. notebook

(a) competition; equal opponent; partner; counterweight; game

(b) scope; range; scale; size; measure; degree

(c) advice; person who gives advice; attorney; lawyer

(d) portable personal computer; laptop computer

Q8 adj. novel

(a) serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous; harsh; strict

(b) grand; magnificent; striking

(c) new; strange

(d) one of two

Q9 adj. imaginary


(c) common; shared; collective

(b) rotating; one after the other; interchanging

(d) in view; observable; obvious; apparent

Q10 n. quiet


(b) verification of a person or thing; recognition


(d) interpretation; something that clarifies; description; definition

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Test 315


Q1 n. exclusive

(a) excitement; great interest

(b) seminar; brief intensive educational program; discussion group

(c) news story publicized in only a newspaper or television/radio station


Q2 n. apparel

(a) amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply


(c) housemaid; servant; housekeeper

(d) clothing; garments; clothes; garb

Q3 n. publisher


(b) textile; weave; structure; framework; construction

(c) person or company that produces and distributes printed material

(d) excitement; great interest

Q4 n. measurement

(a) meaning; sense; quality of having meaning

(b) person who accepts; person who takes or gets

(c) something which annoys or aggravates

(d) calculation of size or extent; assessment of capacity or dimension

Q5 n. association

(a) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper

(b) organization; society; union; coalition; foundation

(c) instrument for use in attack or defense in combat

(d) money paid for the use of property; rip; tear; laceration

Q6 n. capex

(a) refers to the cost of developing a product or system

(b) failure to appear; state of being away; state of being not present

(c) cost; value; worth; rate; measure

(d) route; travel plans; travel journal

Q7 n. exception

(a) something that is out of the ordinary; anomaly; objection; opposition

(b) explanation; meaning; interpretation (as of a word or term)

(c) item; object; piece of text; paragraph of a contract

(d) employees working in an organization; personnel; crew; team

Q8 n. kit


(b) quickness; velocity; transmission gear in a motor vehicle

(c) set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin

(d) conversion; stock market; trade; barter; conversation

Q9 n. fizzle

(a) drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible

(b) line that is not curved; section that is not curved

(c) failure; fiasco; sputtering which gradually fades into silence

(d) thin and flat object

Q10 n. posture

(a) teaching; direction; guidance; training; education; information

(b) small purse used to carry money and personal documents; billfold; handbag

(c) viewpoint; stance; condition; state; mood; attitude

(d) profit from the difference between costs and net sales

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Test 316


Q1 v. sway

(a) to allay; to soothe; to relieve; to soften; to lessen

(b) to move back and forth; to lean in a certain direction; to be sympathetic to; to hesitate

(c) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons

(d) to limit the amount of food eaten; to eat only certain kinds of food

Q2 adj. vital

(a) inexpensive; cheap; of or relating to a financial plan

(b) lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary

(c) of or relating to the mind; intellectual; psychosocial

(d) done over again

Q3 n. outlet

(a) exit; electrical source for connecting appliances; store; shop; joint

(b) view; scenery; horizontal page orientation

(c) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others

(d) volume which can be contained or received; function; role; feature; potential

Q4 n. receipt

(a) thin muslin fabric (Hindi); beach cliff (Scottish)

(b) attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation

(c) advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person who gives professional advice

(d) bill of sale; written statement of purchases

Q5 n. subscription


(b) person who lives in a particular place; resident; tenant; occupant

(c) payment given for regularly scheduled performances or publications

(d) apparatus; device

Q6 v. point

(a) to accuse; to denounce

(b) to improve; to raise the quality of

(c) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct


Q7 n. offer

(a) review; overview; statistical study

(b) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment

(c) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid

(d) short meeting; summarizing; giving and receiving instructions; reporting

Q8 n. hazard

(a) study of the statistical characteristics of a population

(b) nourishment; nutrition; food and drink; regimen; weight loss plan

(c) equipment; device for lifting and lowering objects

(d) danger; risk; game of chance

Q9 n. professional

(a) type of fuel; gasoline

(b) end; conclusion; last edition of a newspaper

(c) person who works in a skilled occupation; specialist

(d) levy; fee

Q10 v. equal

(a) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to


(c) to go after and bring back; to pick up; to charm

(d) to go into; to join; to record; to inscribe

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Test 317


Q1 n. pick up

(a) something which annoys or aggravates

(b) act of giving in to desire; something which gratifies; luxury; leniency

(c) misfortune; hardship; distress; suffering

(d) hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection

Q2 n. petrol

(a) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions

(b) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger

(c) type of fuel; gasoline

(d) performance; operation; attainment; mission; success

Q3 n. hit

(a) stroke; blow; collision; success; popular event or production

(b) act of strengthening; reward or punishment designed to encourage or discourage a particular response

(c) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor

(d) astonishment; something which startles or astonishes; unexpected event

Q4 n. concept

(a) ruling principle; command; decree

(b) plan; idea; thought; structure; system


(d) height of something; altitude above sea or ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur

Q5 n. framework

(a) knowledge; intelligence; data

(c) educator; teacher; trainer

(b) support; skeleton; structure; system

(d) view; scenery; horizontal page orientation

Q6 n. serve

(a) passage that leads out

(b) staying where one is; expectation; ambush


(d) opening stroke or hit of the ball (Sports)

Q7 n. parameter

(a) variable which determines the form of a function

(b) individual's social or professional standing; position; rank; present situation

(c) capability of being carried out; capability of being achieved; likelihood; probability

(d) process of turning money into profit

Q8 n. mistake

(a) payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness; careful attention

(b) tool; implement; device; appliance; agent; means

(c) blunder; fault; error

(d) something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)

Q9 n. gross


(b) 12 dozen; 144

(c) license; authorization

(d) art and science of disease treatment and health maintenance; remedy; drug

Q10 n. principal

(a) one who is subservient; someone under the authority of another

(b) school director; school master; capital sum (Finance)


(d) resident; native of a country

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Test 318


Q1 n. accommodation


(b) recuperation; getting well; return

(c) end; deduction; cognition; final decision

(d) housing; residence; lodging; arrangement; adjustment

Q2 n. simple

(a) profit; assets; achievement; increase; benefit; advantage

(b) combination of related things or parts that form a complex whole

(c) stupid person substance unmixed with other substances; commoner

(d) disregard; inattention; forgetfulness; abandonment

Q3 n. gap

(a) person or organization that prepares printed matter for publication

(b) opening; breach; hiatus; space; great difference; disparity


(d) meeting; conference; set; group of people

Q4 v. harness


(b) to moderate; to soften; to tone down; to toughen; to harden

(c) to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for

(d) to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel

Q5 v. suppose

(a) to presume to be true; to hypothesize; to believe

(b) to cause not to happen; to avert; to delay; to impede; to hinder

(c) to affect; to impact; to impel; to control


Q6 n. attainment

(a) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected

(b) confidence; faith; credit; monopoly; several companies banded together in order to reduce competition

(c) misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage


Q7 n. topic

(a) theme; subject of conversation; issue

(b) picture; snapshot

(c) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)

(d) cord; line; string; telegraph cable

Q8 v. notice

(a) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction


(c) to imply; to suggest; to hint

(d) to expel a tenant by legal process; to turn out

Q9 n. procurement

(a) news story publicized in only a newspaper or television/radio station

(b) purchase; sale; acquisition

(c) computer peripheral used for exporting documents to paper


Q10 n. original

(a) source from which something arises; prototype; model

(b) person who falls prey (to an attack, deception, etc.)

(c) base; fundament; substructure; establishing; institution

(d) mind; understanding; leader; person in authority; top

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Test 319


Q1 n. compliment

(a) expression of admiration; word of praise for someone

(b) ingredient; single piece which forms part of a larger unit; part; constituent; element

(c) shape; image; framework; document with blank spaces to be filled in; fitness; type

(d) preference; precedence; higher rank; privileged position; seniority

Q2 n. printer


(b) computer peripheral used for exporting documents to paper

(c) person who has completed a course of study and received a degree or diploma

(d) something presented as evidence in a court of law; display; show

Q3 n. backlash

(a) rebound; recoiling; sudden movement to the rear

(b) rug; fabric floor covering


(d) matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt; request; courtship

Q4 n. toll

(a) tax; charge; levy; grievous price


(c) agreement in which the seller of securities agrees to buy them back at a specified time and price


Q5 n. voyage

(a) person who has the right to grant a license

(b) trip; journey; travel; cruise

(c) obligation; responsibility; assignment; customs tax

(d) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose

Q6 n. retailer

(a) assortment; kind; sort

(b) familiarity; understanding; wisdom; education; awareness

(c) person or business that sells goods to final consumers


Q7 n. hesitation

(a) forward movement; progress; promotion

(b) pausing; stammering; faltering

(c) coins and paper notes which have value; currency; medium of trade; wealth

(d) leaflet; booklet; printed product information

Q8 adj. slantwise


(b) sloping; inclined

(c) exerting great force; effective; potent; producing the desired effect; influential

(d) prepared; set; eager; willing; quick; fast

Q9 n. elaboration

(a) heap; tall bookshelf; chimney

(b) trade; skill; occupation; boat; plane

(c) guidance; supervision; conducting; management

(d) painstaking labor; careful planning; adding of extra details; act of improving; production

Q10 n. savvy


(b) dispute; claim; rationale; cause

(c) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)


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Test 320


Q1 n. composure

(a) serenity; self-control; calmness; coolness

(b) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle

(c) exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external part or layer; outward appearance

(d) financial sheet listing salaries; list of workers who receive wages and salaries

Q2 n. inflation

(a) offer; plan; theory; problem

(b) something that is discarded; rubbish; trash; junk; waste

(c) increase in the supply of money in relation to the amount of goods available resulting in a rise in prices

(d) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison

Q3 adj. principal

(a) chief; head; leading; primary; main

(b) not functional; not practical


(d) overflowing; unreserved; unrestrained; exuberant

Q4 adj. instant

(a) immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present; current

(b) loyal; faithful; unchanging


(d) shiny; polished; smooth

Q5 n. landscape

(a) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway

(b) price reduction; rebate

(c) line; file (British); row; braid; plait

(d) view; scenery; horizontal page orientation

Q6 n. payment

(a) wage; salary; compensation; bonus; punishment

(b) fantasizing; visualizing

(c) affront; offense; rude remark or action

(d) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude

Q7 n. underline

(a) expenditure; pardon

(c) caption beneath an illustration

(b) picture; snapshot

(d) exhibition; explanation; showing

Q8 n. compromise

(a) substitution; substitute


(c) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank

(d) agreement; settling of a disagreement by making mutual concessions

Q9 n. attribute

(a) safeguard; something used to avert an unwanted situation

(b) quality; factor; characteristic; feature

(c) knowledge; intelligence; data

(d) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw

Q10 n. slump

(a) variety; collection; selection; range; mixture

(b) recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture; slouch; collapse

(c) wager; bet; investment; share

(d) position; place where a person or thing is usually found; headquarters; broadcast frequency

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Test 321


Q1 n. lecture


(b) discourse given before an audience; tedious reprimand; formal reproof

(c) custody; property; asset; control; ownership

(d) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income

Q2 n. commodity

(a) housing; residence; lodging; arrangement; adjustment


(c) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers

(d) protecting covering for the hand; padded covering for the hand

Q3 n. honor

(a) right; special privilege

(b) a person who prepares food

(c) notice; warning; caveat; carefulness; premonition

(d) esteem; respect; integrity; honesty; award; privilege

Q4 n. gasoline

(a) discourse given before an audience; tedious reprimand; formal reproof

(b) photograph; drawing; painting; film; embodiment

(c) informal word for a commercial announcement

(d) flammable liquid mixture derived from petroleum (used as fuel, etc.)

Q5 n. protocol



(c) nullification; termination; revocation

(d) easement; alleviation; liberation; aid; assistance

Q6 v. join

(a) to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.)

(b) to show; to display; to demonstrate; to present

(c) to disturb; to confuse; to worry; to divert; to amuse

(d) to attach; to connect; to unite; to combine; to become a member

Q7 n. boost

(a) paper used for writing letters

(b) enlargement; increase; spread; development

(c) push; lift; incentive; encouragement

(d) organization; custom; convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society

Q8 n. sound

(a) vibrations that can be detected by the human ear; noise; vocal utterance

(b) a fraud scheme involving cold calling

(c) consequence; outcome; result; indirect suggestion; connotation; hint


Q9 n. entrance

(a) way into a building or other structure; gate; doorway

(b) soldier of the three lowest military ranks

(c) organization; custom; convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society

(d) movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs, desks, cabinets, closets, etc.)

Q10 n. purpose

(a) act of providing; provision; reserve; stock

(b) blister; gas-filled sac

(c) goal; aim; intention; objective

(d) routine; protocol; course of action; subroutine; sequence of instructions (Computers)

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Test 322


Q1 n. audience

(a) group of stores, outlets, banks etc., under one management

(b) affront; offense; rude remark or action

(c) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc.

(d) permit; official permission; authorization; document which shows proof of authorization; certificate

Q2 conj. either

(a) precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases

(b) but; only

(c) despite the fact that; in spite of the fact that

(d) if

Q3 n. rent

(a) fulfillment; realization; attainment; achievement

(b) place where one can borrow books

(c) money paid for the use of property; rip; tear; laceration


Q4 adj. permanent

(a) confusing; hard to understand; difficult; complex

(b) different; varied

(c) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable


Q5 n. authority

(a) failure; fiasco; sputtering which gradually fades into silence

(b) person who is an expert; person who is skilled

(c) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention


Q6 adv. usually

(a) past; further than



(d) briefly; bluntly; rudely

Q7 v. solace


(b) to comfort; to console; to encourage; to relieve; to appease

(c) to carry out; to conduct; to perform

(d) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability

Q8 n. deal

(a) place where grain is stored; granary; storehouse; collection; store



(d) agreement; business transaction; exchange; amount

Q9 n. approach

(a) wage; salary; compensation; bonus; punishment

(b) goal; aim; intention; objective

(c) access; method; system; procedure

(d) mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge

Q10 n. criterion

(a) purchase; something that has been purchased or obtained

(b) apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine


(d) standard against which something is measured; factor; discipline

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Test 323


Q1 n. procedure

(a) routine; protocol; course of action; subroutine; sequence of instructions (Computers)

(b) way of life

(c) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid

(d) written order for a medication; instruction; directive; order; command

Q2 n. lead

(a) prediction of a future event or condition (i.e. development of the economy)

(b) honor; esteem; high regard; consideration; attention

(c) citation; commercial offer

(d) guidance; advance position; first place; guide

Q3 n. profusion

(a) angle that points outward

(b) guarantee; authority; justification


(d) plentifulness; abundance; numerousness; plurality

Q4 n. clause


(b) innovation; something new; discovery

(c) check

(d) character which is part of an alphabet; written communication sent to a person or organization

Q5 n. decline

(a) rule; command; supervision; restraint

(b) weather conditions; surrounding conditions; atmosphere; setting

(c) bill


Q6 n. variety

(a) raised platform; resting place on a journey; phase

(b) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck

(c) person that you have met but do not know well; knowledge of something; familiarity

(d) assortment; kind; sort

Q7 n. enlightenment

(a) occasion; instance; situation; bag


(c) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts

(d) state of intellectual or spiritual awareness

Q8 n. bottom

(a) base; foot; seat of a chair


(c) area; domain; range; piece of land; surface

(d) management committee; food

Q9 n. stop

(a) cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance

(b) plan; sketch; model; layout; structure


(d) acknowledgment; identification

Q10 n. edge

(a) researcher; investigator; software program for file management

(b) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility

(c) line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of a blade; excitement


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Test 324


Q1 n. treatment


(b) place where vessels are built and repaired

(c) therapy; care; relation; attitude; behavior

(d) growth; expansion; addition; enlargement; escalation

Q2 adj. magnificent

(a) careful; wanting to do what is right

(b) splendid; majestic; superb; glorious; impressive

(c) essential; regularly used; primary; principal; main (of goods or products)


Q3 v. avoid

(a) to situate; to place; to identify; to find; to settle

(b) helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire

(c) to escape; to keep away from; to prevent; to keep from happening; to evade

(d) to affect; to impact; to impel; to control

Q4 n. replacement

(a) host; performer; comedian

(b) substitution; substitute

(c) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender

(d) supplies; necessary items; tools, instruments or other objects for completing a task

Q5 n. finish

(a) yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place

(b) voting, electing; counting of votes; number of votes; referendum

(c) short written reminder; memo; brief informal letter; official message

(d) end; completion; conclusion; polish; something which completes or perfects

Q6 n. shredder

(a) custody; property; asset; control; ownership

(b) person who favors political and social reform

(c) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison

(d) device used to destroy documents by cutting them into small strips or pieces

Q7 v. fulfill

(a) to realize; to make a reality; to accomplish; to complete; to execute

(b) to appear as a large and indistinct form; to appear as larger than life; to impend

(c) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate

(d) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture

Q8 v. amount

(a) to dare; to invite to engage in a contest; to stimulate; to test one's ability

(b) to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to place in reserve

(c) to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in speaking

(d) to come to a sum; to become; to total

Q9 n. existence

(a) one who is higher than another in rank or position

(b) idea; concept; product of the mind

(c) profit from the difference between costs and net sales

(d) living; state of being; life

Q10 v. witness

(a) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole


(c) to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for

(d) to bring relief; to encourage; to console

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Test 325


Q1 n. adult


(b) staff; work force; team; crew

(c) opposite of child; a grown-up; a mature person


Q2 n. altitude

(a) height; distance above sea level

(c) large container; tank; tub

(b) fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember

(d) one who does not eat meat; herbivore

Q3 n. formula

(a) set way of saying or doing something; principle; pattern


(c) cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee; shipping cost; transportation; conveyance; shipment


Q4 n. instructor

(a) unit of time equal to one thousand years; thousandth year anniversary

(b) leaving; going away; opposite of arrival

(c) educator; teacher; trainer


Q5 n. square


(b) impression; the way a person looks; image; semblance

(c) item or detail included in a description of requirements or plans

(d) geometric figure having four equal sides; plaza

Q6 n. member

(a) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ


(c) skill; talent; aptitude; capacity; power

(d) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law)

Q7 n. control


(b) rule; command; supervision; restraint

(c) gift; contribution


Q8 n. internal


(b) inner quality; intrinsic characteristic

(c) meal; nourishment; material supplied; act of inserting into a machine (especially of putting paper into a printer)

(d) creativity; resourcefulness; fabrication; falsehood

Q9 n. corner

(a) luck; wealth; chance; success; riches

(b) place where two surfaces meet; angle

(c) meal; nourishment; material supplied; act of inserting into a machine (especially of putting paper into a printer)

(d) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility

Q10 n. implement

(a) property; site; area; grounds; building with the grounds belonging to it

(b) model; criterion; norm; average; commodity which backs a monetary system

(c) ruin; desolation; annihilation

(d) tool; instrument; piece of equipment

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Test 326


Q1 v. scramble

(a) to show; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to disclose

(b) to warn; to scold; to reprove

(c) to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours

(d) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of

Q2 n. surplus

(a) profit; amount of assets that is higher than liabilities

(b) lodging; dwelling

(c) attainment of something desired or attempted; accomplishment; prosperity

(d) act of rescuing; rescued items

Q3 adv. back

(a) naturally; spontaneously; intuitively; automatically

(b) in whatever manner; however

(c) comfortably; without great difficulty or effort

(d) to the rear; to the past

Q4 n. occasion

(a) opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason; cause


(c) candidate; nominee

(d) track; lane; route; search route

Q5 conj. unless

(a) immediately following; the moment that; as soon as

(b) despite; in spite of

(c) not before; precluding; barring; except; aside from

(d) up to the time which

Q6 adj. artificial

(a) being in competition; contending

(b) close-fitting; tense; narrow

(c) not genuine; simulated; unreal

(d) exact; not more and not less; meticulous; strict

Q7 n. freight

(a) cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee; shipping cost; transportation; conveyance; shipment

(b) practice session for a performance

(c) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest

(d) something which enhances or improves; addition or change which adds value to something

Q8 v. table

(a) to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to set aside for future consideration


(c) to provide financial assistance

(d) to explain; to clarify; to elucidate; to understand or explain in a particular way

Q9 adj. pretentious

(a) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known

(b) impersonating; putting on a false appearance; feigning; arrogant; haughty

(c) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling

(d) temporary; provisional

Q10 n. format

(a) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling

(b) whole amount; entire quantity; essence; gist


(d) structure; pattern; design; organization; pattern of data organization

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Test 327


Q1 n. demeanor

(a) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude


(b) behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance


Q2 n. simulation

(a) cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance


(c) method of dealing with a certain subject; draft of a treaty

(d) stance

Q3 n. remove


(b) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (such as eBay)

(c) degree of difference; promotion of a student to a higher grade


Q4 n. duty

(a) strength; energy; extreme degree; depth; clarity

(b) obligation; responsibility; assignment; customs tax

(c) height of something; altitude above sea or ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur

(d) trainer; tutor; teacher; bus

Q5 n. examination

(a) richness; prosperity; capital; fortune; abundance

(b) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry

(c) synopsis; general survey; introduction

(d) something which is smallest in size or importance

Q6 n. hospital

(a) ability to reason and understand; cleverness; brilliance; information

(b) location where sick and injured people receive medical treatment

(c) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture

(d) meeting; assembly; term; semester

Q7 n. predisposition


(b) strong feeling or idea left by an experience; effect; vague memory


(d) sensitivity; susceptibility (to disease, etc.)

Q8 v. craft


(b) to choose; to select from several options; to conclude; to resolve

(c) to present for the first time; to initiate; to establish; to announce

(d) to shape with skill

Q9 n. chart

(a) type of aircraft; two-dimensional surface; rank; level


(c) standard against which something is measured; factor; discipline

(d) graph; diagram

Q10 n. tenant



(c) act of halting; visit; temporary residence; suspension of a legal proceeding


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Test 328


Q1 n. inventor

(a) creator; designer

(b) person or organization that lends something; lender; loaner; moneylender

(c) regard; esteem; renown


Q2 adv. tight

(a) meanwhile; in the meantime

(b) in a close-fitting manner; firmly


(d) to a higher level; more than; higher than

Q3 n. method

(a) timepiece; device for telling time

(b) increase in the supply of money in relation to the amount of goods available resulting in a rise in prices

(c) procedure; plan of action; way; manner in which one conducts business; technique

(d) place; location; area

Q4 n. residence


(b) headquarters of a business; dwelling place; abode; home; domicile

(c) ascent

(d) spot; tip; essence; gist; matter

Q5 n. viewpoint

(a) rough outline; sketch; written order for payment; conscription

(b) attitude; stance; opinion

(c) wage; salary; compensation; bonus; punishment

(d) noon; 12 a.m.

Q6 n. fame

(a) truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness

(b) notoriety; renown; good reputation

(c) comfort; fitness or suitability for performing an action

(d) act of dragging or pulling with a rope or chain

Q7 n. customer


(b) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction

(c) task; assignment; delegation; errand; religious delegation

(d) worry; issue; problem; group of companies; large corporation

Q8 n. voice

(a) elasticity; ability to adapt to new circumstances; pliability

(b) sound produced in the throat; expression; language

(c) business of sending or transporting cargo; sea voyage (Archaic)

(d) end; deduction; cognition; final decision

Q9 v. stack

(a) to make into a city

(b) to place one thing on top of another in a heap; to pile


(d) to intend; to plan; to design; to aim

Q10 n. graduate

(a) adequate amount; sufficient degree

(b) failure; fiasco; sputtering which gradually fades into silence

(c) person who has completed a course of study and received a degree or diploma

(d) instructor; director; escort; leader; manual; handbook

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Test 329


Q1 n. gate

(a) legal right of possession


(c) person who who makes and fixes keys and fasting mechanisms

(d) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway

Q2 n. draw

(a) surroundings; conditions in which someone or something lives

(b) attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully


(d) part; portion; quota; allocation; issue of stock

Q3 n. modification


(b) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

(c) change; adjustment, agreement; adaptation; restriction

(d) totality; completeness; entirety

Q4 n. browser

(a) person who creates sets of instructions for a computer or other device

(b) program used for viewing websites on the Internet

(c) acceptance; event in which guests are formally welcomed by their host; check-in


Q5 n. sway

(a) safeguard; something used to avert an unwanted situation


(c) moving back and forth; influence; control; authority

(d) request; plea; petition for a new trial or judgment

Q6 n. host

(a) trainer; tutor; teacher; bus

(b) trademark; type; make; variety; product name

(c) entrance; permission to enter; confession


Q7 n. target


(b) mathematical value or its symbol; indefinite amount; quantity of; sum

(c) verification of a person or thing; recognition

(d) disorder; embarrassment; bewilderment

Q8 n. duplicate


(b) reference point; geographical location

(c) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction

(d) vagueness; lack of clarity

Q9 n. instance

(a) occurrence; occasion; example; illustration

(b) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided; section; portion

(c) enchantment; affection; adoration

(d) person who currently holds an office or position

Q10 n. commitment

(a) attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression

(b) line printed at the top of a piece of stationary

(c) obligation; promise

(d) derailment; feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

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Test 330


Q1 adj. enthusiastic


(c) extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound

(b) pertaining to accommodations; domesticated

(d) relevant; related; appropriate; fitting

Q2 n. form


(b) shape; image; framework; document with blank spaces to be filled in; fitness; type


(d) being physically present; act of accompanying or serving

Q3 n. construction

(a) purchase; sale; acquisition

(b) denouncement; revealing; photograph; abandoning; placement

(c) building; structure; the industry of erecting buildings

(d) movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place; stair; stage in a process

Q4 n. familiar

(a) equipment; device for lifting and lowering objects

(b) person who foretells future events; weatherman

(c) procedure; plan of action; way; manner in which one conducts business; technique

(d) good friend; acquaintance

Q5 v. separate

(a) to dress; to adorn wear

(b) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review

(c) to supply; to grant; to set; to offer

(d) to segregate; to set apart; to split; to divide; to disconnect

Q6 n. union

(a) parallelogram

(b) explanation; illustration; instruction

(c) workers' association; federation; amalgamation

(d) indicator; something used to point; hand on a clock; clue; advice

Q7 v. organize

(a) to leave out; to keep out; to prevent from happening or being; to reject


(c) to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up; to unite; to structure

(d) to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to market goods

Q8 v. might

(a) to examine; to investigate; to inspect; to scrutinize

(b) to create or adapt for a particular need or desire

(c) to agree; to concur; to confirm; to endorse

(d) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish

Q9 n. swift

(a) office table


(c) variable which determines the form of a function

(d) fright; horror; concern; terror

Q10 v. respect

(a) to cause; to incite; to bring to pass



(d) to grant a permit; to authorize; to permit; to allow

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Test 331


Q1 n. manner

(a) view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on stage to portray a particular setting or locale

(b) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification

(c) meaning; sense; quality of having meaning

(d) mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type

Q2 n. mission

(a) diligence; tenacity; stubbornness; continuation

(b) release; approval; washing

(c) rage; fury

(d) task; assignment; delegation; errand; religious delegation

Q3 n. purchase


(b) something which has been bought; act of buying

(c) something that causes a person to act; cause; incentive; purpose; intention

(d) center; hub; concentration

Q4 n. banknote

(a) contrast; something contrary

(b) group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles

(c) instinctual urge; sudden desire; whim; wave of energy sent via a nerve

(d) bill; money made of paper

Q5 n. crop

(a) problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of worry

(b) quest; hunt; instance of looking for something; investigation; examination

(c) harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip; short haircut

(d) briefcase; attache case; list of securities and stocks

Q6 n. violation

(a) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange

(b) transgression; desecration; attack or disruption; rape


(d) informal word for a commercial announcement

Q7 n. merger

(a) fusion; agglomeration

(b) easement; alleviation; liberation; aid; assistance

(c) institution of higher education that grants degrees; type of school; council

(d) arrangement; instruction; command; request for something

Q8 n. personnel

(a) program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule

(b) inherent nature of something; central or outstanding characteristic

(c) transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization

(d) staff; work force; team; crew

Q9 n. cart

(a) rope; cord; link; connection; equal score in a game

(b) process of turning money into profit

(c) car; wagon; coach; carriage; trolley

(d) a legal document that temporarily transfers a property from one individual to another

Q10 n. work

(a) person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival


(c) path for a train made of parallel metal tracks

(d) labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; effort

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Test 332


Q1 v. enter

(a) to imagine to oneself; to picture; to visualize

(b) to go into; to join; to record; to inscribe

(c) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction


Q2 adj. central

(a) main; principal; major

(b) still; fixed in place; static; settled; tending to stay in one place

(c) optional; uncertain; changeable; open; unrestricted

(d) instantaneous; prompt; direct; close

Q3 v. attract


(b) must (indicating duty or obligation); would (softening the statement)


(d) to cause; to bring about; to set in motion; to influence

Q4 adj. tantamount

(a) predicted; expected; anticipated

(b) facing; across from; contrary; reverse; different; antithetical

(c) beforehand

(d) equivalent to; equal to

Q5 v. demand

(a) to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone

(b) to show; to point out; to mark; to signify; to imply; to exhibit

(c) to claim; to require; to request strongly

(d) to cause; to bring about; to set in motion; to influence

Q6 n. passage

(a) way; route; course; section; piece

(b) extension of an archived file compressed with a special program; type of drive using removable disks

(c) arrangement; structure; organization; hoax; configuration of hardware or software (Computers)

(d) affinity; compassion; pity; concern; empathy

Q7 v. accept

(a) to receive; to agree; to consent

(b) to make certain; to guarantee; to make secure

(c) to confirm the truth of something

(d) to eternalize; to make everlasting; to preserve from extinction

Q8 v. crop


(b) to finish; to complete

(c) to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter

(d) to harvest; to cut short; to clip

Q9 v. will

(a) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable

(b) to be concerned with; to look out for; to watch over; to like; to be fond of


(d) to want; to command; to determine; to decide

Q10 v. allay

(a) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain

(c) to mint; to invent a new word or phrase

(b) to work; to act; to operate; to perform

(d) to transmit document electronically

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Test 333


Q1 n. match

(a) competition; equal opponent; partner; counterweight; game

(b) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence

(c) something carried; cargo; burden; unit of measure or weight; capacity

(d) small purse used to carry money and personal documents; billfold; handbag

Q2 n. waitress

(a) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub

(b) goods; ware; stock; articles or items to be sold

(c) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention

(d) pasture; scope; extent; field; domain; assortment

Q3 n. headway

(a) money paid for the use of property; rip; tear; laceration


(c) progress; advance

(d) something that is demanded; necessity; something that is needed

Q4 n. implementation

(a) realization; carrying out; performing; putting into effect; execution

(b) marmalade; jam

(c) surroundings; conditions in which someone or something lives


Q5 n. folder

(a) custom; practice; convention

(b) dossier for storing papers; directory

(c) worker; person who works for a company or an individual

(d) endorsement; approval; letter of reference; suggestion; advice

Q6 n. retrieval

(a) newsreader; broadcaster

(b) expectation; hope; intuition

(c) supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales representative

(d) act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output

Q7 n. harness

(a) straps and other parts by which a draft animal is attached to a vehicle


(c) importance that is attached to something; accent or stress that is placed on a word or words

(d) something which escapes or passes through a hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.)

Q8 n. sponsor


(b) school director; school master; capital sum (Finance)

(c) inner quality; intrinsic characteristic

(d) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.)

Q9 n. schedule

(a) timetable; agenda; itinerary; plan

(b) rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments

(c) pertaining to a value that is approximately in the middle of a series of values

(d) drink; refreshment

Q10 n. element

(a) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole

(b) straw-filled mattress; hard and simple bed; platform used to stack items during moving or storage

(c) system; group of items; collection; posture; carriage; series; sequence

(d) try; assay; test; trial

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Test 334


Q1 n. hem

(a) folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of a garment


(c) raised platform; resting place on a journey; phase

(d) temporary arrangement; in between period

Q2 n. duration

(a) place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined

(b) progression of steps; table of graduated rates; system of marks used for measuring


(d) act of halting; visit; temporary residence; suspension of a legal proceeding

Q3 n. security

(a) safety; pledge; guarantee; stock; bond

(b) person or organization that owns part of a company

(c) strong feeling or idea left by an experience; effect; vague memory

(d) foundation; principal element; fundamental part

Q4 adj. glossy

(a) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew

(b) payable; subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

(c) shiny; polished; smooth

(d) characterized; by or occupying a particular place

Q5 n. collectible

(a) rare object

(b) business of supplying and servicing food

(c) partnership; association

(d) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination

Q6 adj. powerful

(a) clear; unmistakable; apparent; evident; plain

(b) describing an asset or item which can easily be sold or transferred

(c) common; popular; extensive; prevalent

(d) exerting great force; effective; potent; producing the desired effect; influential

Q7 n. article


(b) financial sheet listing salaries; list of workers who receive wages and salaries

(c) competition; equal opponent; partner; counterweight; game

(d) item; object; piece of text; paragraph of a contract

Q8 v. circle


(b) to escape; to keep away from; to prevent; to keep from happening; to evade

(c) to surround

(d) to be involved; to join in

Q9 n. influence


(b) cosmetic foot treatment

(c) effect; impact; person or thing which has power to affect others


Q10 adj. virtual

(a) imaginary; hypothetical; computer simulated

(b) chosen for office but net yet formally installed

(c) exceptional; special; strange; odd; curious

(d) annoyed; aggravated; exasperated

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Test 335


Q1 n. career

(a) leveling; harmony; stability; rest; remainder

(b) realization; carrying out; performing; putting into effect; execution

(c) embarrassing situation; predicament; location; position (i.e. of a ship or individual)

(d) profession; development; progress; gradual growth

Q2 v. counsel

(a) to direct to; to speak to; to direct to a specific destination; to refer to


(c) to deliver a discourse before an audience; to reprimand tediously

(d) to wither; to die out; to bleach; to disappear

Q3 adv. yearly


(b) side by side; in alignment; on top of; up-to-date; well-informed


(d) annually

Q4 v. ponder

(a) to begin; to be created; to result from; to develop; to be produced

(b) to catalog; to list; to enumerate; to set down in full detail

(c) to reflect; to think; to consider; to meditate


Q5 n. disposal

(a) getting rid of; arranging

(b) specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece

(c) teaching; direction; guidance; training; education; information

(d) method of performance

Q6 n. attachment

(a) quotation; official praise; summons to a court of law

(b) casing; skeleton; structure; body structure; mood


(d) connection; confiscation; file sent via email

Q7 n. overdraft

(a) recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture; slouch; collapse

(b) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers

(c) plateau; area of level ground; prairie; savanna


Q8 v. attribute

(a) to seize; to capture; to possess; to contract

(b) to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study

(c) to ascribe to; to link to; to associate with; to relate to

(d) to create a timetable; to enter into a timetable; to plan for a certain date

Q9 v. replace

(a) to substitute for; to return something to a particular position or location

(b) to subdue; to solve

(c) to aim at something

(d) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy

Q10 adj. retail

(a) nicely; thoughtfully; graciously; considerately; sympathetically


(c) pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers; of the sale of merchandise to end users

(d) ethical; virtuous; righteous; principled; having integrity

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Test 336


Q1 v. require

(a) to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to order; to command

(b) to smooth wood; to make smooth; to remove rough areas

(c) to propose; to mention; to imply; to hint; to evoke

(d) to deliver without charge

Q2 adj. audio

(a) present; opposite of absent; accompanying

(b) behind; after; rear; hind

(c) conspicuous; bulging outward; protruding; remarkable; noticeable

(d) pertaining to hearing and listening; sound

Q3 adj. rotten

(a) decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled; despicable

(b) excellent; wonderful; splendid; magnificent


(d) regular; ordinary; low-grade; poor

Q4 adj. wire


(b) nominal; symbolic; perfunctory


(d) made of a thin flexible cord of metal

Q5 n. gratitude


(b) thankfulness; appreciation

(c) guilt; responsibility; liability

(d) moving back and forth; influence; control; authority

Q6 adj. persistent

(a) clear; evident; simple; flat; smooth

(b) of publicizing; of advancement; of encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise

(c) most important; main; first; opening; beginning

(d) tenacious; stubborn; constant; continual; diligent

Q7 n. inspection

(a) business of supplying and servicing food

(b) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review

(c) obligation; need; requirement

(d) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction

Q8 n. convenience

(a) person who works in a skilled occupation; specialist

(b) reiteration; act of redoing something

(c) whole amount; entire quantity; essence; gist

(d) comfort; fitness or suitability for performing an action

Q9 v. sink

(a) to submerge; to fall down below the surface (especially in water)

(b) to travel in a car; to transport in a vehicle; to compel


(d) to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to need; to want

Q10 n. close

(a) adviser; counselor; person who guides and teaches; spiritual instructor


(c) end; conclusion; plug

(d) person who is native to or resides in a particular area

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Test 337


Q1 adj. competitive

(a) describing an asset or item which can easily be sold or transferred

(b) sufficient; adequate

(c) involving rivalry; tending to contest

(d) can be traded; can be substituted by something else

Q2 n. whole

(a) manufacturing; trade; diligence; perseverance; tendency to work hard

(b) connection; confiscation; file sent via email

(c) totality; completeness; entirety

(d) flat surface at the bottom of the room on which you walk; story; level of a building

Q3 n. update

(a) more current version of something

(b) tag; sign; identification tag

(c) building; structure; the industry of erecting buildings

(d) law; custom; common practice; government; flat tool used for measuring distances

Q4 n. shrewdness

(a) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern

(b) moving back and forth; influence; control; authority

(c) intelligence; ability to think in a clever manner

(d) group of judges; board; band; strip; crew; staff

Q5 adj. talkative

(a) chatty; loquacious

(b) begging; attractive; interesting



Q6 adj. hidden

(a) reputed; famous

(b) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior

(c) intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral part; natural; inborn


Q7 n. readership


(b) person or company that produces and distributes printed material



Q8 v. spy

(a) to equip; to outfit with supplies

(b) to bear witness; to declare under oath; to attest

(c) to provide secret information about another country; to examine

(d) must (indicating duty or obligation); would (softening the statement)

Q9 v. collide

(a) to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel

(b) to attract; to pull; to sketch; to depict with lines; to conclude

(c) to establish; to start; to found; to being; to raise

(d) to crash; to meet head on; to come together with solid or direct impact

Q10 adv. nearby

(a) at fixed intervals; at evenly-spaced intervals; usually; customarily

(b) late; tardy


(d) next to; alongside

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Test 338


Q1 n. minority

(a) part of a population differing in some characteristic; state of being under legal age

(b) mistake; something that is incorrect

(c) distinguishing mark; unique ability; area of expertise

(d) length; distance; duration; period of time

Q2 n. calculator

(a) performance; operation; attainment; mission; success

(b) small machine that makes computations

(c) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device

(d) embarrassing situation; predicament; location; position (i.e. of a ship or individual)

Q3 v. publish

(a) to connect; to join; to link

(b) to accuse; to admonish


(d) to tie down

Q4 n. resolve

(a) combination of related things or parts that form a complex whole

(b) push; lift; incentive; encouragement

(c) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination

(d) heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence

Q5 v. hem

(a) to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in speaking

(b) to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at an advance opportunity

(c) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect

(d) to have faith in; to assume; to suppose

Q6 v. determine


(b) to decide; to define; to conclude; to cause; to affect


(d) to prosper; to flourish; to succeed

Q7 adj. temporary

(a) concentrated; focused; determined; resolute; purposeful

(b) passing; brief



Q8 v. finish

(a) to terminate; to end; to destroy; to defeat; to complete


(c) to send away; to fire; to release; to free

(d) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say

Q9 adj. incentive

(a) appropriate; noble

(b) legitimate; legally acceptable; not expired; logical; well-founded

(c) provocative; stimulating; encouraging

(d) profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful

Q10 v. loan


(b) to distract; to entertain; to turn in a different direction; to deflect

(c) to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to give temporarily

(d) to move backward; to go back; to return to a previous condition

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Test 339


Q1 n. foundation

(a) base; fundament; substructure; establishing; institution

(b) insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid



Q2 n. approved list


(b) painstaking labor; careful planning; adding of extra details; act of improving; production

(c) admiration; respect

(d) inventory of legal investments for savings banks and trust funds

Q3 n. overall

(a) one who does not eat meat; herbivore


(c) financial assistance

(d) danger; risk; game of chance

Q4 n. pounce

(a) recuperation; getting well; return

(b) trait; feature; ability; distinguishing quality; attribute


(d) act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing; sudden assault or attack

Q5 adj. rental

(a) of a smaller version or dimension

(b) identical; corresponding; in agreement; harmonious

(c) available to lease or rent

(d) sick; bad; unfriendly; unsatisfactory; inadequate; inferior

Q6 adj. indoor


(b) unusual; exceptional; unique; particular; highly valued


(d) major; chief; select; of the highest quality; excellent

Q7 n. interviewer


(b) announcement; poster, sign; warning; attention; consideration

(c) agreement; settlement; harmony

(d) list of terms and definitions (usually at the end of a book); dictionary of technical or specific terms

Q8 n. pitch

(a) strength; period; permanence

(b) middleman; agent who buys and sells property or shares etc. for other people

(c) relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar; asphalt; throw

(d) physical position or bearing; opinion; attitude

Q9 n. run

(a) list of subjects or other information arranged in alphabetical order; indicator; sign

(b) range; journey; track; path; series; sequence

(c) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

(d) person who does not belong to any political party

Q10 n. bank

(a) institution for saving and borrowing money; cashier

(b) degree of difference; promotion of a student to a higher grade

(c) practice session for a performance

(d) development; progress

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Test 340


Q1 adj. idle

(a) serene; quiet; peaceful; tranquil; relaxed; calm


(c) lazy; vain; unoccupied; unemployed

(d) somewhat

Q2 v. press

(a) to push; to iron; to remove creases or wrinkles; to confiscate for public or government use

(b) to be uncertain; to have misgivings

(c) to place one thing on top of another in a heap; to pile


Q3 v. interview

(a) to convey; to relocate; to hand over; to pass on

(b) to spring back

(c) to question formally; to evaluate through questioning


Q4 n. preventive

(a) place used by planes for takeoff and landing

(b) money (in a bank account); trust; confidence; respect

(c) gas pedal of a motor vehicle

(d) safeguard; something used to avert an unwanted situation

Q5 adj. incorrect

(a) dependable; reliable; accountable; liable

(b) about to happen; imminent

(c) simulated; feigned; make-believe

(d) wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly; improper

Q6 adj. swift

(a) fast; immediate; prompt; smart


(c) pertaining to hearing and listening; sound

(d) keeping quiet; reserved; showing self-restraint

Q7 n. downsizing

(a) act of receiving; approval; state of believing in something

(b) something that is superimposed

(c) act of providing; provision; reserve; stock

(d) bringing something down to a smaller scale; lowering expenses

Q8 v. embrace

(a) to represent as the embodiment of perfection

(b) to accept; to belief; to hug; to hold tight

(c) to answer adequately or successfully

(d) to cut with a sharp quick stroke; to reduce; to lower; to criticize strongly

Q9 n. warning

(a) dishonesty; immorality; irregularity; unlawfulness; illegality

(b) caution; advice about danger; advance notice

(c) large batch of letters sent at one time by a single sender; rented property

(d) reiteration; act of redoing something

Q10 adj. coherent

(a) sticking together; consistent

(b) full of or accompanied by; charged with; laden with

(c) clear; exact; precise; quick

(d) well-versed; proficient; skilled

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Test 341


Q1 v. continue

(a) to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly

(b) to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise

(c) to go on; to keep doing something; to last; to perpetuate


Q2 n. productivity

(a) misfortune; hardship; distress; suffering

(b) a measurement of output per hours worked; creativeness; fruitfulness; prolificness

(c) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest


Q3 v. grow

(a) to display; to demonstrate; to bestow; to grant

(b) to employ a group of workers; to provide with employees; to man

(c) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into

(d) to interest; to amuse; to host

Q4 v. assort

(a) to demand; to require; to insist upon; to force

(b) to go after and bring back; to pick up; to charm

(c) to emphasize; to accentuate

(d) to classify; to categorize; to systematize; to structure

Q5 n. portfolio

(a) briefcase; attache case; list of securities and stocks


(c) a word which is formed from the first letters of several words; i.e. TOEIC or NATO

(d) method or course that restores health; prescribed treatment for an illness

Q6 v. travel

(a) to make a request; to implement; to realize; to put into practice

(b) to cause someone enjoyment

(c) to go on a journey; to move; to go from one place to another

(d) to cut off; to curtail; to trim off

Q7 n. surveillance

(a) careful observation of a person or group

(b) small retail store; studio; business; office; outlet

(c) alliance; union; agreement

(d) art and science of disease treatment and health maintenance; remedy; drug

Q8 v. update


(b) to take a picture

(c) to unite; to join; to come together; to become one

(d) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device

Q9 v. condition

(a) to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to prepare

(b) to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to fight against

(c) to shape with skill


Q10 adj. trial

(a) compact; having a high mass per unit volume; close

(b) experimental; exploratory; test; used as a sample

(c) excessive; redundant; superfluous

(d) done without waste (of time, resources, etc.)

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Q1 n. franchise


(b) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license

(c) mark; symbol; indication; hint; trace; notice; advertisement


Q2 n. reservation

(a) act of ordering in advance (hotel room, airline ticket, etc.)


(c) putting into words; phrase; word; manifestation

(d) declaration; notice; the act of informing the public

Q3 n. difficulty

(a) punctuality

(b) programs which control the functions of a computer's hardware

(c) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble

(d) voyage; sightseeing excursion; trip; route

Q4 adj. routine

(a) perfect; imaginary; excellent; best; exemplary

(b) commonplace; ordinary; usual; customary; habitual

(c) sick; bad; unfriendly; unsatisfactory; inadequate; inferior

(d) payable; subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

Q5 adj. responsible

(a) having the capacity for feeling; susceptible to external influences or agents

(b) happening often; regular; common; usual

(c) dependable; reliable; accountable; liable

(d) of a political group; of social gatherings

Q6 n. publication


(b) expression of admiration; word of praise for someone

(c) corporation; firm; ensemble; association with another

(d) apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme

Q7 v. rely

(a) to instruct; to provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding

(b) to create a timetable; to enter into a timetable; to plan for a certain date

(c) to find out; to come across; to get information about something


Q8 n. complex

(a) introduction of something new; change; new method or practice

(b) change of residence; action; turn in a game; formal request or proposition

(c) compound; various objects that for m a unit

(d) lift; mechanical apparatus for moving people or items from floor to floor within a building

Q9 n. few

(a) custom; practice; convention

(c) timetable; agenda; itinerary; plan

(b) progress; advance

(d) not many; some; several; small number of

Q10 v. regard

(a) to look at; to concern; to relate to; to esteem; to appreciate; to consider


(c) to restore to health; to make well; to correct a bad habit; to preserve food

(d) to bear witness; to declare under oath; to attest

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answers keys

TOEIC VocabularyAnswer Keys

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TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 1 (Answer Keys)

A1 adv. miserably

definition (b) without pleasure or happiness; wretchedly; poorly

A2 n. autograph

definition (d) a person's handwritten signature

A3 v. card

definition (c) to ask for an identification (i.e. in a bar)

A4 v. doctor

definition (a) to provide medical treatment; to fix; to repair; to mend

A5 v. duplicate

definition (c) to copy; to replicate; to photocopy

A6 adj. sound

definition (b) whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm; valid

A7 n. anniversary

definition (d) yearly date commemorating a special event; birthday

A8 n. term

definition (a) word; expression; idiom; condition; stipulation

A9 n. clock

definition (b) timepiece; device for telling time

A10 n. balance

definition (d) leveling; harmony; stability; rest; remainder

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A1 adj. rubber

definition (b) composed of elastic material; made from caoutchouc

A2 adj. reticent

definition (a) keeping quiet; reserved; showing self-restraint

A3 adj. thorough

definition (c) comprehensive; complete; finished

A4 adj. emergency

definition (d) in the event of sudden need

A5 adj. dependent

definition (a) relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional; contingent

A6 adj. stock

definition (b) available on a regular basis; employed to handle merchandise or goods

A7 adj. useful

definition (b) functional; practical; applicable

A8 adj. conversant

definition (d) well-versed; proficient; skilled

A9 adj. regular

definition (d) occurring at fixed intervals; normal; usual; ordinary; common

A10 adj. precise

definition (a) exact; not more and not less; meticulous; strict

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A1 n. attorney

definition (c) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor

A2 n. engineer

definition (a) person who designs and plans (machinery, roads, etc.)

A3 n. corruption

definition (c) dishonesty; immorality; irregularity; unlawfulness; illegality

A4 n. irritation

definition (a) something which annoys or aggravates

A5 n. composition

definition (d) make-up; constitution; essay

A6 adv. thus

definition (d) therefore; so

A7 adv. minutely

definition (c) meticulously; exactingly; scrupulously; diligently; thoroughly

A8 n. caution

definition (c) notice; warning; caveat; carefulness; premonition

A9 n. saw

definition (c) tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade; saying; maxim; proverb

A10 n. party

definition (b) political group; social gathering; side of an agreement; group; gang

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A1 v. segment

definition (d) to partition; to be partitioned

A2 v. possess

definition (c) to control; to dominate; to hold; to own; to have as property

A3 v. correct

definition (a) to make right; to amend

A4 v. discuss

definition (c) to talk about; to debate; to converse

A5 v. fee

definition (d) to pay to; to hire; to employ

A6 v. establish

definition (d) to set up; to found; to base; to build

A7 v. delete

definition (c) to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate

A8 v. preface

definition (d) to use as an introduction; to use as a foreword

A9 v. exaggerate

definition (b) to overstate; to make something seem greater or more important than it really is

A10 v. foster

definition (c) to encourage; to nurture; to promote; to raise; to care for

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A1 abbr. C.O.O.

definition (b) head manager of a company or large organization

A2 abbr. plc

definition (d) public limited liability company in Britain

A3 abbr. ROI

definition (b) method of measuring the profitability of a company (derived by dividing the net income by total

assets)

A4 abbr. C.S.O.

definition (a) top executive rank; person who is responsible for the security of a company's communications

and business systems

A5 abbr. G.N.P.

definition (a) total value of goods and services produced by a country in a given period (generally one year)

A6 abbr. corp.

definition (a) large company; firm; business

A7 abbr. mth.

definition (c) period of about 30 days or 4 weeks; 1/12 of a year

A8 abbr. AOL

definition (b) American corporation headquartered in Virginia, owner and operator of on line and interactive

computer services

A9 abbr. I.O.U.

definition (d) signed note acknowledging a debt

A10 abbr. pd.

definition (b) given money that was owed

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A1 prep. upon

definition (c) on; atop

A2 prep. regarding

definition (c) with relation to

A3 prep. below

definition (b) under; beneath; underneath

A4 prep. despite

definition (c) notwithstanding

A5 prep. save

definition (a) except; besides; but

A6 prep. apart

definition (c) besides; but; excluding

A7 prep. between

definition (c) intermediate to; common; shared

A8 prep. except

definition (a) but; besides

A9 prep. opposite

definition (a) across from; facing

A10 prep. outside

definition (c) besides; aside from

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A1 adv. cheap

definition (d) inexpensively

A2 adv. curtly

definition (d) briefly; bluntly; rudely

A3 adv. particularly

definition (c) especially; specifically

A4 adv. counter

definition (d) against; in contrast to

A5 adv. direct

definition (c) clearly; in a straightforward manner

A6 adv. downward

definition (b) towards a lower place, position or section

A7 adv. clearly

definition (d) obviously; apparently; unmistakably

A8 n. fold

definition (c) bend; crease; depression in the ground; hollow between two hills; yard

A9 v. take

definition (d) to seize; to capture; to possess; to contract

A10 n. exchange

definition (c) conversion; stock market; trade; barter; conversation

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A1 adj. obvious

definition (d) clear; unmistakable; apparent; evident; plain

A2 n. category

definition (d) class; division; section; segment

A3 adv. smoothly

definition (c) gently; without roughness or projections; evenly; calmly

A4 v. cost

definition (c) to have a price; to require payment; to set a price

A5 n. current

definition (c) flow (of water, electricity, etc.); process; tendency; direction

A6 n. supplement

definition (d) something which makes up for a deficiency; addition; extra added part

A7 n. furniture

definition (d) movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs, desks, cabinets, closets, etc.)

A8 n. guarantee

definition (a) security; warranty; pledge; assurance

A9 v. wrench

definition (c) to pull by force; to twist; to cut off; to distort; to pervert

A10 v. harvest

definition (a) to reap; to gather in ripe crops; to catch; to gather

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A1 adj. late

definition (d) coming or occurring after the usual or expected time; tardy; slow; delayed

A2 adj. unsatisfactory

definition (d) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

A3 adj. inbound

definition (a) traveling in an inward direction

A4 adj. proof

definition (c) resistant; invulnerable; impervious; sealed; durable

A5 adj. unfair

definition (c) biased; dishonest

A6 qdj. vacant

definition (b) empty; unfilled; unoccupied; lacking expression

A7 adj. assistant

definition (b) serving as an aide; helpful; supportive; auxiliary

A8 adj. obligatory

definition (a) binding; compelling; must be done; necessary

A9 adj. similar

definition (a) alike; having common qualities; comparable

A10 adj. prior

definition (b) earlier; antecedent; former

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A1 n. brochure

definition (c) leaflet; booklet; printed product information

A2 n. offence

definition (c) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

A3 n. disease

definition (d) sickness; illness

A4 n. discretion

definition (a) caution; wisdom; careful judgment

A5 n. coverage

definition (b) survey; review; news reporting; insurance

A6 n. claim

definition (a) lawsuit; request; right

A7 n. office

definition (d) chamber; bureau; incumbency; agency; authority

A8 n. garner

definition (b) place where grain is stored; granary; storehouse; collection; store

A9 n. task

definition (c) job; assignment; obligation; role

A10 n. yield

definition (d) harvest; return; produce; income; profit

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A1 v. drop

definition (b) to fall; to make fall; to bring down; to go down; to omit; to abandon

A2 v. stipulate

definition (d) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require

A3 v. guarantee

definition (a) to vouch for; to give a warranty; to assure; to promise

A4 v. interest

definition (b) to cause to become involved in; to arouse curiosity

A5 v. detect

definition (c) to discover; to discern; to find out

A6 v. contain

definition (c) to include; to hold back; to restrain; to keep under control

A7 adj. harmful

definition (c) injurious; causing damage

A8 v. refund

definition (d) to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to finance again

A9 v. launch

definition (b) to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to break into

A10 v. tenant

definition (c) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy

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A1 abbr. C.T.O.

definition (c) top executive rank; person who is responsible for research and development and possibly for

new product plans

A2 abbr. N/A

definition (c) describing something that can be left out isn't required

A3 abbr. C.V.

definition (b) resume; chronological description of one's employment and educational history; biography

A4 abbr. PR

definition (d) actions of promoting goodwill and distributing information for a company or organization

A5 abbr. Ph.D.

definition (c) graduate with a doctorate; graduate of a doctoral program; university degree; title

A6 abbr. C.C.O.

definition (d) person who is responsible for ensuring that a company and its employees are in compliance with

government regulations and internal policies

A7 abbr. A.O.B.

definition (b) used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting or conference

A8 abbr. p.m.

definition (a) between noon and midnight; in the afternoon; after the hour of 12:00 noon

A9 abbr. C.I.O.

definition (d) Chief Information Officer; person who is responsible for a company's internal information systems

A10 abbr. ASAP

definition (c) quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast

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A1 prep. throughout

definition (d) in every part; at every point or moment

A2 prep. during

definition (a) while; throughout

A3 prep. until

definition (b) up to

A4 prep. beneath

definition (a) under; underneath

A5 prep. within

definition (a) during

A6 prep. considering

definition (a) taking into account; in light of

A7 prep. concerning

definition (b) about

A8 prep. above

definition (a) over; higher than; more than

A9 prep. behind

definition (d) after; in back of

A10 prep. beyond

definition (b) further; more distant

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A1 adv. consequently

definition (b) as a result; therefore

A2 adv. plain

definition (b) simply; in an unembellished manner; clearly

A3 adv. probably

definition (b) almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all likelihood

A4 adv. consciously

definition (a) knowingly; with awareness

A5 adv. already

definition (c) previously; before a certain time

A6 adv. precisely

definition (c) exactly; accurately; definitely; certainly; surely

A7 adv. ahead

definition (c) forward; in advance

A8 n. exclusion

definition (c) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out

A9 adv. etc.

definition (d) and so on; and so forth

A10 adv. behind

definition (d) late; tardy

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A1 v. banquet

definition (a) to hold a party; to feast; to dine; to drink

A2 adj. flawed

definition (d) defective; imperfect; cracked

A3 n. key

definition (b) device used to open locks; button on a board

A4 v. obtain

definition (a) to acquire; to procure; to secure; to earn; to achieve

A5 n. expiration

definition (c) termination; end

A6 n. regard

definition (d) esteem; respect; thought; consideration; look; glance

A7 adv. anyway

definition (c) in whatever manner; however

A8 v. articulate

definition (d) to express in a fluent and clear manner

A9 n. outside

definition (a) external part or surface of something

A10 adj. major

definition (c) more important than others; great; serious

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A1 adj. conservative

definition (d) resisting change; desiring to preserve traditions; cautious

A2 adj. maternal

definition (c) motherly; related through a mother; relating to or characteristic of a mother or motherhood

A3 adj. downtown

definition (a) pertaining to the commercial center of a city

A4 adj. bulk

definition (c) relating to or designed for the mass of people; large-scale; widespread; popular

A5 adj. detailed

definition (d) itemized; marked by thoroughness in treating small items or parts

A6 adj. formatted

definition (a) arranged in a particular way; prepared for reading and writing

A7 adj. narrow

definition (d) tight; strait; reduced; not wide

A8 v. gather

definition (b) to assemble; to collect; to accumulate; to conclude; to deduce

A9 adj. rival

definition (d) being in competition; contending

A10 adj. credible

definition (c) reliable; trustworthy; dependable

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A1 n. trash

definition (d) something discarded; rubbish; garbage; refuse; nonsense

A2 n. blanket

definition (a) bed covering; quilt

A3 n. motivation

definition (d) incentive; drive; inspiration; state of being stirred to action

A4 n. accounting

definition (d) a system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; auditing; a detailed financial

statement

A5 n. error

definition (b) mistake; something that is incorrect

A6 n. vat

definition (b) large container; tank; tub

A7 n. editor

definition (b) person or organization that prepares printed matter for publication

A8 n. back

definition (c) part of a chair; rear part of the human body

A9 n. resilience

definition (b) elasticity; cheerfulness; quality of quickly recovering from sadness or failure; buoyancy

A10 n. resume

definition (c) summary; synopsis; abstract; CV; curriculum vitae

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A1 v. pad

definition (b) to cushion; to fill; to fill out; to walk; to go by foot

A2 v. discourage

definition (d) to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail

A3 v. enrich

definition (d) to improve; to make better

A4 v. rehearse

definition (c) to drill; to practice an action repeatedly in order to perfect it

A5 v. deposit

definition (a) to put a sum of money in a bank for safekeeping; to pay in part; to set down

A6 adj. changeable

definition (b) arbitrary; fickle; flexible

A7 adv. entirely

definition (a) totally; completely; absolutely

A8 v. border

definition (d) to be adjacent to

A9 v. initiate

definition (b) to set going; to launch; to begin; to start

A10 v. post

definition (a) to assign to a duty; to station; to publicize; to advertise

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A1 abbr. C.O.D.

definition (d) cash payment to be made upon receipt of products or goods

A2 abbr. lb

definition (b) pound; unit of weight in ancient Rome equaling approximately 12 ounces

A3 abbr. C.F.O.

definition (a) treasurer; person who is responsible for all financial aspects of a company

A4 abbr. R&D

definition (a) department in a company that develops new products

A5 abbr. i.e.

definition (a) that is to say (Latin); for example; for instance

A6 abbr. PTO

definition (b) requesting to view or read the opposite side of a page or document

A7 abbr. etc.

definition (d) Latin for and so on; and so forth

A8 abbr. C.E.O.

definition (d) head manager of a corporation, company or large organization

A9 abbr. hr

definition (a) period of 60 minutes

A10 abbr. C.C.

definition (a) secondary email address; copy of a document, message, or email that is sent to a third party

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A1 adv. below

definition (c) at a further point

A2 adv. sincerely

definition (a) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully

A3 adv. necessarily

definition (c) as a logical result; unavoidably

A4 adv. drastically

definition (b) intensely; in an extreme manner; severely

A5 adv. sternly

definition (a) strictly; firmly

A6 adv. overhead

definition (d) from above; above; in the sky

A7 adv. rapidly

definition (c) quickly; fast; swiftly

A8 n. system

definition (c) combination of related things or parts that form a complex whole

A9 adv. forward

definition (d) ahead; to the front

A10 adv. good

definition (d) nice; excellent; of high quality

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A1 n. infancy

definition (b) beginning phase of a project; babyhood

A2 v. underestimate

definition (c) to assign too low a value to

A3 n. announcement

definition (d) declaration; notice; the act of informing the public

A4 conj. though

definition (b) despite; in spite of

A5 adj. fueled

definition (d) filled with petrol, gas or another substance that produces energy

A6 adv. unfortunately

definition (a) regrettably

A7 adv. nevertheless

definition (c) anyway; anyhow; still; all the same

A8 v. encourage

definition (a) to support; to inspire; to give hope

A9 v. conjure

definition (a) to appeal; to summon; to invoke; to implore

A10 adj. sharp

definition (b) having a thin edge intended for cutting; sudden; clear; smart

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A1 adj. waste

definition (c) leftover; unused; desolate; desert; destroyed

A2 adj. sensitive

definition (a) having the capacity for feeling; susceptible to external influences or agents

A3 adj. remarkable

definition (b) striking; noteworthy; extraordinary; exceptional

A4 adj. part

definition (c) somewhat

A5 adj. kind

definition (d) gentle; good-hearted; understanding; compassionate

A6 adj. collect

definition (a) having the receiver pay the charges (for a phone call)

A7 adj. injured

definition (c) hurt; wounded; insulted; offended; damaged

A8 adj. extensive

definition (c) spreading over a large area; comprehensive

A9 adj. blanket

definition (b) comprehensive; inclusive

A10 adj. equivalent

definition (a) same in worth or value; same in importance; corresponding

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A1 n. pursuit

definition (b) chase; quest; search; occupation; pastime

A2 n. pleasure

definition (a) enjoyment; amusement; entertainment; delight; joy

A3 n. launch

definition (d) act of sending out; act of starting or initiating; commencement; inauguration

A4 n. setup

definition (a) arrangement; structure; organization; hoax; configuration of hardware or software (Computers)

A5 n. strategy

definition (d) plans or methods created for the purpose of achieving a goal

A6 n. final

definition (a) end; conclusion; last edition of a newspaper

A7 n. disposition

definition (d) character; nature; trait; arrangement; placement

A8 n. salient

definition (d) angle that points outward

A9 n. avail

definition (b) advantage; profit; help; benefit

A10 n. minute

definition (c) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; memo; protocol; memorandum

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A1 v. trustee

definition (a) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them

A2 v. bias

definition (b) to prejudice; to influence opinions

A3 v. overcome

definition (a) to subdue; to solve

A4 v. program

definition (b) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer

A5 v. testify

definition (b) to bear witness; to declare under oath; to attest

A6 v. install

definition (c) to set up for use; to put in (i.e. machinery); to establish in an office or position

A7 n. profit

definition (b) earnings; financial gain; benefit; advantage; privilege

A8 v. hire

definition (a) to lease; to rent; to employ

A9 v. stake

definition (d) to risk; to gamble; to finance; to underwrite

A10 v. pair

definition (a) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate

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A1 abbr. I.P.O.

definition (a) first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market

A2 abbr. G.D.P.

definition (a) total goods and services produced by nation during one year excluding payments on foreign

investments

A3 abbr. a.m.

definition (b) morning; time before noon; hours between midnight and noon

A4 abbr. Inc.

definition (b) legally established as a corporation

A5 abbr. no.

definition (a) numeral; mathematical value or its symbol; unit in a series; part

A6 abbr. PIN

definition (b) set of numbers which identifies a person

A7 abbr. Ltd.

definition (c) firm, company that is organized in such a way as to give its owners limited liability

A8 abbr. HTML

definition (d) language used to write pages and sites for the Internet

A9 abbr. H.R.

definition (b) manpower; personnel; human work force; human labor; staff

A10 abbr. attn.

definition (b) directed to a particular person (generally used when addressing a letter or message) or issue

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A1 adv. perhaps

definition (c) maybe; possibly; could be

A2 adv. ultimately

definition (a) in the end; eventually

A3 adv. randomly

definition (b) accidentally; by chance

A4 adv. approximately

definition (b) nearly; about; around; circa

A5 adv. pretty

definition (a) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent

A6 adv. courteously

definition (c) politely; respectfully; graciously

A7 adv. rarely

definition (c) infrequently; not often; seldom

A8 v. rebuild

definition (b) to reconstruct; to erect again

A9 adv. interim

definition (c) meanwhile; in the meantime

A10 adv. last

definition (c) after all others; finally; at the end; most recently

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A1 n. recruit

definition (c) new member of a group; new employee

A2 n. crux

definition (d) heart of the matter; main point

A3 n. capital

definition (c) property; financial means; assets; main city of a country of region

A4 n. technique

definition (b) method of performance

A5 n. deadline

definition (b) time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in

A6 n. refusal

definition (a) denial; rejection

A7 v. match

definition (d) to be compatible; to be suitable; to be an equal competitor; to compare

A8 n. grant

definition (c) award; gift; present; contribution; donation

A9 v. impede

definition (d) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart

A10 v. idealize

definition (d) to represent as the embodiment of perfection

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A1 adj. unbiased

definition (d) impartial; equitable

A2 adj. dotted

definition (d) spotted; speckled; composed of a series of small dashes (about a line)

A3 adj. record

definition (c) comprising the best result ever attained

A4 adj. trade

definition (a) commercial; of commerce

A5 adj. awesome

definition (a) impressive; inspiring; great; frightening

A6 adj. operational

definition (b) working; functional; ready for use

A7 v. penalize

definition (c) to punish

A8 adj. colloquial

definition (d) conversational; not used in formal speaking or writing; informal

A9 adj. drastic

definition (c) extreme; intense; severe

A10 adj. scrupulous

definition (a) moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise; strict; exact

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A1 n. equipment

definition (b) supplies; necessary items; tools, instruments or other objects for completing a task

A2 n. college

definition (d) institution of higher education that grants degrees; type of school; council

A3 n. bound

definition (c) limit; border

A4 n. symposium

definition (c) meeting or conference at which a specific topic is discussed

A5 n. expenditure

definition (b) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)

A6 n. slope

definition (d) side of a hill; incline; upward or downward slant; degree to which a surface deviates from the

vertical

A7 n. exhibition

definition (b) display; show; public presentation of work or skills; trade fair

A8 v. grasp

definition (d) to seize; to grip; to comprehend; to understand; to realize

A9 n. slice

definition (b) thin piece cut from a larger object; portion; share

A10 n. alliance

definition (c) pact; treaty; connection; relationship

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A1 v. progress

definition (d) to advance; to move forward; to gain

A2 v. influence

definition (b) to affect; to impact; to impel; to control

A3 v. bother

definition (a) to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort; to be concerned

A4 v. span

definition (a) to extend across; to stretch from one point another; to bridge

A5 v. display

definition (a) to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal

A6 v. picture

definition (a) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict

A7 v. evaluate

definition (b) to appraise; to judge the worth or quality; to assess; to gauge

A8 adj. name

definition (d) reputed; famous

A9 v. concur

definition (d) to agree; to harmonize; to coincide; to collaborate; to consent

A10 v. plug

definition (c) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise

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A1 adv. severely

definition (d) seriously; gravely; acutely; critically

A2 adv. overseas

definition (a) in a place across an ocean

A3 adv. initially

definition (c) at first; in the first place; at the beginning

A4 adv. late

definition (b) after the usual or expected time; tardily; recently; far on time; formerly

A5 adv. fine

definition (c) very well; excellent

A6 adv. surely

definition (c) confidently; certainly; without a doubt; yes; of course

A7 adv. moderately

definition (b) mildly; deliberatively; in a temperate manner; not excessively; reasonably

A8 v. scale

definition (b) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio

A9 v. clarify

definition (a) to make clear; to explain

A10 adv. quarterly

definition (b) four times a year; once every three months

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A1 v. doubt

definition (a) to be uncertain; to have misgivings

A2 n. consistency

definition (d) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness

A3 n. prospect

definition (b) chance; probability of advancement or success; hope; promise

A4 n. commission

definition (c) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson

A5 n. setback

definition (d) obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders progress

A6 n. cash reserves

definition (a) bank deposits that are available on a short-term basis; treasury bills

A7 n. bearer instrument

definition (d) a signed money order which is payable on demand to the holder

A8 v. extract

definition (d) to remove; to take out; to squeeze; to press; to elicit

A9 n. challenge

definition (b) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks

A10 n. journey

definition (c) long trip; distance; voyage

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A1 adj. enough

definition (b) sufficient; adequate

A2 adj. bothersome

definition (b) annoying; irritating

A3 adj. professional

definition (d) of a skilled occupation; working in one of the skilled occupations

A4 adj. moral

definition (a) ethical; virtuous; righteous; principled; having integrity

A5 adj. sufficient

definition (c) enough; adequate

A6 adj. priceless

definition (c) invaluable; beyond any expressible value; very expensive

A7 adj. due

definition (c) owed; payable; right; fitting; suitable; adequate

A8 adj. effective

definition (b) productive; in operation; impressive; striking

A9 adj. second

definition (b) next after the first; alternate; other; additional; subordinate; having a lower rank

A10 adj. ready

definition (b) prepared; set; eager; willing; quick; fast

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A1 n. cycle

definition (b) series (of stories, articles, reports etc.); recurring period of time

A2 n. overview

definition (d) synopsis; general survey; introduction

A3 n. assembly

definition (a) meeting; conference; set; group of people

A4 n. empathy

definition (d) entering into the feelings of another; sympathy; vicarious emotion; understanding

A5 n. tray

definition (d) flat receptacle used to hold other items; platter

A6 n. formal

definition (c) occasion which requires fancy dress (dance, ball, etc.); evening gown

A7 n. fence

definition (c) railing; hedge; ability to argue; person who sells stolen goods

A8 adj. fine

definition (b) delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality; excellent

A9 n. overhead

definition (b) general expenses; manufacturing and business expenses

A10 n. itinerary

definition (c) route; travel plans; travel journal

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A1 v. donate

definition (b) to give; to contribute; to grant; to bestow

A2 v. absorb

definition (d) to suck up; take up; take in

A3 v. consume

definition (a) to eat or drink; to use up; to destroy

A4 v. compare

definition (b) to show how (people or things) are alike or different; to consider to be similar

A5 v. swap

definition (c) to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to barter

A6 v. rate

definition (d) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort

A7 v. issue

definition (b) to publish; to distribute; to circulate; to emit

A8 v. mean

definition (c) to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate

A9 v. amend

definition (a) to change; to alter; to improve

A10 v. alleviate

definition (a) to allay; to soothe; to relieve; to soften; to lessen

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A1 adv. overtime

definition (a) exceeding regular working hours

A2 adv. cordially

definition (d) in a friendly manner; warmly

A3 adv. contrary

definition (a) in opposition; against; counter

A4 adv. ill

definition (a) with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly; improperly

A5 adv. originally

definition (b) at first; in the first place; in a unique manner

A6 adv. obviously

definition (c) clearly; unmistakably; plainly; apparently

A7 adv. abreast

definition (d) side by side; in alignment; on top of; up-to-date; well-informed

A8 adv. above

definition (b) overhead; over; in a higher place

A9 adv. downtown

definition (b) into the city center; into the the town

A10 adv. though

definition (b) anyway

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A1 n. lawsuit

definition (b) case in a court of law brought by one party against another; legal claim

A2 n. electrician

definition (c) person who installs or maintains wiring systems

A3 v. exceed

definition (d) to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo

A4 adj. limited

definition (c) confined within a boundary; restricted; narrow; mediocre

A5 n. nexus

definition (d) means of connection; link; joint; connected group

A6 adj. senior

definition (c) older; elder; having a higher rank; aged

A7 n. glove

definition (a) protecting covering for the hand; padded covering for the hand

A8 n. variation

definition (b) degree of diversity; change; modified version; deviation

A9 n. top

definition (b) summit; peak; head

A10 v. accelerate

definition (c) to hasten; to increase the speed of something; to speed something up

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A1 adj. impossible

definition (a) unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be endured

A2 adj. stationary

definition (a) still; fixed in place; static; settled; tending to stay in one place

A3 adj. alert

definition (b) ready; attentive; quick; agile

A4 adj. polite

definition (a) courteous; having good manners; gentle; genial; kind

A5 adj. own

definition (b) belonging to oneself or itself (mine, yours, his, etc.); self; by oneself

A6 adj. initiative

definition (a) beginning; introductory

A7 adj. sanitary

definition (b) hygienic; clean; healthy

A8 adj. quality

definition (d) excellent; having superior characteristics; fine

A9 adj. duplicate

definition (b) double; identical; matching

A10 adj. prize

definition (d) valuable; unique; outstanding; award-winning

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A1 n. offset

definition (d) outcome; compensation; counterbalance

A2 n. territory

definition (d) region; district; zone; area; domain

A3 n. circle

definition (d) ring-shaped geometric figure; round figure; group; society

A4 n. weapon

definition (d) instrument for use in attack or defense in combat

A5 n. majority

definition (c) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total

A6 n. disk

definition (d) flat circular object

A7 n. limit

definition (b) point at which something ends; edge; border; restriction; restraint

A8 n. taste

definition (c) perception of flavor; sense; reason

A9 n. seminar

definition (d) educational meeting; training session

A10 n. frank

definition (a) mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge

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A1 v. seek

definition (b) to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to request

A2 v. resemble

definition (b) to be similar to; to be akin to; to look like; to have a similar appearance to

A3 v. bill

definition (c) to charge; to announce; to advertise

A4 v. credit

definition (d) to believe; to have faith in; to supply goods by deferred payment

A5 v. vacation

definition (a) to go on holiday

A6 v. mark

definition (d) to indicate; to signal; to write down; to record; to notice

A7 v. describe

definition (d) to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate

A8 n. interest

definition (a) concern; affair; percentage on a loan which is paid over time

A9 v. scan

definition (d) to convert an object or image into a digital image using an optical device to browse

A10 v. graduate

definition (a) to complete a course of study and receive a degree or diploma

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A1 adv. easy

definition (d) comfortably; without great difficulty or effort

A2 adv. regularly

definition (b) at fixed intervals; at evenly-spaced intervals; usually; customarily

A3 adv. enough

definition (c) quite; sufficiently; fairly

A4 adv. abroad

definition (b) in another country; outside; widely

A5 adv. least

definition (a) to the smallest extent possible

A6 adv. comparatively

definition (c) relatively

A7 adv. frequently

definition (c) regularly; often

A8 n. particular

definition (a) detail; individual characteristic; item; article; specific proposition

A9 adv. between

definition (a) amid; in the middle

A10 adv. beneath

definition (d) under; below

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A1 adj. interchangeable

definition (b) can be traded; can be substituted by something else

A2 adj. incumbent

definition (c) presently holding an office or position; compulsory; necessary; resting; lying

A3 v. criticize

definition (c) to disapprove; to censure; to find fault

A4 conj. whether

definition (a) if

A5 n. valuable

definition (c) something of great worth

A6 adj. necessary

definition (a) vital; essential; indispensable; unavoidable

A7 n. means

definition (b) method; way; medium; resources; funds

A8 v. call

definition (b) to invite; to speak loudly; to visit; to phone

A9 v. suit

definition (a) to fit; to match; to satisfy; to please; to clothe

A10 n. trouble

definition (d) problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of worry

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A1 adj. ill

definition (c) sick; bad; unfriendly; unsatisfactory; inadequate; inferior

A2 adj. informal

definition (a) unofficial; relaxed; casual; easy; laid-back

A3 adj. dynamic

definition (c) forceful; energetic; vigorous; spirited; alive

A4 adj. substantial

definition (a) firm; wealthy; influential; important; considerable

A5 adj. competent

definition (b) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced

A6 adj. cautious

definition (c) careful; wary; suspicious

A7 adj. hourly

definition (b) continual

A8 adj. clear

definition (d) pure; obvious; easy to understand; comprehensible

A9 adj. pretend

definition (a) simulated; feigned; make-believe

A10 adj. downsize

definition (d) of a smaller version or dimension

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A1 n. size

definition (b) spatial dimension; measurement; extent; degree

A2 n. possibility

definition (c) probability; feasibility; chance; likelihood

A3 n. revise

definition (a) act of making changes; alteration; proof sheet made to verify changes made and check for

additional errors

A4 n. rehearsal

definition (b) practice session for a performance

A5 n. regular

definition (a) frequent customer; repeat customer

A6 n. upgrade

definition (d) the process of installing a newer and more powerful version of a software package or a piece of

hardware

A7 n. employee

definition (a) worker; person who works for a company or an individual

A8 n. dial

definition (d) rotatable disk on a telephone

A9 n. quote

definition (d) citation; commercial offer

A10 n. charge

definition (b) price; cargo; responsibility

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A1 v. admonish

definition (a) to warn; to scold; to reprove

A2 v. adhere

definition (b) to stick to; to cling to; to be devoted to (an idea, group, organization etc.)

A3 v. trouble

definition (a) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb

A4 v. adjourn

definition (d) to postpone; to delay; to end a meeting; to move to another place

A5 v. margin

definition (a) to set apart an additional amount of space or money for security

A6 v. strive

definition (b) to endeavor; to try hard; to compete; to struggle; to resist

A7 adv. ostensibly

definition (a) apparently; seemingly; to all appearances

A8 v. alternate

definition (c) to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to substitute

A9 v. handle

definition (b) to manage; to process; to deal in; to do business with; to treat

A10 v. reclaim

definition (b) to demand the return of property; to repossess

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A1 adv. truly

definition (b) really; genuinely

A2 adv. opposite

definition (b) contrarily

A3 adv. twice

definition (a) doubly

A4 adv. gradually

definition (b) progressively

A5 adv. previously

definition (c) before; at an earlier time; in the past; antecedently

A6 adv. beyond

definition (b) past; further than

A7 adv. barely

definition (d) hardly; scarcely

A8 v. blanket

definition (b) to cover; to coat

A9 adj. adroit

definition (b) alert; clever; ingenious; skillful; adept

A10 adv. apart

definition (b) separately; aside; into pieces

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A1 v. execute

definition (b) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice

A2 v. waver

definition (c) to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate

A3 v. treasure

definition (b) to put away for future use

A4 n. stall

definition (c) stand; booth; pen; pretext to delay

A5 n. state

definition (d) condition; phase; mood; splendor; nation

A6 n. estimate

definition (a) judgment of an object's worth; appraisal; opinion; judgment

A7 v. enlighten

definition (c) to instruct; to provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding

A8 n. structure

definition (a) building; something created from a number of interconnecting parts

A9 adj. conscientious

definition (b) careful; wanting to do what is right

A10 n. field

definition (c) area; domain; range; piece of land; surface

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A1 adj. robust

definition (d) strong; healthy

A2 adj. metropolitan

definition (b) characteristic of a capital city; sophisticated

A3 adj. original

definition (c) first; primary; innovative; creative; novel

A4 adj. attendant

definition (c) present; opposite of absent; accompanying

A5 adj. critical

definition (d) judgmental; important; crucial; vital

A6 adj. liable

definition (d) under legal obligation; responsible; prone

A7 n. merchandise

definition (a) goods; ware; stock; articles or items to be sold

A8 adj. either

definition (a) one of two

A9 adj. conventional

definition (a) customary; routine; formal

A10 adj. prolific

definition (b) fruitful; productive; abundant; plentiful; multiplying; producing fruit

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A1 n. image

definition (d) figure; form; reflection; picture; likeness; embodiment

A2 n. cuisine

definition (d) style of cooking; national food

A3 n. acceptance

definition (c) act of receiving; approval; state of believing in something

A4 n. candidate

definition (d) applicant; nominee; examinee

A5 n. premises

definition (d) property; site; area; grounds; building with the grounds belonging to it

A6 n. royalties

definition (c) percentage of profits paid to an artist for each copy of his work that is sold

A7 n. government

definition (c) ruling of a country or area; political control; authority

A8 n. imperative

definition (d) necessity; obligation; command; order

A9 n. subject

definition (a) topic; branch of studies; major; citizen; motive

A10 n. myriad

definition (a) great number of persons or things; many; a lot; composed of a countless number of items

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A1 v. lesson

definition (c) to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to rebuke

A2 v. carpet

definition (a) to cover or to furnish with textile materials; to reprimand; to scold

A3 v. offset

definition (c) to compensate; to balance

A4 v. decide

definition (c) to choose; to select from several options; to conclude; to resolve

A5 v. advantage

definition (b) to help; to assist; to promote; to be beneficial to

A6 v. transact

definition (d) to carry out; to conduct; to perform

A7 v. survive

definition (a) to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to endure; to withstand

A8 v. fine

definition (b) to impose a tax upon; to purify; to make thin or thinner; to reduce; to clarify

A9 v. succeed

definition (b) to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to inherit

A10 v. haze

definition (a) to treat someone new in a humiliating manner; to harass; to humiliate

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A1 n. puzzle

definition (a) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw

A2 n. contract

definition (a) agreement; pact; deal

A3 adj. executive

definition (b) administrative; operational; having the power to execute laws and policy

A4 conj. whereas

definition (b) since; inasmuch as; while; while on the contrary

A5 n. mood

definition (c) state of mind; predominant emotion

A6 v. peddle

definition (d) to hawk; to vend; to deal; to distribute; to sell

A7 v. vary

definition (a) to alter; to change; to fluctuate

A8 n. enough

definition (d) adequate amount; sufficient degree

A9 adv. yet

definition (b) still; already; but; in spite of; although

A10 n. metropolitan

definition (c) resident of a capital city; sophisticated big-city person

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A1 adj. sophisticated

definition (a) refined; cultured; complex; intricate; complicated

A2 adj. civic

definition (a) pertaining to a city; pertaining to citizenship

A3 adj. elect

definition (b) chosen for office but net yet formally installed

A4 adj. splendid

definition (c) wonderful; excellent; marvelous; grand; elegant; magnificent

A5 adj. sincere

definition (d) honest; truthful; frank; straightforward; genuine; earnest

A6 adj. healthy

definition (a) well; not sick; fit; sound

A7 adj. false

definition (d) not true; counterfeit; deceitful; wrong; artificial; not faithful

A8 n. cruise

definition (d) traveling on a ship; sea voyage; sailing

A9 n. integrity

definition (d) honesty; uprightness; morality; wholeness; unity

A10 adj. opposite

definition (d) facing; across from; contrary; reverse; different; antithetical

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A1 n. initiative

definition (d) enterprise; drive; ambition; beginning move in a process; first step

A2 n. pose

definition (b) stance

A3 n. hire

definition (d) wages; rent; rental; charge; fee

A4 n. departure

definition (c) leaving; going away; opposite of arrival

A5 n. pointer

definition (d) indicator; something used to point; hand on a clock; clue; advice

A6 n. adjustable rate

definition (a) an interest percentage that changes over time

A7 v. apply

definition (b) to make a request; to implement; to realize; to put into practice

A8 n. cover

definition (a) insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid

A9 n. interpreter

definition (c) person who translates from one language to another (orally); person how clarifies; commentator

A10 n. lever

definition (a) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

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A1 v. counterbalance

definition (b) to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight, force etc.)

A2 v. slump

definition (b) to collapse; to decline; to decrease; to deteriorate; to settle

A3 v. assemble

definition (a) to gather; to collect; to converge; to arrange; to meet

A4 v. sustain

definition (a) to support; to provide for; to finance; to assist; to encourage

A5 v. survey

definition (a) to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study

A6 v. manage

definition (d) to administer; to direct; to supervise; to accomplish; to handle

A7 v. judge

definition (c) to criticize; to assess; to determine; to rule

A8 adj. forecast

definition (d) predicted; expected; anticipated

A9 v. keep

definition (b) to hold onto; to save; to store; to watch over; to care for

A10 v. score

definition (a) to gain; to obtain; to earn a point (in a game, etc.); to tally; to grade a test

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A1 n. abbreviation

definition (c) shortened form of a word or word combination

A2 v. analyze

definition (d) to examine; to break down into parts and study (as in a subject)

A3 v. saw

definition (b) to cut with a toothed blade

A4 n. volunteer

definition (a) one who offers his services of his own free will or without pay

A5 v. exclude

definition (c) to leave out; to keep out; to prevent from happening or being; to reject

A6 n. craft

definition (d) trade; skill; occupation; boat; plane

A7 n. regulations

definition (c) statute; law; act of controlling; management; direction

A8 v. contact

definition (a) to establish communication; to make a connection; to link to; to connect with

A9 n. post

definition (d) mail; column; opinion; role; job placement

A10 v. copy

definition (c) to duplicate; to imitate

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A1 adj. separate

definition (d) detached; disconnected; distinct; set apart

A2 adj. easy

definition (a) mild; slight; comfortable; simple

A3 adj. famous

definition (d) well-known; excellent; wonderful

A4 adj. consecutive

definition (b) sequential; following one after another

A5 adj. departmental

definition (d) arranged in divisions; divisional; concerning an office

A6 adj. renowned

definition (a) famous; prominent

A7 adj. absorbed

definition (b) treated as an expense

A8 adj. whole

definition (a) complete; full; entire; healthy

A9 adj. meticulous

definition (b) pedantic; cautious concerning minute details; scrupulous

A10 adj. apt

definition (c) suitable; appropriate; intelligent; savvy; capable

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A1 n. consumer

definition (c) buyer; client

A2 n. technology

definition (d) sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences

A3 n. delay

definition (c) postponement; hindrance; hold-up; stopping; lingering

A4 n. investment

definition (a) expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; authorization

A5 n. inference

definition (c) act of deriving; speculation; drawing of a conclusion

A6 n. pattern

definition (d) sample; model; form; mold; decorative design

A7 adv. seamlessly

definition (c) smoothly; continuously; inconspicuously

A8 n. kind

definition (b) type; sort; class; group of things which are classed together because of their similarities

A9 n. leave

definition (c) vacation; time off; permission to be absent; departure; farewell

A10 n. opposite

definition (d) contrast; something contrary

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A1 v. number

definition (c) to count; to equal in amount; to limit; to allot

A2 v. insulate

definition (d) to separate from others; to segregate

A3 v. come across

definition (c) to happen upon; to find by chance; to discover; to see

A4 v. originate

definition (d) to begin; to be created; to result from; to develop; to be produced

A5 v. recap

definition (b) to summarize; to review with a short summary

A6 v. extradite

definition (b) to hand over to another nation or judicial authority

A7 v. list

definition (b) to write or print a series of names or items according to a certain order; to inscribe; to record

A8 v. gain

definition (c) to acquire; to earn; to purchase; to obtain; to profit

A9 v. bulk

definition (b) to inflate; to play an important role

A10 v. last

definition (b) to continue; to suffice; to endure; to persist

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A1 v. compensate

definition (a) to reward; to reimburse; to pay back; to make up for

A2 n. pass

definition (b) alleyway; narrow road between mountains; successful grade on a test

A3 n. feasibility

definition (d) capability of being carried out; capability of being achieved; likelihood; probability

A4 adj. pervasive

definition (a) penetrating; infiltrating; spreading; extending; permeating

A5 n. gauge

definition (b) standard of measure; device for measuring (pressure, amount, distance, etc.)

A6 v. slice

definition (a) to cut into portions; to cleave

A7 adv. foremost

definition (d) first in place or rank; primary; leading; main

A8 v. induce

definition (c) to cause; to bring about; to set in motion; to influence

A9 adj. opportune

definition (c) appropriate; fitting; well-timed; timely; proper; expedient

A10 n. emergency

definition (d) sudden need demanding immediate action

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A1 adj. mediocre

definition (d) regular; ordinary; low-grade; poor

A2 adj. fleet

definition (c) swift; fast

A3 adj. unforeseen

definition (c) not anticipated; not expected

A4 adj. vast

definition (a) large; enormous; huge

A5 adj. pleased

definition (b) content; satiated; having one's desires satisfied

A6 adj. homebound

definition (b) confined usually by illness

A7 adj. fortunate

definition (c) lucky; successful; opportune

A8 adj. alternate

definition (c) rotating; one after the other; interchanging

A9 adj. perishable

definition (a) expendable; spoils rapidly; likely to spoil; mortal

A10 adj. quarter

definition (b) being one fourth; having four equal parts

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A1 n. remark

definition (a) comment; observation; notice

A2 n. acquaintance

definition (d) person that you have met but do not know well; knowledge of something; familiarity

A3 n. tax

definition (d) levy; fee

A4 n. ability

definition (d) skill; talent; aptitude; capacity; power

A5 n. birth rate

definition (c) number of babies that are born per year per thousand

A6 n. share

definition (c) part; portion; quota; allocation; issue of stock

A7 n. commentary

definition (c) series of remarks; explanation (often written in essay or book form)

A8 n. gratuity

definition (c) tip; bonus; recompense

A9 n. pharmacist

definition (c) druggist; apothecary

A10 n. repeat

definition (a) act of redoing something

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A1 v. crate

definition (c) to pack in a box

A2 v. halt

definition (b) to stop; to cause to stop; to pause; to hesitate; to be uncertain

A3 v. resign

definition (b) to quit an office or position; to relinquish; to give up; to abdicate

A4 v. abide

definition (b) to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to tolerate

A5 v. expose

definition (d) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose; to abandon

A6 v. compartmentalize

definition (c) to separate into sections; to partition

A7 v. protect

definition (a) to defend; to save from harm; to watch over; to guard

A8 adj. efficient

definition (c) done without waste (of time, resources, etc.)

A9 v. foresee

definition (a) to predict; to prophesy; to foretell

A10 v. expand

definition (c) to grow larger; to broaden; to increase; to enlarge; to add to

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A1 n. senior

definition (b) person of higher rank; older person; elder

A2 n. recommendation

definition (b) endorsement; approval; letter of reference; suggestion; advice

A3 v. enclose

definition (c) to surround; to confine; to close in; to place an additional document or letter within another

A4 n. refund

definition (b) return of money; repayment; reimbursement

A5 v. interfere

definition (d) to impede; to obstruct; to hinder; to meddle

A6 v. voice

definition (b) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of

A7 adv. upwards

definition (a) to a higher level; more than; higher than

A8 v. close

definition (d) to shut; to be shut; to finish; to complete

A9 adj. fraught

definition (b) full of or accompanied by; charged with; laden with

A10 v. loom

definition (c) to appear as a large and indistinct form; to appear as larger than life; to impend

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A1 adj. irritated

definition (a) annoyed; aggravated; exasperated

A2 adj. candid

definition (b) honest; straightforward; open; frank

A3 adj. ideal

definition (b) perfect; imaginary; excellent; best; exemplary

A4 adj. honest

definition (b) truthful; candid; frank

A5 adj. edge

definition (d) at or constituting a place where two surfaces meet

A6 adj. essential

definition (c) necessary; needed; fundamental; crucial; very important

A7 adj. diligent

definition (d) ambitious; industrious; hard-working

A8 n. bill

definition (c) banknote; invoice; proposed law

A9 adj. perennial

definition (c) lasting throughout the whole year; continuing for many years; perpetual; everlasting

A10 adj. discrete

definition (d) separate; individual; discontinuous

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A1 n. colleague

definition (d) fellow worker; cowoker

A2 n. midday

definition (b) noon; 12 a.m.

A3 n. examinee

definition (d) person who is tested; candidate

A4 n. midmorning

definition (d) before noon

A5 n. strike

definition (d) temporary work stoppage; good luck; discovery of natural resources

A6 n. attitude

definition (a) position; opinion; viewpoint; outlook; perspective

A7 adj. entire

definition (d) whole; including every part; complete; full

A8 n. tour

definition (b) voyage; sightseeing excursion; trip; route

A9 n. synthesis

definition (b) combining of separate elements into a complete whole

A10 n. propensity

definition (b) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude

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A1 v. conceptualize

definition (a) to plan; to design; to imagine; to conceive; to envision

A2 v. veil

definition (a) to cover; to hide

A3 v. prejudice

definition (c) to express a preconceived opinion; to express one's biases

A4 v. need

definition (a) to require; to be in distress; to be under hardship; to be obligated

A5 v. transfer

definition (c) to convey; to relocate; to hand over; to pass on

A6 v. attend

definition (c) to be present in a place; to care for; to serve; to accompany

A7 v. permeate

definition (b) to enter; to penetrate; to infiltrate; to suffuse

A8 v. pioneer

definition (c) to pave the way; to create a path; to guide; to initiate; to originate

A9 v. visit

definition (d) to stay somewhere temporarily; to make an official inspection

A10 v. charge

definition (b) to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with power

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A1 adj. total

definition (d) entire; complete; absolute

A2 v. solve

definition (c) to find the answer to; to explain

A3 n. vessel

definition (b) large craft made for navigation on water; boat; ship; container

A4 v. fertilize

definition (d) to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances

A5 n. embrace

definition (b) hug; act of wrapping one's arms around another person or thing

A6 adv. solely

definition (d) only; exclusively; merely

A7 adv. subjectively

definition (c) based on individual thoughts and feelings

A8 n. good

definition (a) product; item; asset; benefit

A9 adj. coordinate

definition (d) equal; equivalent; of equal rank or authority

A10 v. operate

definition (b) to act; to function; to manage; to use; to activate; to perform surgery

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A1 adj. token

definition (a) nominal; symbolic; perfunctory

A2 adj. overt

definition (b) plain; clear; visible; public; intentional; undisguised (Law)

A3 adj. savvy

definition (b) experienced; knowledgeable (Slang)

A4 adj. intense

definition (b) extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound

A5 adj. ambitious

definition (a) aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great effort

A6 adj. unauthorized

definition (d) unlicensed; forbidden; unlawful

A7 adj. able

definition (c) competent; talented; apt

A8 v. route

definition (b) to direct along a particular path; to chart a course

A9 adj. above

definition (d) mentioned earlier in the same text

A10 adj. fundamental

definition (d) basic; elemental; essential

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A1 n. coal

definition (d) fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember

A2 n. preface

definition (c) introduction; foreword; opening statement

A3 n. story

definition (a) true or fictional account of some occurrence; short work of fiction; plot; news report

A4 n. suitcase

definition (a) rectangular traveling bag; valise

A5 n. percent

definition (a) one part of a hundred

A6 n. direction

definition (c) guidance; supervision; conducting; management

A7 n. paragraph

definition (c) passage; distinct portion of text (usually begins with an indented line); section; clause

A8 n. assessment

definition (d) estimation; appraisal; measurement

A9 n. recession

definition (a) a significant decline in general economic activity extending over a period of time

A10 n. survey

definition (d) review; overview; statistical study

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A1 v. wrong

definition (c) to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward

A2 v. review

definition (c) to survey; to conduct a general study; to inspect; to examine; to reconsider

A3 v. fluctuate

definition (a) to vacillate; to waver; to vary; to change

A4 v. remain

definition (a) to stay; to abide; to continue; to go on

A5 v. traffic

definition (b) to deal in; to sell

A6 v. capitalize

definition (d) to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance

A7 v. idle

definition (b) to lounge; to do nothing; to laze around

A8 adj. formal

definition (b) ceremonious; conventional; according to custom; stiff; strict; symmetrical

A9 v. dot

definition (a) to stud; to constellate

A10 v. title

definition (b) to furnish with a caption or heading

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A1 n. appearance

definition (c) impression; the way a person looks; image; semblance

A2 v. delegate

definition (d) to authorize; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else

A3 n. still

definition (a) silence; quiet; photograph

A4 n. priority

definition (c) preference; precedence; higher rank; privileged position; seniority

A5 n. scratch

definition (b) abrasion; cut; score of zero; cash; money (Slang)

A6 v. fade

definition (b) to wither; to die out; to bleach; to disappear

A7 adj. entitled

definition (c) allowed; eligible; having the right to something

A8 adj. adamant

definition (b) unyielding; firm; hard; unbending

A9 v. apparel

definition (c) to dress; to adorn wear

A10 adj. unique

definition (c) singular; matchless; rare

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A1 adj. anxious

definition (a) fearful; worried; worrisome; eager; keen

A2 adj. circumspect

definition (a) careful; cautious

A3 adj. complete

definition (c) whole; perfect; finished

A4 adj. ambiguous

definition (d) open to dispute; obscure; vague

A5 adj. supportive

definition (c) providing assistance

A6 adv. systematically

definition (b) methodically; in an organized fashion

A7 v. abuse

definition (a) to injure; to harm; to mistreat

A8 adj. lucid

definition (c) comprehensible; intelligible; rational; transparent; bright

A9 adj. foreign

definition (b) strange; unfamiliar; from or of another place; pertaining to dealings with another country

A10 adj. fluent

definition (c) articulate; eloquent; able to read and write with ease; graceful; flowing

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A1 n. goal

definition (d) target; aim; purpose; objective; destination

A2 n. correlation

definition (d) mutual connection (between two or more things); similarity; parallel

A3 n. declaration

definition (d) statement; proclamation; announcement

A4 n. suit

definition (c) matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt; request; courtship

A5 n. tradition

definition (c) custom; practice; convention

A6 n. wrong

definition (a) injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression

A7 n. attentiveness

definition (c) concentration; ability to concentrate on an issue

A8 v. institute

definition (a) to establish; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to start

A9 n. repair

definition (d) act of fixing; correction; act of mending

A10 n. counter

definition (a) bar; counting device

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A1 v. impact

definition (b) to influence; to affect strongly; to collide; to squeeze in

A2 v. revere

definition (a) to respect deeply; to honor greatly

A3 v. solicit

definition (a) to try and obtain something through persuasion or earnest requests

A4 v. mitigate

definition (a) to soften in force or severity; to lessen the impact or intensity of; to appease

A5 v. reschedule

definition (b) to set a new time and date

A6 v. load

definition (d) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)

A7 v. relocate

definition (b) to move to a different apartment; to move to a different place

A8 v. elude

definition (a) to avoid; to escape; to shrink

A9 v. pass

definition (c) to cross; to transport; to approve

A10 v. defect

definition (c) to desert; to abandon; to change sides

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A1 n. address

definition (a) location; description of a location

A2 n. warehouse

definition (c) depot; wholesale store; large retail store

A3 v. conserve

definition (d) to protect; to guard from harm

A4 n. house

definition (d) building used for a particular purpose; business; audience; legislative body

A5 n. tie

definition (c) rope; cord; link; connection; equal score in a game

A6 n. guide

definition (d) instructor; director; escort; leader; manual; handbook

A7 adj. rigorous

definition (c) harsh; strict; severe; exact; precise

A8 v. dominate

definition (d) to control; to rule; to command

A9 v. reiterate

definition (a) to repeat; to say again; to restate

A10 v. recover

definition (a) to get well; to get back; to regain; to obtain again

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A1 adj. curt

definition (b) brief; blunt; rude

A2 adj. confidential

definition (b) classified; secret; strictly private

A3 adj. intent

definition (b) concentrated; focused; determined; resolute; purposeful

A4 adj. peculiar

definition (b) exceptional; special; strange; odd; curious

A5 adj. rational

definition (b) logical; reasonable; intelligent; prudent; expressible as a whole number (Mathematics)

A6 adj. bonded

definition (a) secured in a warehouse

A7 v. promote

definition (d) to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to assist

A8 adj. inherent

definition (c) intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral part; natural; inborn

A9 adj. brief

definition (b) short; concise

A10 adj. interim

definition (c) temporary; provisional

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A1 n. tackle

definition (b) equipment; device for lifting and lowering objects

A2 n. resignation

definition (b) act of quitting a position; letter stating that one quits a position; relinquishment

A3 n. catalog

definition (d) itemized list; index; directory

A4 n. angle

definition (c) point of view; perspective

A5 n. inhabitant

definition (d) person who lives in a particular place; resident; tenant; occupant

A6 n. bookcase

definition (c) shelves used to store printed items

A7 adj. widespread

definition (d) common; popular; extensive; prevalent

A8 n. deposit

definition (c) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge

A9 n. veracity

definition (c) truthfulness; something that is a truth

A10 n. delegate

definition (c) representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention, seminar etc.

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A1 v. impose

definition (b) to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce; to institute

A2 v. import

definition (c) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply

A3 v. perpetuate

definition (a) to eternalize; to make everlasting; to preserve from extinction

A4 v. deserve

definition (d) to be worthy of; to have a right to

A5 v. accompany

definition (a) to go along with; to go together with; to join; to attach

A6 v. reveal

definition (c) to show; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to disclose

A7 v. focus

definition (d) to make clear; to concentrate

A8 v. vilify

definition (d) to slander; to defame

A9 v. honor

definition (c) to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept

A10 v. recognize

definition (c) to identify; to acknowledge; to know; to admit

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A1 v. edge

definition (b) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively

A2 v. sight

definition (a) to see with the eyes; to view; to notice; to discern; to observe

A3 n. nationality

definition (a) citizenship; patriotism

A4 n. standard

definition (a) model; criterion; norm; average; commodity which backs a monetary system

A5 v. floor

definition (b) to knock down; to astound; to shock

A6 n. domestic

definition (d) housemaid; servant; housekeeper

A7 adj. recognizable

definition (a) identifiable; determinable; able to be distinguished

A8 v. jeopardize

definition (d) to endanger; to place in danger; to imperil; to put at risk

A9 n. decrease

definition (d) decline; reduction; lessening

A10 n. sign

definition (d) mark; symbol; indication; hint; trace; notice; advertisement

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A1 adj. domestic

definition (b) pertaining to home; pertaining to family; tame (about an animal)

A2 adj. nearby

definition (a) close at hand

A3 adj. set

definition (d) fixed; arranged; prepared; resolute; firmly resolved; determined in advance

A4 adj. scatterbrained

definition (b) unable to think in a clear and orderly manner; giddy or frivolous

A5 adj. eager

definition (c) strongly desiring; keen; fervently interested

A6 adj. urgent

definition (d) pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt

A7 v. privatize

definition (b) to transfer control from governmental to individual powers

A8 adj. square

definition (d) having four equal sides enclosing four equal angles

A9 adj. confident

definition (a) certain; sure of oneself; composed

A10 adj. compliant

definition (b) obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding; acquiescent

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A1 n. watch

definition (d) small clock that is usually worn on the wrist; guarding; observation

A2 n. virtual

definition (b) computerized representation of an actual object

A3 n. suite

definition (d) group of things that together form a set; group of attendants

A4 n. anger

definition (c) rage; fury

A5 n. enclosure

definition (b) confinement; additional document or letter placed within another

A6 n. reserve requirement

definition (a) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S.

A7 n. choice

definition (a) option; selection; variety

A8 adj. staple

definition (d) essential; regularly used; primary; principal; main (of goods or products)

A9 n. funnel

definition (d) device with a wide opening at the top which narrows as it reaches the bottom

A10 n. profession

definition (d) vocation; skilled occupation; declaration; proclamation

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A1 v. pocket

definition (d) to profit; to roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)

A2 v. attach

definition (a) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to

A3 v. subsidize

definition (b) to provide financial assistance

A4 v. get over

definition (c) to recover

A5 v. tour

definition (c) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel

A6 v. prize

definition (d) to appreciate; to esteem; to respect; to appraise; to assess worth

A7 n. additive

definition (b) supplement

A8 v. calendar

definition (d) to write down in a timetable; to register

A9 v. stem

definition (c) to arise; to come from; to originate; to stop; to check

A10 v. major

definition (d) to specialize in a certain field

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A1 adv. outside

definition (b) out of doors

A2 adj. cheap

definition (d) opposite of expensive; inexpensive

A3 n. message

definition (c) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation

A4 adj. top

definition (c) highest; prime; leading

A5 n. accomplishment

definition (b) fulfillment; realization; attainment; achievement

A6 v. generate

definition (b) to create; to produce; to bring into being

A7 n. character

definition (c) nature; disposition; attitude; figure; person; statement of qualities

A8 v. emerge

definition (d) to appear; to come out; to be revealed

A9 pref. counter

definition (d) against; opposed

A10 v. measure

definition (c) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate

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A1 adj. inventive

definition (a) creative; new; original

A2 adj. certain

definition (b) sure; definite; particular; specific

A3 adj. forward

definition (b) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive

A4 adj. fraudulent

definition (a) guilty; dishonest

A5 adj. close

definition (c) near; adjacent; careful

A6 adj. curious

definition (d) inquisitive; desiring to know and understand; odd; strange; rare

A7 n. dealer

definition (a) supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales representative

A8 adj. continuous

definition (d) successive; uninterrupted; permanent

A9 adj. rear

definition (c) back; hind

A10 adj. intricate

definition (a) complex; complicated; involved; entangled

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A1 n. florist

definition (b) owner of a flower shop; person who makes flower arrangements

A2 n. station

definition (b) position; place where a person or thing is usually found; headquarters; broadcast frequency

A3 n. surface

definition (d) exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external part or layer; outward appearance

A4 n. dress code

definition (d) formally or socially imposed standards of attire

A5 n. link

definition (b) connection; relation; association; one ring of a chain; ring

A6 n. fraction

definition (b) product of the division of one number by another; part of a whole; segment; fragment; quotient

A7 n. surprise

definition (a) astonishment; something which startles or astonishes; unexpected event

A8 adj. downward

definition (b) descending

A9 n. carpet

definition (d) rug; fabric floor covering

A10 n. compatible

definition (d) piece of equipment which can be used with other machines without alternation

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A1 v. legitimate

definition (a) to make valid; to make lawful; to justify; to make permissible

A2 v. proceed

definition (a) to continue; to carry on; to advance; to progress; to move forward

A3 v. afford

definition (b) to be able to pay for; to supply; to provide

A4 v. broker

definition (a) to act as a middleman; to buy and to sell property for other people

A5 v. challenge

definition (b) to dare; to invite to engage in a contest; to stimulate; to test one's ability

A6 v. include

definition (b) to comprise; to contain; to embrace

A7 v. image

definition (d) to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to picture in the mind

A8 v. accommodate

definition (c) to adapt oneself; to host guests; to provide lodging

A9 v. key

definition (b) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device

A10 v. caution

definition (a) to warn; to notify of danger

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A1 conj. directly

definition (b) immediately following; the moment that; as soon as

A2 v. provide

definition (a) to supply; to grant; to set; to offer

A3 v. administer

definition (c) to manage; to supervise; to supply; to dispense

A4 v. compute

definition (b) to calculate; to figure; to estimate

A5 pref. photo

definition (b) of light

A6 n. concrete

definition (c) cement; something tangible (idea, object, etc.)

A7 v. ensure

definition (c) to make certain; to guarantee; to make secure

A8 n. possession

definition (d) custody; property; asset; control; ownership

A9 v. chop

definition (c) to cut; to cut down; to cut into pieces; to mince

A10 n. incline

definition (a) slope; grade; slant

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A1 adj. beneficial

definition (d) advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable

A2 adj. careful

definition (b) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous

A3 adj. fair

definition (a) just; reasonable; handsome; light colored; clean; clear

A4 adj. ordinary

definition (c) regular; common

A5 adj. stipendiary

definition (d) receiving of a regular or fixed payment

A6 adj. pocket

definition (a) small; of a pouch

A7 adj. elementary

definition (d) basic; fundamental

A8 adj. tender

definition (b) gentle; soft; delicate

A9 adj. even

definition (d) smooth; straight; level; parallel; equal; consistent

A10 adj. correct

definition (d) right; proper; exact; accurate

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A1 n. occurrence

definition (b) happening; event; incident

A2 n. proliferation

definition (a) rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction; prosperity

A3 n. courier

definition (c) messenger; company that delivers messages, documents, parcels, etc.

A4 n. leverage

definition (b) influence; ability to affect or alter people or circumstance

A5 n. originality

definition (d) state of not being a derivative of anything else

A6 n. potency

definition (d) power; strength; force; capacity to be

A7 n. mayor

definition (b) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city

A8 n. file

definition (d) dossier; collection of documents on a subject; tool for smoothing surfaces; line; queue

A9 n. focus

definition (a) center; hub; concentration

A10 n. spread

definition (b) expansion; growth; range; story or advertisement that covers two pages

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A1 v. justify

definition (c) to vindicate; to defend; to support; to excuse

A2 v. frame

definition (d) to contrive false evidence against; to set up; to construct; to build; to fashion; to formulate

A3 v. second

definition (c) to support a proposal or statement; to endorse; to approve; to help; to assist

A4 v. source

definition (d) to originate from; to reveal the origin of something; to obtain from a particular supplier

A5 v. ferry

definition (d) to convey passengers or cargo by boat across a small body of water

A6 v. agree

definition (a) to consent; to concur; to suit; to have the same opinion; to fit

A7 v. renew

definition (c) to restore to good condition; to restart; to resume; to refresh

A8 v. misunderstand

definition (c) to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend incorrectly

A9 v. purchase

definition (b) to buy; to acquire in exchange for money; to procure; to obtain

A10 v. exact

definition (c) to demand; to require; to insist upon; to force

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A1 n. requirement

definition (b) something that is demanded; necessity; something that is needed

A2 n. general

definition (c) high ranking military officer

A3 v. insist

definition (d) to demand; to emphasize firmly; to request firmly; to require; to persevere

A4 n. breakdown

definition (a) collapse; crash; incident

A5 n. shipyard

definition (d) place where vessels are built and repaired

A6 n. developer

definition (d) person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography

A7 v. tantalizing

definition (b) to tempt or tease by presenting something as available and then withholding it

A8 v. rise

definition (a) to stand up; to get into an upright position; to climb; to ascend

A9 v. figure

definition (d) to calculate; to think; to assume; to portray; to depict; to express verbally

A10 v. prospect

definition (b) to search for valuable materials (such as gold, oil, etc.)

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A1 adj. state

definition (b) governmental; bureaucratic; majestic; dignified

A2 adj. party

definition (a) of a political group; of social gatherings

A3 adj. introductory

definition (b) preliminary; beginning

A4 adj. capable

definition (c) skilled; able; proficient; adept

A5 adj. periodical

definition (a) occurring at regular intervals; recurrent; cyclic; seasonal

A6 adj. immediate

definition (c) instantaneous; prompt; direct; close

A7 n. realization

definition (c) accomplishment; fulfillment

A8 adj. manual

definition (d) physical; done using human skill or force

A9 adj. lead

definition (a) most important; main; first; opening; beginning

A10 adj. quarterly

definition (b) occurring every three months; taking place four times a year

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A1 n. reception

definition (a) acceptance; event in which guests are formally welcomed by their host; check-in

A2 n. bullion

definition (d) bars of gold; bars of silver

A3 n. change

definition (d) replacement; alteration; shift; coins; money received back after paying for goods

A4 n. innovation

definition (c) introduction of something new; change; new method or practice

A5 n. pie

definition (b) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling

A6 n. policy

definition (c) course or method of action; guidelines; position; standpoint; insurance contract

A7 n. invention

definition (c) creativity; resourcefulness; fabrication; falsehood

A8 n. pocket

definition (b) pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground deposit of oil

A9 n. quarter

definition (d) one fourth; neighborhood; coin worth 25 cents; period of three months; district

A10 n. principle

definition (c) doctrine; tenet; precept; fundamental law; primary law on which other laws are based

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A1 v. underline

definition (c) to emphasize

A2 v. construe

definition (d) to interpret; to see; to perceive

A3 v. advertise

definition (b) to promote; to draw attention to; to publicize

A4 v. break

definition (d) to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel

A5 v. offer

definition (d) to suggest; to tender; to bid; to propose a price; to present

A6 v. allot

definition (a) to give out; to distribute; to ration; to set aside for a special purpose

A7 v. depend

definition (c) to rely on; to trust; to be supported by

A8 v. deliver

definition (c) to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express

A9 v. remove

definition (d) to take off; to shed; to take away; to eliminate; to get rid of

A10 v. access

definition (d) to gain entrance to; to get at

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A1 adj. payable

definition (c) may be settled

A2 adj. annual

definition (b) occurring once a year; yearly

A3 adj. straightforward

definition (b) frank; candid; sincere; honest; simple; uncomplicated

A4 v. give up

definition (c) to surrender; to quit; to stop doing

A5 v. detail

definition (d) to list; to describe; to specify; to assign

A6 n. official

definition (a) person who holds public position; authority

A7 v. encounter

definition (a) to meet by chance; to face; to meet with (difficulties, hardships, etc.)

A8 v. refer

definition (d) to send; to direct; to ascribe to; to relate to; to apply to; to call attention to

A9 adj. abundant

definition (b) plentiful; copious; profuse; full abounding with

A10 n. reply

definition (a) answer; response

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A1 adj. appealing

definition (b) begging; attractive; interesting

A2 adj. prime

definition (c) major; chief; select; of the highest quality; excellent

A3 adj. adequate

definition (a) sufficient; suitable; appropriate; proper

A4 adj. recent

definition (d) new; fresh; late; of late times

A5 adj. exact

definition (a) precise; meticulous; extremely accurate

A6 adj. self-employed

definition (d) independent; independent contractor; business owner; person who is not a hired laborer

A7 adj. number

definition (b) anesthetized; lacking sensitivity (to pain); in shock; senseless

A8 adj. current

definition (b) recent; common; prevalent; present; popular

A9 adj. contrary

definition (d) opposed

A10 adj. minute

definition (b) tiny; extremely small; trivial; petty; accurate

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A1 n. aim

definition (c) purpose; goal; objective; target

A2 n. inventory

definition (d) stock; list of assets; act of checking stock

A3 n. entertainment

definition (d) something interesting or amusing; fun; hospitality

A4 n. addition

definition (a) supplement; mathematical operation

A5 n. care

definition (b) attention; concern; caution; supervision; management

A6 n. utilization

definition (a) the proportion of available time that an item of equipment is operating

A7 n. queues

definition (b) line; file (British); row; braid; plait

A8 adj. potential

definition (d) possible; capable of becoming; able to be

A9 n. save

definition (c) action or instance in which the ball or puck is prevented from entering the goal

A10 n. box

definition (b) case; crate; punch; hit

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A1 v. acquaint

definition (b) to make familiar; to present someone; to introduce someone

A2 v. journey

definition (d) to travel; to take a trip

A3 v. eliminate

definition (d) to remove; to get rid of

A4 v. build

definition (a) to construct; to create; to increase intensity; to energize

A5 v. approach

definition (d) to come near to; to tackle (a problem or situation)

A6 v. allow

definition (b) to permit; to enable

A7 v. inhabit

definition (c) to occupy; to live in; to dwell in; to reside in; to populate

A8 v. reference

definition (b) to add a footnote; to place a note that directs readers to another source of information (in a book,

journal, etc.)

A9 v. pounce

definition (d) to fall on; to storm; to invade; to attack; to seize; to assault

A10 v. occur

definition (b) to happen; to take place; to transpire; to come to mind; to suggest itself

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A1 n. package

definition (b) bundle; parcel; container for storage or transportation; inseparable combination of items

A2 v. store

definition (c) to amass; to accumulate; to supply; to equip

A3 adj. inalienable

definition (b) non-transferable

A4 n. witness

definition (d) testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony

A5 adj. superior

definition (c) higher in rank or position; above average; exceptional

A6 v. customize

definition (d) to make or to fit according to individual needs or desires; to personalize; to individualize

A7 adj. digital

definition (c) using numbers; with numbers

A8 n. encounter

definition (a) chance meeting

A9 adj. innocent

definition (d) not guilty; pure; simple; naive; unsophisticated; harmless

A10 adj. return

definition (c) reciprocal; done in response to a previous action; repeated; recurring

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A1 adj. overhead

definition (a) of general expenses; general

A2 adj. resolute

definition (d) determined; firm; steadfast

A3 adj. sick

definition (b) ill; nauseous; feeling the need to vomit; disgusted; fed up

A4 adj. outbound

definition (c) leaving; sailing; traveling to another country

A5 adj. inspiring

definition (c) motivating; stimulating; encouraging; provoking; inhaling

A6 adj. great

definition (d) large; important; huge; immense; wonderful; exciting

A7 n. rectangle

definition (a) parallelogram

A8 adj. resident

definition (c) staying in a particular place; not migratory; intrinsic; existing

A9 adj. appropriate

definition (c) suitable; fitting

A10 adj. head

definition (c) chief; leading; main; principal

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A1 n. rush

definition (b) speed; haste; sudden increase in activity or speed

A2 n. backup

definition (c) copying of data for safety purposes; substitute; reserve; spare

A3 n. parentheses

definition (a) grouping symbols ()

A4 n. prescription

definition (c) written order for a medication; instruction; directive; order; command

A5 n. boiler room

definition (a) a fraud scheme involving cold calling

A6 n. fabric

definition (d) textile; weave; structure; framework; construction

A7 n. consortium

definition (a) partnership; association

A8 n. likelihood

definition (b) probability; chance; feasibility; possibility

A9 n. bulk

definition (d) volume; mass; main part; most

A10 n. temper

definition (d) disposition; mood

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A1 v. release

definition (b) to set free; to emancipate; to make available to the general public; to surrender

A2 v. gross

definition (c) to make or earn a total of (before taxes and other expenses)

A3 v. stretch

definition (c) to extend; to elongate; to reach out; to pull; to strain

A4 v. conclude

definition (c) to finish; to infer; to deduce; to make a decision

A5 v. neglect

definition (d) to disregard; to ignore; to forget to perform (a duty); to shirk; to abandon

A6 v. fall off

definition (b) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller

A7 v. illustrate

definition (d) to exemplify; to clarify; to explain; to depict; to elucidate

A8 v. demonstrate

definition (a) to present; to show or illustrate something through example, or physical demonstrations

A9 v. appreciate

definition (b) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable

A10 v. size

definition (d) to arrange according to dimension

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A1 n. repetition

definition (c) reiteration; act of redoing something

A2 v. ticket

definition (a) to label; to fine

A3 n. capitalization

definition (c) process of turning money into profit

A4 adj. warning

definition (c) cautioning; giving advice about danger

A5 v. omit

definition (a) to delete; to skip over; to neglect

A6 n. total

definition (b) sum; whole

A7 v. budge

definition (d) to move; to be moved

A8 n. bother

definition (d) effort; nuisance

A9 n. pioneer

definition (a) pathfinder; forerunner; person who paves the way; member of a military engineering corps

A10 n. press

definition (a) journals and newspapers collectively; act or process of printing

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A1 adj. outdoor

definition (d) of nature

A2 adj. liberal

definition (d) in favor of reform; supporting a progressive philosophy; tolerant; open-minded

A3 adj. difficult

definition (d) hard; troublesome; complicated; complex

A4 adj. subject

definition (b) under the rule of; subordinate; exposed to; liable to; conditional

A5 adj. terrible

definition (a) awful

A6 adj. expensive

definition (a) costly; precious; opposite of cheap

A7 adj. becoming

definition (a) appropriate; noble

A8 adj. plain

definition (c) clear; evident; simple; flat; smooth

A9 adj. main

definition (d) principal; head; chief

A10 adj. foster

definition (c) entrusted to the care

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A1 n. firm

definition (c) company; commercial business; corporation

A2 n. reference

definition (b) comment; remark; ascription; mention; regard

A3 n. institute

definition (c) foundation; organization which provides a certain service or supports a particular cause

A4 n. chef

definition (a) professional cook; head cook in a restaurant of hotel

A5 n. failure

definition (c) inability to succeed; lack of success; lack; bankruptcy; downfall

A6 n. alternative

definition (b) choice; option

A7 n. property

definition (c) possessions; belongings; estate; assets; ownership

A8 n. glossary

definition (d) list of terms and definitions (usually at the end of a book); dictionary of technical or specific terms

A9 n. contrary

definition (a) something which is opposite

A10 n. esteem

definition (c) admiration; respect

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A1 v. replay

definition (d) to rebroadcast

A2 v. apologize

definition (a) to express regret; to say sorry

A3 v. jeopardy

definition (b) to endanger; to imperil; to put at risk; to place in danger

A4 v. corner

definition (a) to hold at bay; to gain advantage on the market; to approach; to catch; to trap

A5 v. treat

definition (b) to relate to; to deal with; to process; to pay for

A6 v. weigh

definition (a) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden

A7 v. package

definition (c) to wrap; to combine things together as one inseparable unit

A8 v. check

definition (c) to examine; to investigate; to inspect; to scrutinize

A9 v. irritate

definition (b) to annoy; to bother; to aggravate; to anger

A10 v. founder

definition (c) to fill with water and sink; to fall; to fail; to stumble; to cause to sink

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A1 adj. minimum

definition (d) pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least

A2 v. coin

definition (b) to mint; to invent a new word or phrase

A3 adj. plane

definition (a) flat, level; even

A4 adj. underway

definition (c) having begun a journey (especially of a sea vessel); initiated; in progress; under construction

A5 v. stress

definition (a) to emphasize; to accentuate

A6 v. puzzle

definition (a) to mystify; to baffle; to confound; to confuse; to perplex

A7 adj. remote

definition (c) distant; located far away; secluded; isolated; aloof

A8 v. care

definition (d) to be concerned with; to look out for; to watch over; to like; to be fond of

A9 adj. succinct

definition (a) stated briefly but clearly; clear and concise; short and to the point

A10 v. benefit

definition (d) to profit; to gain; to be advantageous

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A1 adj. valuable

definition (d) of great worth; costly; cherished; dear; important

A2 adj. conscious

definition (a) aware; awake; attentive

A3 adj. reverse

definition (a) having the back side exposed to view; opposite; contrary

A4 adj. different

definition (c) not the same; unusual; distinctive

A5 adj. interior

definition (c) inner; inside; inland; of a country's domestic affairs; of an individual's inner life

A6 adj. useless

definition (d) not functional; not practical

A7 adj. grateful

definition (b) thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks

A8 v. affect

definition (b) to influence

A9 adj. articulate

definition (d) lucid; eloquent; expressed using clear and distinct words; able to speak

A10 adj. key

definition (b) important; significant; fundamental; necessary; crucial

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A1 n. demand

definition (b) claim; requirement; strong request

A2 n. lawyer

definition (b) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister

A3 n. coach

definition (c) trainer; tutor; teacher; bus

A4 n. trust

definition (a) confidence; faith; credit; monopoly; several companies banded together in order to reduce

competition

A5 n. repo

definition (a) agreement in which the seller of securities agrees to buy them back at a specified time and price

A6 n. move

definition (a) change of residence; action; turn in a game; formal request or proposition

A7 n. bearer

definition (b) person who holds a money order

A8 n. rate

definition (d) price; cost; speed; pace; tax

A9 n. jeopardy

definition (c) danger; peril; hazard; risk; endangerment

A10 n. trail

definition (b) track; footprints; path; way

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A1 v. revolve

definition (c) to rotate; to turn; to spin; to encircle; to think about; to contemplate

A2 v. bottom

definition (a) to establish; to construct; to base; to provide a foundation

A3 v. set out

definition (a) to display; to undertake; to attempt; to begin a journey; to arrange

A4 v. value

definition (b) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate

A5 v. lose

definition (a) to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated; to fail; opposite of to win

A6 v. fetch

definition (c) to go after and bring back; to pick up; to charm

A7 n. consciousness

definition (d) awareness; cognition; ability to perceive

A8 v. gauge

definition (a) to measure; to evaluate; to determine; to estimate

A9 v. frank

definition (c) to deliver without charge

A10 v. compromise

definition (a) to establish an agreement; to settle a dispute

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A1 n. debate

definition (c) argument; dispute; discussion; conversation

A2 adj. characteristic

definition (d) typical; distinctive

A3 n. service

definition (a) act of providing; act of offering; work; labor; function; role; offer

A4 adj. dense

definition (c) compact; having a high mass per unit volume; close

A5 adj. expert

definition (c) skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced

A6 v. withdraw

definition (a) to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove

A7 n. addiction

definition (d) devotion to a certain habit; dependency

A8 v. transcend

definition (b) to excel; to rise above

A9 adj. diverse

definition (a) different; varied

A10 n. specialty

definition (d) distinguishing mark; unique ability; area of expertise

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A1 adj. concrete

definition (b) tangible; real; substantial; solid

A2 adj. straight

definition (b) having no curves or bends; frank; continuous; honest; consistent

A3 adj. perfect

definition (c) flawless; complete; undamaged

A4 adj. weak

definition (a) frail; feeble; faint; dilute; watery

A5 adj. express

definition (a) clear; exact; precise; quick

A6 adj. unsanitary

definition (b) not healthful; not clean

A7 adj. likely

definition (c) reasonable; probable; possible; appropriate; promising

A8 adj. profuse

definition (c) plentiful; abundant; generous; extravagant; wasteful

A9 adj. beneficent

definition (c) kind; good

A10 adj. ample

definition (a) much; plenty; large; spacious

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A1 n. advertisement

definition (c) commercial information designed to attract attention; commercial

A2 n. city

definition (d) town; large urban area

A3 n. supplier

definition (c) provider

A4 n. haze

definition (b) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness

A5 n. wrench

definition (c) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts

A6 n. founder

definition (a) establisher; organization or channel; person who gives authorization to operate a channel

A7 n. crew

definition (d) group of people working together; team

A8 n. wait

definition (b) staying where one is; expectation; ambush

A9 n. fluctuation

definition (b) vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy; change

A10 n. exposure

definition (c) denouncement; revealing; photograph; abandoning; placement

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A1 v. limit

definition (c) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border

A2 v. unlock

definition (c) to open; to free from restraints; to release

A3 v. cushion

definition (d) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster

A4 v. levy

definition (a) to impose a tax or fine; to conscript troops

A5 v. look forward to

definition (d) to anticipate gladly

A6 v. would

definition (a) helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire

A7 v. entrust

definition (c) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty

A8 v. reprove

definition (a) to accuse; to admonish

A9 v. catalog

definition (a) to make an itemized list; to index; to classify

A10 v. excel

definition (b) to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better than

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A1 n. plant

definition (a) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment

A2 n. fare

definition (d) cost for traveling (on a bus, train, etc.)

A3 v. falter

definition (c) to hesitate; to stumble; to sway; to totter; to be unstable

A4 n. quality

definition (d) degree of excellence; characteristic; attribute; character; excellence

A5 v. inspect

definition (c) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review

A6 n. creativity

definition (d) innovativeness; inventiveness

A7 v. utilize

definition (a) to put to practical use; to take advantage of

A8 v. railroad

definition (b) to transport via locomotive; to convey by train

A9 v. aid

definition (d) to help; to assist

A10 adj. versatile

definition (a) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things

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A1 adj. constant

definition (c) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant

A2 adj. tall

definition (b) having a specified height; difficult to believe; exaggerated; challenging

A3 adj. good

definition (d) excellent; pleasant; valid; competent; skilled; positive

A4 adj. incredible

definition (c) unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great; amazing

A5 adj. secret

definition (b) classified; confidential; clandestine; covert; hidden; latent

A6 adj. available

definition (d) ready for use; attainable; present; vail

A7 adj. absent

definition (d) preoccupied; lost in thought

A8 adj. sporadic

definition (d) irregular; fitful; occasional; infrequent

A9 adj. imperative

definition (a) necessary; obligatory; commanding

A10 adj. lucrative

definition (d) profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful

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A1 n. award

definition (b) prize; grant; arbitration

A2 n. compensation

definition (b) repayment; something done to make up for (a loss, deficiency or fault)

A3 n. hallmark

definition (a) identifying characteristic

A4 n. skirting

definition (b) act of going around; avoidance; evasion

A5 n. ado

definition (c) commotion; flurry; excitement

A6 n. privacy

definition (a) seclusion; solitude; reclusion; secrecy; confidentiality

A7 n. airport

definition (c) place used by planes for takeoff and landing

A8 n. ferry

definition (c) boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle

A9 n. signification

definition (c) meaning; sense; importance; consequence; act of pointing out

A10 n. note

definition (b) short written reminder; memo; brief informal letter; official message

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A1 v. code

definition (a) to cipher

A2 v. accomplish

definition (d) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform

A3 v. button

definition (c) to fasten; to connect

A4 v. depart

definition (a) to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die

A5 v. abound

definition (b) to be plentiful; to be filled with; to overflow with

A6 v. confirm

definition (d) to approve; to verify; to ascertain

A7 n. switchboard

definition (b) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits

A8 v. bond

definition (a) to store in a warehouse

A9 v. form

definition (d) to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be created

A10 v. temper

definition (c) to moderate; to soften; to tone down; to toughen; to harden

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A1 n. appliance

definition (d) tool; gadget; device; apparatus

A2 n. guilt

definition (b) state of having committed a crime or offense; culpability; feeling of having done something wrong

A3 v. withstand

definition (c) to bear; to endure

A4 n. arrival

definition (b) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure

A5 n. weight

definition (c) heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence

A6 adv. certainly

definition (c) of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely; absolutely

A7 v. develop

definition (d) to build; to create; to design; to grow

A8 v. invoice

definition (b) to bill; to charge

A9 v. fleet

definition (b) to move quickly; to pass quickly

A10 n. aggregate

definition (a) combination; conjunction; group; mixture

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A1 adj. frequent

definition (a) happening often; regular; common; usual

A2 adj. mean

definition (d) average; middle; unkind; base; inferior

A3 adj. excellent

definition (d) superior; extraordinary; outstanding

A4 adj. meaning

definition (a) significant; important

A5 adj. attentive

definition (a) concentrated; focused; observant; polite; caring

A6 adj. legal

definition (d) of or pertaining to the law; allowed by law

A7 adj. unable

definition (c) not capable

A8 adj. direct

definition (c) straight; forthright; clear

A9 adj. regardless

definition (d) inattentive; unmindful

A10 adj. subordinate

definition (c) inferior; of secondary importance; under the authority of another

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A1 n. communication

definition (c) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message

A2 n. conviction

definition (d) acknowledgment; strong persuasion or belief; condemnation

A3 n. must

definition (a) necessity; obligation; new wine; grape juice that has not yet fermented

A4 n. slogan

definition (c) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising

A5 n. scenery

definition (c) view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on stage to portray a particular setting or locale

A6 n. reach

definition (d) distance that an arm can extend

A7 n. consideration

definition (a) payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness; careful attention

A8 n. private

definition (d) soldier of the three lowest military ranks

A9 n. objective

definition (c) aim; purpose, goal

A10 n. cost

definition (c) price; expense

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A1 v. lease

definition (c) to rent out property for a specific period of time; to let

A2 v. complain

definition (c) to find fault; to express displeasure; to protest

A3 v. identify

definition (d) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate

A4 v. certify

definition (c) to confirm to be true; to authorize

A5 v. intend

definition (d) to plan; to mean; to have in mind do or accomplish; to designate for a particular purpose

A6 v. concentrate

definition (a) to focus; to pay attention

A7 v. consist

definition (a) to be composed of; to be made up of

A8 v. overlap

definition (b) to cover a part of; to have something in common

A9 v. angle

definition (b) to bend; to turn sharply in a different direction

A10 v. counter

definition (d) to oppose; to retaliate; to react; to strike back

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A1 v. compel

definition (d) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand

A2 v. recommend

definition (d) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest

A3 n. border

definition (c) boundary; edge; limit

A4 n. endorsement

definition (a) signature on a money order such as a check

A5 v. consider

definition (a) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account

A6 n. initial

definition (a) beginning letter of a person's first name; first letter (as of a word)

A7 v. strengthen

definition (a) to make strong; to fortify; to reinforce; to toughen

A8 v. mend

definition (a) to repair; to improve; to be improved

A9 v. adorn

definition (d) to decorate; to beautify

A10 adj. ostentatious

definition (b) showy; pretentious; bombastic; pompous; garish

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A1 adj. collectible

definition (c) payable; subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

A2 adj. germane

definition (a) pertinent; relevant; connected

A3 adj. guilty

definition (a) deserving of punishment; responsible

A4 adj. committed

definition (d) obligated; engaged; industrious; ambitious; loyal

A5 adj. advance

definition (c) beforehand

A6 adj. large

definition (a) big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous

A7 adj. predictable

definition (d) can be prophesied; can be foretold

A8 adj. practical

definition (c) feasible; workable; applicable; useful; efficacious

A9 adj. crucial

definition (b) very important; critical; decisive; vital

A10 adj. tremendous

definition (c) very great in numbers; huge; powerful

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A1 n. comparison

definition (d) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness

A2 n. special

definition (c) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition

A3 n. spy

definition (a) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people

A4 n. logistics

definition (d) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation

A5 n. defect

definition (b) deficiency; flaw

A6 n. stage

definition (d) raised platform; resting place on a journey; phase

A7 n. response

definition (d) reply; answer; reaction

A8 v. forward

definition (c) to send; to convey; to transmit; to promote; to advance

A9 n. nurse

definition (b) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor)

A10 n. preserve

definition (c) area of land set aside to protect natural resources and wildlife

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A1 v. appropriate

definition (c) to set aside; to allot; to adapt; to embrace; to accept

A2 v. cement

definition (c) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection

A3 v. account

definition (c) to explain; to give a report; to cause; to regard

A4 v. discount

definition (d) to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore

A5 v. accredit

definition (a) to certify; to recognize; to assign; to license

A6 v. explain

definition (d) to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to describe; to define

A7 n. ranches

definition (d) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock

A8 v. recruit

definition (a) to enlist or draft new members; to gain; to obtain; to procure

A9 v. perform

definition (b) to do; to carry out; to execute; to present; to arrange; to manage

A10 v. collect

definition (c) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments

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A1 n. visitor

definition (d) guest; migrating bird

A2 adj. including

definition (c) comprising; containing; embracing

A3 n. visit

definition (a) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people;

inspection

A4 n. subordinate

definition (b) one who is subservient; someone under the authority of another

A5 n. negligence

definition (d) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)

A6 n. timeliness

definition (b) punctuality

A7 v. carry out

definition (b) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct

A8 n. break

definition (c) fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration

A9 adj. placid

definition (d) serene; quiet; peaceful; tranquil; relaxed; calm

A10 v. grain

definition (c) to crumble into granules

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A1 adj. suspect

definition (a) doubtful; dubious

A2 adj. responsive

definition (b) answering; reacting (esp. positively or sympathetically)

A3 adj. generous

definition (c) benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful

A4 adj. outstanding

definition (b) excellent; conspicuous; prominent; due

A5 adj. previous

definition (a) earlier; antecedent; hasty; premature

A6 adj. adult

definition (d) mature; full grown

A7 adj. extraordinary

definition (c) unusual

A8 adj. motive

definition (a) of reason or cause; inspiring to action

A9 adj. flexible

definition (d) elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable

A10 adj. arbitrary

definition (d) optional; uncertain; changeable; open; unrestricted

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A1 n. exit

definition (d) passage that leads out

A2 n. waiter

definition (c) one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub

A3 n. injury

definition (c) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult

A4 n. institution

definition (b) organization; custom; convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society

A5 n. overtime

definition (a) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work

A6 n. supervisor

definition (b) overseer; director; manager

A7 n. photograph

definition (d) picture; snapshot; image

A8 n. extension

definition (c) expansion; branch of a telephone network; supplement; reprieve

A9 n. process

definition (c) routine; course of action; advance; summons to court

A10 n. legacy

definition (a) inheritance; bequest; something handed down from one's ancestors

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A1 v. supplement

definition (a) to make up for a deficiency; to add on to

A2 v. couple

definition (a) to connect; to join; to link

A3 v. diet

definition (b) to limit the amount of food eaten; to eat only certain kinds of food

A4 v. except

definition (c) to exclude; to leave out; to skip; to protest; to object

A5 v. board

definition (d) to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane, ship, bus, etc.)

A6 v. capture

definition (a) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot

A7 v. comprehend

definition (d) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive

A8 adj. paramount

definition (a) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important

A9 adj. inanimate

definition (c) lifeless; spiritless

A10 v. initial

definition (a) to sign using the first letter or letters of a name

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A1 v. privilege

definition (b) to grant special rights; to give special advantages or benefits

A2 v. lack

definition (d) to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to need; to want

A3 v. discern

definition (d) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate

A4 v. cash

definition (a) to exchange a check (or another money order) for coins and bank notes; to redeem

A5 n. performance

definition (d) show; presentation; execution; act; deed

A6 n. housing

definition (a) lodging; dwelling

A7 n. auditorium

definition (c) large room used for lectures; talks, performances and other events

A8 adj. familiar

definition (a) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known

A9 n. slash

definition (a) punctuation mark in the form of a diagonal line (/); reduction; decrease

A10 n. record

definition (c) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions

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A1 adj. brokered

definition (a) negotiated by an intermediary; settled through a middleman

A2 adj. unjudged

definition (c) objective

A3 adj. fellow

definition (c) having membership in; belonging to (a group, academic organization, etc.); of the same type

A4 adj. global

definition (c) worldwide; universal; of the whole world

A5 adj. alive

definition (c) active; attentive

A6 adj. independent

definition (c) free; autonomous; sovereign; self-reliant; self-sufficient

A7 adj. additional

definition (a) extra; supplemental

A8 adj. earnest

definition (b) serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager

A9 adj. maximum

definition (b) greatest; most; utmost; highest

A10 adj. relevant

definition (b) pertinent; related; connected to the current subject

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A1 n. abuse

definition (a) maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language

A2 n. voucher

definition (a) certificate that bears monetary value; coupon; receipt; authorizer; endorser

A3 n. part-time

definition (d) period; era; hour; rate

A4 n. influx

definition (d) inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows into another body of water

A5 n. study

definition (a) learning; field of learning; thorough investigation; report; analysis

A6 adj. initialed

definition (a) signed with initials; marked with the first letter or letter of a name

A7 n. availability

definition (c) accessibility; attainability; obtainability

A8 n. secret

definition (a) information that is confidential or classified; mystery; unexplained phenomenon

A9 n. pressure

definition (c) exertion of force; application of weight; weight; burden; encumbrance

A10 n. counterbalance

definition (b) equal weight or power acting in opposition

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A1 v. look into

definition (d) to investigate

A2 v. watch

definition (d) to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise

A3 v. deal

definition (c) to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to sell; to trade

A4 v. elucidate

definition (a) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict

A5 v. headquarter

definition (c) to set up a center of operations; to be set up in a center of operations

A6 v. branch

definition (a) to fork; to divide into parts or sections

A7 v. reduce

definition (a) to lessen; to diminish; to decrease

A8 n. appeal

definition (b) request; plea; petition for a new trial or judgment

A9 v. experiment

definition (b) to attempt to discover or test something; to try; to venture; to research

A10 v. upgrade

definition (c) to improve; to raise the quality of

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A1 adj. least

definition (a) smallest in size; smallest in amount; lowest in importance

A2 n. constraint

definition (b) restriction; force; limitation; limit

A3 n. conservative

definition (d) person who is resistant to change; person who favors traditional political parties

A4 n. reinforcement

definition (a) act of strengthening; reward or punishment designed to encourage or discourage a particular

response

A5 n. device

definition (b) apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme

A6 adj. found

definition (c) discovered

A7 n. wool

definition (b) fleece from some animals; frizzy hair

A8 v. verify

definition (b) to confirm the truth of something

A9 n. part

definition (c) section; piece; region; role; function; side in an agreement

A10 n. support

definition (a) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid

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A1 adj. terminal

definition (c) end; closing; concluding; final; mortal

A2 adj. steadfast

definition (b) loyal; faithful; unchanging

A3 adj. fussy

definition (c) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying

A4 adj. upcoming

definition (c) about to happen; imminent

A5 adj. comfortable

definition (c) easy; relaxing; cosy; financially well to do

A6 adj. traditional

definition (c) customary

A7 adj. gifted

definition (d) talented; skilled; having great natural ability

A8 adj. back

definition (a) behind; after; rear; hind

A9 adj. salient

definition (a) conspicuous; bulging outward; protruding; remarkable; noticeable

A10 adj. prevalent

definition (d) common; widespread; current

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A1 n. license

definition (a) permit; official permission; authorization; document which shows proof of authorization; certificate

A2 n. age

definition (c) period; era; generation

A3 n. asset

definition (c) something of value (property, equipment, goods, etc.); item of quality; something beneficial

A4 n. postage

definition (a) fee for sending letters or packages by mail

A5 n. matter

definition (d) issue; affair; question; problem; substance of a particular composition and consistency

A6 n. vacancy

definition (b) emptiness; available position; job opening

A7 n. coincidence

definition (c) chance occurrence; unforeseen event

A8 n. expert

definition (b) person skilled in a particular area; specialist

A9 n. meaning

definition (a) definition; significance; intention; explanation

A10 n. delivery

definition (c) distribution; liberation; transference

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A1 v. implement

definition (b) to perform; to put into effect; to carry out; to execute; to realize

A2 v. urbanize

definition (c) to make into a city

A3 v. assess

definition (b) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure

A4 v. dedicate

definition (c) to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone

A5 v. mollify

definition (d) to calm; to soften; to pacify; to relieve

A6 v. incline

definition (b) to slope; to bend; to bow; to slant; to influence

A7 v. become

definition (d) to turn into; to develop into; to grow into

A8 v. cause

definition (b) to make happen; to bring about

A9 v. autograph

definition (a) to write one's name by hand; to sign one's name

A10 v. monitor

definition (a) to supervise; to observe; to follow up on; to check up on

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A1 n. picture

definition (d) photograph; drawing; painting; film; embodiment

A2 v. canvass

definition (c) to examine; to debate; to scrutinize; to solicit votes or opinions

A3 adj. evasive

definition (c) avoiding; tending to shrink; elusive

A4 n. department

definition (c) division of a company; section; area

A5 v. propose

definition (d) to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make an offer of marriage

A6 v. suggest

definition (b) to propose; to mention; to imply; to hint; to evoke

A7 n. nomination

definition (d) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)

A8 n. subsidiary

definition (b) company that is owned or controlled by another company

A9 v. emulate

definition (c) to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after; to copy

A10 v. report

definition (a) to provide a detailed statement about an occurrence or situation; inform

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A1 adj. acquainted

definition (a) familiar; close; intimate; informed; aware

A2 adj. profitable

definition (c) lucrative; paying; rewarding; beneficial; producing income

A3 adj. reasonable

definition (b) rational; logical; intelligent; wise; plausible; likely; credible

A4 adj. actual

definition (b) substantial; real; tangible; current

A5 adj. crowded

definition (b) full; packed; crammed together

A6 adj. several

definition (a) some; few; separate; distinct; individual; various

A7 adj. frisky

definition (b) energetic; full of life; playful; lively

A8 adj. overseas

definition (c) foreign; abroad

A9 adj. adept

definition (c) proficient; skilled; expert

A10 adj. town

definition (a) of a city; local

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A1 n. maintenance

definition (b) upkeep; repairs; livelihood; means of support

A2 n. downturn

definition (d) negative tendency (especially in economy or business)

A3 n. exhibit

definition (a) something presented as evidence in a court of law; display; show

A4 n. scene

definition (a) place where an event occurs; vista; view

A5 n. back order

definition (a) ordered merchandise that is not currently in stock but will be supplied in the future

A6 n. preference

definition (c) favor; liking; fondness; priority; superior status

A7 n. custom

definition (d) habit; tradition; convention

A8 n. mean

definition (d) midpoint; middle; equally far from two extremes; average

A9 n. contest

definition (d) competition

A10 n. dash

definition (c) hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint

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A1 v. feature

definition (a) to characterize; to depict; to describe; to present; to emphasize

A2 v. rectify

definition (d) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust

A3 v. comfort

definition (b) to bring relief; to encourage; to console

A4 v. search

definition (a) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine

A5 v. argue

definition (b) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons

A6 v. overlook

definition (a) to inspect; to supervise; to miss; to omit; to ignore; to excuse

A7 v. inform

definition (b) to communicate data to; to tell; to brief; to notify

A8 v. enhance

definition (c) to increase; to intensify; to improve; to raise the value of

A9 v. believe

definition (d) to have faith in; to assume; to suppose

A10 v. adapt

definition (b) to conform; to change; to make suitable; to match; to fit

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A1 v. deploy

definition (b) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability

A2 adv. rather

definition (c) very quite; to a degree; somewhat; slightly; a bit; might as well

A3 n. combine

definition (a) harvesting machine

A4 n. enlargement

definition (d) expansion; increase in size; magnification

A5 v. dispute

definition (d) to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to fight against

A6 v. attain

definition (d) to reach; to achieve; to fulfill; to realize (a goal, purpose, etc.)

A7 adv. instinctively

definition (d) naturally; spontaneously; intuitively; automatically

A8 n. compare

definition (d) contrast

A9 n. barter

definition (b) exchanging of goods and services; trade

A10 n. account

definition (d) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank

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A1 adj. secure

definition (b) safe; protected; strong; stable; confident

A2 adj. visible

definition (d) in view; observable; obvious; apparent

A3 adj. infant

definition (d) pertaining to a minor

A4 adj. stable

definition (b) steady; firm; lasting; dependable; faithful

A5 adj. distinctive

definition (a) special; unique; different

A6 adj. loyal

definition (b) faithful; true to one's obligations

A7 n. might

definition (b) strength; power; force; bravery

A8 adj. smart

definition (c) intelligent; clever; shrewd; lively; fashionable; stylish

A9 adj. substantive

definition (a) existing independently; real; tangible

A10 adj. comprehensive

definition (d) including a lot; large in scope; extensive

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A1 n. draft

definition (d) rough outline; sketch; written order for payment; conscription

A2 n. constant

definition (a) number with a fixed value; factor

A3 n. behalf

definition (a) representing; in support of

A4 n. revenue

definition (c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation

A5 n. litter

definition (a) refuse; trash; disorder

A6 n. expectation

definition (d) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope

A7 n. deregulation

definition (d) transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization

A8 n. reject

definition (c) something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; outcast

A9 n. equity

definition (d) honesty; fairness; justice

A10 n. court

definition (d) yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place

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A1 v. cancel

definition (d) to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop

A2 v. arrest

definition (a) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison

A3 v. hurry

definition (d) to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash

A4 v. file

definition (a) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way

A5 v. patch

definition (b) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole

A6 v. break down

definition (a) to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to descend

A7 n. loyalty

definition (c) faithfulness; devotion; constancy

A8 v. ought

definition (a) to need to; must; to be obligated

A9 v. change

definition (d) to alter; to replace; to become different

A10 v. lumber

definition (a) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect

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A1 n. newsletter

definition (c) short informational periodical that is usually distributed to the members of an interest group

A2 n. plan

definition (a) program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule

A3 n. membership

definition (c) state of belonging to an organization or group; fellowship

A4 n. carriage

definition (b) coach; buggy; transportation

A5 v. process

definition (a) to treat; to adapt; to prepare; to make ready

A6 n. establishment

definition (c) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.)

A7 n. banquet

definition (a) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking

A8 v. tow

definition (b) to pull; to drag

A9 n. opportunity

definition (a) chance; occasion; favorable time to act

A10 v. must

definition (b) to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or probable

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A1 adj. promotional

definition (a) of publicizing; of advancement; of encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise

A2 adj. hard

definition (c) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff

A3 adj. objective

definition (d) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind

A4 adj. few

definition (a) little; not many; some

A5 adj. congruent

definition (d) identical; corresponding; in agreement; harmonious

A6 adj. creative

definition (b) inventive; innovative; artistic

A7 adj. convenient

definition (c) comfortable; useful; serviceable

A8 adj. content

definition (b) satisfied; pleased

A9 adj. prosaic

definition (b) common; regular; boring; tedious; dull

A10 adj. preventive

definition (d) averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting

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A1 n. combination

definition (a) joining; union; an ordered sequence

A2 n. anticipation

definition (d) expectation; hope; intuition

A3 n. sink

definition (d) wash basin; sewer; drain; cesspool; place where criminals gather

A4 n. lock

definition (b) fastening mechanism which is opened with a key or other device

A5 n. nuance

definition (b) slight difference; subtle distinction

A6 n. sneakers

definition (b) sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily; one who acts furtively

A7 n. strength

definition (a) durability; determination; resolve; power; intensity; force

A8 v. salvage

definition (c) to save from destruction; to rescue

A9 n. pretense

definition (d) feigning; impersonation; false show; claim; assertion

A10 n. growth

definition (d) development; progress

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A1 v. direct

definition (d) to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise

A2 v. adopt

definition (d) to form a relationship with another person

A3 v. format

definition (c) to design the appearance of; to arrange; to prepare a diskette or hard disk for use

A4 v. assume

definition (c) to suppose; to take on a position or duty; to accept an idea

A5 v. entitle

definition (d) to give a heading or name to (i.e. a book, painting, etc.); to grant a right; to claim something

A6 v. merge

definition (d) to blend; to be blended; to combine or unite into a single body; to be assimilated

A7 v. excite

definition (a) to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to stimulate

A8 n. vendor

definition (b) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods

A9 n. factor

definition (b) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender

A10 v. place

definition (b) to put; to lay; to lodge; to nominate; to appoint

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A1 v. brake

definition (b) to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle

A2 v. complicate

definition (c) to confuse; to make hard to understand; to make difficult; to make complex

A3 n. division

definition (b) partitioning; department; faculty; ranking; level according to difficulty

A4 v. nominate

definition (d) to appoint someone (for a position, office, or honor); to designate; to select

A5 adj. aware

definition (d) attentive; conscious of

A6 n. applicant

definition (a) candidate; nominee

A7 n. cognition

definition (b) awareness; perception

A8 v. reward

definition (d) to recompense someone for a service

A9 v. object

definition (a) to oppose; to protest

A10 n. card

definition (c) thin and flat object

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A1 adj. uncertain

definition (b) doubtful; not reliable; ambiguous

A2 adj. commercial

definition (d) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling

A3 adj. horrible

definition (d) terrible; awful; disgusting

A4 adj. wry

definition (a) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew

A5 adj. impatient

definition (d) unable to wait; intolerant; restless

A6 n. loss

definition (c) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction

A7 n. waste

definition (d) misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage

A8 adj. further

definition (c) more distant; additional

A9 adj. surface

definition (c) external

A10 adj. complacent

definition (d) content; self-satisfied; comfortable; smug

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A1 n. width

definition (b) breadth; thickness

A2 n. grocery

definition (c) store which sells food and other household goods

A3 n. mind

definition (b) brain; memory; recollection; opinion; intention; desire

A4 n. intelligence

definition (a) ability to reason and understand; cleverness; brilliance; information

A5 n. environment

definition (b) surroundings; conditions in which someone or something lives

A6 n. pushy

definition (b) cat (Slang); feline

A7 n. objection

definition (d) opposition; appeal; denial; protest

A8 n. table

definition (d) list of information arranged in columns and rows; chart; flat surface

A9 n. crate

definition (c) wooden box; old car; old plane

A10 n. feature

definition (b) characteristic; function; capability (of a product, machine, device, software etc.)

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A1 v. serve

definition (a) to tend to; to attend; to work; to perform a duty or task

A2 v. repair

definition (b) to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or malfunction

A3 v. work

definition (d) to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to process

A4 v. seem

definition (b) to appear to be; to look like; to give the impression of; to have the appearance of

A5 v. soar

definition (c) to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise

A6 v. employ

definition (d) to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to use

A7 v. lecture

definition (b) to deliver a discourse before an audience; to reprimand tediously

A8 v. simulate

definition (b) to copy; to pretend; to fake

A9 v. occasion

definition (d) to cause; to incite; to bring to pass

A10 v. arrange

definition (c) to organize; to settle; to structure; to order; to systematize

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A1 v. audit

definition (d) to examine accounts and other financial records

A2 v. subtract

definition (a) to take away part of a whole; to remove; to deduct

A3 adj. somber

definition (c) gloomy; dark; depressing; sad; mournful

A4 v. cruise

definition (d) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly

A5 n. behavio(u)r

definition (a) manner of acting; conduct

A6 adj. environmental

definition (d) pertaining to the world and nature around us

A7 n. money supply

definition (b) the total amount of funds in circulation in a given country's economy

A8 v. grade

definition (d) to give a mark to; to classify; to make level; to evaluate; to assess

A9 n. prime

definition (c) state of perfection; state of highest quality

A10 n. moral

definition (c) ethic; lesson; principle

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A1 adj. funnelled

definition (b) channeled; centralized

A2 adj. located

definition (b) situated; placed; identified; found; existing; standing

A3 adj. vivid

definition (c) lively; bright; dazzling; clear; graphic

A4 adj. empty

definition (c) containing nothing; without people; without contents; hollow; meaningless

A5 adj. residential

definition (c) intended for inhabitation; occupied with homes

A6 adj. supervisory

definition (d) managerial; overseeing

A7 adj. firm

definition (b) strong; solid; stable; fixed; immovable; determined

A8 adj. pushy

definition (d) controlling; aggressive; extremely self-assertive; bossy

A9 adj. eligible

definition (c) suitable; worthy of; qualified; entitled to; allowed

A10 adj. buoyant

definition (c) floating; light; lively; cheerful

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A1 n. average

definition (b) mean; median

A2 n. standpoint

definition (b) outlook; perspective; view; opinion; attitude

A3 n. competition

definition (d) rivalry; contest; act of competing against another

A4 n. clerk

definition (c) minor office worker; book-keeper; bureaucrat

A5 n. consumption

definition (d) using up

A6 n. danger

definition (c) risk; peril; hazard

A7 n. completion

definition (c) finishing; finalizing

A8 n. content

definition (c) substance; component; all that is inside of something

A9 n. style

definition (a) manner; way; fashion; chic; vogue

A10 n. agent

definition (d) representative; rep; factor; cause

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A1 v. undercut

definition (a) to offer at lower prices than the competition; to weaken; to undermine

A2 v. preempt

definition (d) to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at an advance opportunity

A3 v. annoy

definition (d) to bother; to trouble; to disturb; to upset

A4 v. pertain

definition (a) to belong to; to be connected to; to relate; to refer

A5 v. appeal

definition (c) to plead; to request; to petition for a new trial or judgment

A6 v. discover

definition (c) to find out; to come across; to get information about something

A7 v. field

definition (d) to answer adequately or successfully

A8 v. stage

definition (c) to perform; to present; to carry out; to execute

A9 v. share

definition (b) to divide; to apportion; to receive a portion; to participate

A10 v. finance

definition (a) to raise money for; to provide with funds; to fund; to pay for

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A1 adj. reliable

definition (c) credible; trustworthy; dependable

A2 adj. portable

definition (b) mobile; movable; can be transported from one place to another

A3 n. coalition

definition (c) alliance; union; agreement

A4 n. tender

definition (a) bid; offer; overseer; supervisor

A5 n. accordance

definition (c) conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability

A6 adj. crafted

definition (c) produced; made; manufactured

A7 v. frequent

definition (d) to go regularly to (a certain place); to patronize

A8 adv. fair

definition (a) justly; equitably; directly; completely; really

A9 n. course

definition (d) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal

A10 adj. service

definition (b) useful; providing assistance; repairing; performing maintenance tasks

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A1 adj. striped

definition (d) marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture

A2 adj. kindly

definition (a) nicely; thoughtfully; graciously; considerately; sympathetically

A3 adj. frank

definition (a) honest; sincere; straightforward; open; candid

A4 adj. graduate

definition (d) having a degree or diploma; concerning studies beyond a bachelor's degree

A5 adj. occupied

definition (d) conquered; seized; filled; taken up; inhabited; populated

A6 v. stay

definition (c) to visit; to spend time in a place; to remain temporarily; to lodge

A7 v. improve

definition (c) to make better; to increase in quality; to enhance; to develop

A8 adj. tight

definition (b) close-fitting; tense; narrow

A9 adj. contemporary

definition (d) modern; current

A10 adj. substitute

definition (d) acting as a replacement

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A1 n. defense

definition (a) protection; security; rampart; shield

A2 n. index

definition (d) list of subjects or other information arranged in alphabetical order; indicator; sign

A3 n. discard

definition (b) garbage; refuse; scrap

A4 n. enrichment

definition (b) enhancement; refinement; improvement

A5 n. pallet

definition (d) straw-filled mattress; hard and simple bed; platform used to stack items during moving or storage

A6 n. interviewee

definition (a) person who is being asked questions; job candidate

A7 n. destination

definition (d) place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined

A8 n. rental

definition (a) money paid for the use of property; property that is leased; act of leasing

A9 n. ordinary

definition (c) ecclesiastical judge; priest

A10 n. order

definition (c) arrangement; instruction; command; request for something

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A1 v. space

definition (b) to set some distance apart

A2 v. bank

definition (d) to deposit money; in a money institution; to count on; to depend upon

A3 v. exert

definition (b) to exercise; to use; to make an effort

A4 v. converge

definition (d) to meet; to assemble to gather; to get together

A5 v. slip

definition (c) to glide; to sneak; to slide; to decline; to deteriorate; to make a mistake

A6 v. anticipate

definition (a) to expect; to predict; to assume

A7 v. supply

definition (c) to furnish; to equip; to make up for; to compensate for; to substitute for temporarily

A8 v. mind

definition (a) to pay attention to; to supervise; to regret; to oppose; to remember; to notice

A9 v. slope

definition (d) to incline; to slant upward or downward; to cause to tilt

A10 v. concrete

definition (c) to solidify

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A1 n. premium

definition (a) supplementary charge; additional charge; amount paid for insurance; reward

A2 n. discussion

definition (b) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument

A3 n. approval

definition (d) confirmation; endorsement; positive opinion

A4 v. interpret

definition (c) to explain; to clarify; to elucidate; to understand or explain in a particular way

A5 n. intensity

definition (d) strength; energy; extreme degree; depth; clarity

A6 v. fail

definition (c) to be unsuccessful; to not do; to disappoint; to go bankrupt; to be used up

A7 n. negotiator

definition (b) person who participates in a bargaining session

A8 adj. choice

definition (b) select; fine; excellent

A9 n. mail

definition (c) postal service; letters and other items that are sent via the postal service

A10 adj. society

definition (c) of or pertaining to the upper class

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A1 adj. important

definition (d) significant; influential; essential; crucial; critical

A2 adj. select

definition (a) chosen; picked out; choice; superior; prime; picky

A3 adj. internal

definition (c) inner; inside; located within; of a country's domestic affairs

A4 adj. possible

definition (a) could be; might be; may be

A5 adj. particular

definition (a) special; unusual; detailed; precise; pedantic; strict

A6 adj. delicious

definition (a) tasty; having a pleasant taste or smell

A7 adj. genuine

definition (d) original; real; true; natural; honest; sincere

A8 adj. inclusive

definition (d) containing; comprehensive; all-embracing; extensive; taking in

A9 adj. valid

definition (c) legitimate; legally acceptable; not expired; logical; well-founded

A10 adj. feasible

definition (b) able to be carried out; achievable; possible; likely

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A1 n. proposition

definition (b) offer; plan; theory; problem

A2 n. employment

definition (b) work; occupation; keeping busy

A3 n. creditor

definition (d) person or organization that lends something; lender; loaner; moneylender

A4 n. advice

definition (a) counsel; guidance; specific information; hint

A5 n. back door

definition (b) the U.S. treasury

A6 n. background

definition (d) setting; biography

A7 n. replay

definition (d) rematch; repetition

A8 n. discount

definition (a) price reduction; rebate

A9 n. veil

definition (d) netting attached to a woman's hat

A10 n. use

definition (d) function; utilization; benefit; advantage; consumption

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A1 v. achieve

definition (c) to obtain; to attain; to perform; to accomplish

A2 v. venture

definition (c) to take a risk in order to achieve a goal

A3 v. exit

definition (c) to leave; to go out

A4 v. brief

definition (c) to make a summary; to give a report; to inform; to instruct somebody

A5 v. address

definition (c) to direct to; to speak to; to direct to a specific destination; to refer to

A6 v. comply

definition (c) to submit; to consent; to obey; to agree with

A7 n. explanation

definition (a) interpretation; something that clarifies; description; definition

A8 v. combine

definition (b) to unite; to join; to come together; to become one

A9 v. paint

definition (c) to apply color to a surface; to put makeup on; to describe something in words

A10 v. drive

definition (c) to travel in a car; to transport in a vehicle; to compel

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A1 adj. superb

definition (c) excellent; wonderful; splendid; magnificent

A2 v. disagree

definition (a) to have different opinions; to differ

A3 v. insure

definition (b) to provide a guarantee against possible damage or loss; to make certain

A4 v. conceive

definition (c) to understand; to comprehend; to grasp

A5 v. pay

definition (a) to give money for goods or to cancel debts; to settle; to be worthwhile; to be profitable

A6 n. instruction

definition (a) teaching; direction; guidance; training; education; information

A7 v. prepare

definition (c) to make ready; to get oneself ready; to put into the proper condition

A8 v. fence

definition (b) to protect; to guard; to evade a question; to respond in a vague manner

A9 n. prejudice

definition (b) bias; sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances

A10 v. perceive

definition (b) to feel; to sense; to distinguish; to discern; to see

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A1 n. levy

definition (b) a charge imposed and collected

A2 n. honesty

definition (d) truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness

A3 n. grocer

definition (d) person who owns and operates a food store

A4 n. behind

definition (a) rear; end; seat

A5 n. wealth

definition (d) richness; prosperity; capital; fortune; abundance

A6 n. journal

definition (d) newspaper; magazine; diary; blog; bookkeeping ledger

A7 n. imagination

definition (c) ability of the mind to create mental pictures which do not exist in reality

A8 n. slip

definition (d) slide; stumble; mistake; blunder; error

A9 n. liability

definition (d) financial obligation; debt; responsibility; obligation

A10 n. button

definition (c) switch; icon to click on

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A1 v. tax

definition (c) to impose a tariff; to impose a levy; to burden; to demand too much

A2 v. elaborate

definition (a) to provide additional details; to plan carefully and with great detail; to produce; to develop

A3 v. auction

definition (a) to sell something through a bidding system

A4 v. associate

definition (b) to share company; to connect; to relate to; to combine

A5 v. equip

definition (b) to provide with the required supplies, tools and items

A6 v. switch

definition (c) to change; to shift; to exchange; to trade; to turn on or off

A7 v. draft

definition (a) to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate

A8 v. accord

definition (c) to give; to match; to fit; to complement

A9 v. experience

definition (b) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure

A10 v. flaw

definition (a) to crack; to become defective; to become cracked

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A1 adj. prepaid

definition (a) remunerated ahead of time; settled beforehand via payment

A2 n. letter

definition (a) character which is part of an alphabet; written communication sent to a person or organization

A3 n. idea

definition (d) concept; thought; opinion; intention; plan

A4 n. overlap

definition (a) something that is superimposed

A5 n. understatement

definition (b) representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify

A6 v. reason

definition (c) to think; to consider logically; to argue; to claim

A7 v. distract

definition (d) to disturb; to confuse; to worry; to divert; to amuse

A8 adj. standard

definition (a) serving as a model; normal; regular; typical; widely accepted

A9 v. instance

definition (c) to refer to a case or occurrence to explain or prove a point; to cite; to mention

A10 adj. common

definition (d) shared; ordinary; mediocre; average; public

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A1 n. pay

definition (b) salary; wages

A2 n. contemporary

definition (b) person living at about the same time as another person

A3 n. forecast

definition (a) prediction of a future event or condition (i.e. development of the economy)

A4 n. council

definition (a) assembly; board; group of people (gathered to advise, plan, etc.)

A5 n. evaluation

definition (b) appraisal; estimation; assessment

A6 n. globe

definition (d) ball; sphere; planet Earth; world

A7 n. climb

definition (d) ascent

A8 n. cushion

definition (d) pillow; soft padded object

A9 n. denominator

definition (b) shared characteristic; common feature

A10 n. cash

definition (a) money in the form of coins and bank notes

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A1 v. merchandise

definition (c) to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to market goods

A2 v. circumvent

definition (c) to by-pass; to side-step; to evade

A3 v. get

definition (d) to receive; to obtain; to purchase; to bring; to persuade

A4 v. run

definition (a) to operate; to activate; to manage; to direct; to carry out; to fulfill

A5 v. enlist

definition (b) to draft into military service; to voluntarily join a cause

A6 v. award

definition (b) to give; to grant; to judge; to rule

A7 v. assist

definition (c) to aid; to help; to support; to guide; to direct

A8 v. vacillate

definition (d) to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver

A9 v. decrease

definition (c) to reduce; to lessen; to decline

A10 v. age

definition (b) to grow older; to mature

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A1 v. encroach

definition (c) to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe

A2 n. news

definition (d) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts

A3 v. name

definition (d) to appoint; to specify; to identify; to designate

A4 adj. lasting

definition (d) continuing; enduring; remaining for a long time; durable

A5 adv. regardless

definition (c) without consideration for possible problems; anyway; in any case

A6 v. browse

definition (a) to leaf through a book; to surf Internet websites

A7 v. license

definition (b) to grant a permit; to authorize; to permit; to allow

A8 v. incur

definition (a) to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire

A9 n. stress

definition (a) emphasis; importance; accent; strain; tension; pressure

A10 adj. simple

definition (c) easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain

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A1 n. fax

definition (c) device for electronically transmitting written material; electronically transmitted document

A2 n. letterhead

definition (c) line printed at the top of a piece of stationary

A3 n. belief

definition (b) opinion; creed; religion; faith; conviction

A4 n. food

definition (d) nourishment; substance which provides the body with nutrients; sustenance

A5 n. shipment

definition (b) sending of cargo or freight

A6 n. version

definition (b) particular form of something; variant; rendering; translation

A7 n. offing

definition (c) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas

A8 adj. house

definition (a) pertaining to accommodations; domesticated

A9 n. ambivalence

definition (d) state of having both positive and negative feelings towards a subject

A10 n. slander

definition (c) false and injurious statements made about another; defamation; calumny

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A1 v. get on with

definition (b) to continue

A2 v. divert

definition (c) to distract; to entertain; to turn in a different direction; to deflect

A3 v. assure

definition (c) to give confidence; to promise; to pledge; to encourage

A4 v. finalize

definition (d) to end; to sum up; to complete; to conclude

A5 v. staff

definition (c) to employ a group of workers; to provide with employees; to man

A6 v. ship

definition (c) to send; to dispatch; to transport (by airplane, truck, etc.); to embark

A7 v. damage

definition (d) to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly

A8 v. augment

definition (b) to increase; to enlarge; to enhance; to multiply

A9 v. position

definition (b) to erect; to set; to put; to place

A10 v. recant

definition (c) to give up; to renounce; to deny; to disavow; to retract

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A1 n. series

definition (b) sequence; succession; television program broadcast in installments

A2 adj. comforting

definition (b) consoling; encouraging; reassuring; brining relief; heartening

A3 n. practice

definition (b) customary action; habit; drill; training exercise

A4 n. time

definition (c) period; era; hour; rate

A5 adj. invisible

definition (b) impossible to see; imperceptible; hidden; concealed

A6 adj. international

definition (a) between countries; of relations between two or more countries

A7 v. campaign

definition (c) to conduct a series of activities organized to accomplish a goal

A8 n. indulgence

definition (d) act of giving in to desire; something which gratifies; luxury; leniency

A9 n. superior

definition (d) one who is higher than another in rank or position

A10 v. rush

definition (d) to hurry; to make haste; to act or move quickly; to cause to hurry

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A1 n. store

definition (c) shop; place where merchandise is sold; supply of goods or materials set aside for future use

A2 n. space

definition (d) universe; empty area; gap; area; interval

A3 n. collaboration

definition (d) working together; cooperation

A4 n. donation

definition (b) gift; contribution

A5 n. fluency

definition (b) ability to speak and write easily; eloquence; articulateness; gracefulness

A6 n. language

definition (a) spoken or written words with which people communicate thoughts and feelings

A7 n. fixture

definition (d) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event

A8 v. resolve

definition (c) to determine; to decide; to separate into constituent parts

A9 n. photo

definition (a) picture; snapshot

A10 n. bond

definition (b) link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of debt

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A1 v. photograph

definition (b) to take a picture

A2 v. leave

definition (b) to depart; to exit; to quit; to omit; to let alone

A3 v. preserve

definition (d) to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to protect

A4 v. reply

definition (a) to answer; to respond

A5 v. anchor

definition (d) to attach firmly; to fasten tightly

A6 v. even

definition (c) to make level; to smooth; to balance

A7 v. debate

definition (a) to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder

A8 v. screen

definition (d) to cover with a curtain; to filter; to sift; to hide; to conceal; to separate

A9 v. study

definition (b) to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to memorize

A10 v. expel

definition (c) eject; drive out; banish

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A1 n. habit

definition (b) custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior pattern

A2 n. labor

definition (a) strenuous physical or mental work; toil; exertion

A3 n. dollar drain

definition (a) a situation in which the imports of a country from the USA are larger than their exports to the

USA

A4 n. call

definition (b) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need

A5 v. chain

definition (a) to tie down

A6 adv. directly

definition (d) clearly; straight; frankly; immediately; soon

A7 n. availability float

definition (c) the time or amount of money that defined by checks that have been deposited but not cleared yet

A8 adj. tentative

definition (d) experimental; trial; temporary; hesitant

A9 n. fleet

definition (b) group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles

A10 adj. outside

definition (d) external; of the outdoors; from the outdoors; maximal

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A1 n. expansion

definition (d) enlargement; increase; spread; development

A2 n. awareness

definition (c) consciousness

A3 n. present

definition (a) gift; offering; something that is given to another person without compensation

A4 n. handbook

definition (c) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions

A5 n. threat

definition (a) expression of intent to damage or injure; intimidation; danger

A6 n. transaction

definition (a) negotiation; settlement; business deal

A7 n. misgiving

definition (b) apprehension; worry; doubt; hesitation; reservation

A8 n. clear

definition (b) deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark from a check box (Computers)

A9 n. talk

definition (b) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting

A10 n. couple

definition (b) pair; group of two

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A1 v. present

definition (d) to display; to demonstrate; to bestow; to grant

A2 v. calculate

definition (b) to estimate; to compute; to depend upon

A3 v. request

definition (b) to ask for; to petition for

A4 v. page

definition (b) to call; to summon (e.g. to the telephone); to number sheets of paper in a collection

A5 v. substantiate

definition (d) to prove; to verify; to confirm; to actualize

A6 v. phone

definition (d) to make a call; to ring

A7 v. unveil

definition (d) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose

A8 v. pipe

definition (b) to convey a fluid; to transport a liquid; to make a high-pitched sound

A9 v. facilitate

definition (a) to make easy; to assist; to forward; to promote; to expedite

A10 v. contest

definition (d) to fight for; to challenge; to appeal

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A1 adj. severe

definition (d) serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous; harsh; strict

A2 adj. subsidiary

definition (a) supplementary; auxiliary; secondary; lesser in importance

A3 conj. immediately

definition (a) as soon as

A4 n. monitor

definition (c) supervisor; device for regulating; screen

A5 n. above

definition (d) something previously mentioned or indicated

A6 v. rebound

definition (b) to spring back

A7 n. expression

definition (b) putting into words; phrase; word; manifestation

A8 adj. susceptible

definition (d) vulnerable; prone; impressionable

A9 n. panel

definition (a) group of judges; board; band; strip; crew; staff

A10 n. list

definition (a) roll; roster; inventory; strip; band

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A1 n. statistics

definition (b) organization and interpretation of numerical data

A2 n. consultancy

definition (b) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field

A3 n. examiner

definition (d) person who gives a test

A4 n. retirement

definition (c) withdrawal from one's job or occupation

A5 n. law

definition (a) rule enacted by a community or country; custom; principle; convention

A6 n. workshop

definition (b) seminar; brief intensive educational program; discussion group

A7 n. nominee

definition (a) person who has been appointed; candidate

A8 adj. small

definition (b) little; few in number; trivial; unimportant; modest

A9 adj. irrelevant

definition (a) beside the point; unconnected; impertinent; immaterial

A10 n. point

definition (a) spot; tip; essence; gist; matter

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A1 v. admit

definition (c) to confess to something; to allow entrance; to accept as valid

A2 v. range

definition (d) to determine the scope of a target; to extend; to stretch; to vary

A3 v. thread

definition (c) to pass something through an opening

A4 v. order

definition (b) to command; to request something; to arrange; to manage

A5 v. get through with

definition (c) to finish; to complete

A6 v. go through

definition (b) to experience; to endure

A7 n. deed of surrender

definition (a) a legal document that temporarily transfers a property from one individual to another

A8 v. plane

definition (c) to smooth wood; to make smooth; to remove rough areas

A9 v. empty

definition (d) to remove the contents of

A10 v. tie

definition (a) to bind; to fasten with a rope or cord

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A1 v. inspire

definition (d) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage

A2 n. implication

definition (b) consequence; outcome; result; indirect suggestion; connotation; hint

A3 n. thought

definition (a) idea; concept; product of the mind

A4 n. poll

definition (b) voting, electing; counting of votes; number of votes; referendum

A5 adv. adversely

definition (a) unfavorably; in a manner that works against; antagonistically

A6 n. fulfillment

definition (c) realization; performance; completion; gratification; satisfaction

A7 n. documentation

definition (b) collection of written records; use of written records as evidence

A8 n. feed

definition (d) meal; nourishment; material supplied; act of inserting into a machine (especially of putting paper

into a printer)

A9 n. notice

definition (c) announcement; poster, sign; warning; attention; consideration

A10 n. fundamental

definition (c) principle; basis; essential

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A1 n. conjunction

definition (b) connection; link; uniting; joining

A2 n. report

definition (b) detailed account of an occurrence or situation

A3 n. debut

definition (b) opening of a show; first public appearance

A4 n. scan

definition (b) close examination; scrutinizing look

A5 n. recruitment

definition (d) act of enlisting or drafting new members

A6 n. place

definition (a) location; position; standing; role; function

A7 n. programmer

definition (b) person who creates sets of instructions for a computer or other device

A8 n. doctor

definition (d) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.)

A9 n. dispute

definition (b) quarrel; disagreement; argument

A10 n. trade

definition (d) business; commerce; barter; occupation

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A1 v. slot

definition (d) to notch; to groove; to assign to a place or position (in an organization, system, etc.)

A2 v. defend

definition (c) to protect; to secure; to vindicate

A3 v. purpose

definition (c) to intend; to plan; to design; to aim

A4 v. note

definition (a) not intended to earn profits; to observe; to remark on; to make a comment; to record

A5 v. cast

definition (b) to throw; to project; to form; to shape

A6 v. plant

definition (d) to sow; to place seeds or vegetation into soil; to establish; to set

A7 v. specify

definition (a) to indicate; to itemize; to mark; to designate; to stipulate

A8 v. manufacture

definition (b) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent

A9 v. streamline

definition (d) to make more efficient; to organize; to simplify

A10 v. leverage

definition (b) to use one's influence to affect people or circumstances

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A1 v. pattern

definition (a) to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an example

A2 v. itemize

definition (d) to catalog; to list; to enumerate; to set down in full detail

A3 n. output

definition (d) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer

A4 n. breakthrough

definition (d) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration

A5 n. release

definition (d) freedom; liberation; newly distributed film (or record, book, etc.); statement provided to the media

A6 n. dot

definition (c) spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address

A7 n. expense

definition (d) cost; price; payment

A8 v. embark

definition (b) to go on board a ship; to put on board a ship; to begin; to become involved in an enterprise

A9 v. hit

definition (d) to strike; to beat; to reach; to find; to collide

A10 v. shop

definition (a) to visit a store and purchase goods; to browse in a store; to inform on; to betray (British Slang)

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A1 n. swap

definition (a) exchange; trade

A2 n. segment

definition (d) part; portion; slice; piece

A3 n. budget

definition (d) financial framework; financial plan

A4 n. affiliation

definition (c) connection; attachment

A5 n. admiration

definition (b) enchantment; affection; adoration

A6 n. location

definition (b) place; position; situation; site; spot

A7 n. figure

definition (a) number; image; character; price; human shape; symbol

A8 n. associate

definition (c) partner; fellow worker; co-worker; friend

A9 n. routine

definition (c) commonplace activity; everyday task; habit; custom; practice

A10 n. lack

definition (a) need; want; shortage; absence

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A1 v. internationalize

definition (a) to globalize; to make worldwide

A2 v. convey

definition (b) to carry; to impart or to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance

A3 v. contrive

definition (a) to devise; to invent; to dream up; to design (often in a negative way)

A4 v. sponsor

definition (c) to back; to support; to finance; to subsidize; to promote

A5 v. expire

definition (d) to come to an end; to finish; to terminate

A6 v. remit

definition (c) to forgive; to absolve; to release; to discharge

A7 v. satisfy

definition (d) to fulfill; to meet a request or requirement; to compensate; to remunerate

A8 v. rent

definition (a) to let; to allow someone to use property in return for regular payments; to hire

A9 v. back

definition (d) to support; to assist; to strengthen

A10 v. lounge

definition (b) to lie down; to recline; to move in a relaxed manner; to walk lazily

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A1 v. set up

definition (c) to establish; to start; to found; to being; to raise

A2 n. necessity

definition (c) obligation; need; requirement

A3 v. avail

definition (c) to be useful; to help; to facilitate

A4 n. common

definition (d) open public area in a city or town; park; square

A5 v. conceal

definition (b) to hide; to keep secret; to cover up

A6 v. submit

definition (b) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose

A7 v. mobilize

definition (a) to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for action (especially armed reserves)

A8 v. discard

definition (d) to throw away; to get rid of

A9 n. reverse

definition (a) opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback; defeat

A10 n. lasting

definition (d) strong durable fabric; persistence

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A1 n. machine

definition (d) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function

A2 n. smart

definition (c) sharp stinging pain

A3 n. insert

definition (d) something created separately for the purpose of being added to or placed inside (a book,

newspaper, etc.)

A4 n. factory

definition (a) plant; any location which mass-produces one type of product

A5 n. satisfaction

definition (a) gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment

A6 n. library

definition (d) place where one can borrow books

A7 n. inspiration

definition (c) stimulus; motivation; revelation; insight; idea

A8 n. effect

definition (b) result; outcome; impact; trick; natural phenomenon

A9 n. plain

definition (a) plateau; area of level ground; prairie; savanna

A10 n. rebound

definition (c) backlash

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A1 v. ascertain

definition (b) to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify

A2 v. back up

definition (b) to support; to solidify; to strengthen

A3 v. project

definition (b) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw

A4 v. market

definition (a) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote

A5 v. cater

definition (d) to provide; to supply (food, etc.); to care for

A6 v. spend

definition (d) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.)

A7 v. write off

definition (a) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer)

A8 adj. base

definition (a) low; despicable; ignoble

A9 v. refuse

definition (a) to decline; to deny; to reject

A10 v. dissipate

definition (c) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered

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A1 v. ignore

definition (a) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject

A2 adj. superfluous

definition (c) being more than is needed; excessive; unnecessary

A3 n. conclusion

definition (b) end; deduction; cognition; final decision

A4 adj. private

definition (c) intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal; of an individual

A5 adj. admirable

definition (b) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous

A6 v. formulate

definition (d) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan

A7 n. origin

definition (b) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality

A8 n. employer

definition (c) boss; person or company that hires people to do work

A9 v. slander

definition (d) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign

A10 adj. bottom

definition (a) lower; under

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A1 n. margin

definition (a) profit from the difference between costs and net sales

A2 n. crowd

definition (b) public; large group of people; gathering

A3 n. plug

definition (c) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement

A4 n. season

definition (c) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)

A5 n. development

definition (d) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression

A6 n. credit risk

definition (b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments

A7 n. menu

definition (a) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected

A8 v. guess

definition (a) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture

A9 v. site

definition (c) to locate

A10 n. sight

definition (a) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle

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A1 v. rescue

definition (c) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk

A2 v. use

definition (b) to practice; to employ; to exploit; to treat; to consume

A3 v. dictate

definition (a) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose

A4 v. skim

definition (a) read superficially; to cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid

A5 v. harmonize

definition (d) to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with

A6 adv. consistently

definition (d) regularly; persistently; steadily; stably

A7 n. return

definition (b) act of giving back; reply; answer; profit; yield; repayment

A8 v. inventory

definition (a) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of

A9 v. head

definition (c) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction

A10 v. prevail

definition (b) to win; to succeed; to overcome; to surpass; to prove superior

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A1 v. advise

definition (b) to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform

A2 n. aisle

definition (d) passage; walkway (between rows of seats or shelves)

A3 adj. supplementary

definition (c) additional; extra

A4 n. vocabulary

definition (d) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order

A5 n. leather

definition (d) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin

A6 adj. representative

definition (a) typical; characteristic; acting on behalf of another person or organization

A7 v. invent

definition (c) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct

A8 adv. likely

definition (b) seemingly; probably

A9 adv. either

definition (a) also; too; as well

A10 adv. close

definition (b) nearby

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A1 n. item

definition (c) thing; object; article; news story; piece of information

A2 n. mend

definition (a) reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement

A3 n. elevator

definition (b) lift; mechanical apparatus for moving people or items from floor to floor within a building

A4 n. selection

definition (a) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose

A5 n. manufacture

definition (b) product made by hand or by machine

A6 n. harmony

definition (b) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry

A7 n. shipping

definition (a) business of sending or transporting cargo; sea voyage (Archaic)

A8 n. comment

definition (b) remark; note; statement; explanation

A9 n. resistance

definition (b) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of

A10 n. periodical

definition (b) magazine; journal

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A1 v. engage

definition (b) to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to commit

A2 v. blunder

definition (a) to make a stupid mistake; to move back and forth in a clumsy manner

A3 v. entrance

definition (b) to hypnotize; to enthrall

A4 v. reject

definition (d) to decline; to deny; to turn down

A5 v. compete

definition (d) to contest; to contend against another; to participate in a contest

A6 v. familiarize

definition (a) to cause to be acquainted; to accustom; to make something well known; to publicize

A7 v. inflict

definition (c) to impose; to cause something unpleasant

A8 v. brand

definition (d) to mark with an iron; to disgrace; to condemn

A9 v. crowd

definition (d) to gather together; to group together; to press in

A10 v. balance

definition (d) to make equal

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A1 n. operator

definition (c) one who activates; worker of a telephone switchboard; operation symbol

A2 v. price

definition (c) to give a cost to something

A3 n. testimonial

definition (d) letter of recommendation

A4 n. privilege

definition (a) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage

A5 n. barren capital

definition (c) money which is not generating profit

A6 n. experiment

definition (b) attempt to discover or test something; trial; research

A7 adj. administrative

definition (a) managerial; executive

A8 n. essence

definition (a) inherent nature of something; central or outstanding characteristic

A9 n. remit

definition (d) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching

A10 v. rule

definition (a) to govern; to control; to determine; to decide; to decree

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A1 n. appointment

definition (a) official date; meeting; interview; nomination

A2 n. willingness

definition (c) readiness; agreeableness

A3 n. research

definition (c) comprehensive inquiry; extensive investigation of a subject

A4 n. customs

definition (b) government department responsible for collecting taxes on imports

A5 n. undercut

definition (b) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base

A6 n. extract

definition (c) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage

A7 n. ceremony

definition (d) rite; ritual; formality

A8 n. dispatch

definition (c) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness

A9 n. span

definition (a) length; distance; duration; period of time

A10 n. spot

definition (a) roundish stain; speck; place; awkward or difficult situation; predicament

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A1 v. move

definition (a) to act on; to transfer from one place to another; to change residence

A2 v. style

definition (d) to plan; to design; to name; to call

A3 v. inconvenience

definition (b) to cause discomfort; to trouble; to put out; to disturb

A4 v. emphasize

definition (a) to stress; to show the importance of

A5 v. fold

definition (b) to bend; to crease; to wrap; to envelop; to clasp

A6 v. define

definition (a) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries

A7 n. rival

definition (d) competitor; opponent; contender

A8 v. host

definition (d) to act as master of ceremonies; to receive guests into one's home; to give a party

A9 v. commission

definition (c) to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer

A10 v. oversee

definition (d) to supervise; to manage; to inspect

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A1 adj. budget

definition (d) inexpensive; cheap; of or relating to a financial plan

A2 adv. small

definition (d) softly; in a low voice; without strength or force; weakly; into little pieces

A3 n. score

definition (d) group of twenty items; debt; account; bill; grade on a test

A4 n. industry

definition (b) manufacturing; trade; diligence; perseverance; tendency to work hard

A5 adv. instantaneously

definition (b) immediately; momentarily

A6 v. loop

definition (c) to make circular shape

A7 adj. equal

definition (c) same; identical; able; capable

A8 n. switch

definition (d) exchange; transfer; device

A9 v. house

definition (b) to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to dwell; to store; to shelter

A10 n. market

definition (c) demand for goods or services; rate of purchase and sale; fair

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A1 n. set

definition (d) system; group of items; collection; posture; carriage; series; sequence

A2 n. condition

definition (d) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation

A3 n. cure

definition (c) method or course that restores health; prescribed treatment for an illness

A4 n. calendar

definition (d) chart showing the months of a year (including days and weeks); schedule; timetable

A5 n. route

definition (d) track; path; customary series of stops during a trip

A6 n. relief

definition (c) easement; alleviation; liberation; aid; assistance

A7 n. persuasion

definition (d) inducement; act of convincing

A8 n. qualification

definition (a) fitness; suitability; limitation; diploma or certificate stating one's abilities

A9 n. absence

definition (a) failure to appear; state of being away; state of being not present

A10 n. opinion

definition (d) attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation

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A1 v. pose

definition (d) to stance

A2 v. garner

definition (c) to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to place in reserve

A3 v. cover

definition (a) to encase; to review; to protect; to include; to insure

A4 v. lay off

definition (a) to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire

A5 v. resume

definition (d) to recommence; to begin again; to retake; to take back; to continue

A6 v. confuse

definition (a) to embarrass; to mix up; to muddle up; to bewilder; to startle

A7 n. traveler

definition (d) one who makes a journey

A8 v. queues

definition (b) to stand in line; to make a row

A9 v. depict

definition (d) to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to portray; to elucidate

A10 v. collaborate

definition (d) to work together; to cooperate

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A1 n. stay

definition (d) act of halting; visit; temporary residence; suspension of a legal proceeding

A2 n. weakness

definition (d) drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible

A3 v. maintain

definition (a) to keep in existence; to preserve; to support; to provide for

A4 adj. quiet

definition (a) silent; noiseless; peaceful; tranquil; still; lacking activity

A5 n. innocent

definition (b) person who is free from sin or wrongdoing

A6 adj. consistent

definition (b) coherent; steadfast; firm

A7 n. lumber

definition (a) trees that have been sawed into rough planks; useless items that been put in storage

A8 n. characteristic

definition (d) trait; feature; ability; distinguishing quality; attribute

A9 v. clip

definition (a) to cut off; to curtail; to trim off

A10 adj. rank

definition (b) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously

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A1 n. check

definition (b) examination; money order; payment order; restaurant bill

A2 n. brand

definition (d) trademark; type; make; variety; product name

A3 n. cheque

definition (d) written order directing a bank to pay a specific amount of money

A4 n. emphasis

definition (b) importance that is attached to something; accent or stress that is placed on a word or words

A5 n. demonstration

definition (c) exhibition; explanation; showing

A6 n. pedicure

definition (d) cosmetic foot treatment

A7 n. case

definition (d) occasion; instance; situation; bag

A8 n. plane

definition (d) type of aircraft; two-dimensional surface; rank; level

A9 n. cement

definition (c) concrete; mortar; bonding agent; filling (for teeth)

A10 n. incumbent

definition (d) person who currently holds an office or position

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A1 v. narrow

definition (b) to limit; to restrict; to contract; to lessen in width; to taper

A2 v. should

definition (b) must (indicating duty or obligation); would (softening the statement)

A3 v. slash

definition (a) to cut with a sharp quick stroke; to reduce; to lower; to criticize strongly

A4 v. appear

definition (a) to come into view; to show up; to seem

A5 v. hesitate

definition (b) to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive

A6 v. schedule

definition (d) to create a timetable; to enter into a timetable; to plan for a certain date

A7 n. ambition

definition (b) aspiration; hope; goal; dream

A8 v. perfect

definition (d) to refine; to improve; to complete; to make faultless

A9 v. assimilate

definition (d) to incorporate; to take in; to absorb

A10 v. classify

definition (d) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential

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A1 v. qualify

definition (a) to train; to certify; to meet the minimum standards; to moderate; to modify

A2 n. perennial

definition (b) something that continues for many years

A3 n. mention

definition (a) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement

A4 adv. deliberately

definition (c) intentionally; purposefully; methodically

A5 v. increase

definition (d) to enlarge; to add to; to multiply; to raise; to intensify

A6 adj. local

definition (d) characterized; by or occupying a particular place

A7 adj. fiscal

definition (a) of public funds; of or pertaining to money matters

A8 n. feedback

definition (c) response; critique; information about the results of a certain procedure or performance

A9 n. conserve

definition (c) marmalade; jam

A10 adj. average

definition (d) immediate; common; usual; standard

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A1 n. component

definition (b) ingredient; single piece which forms part of a larger unit; part; constituent; element

A2 n. visibility

definition (d) quality of being clearly seen

A3 n. railroad

definition (d) path for a train made of parallel metal tracks

A4 n. vaccination

definition (b) act or instance of rendering insusceptible to disease by inoculating

A5 n. impression

definition (a) strong feeling or idea left by an experience; effect; vague memory

A6 n. gather

definition (c) drawing together; fold; pucker

A7 n. inspector

definition (b) person whose job it is to supervise and examine; police officer ranking below a superintendent

A8 n. neglect

definition (c) disregard; inattention; forgetfulness; abandonment

A9 n. thread

definition (c) string; thin cord; Internet discussion

A10 n. head

definition (b) mind; understanding; leader; person in authority; top

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A1 v. profit

definition (c) to earn income; to make financial gains; to be of service; to be beneficial

A2 v. yield

definition (d) to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.)

A3 v. subscribe

definition (b) to endorse; to donate; to contribute; to pledge; to support; to approve

A4 v. go after

definition (b) to try to get; to attempt to get

A5 v. distinguish

definition (b) to mark as different; to see as different; to discern; to recognize

A6 v. pull out

definition (b) to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to depart

A7 v. trash

definition (b) to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to damage

A8 v. document

definition (d) to record for evidence; to write down; to substantiate

A9 v. relinquish

definition (a) to cede; to surrender; to give up; to forsake; to abandon

A10 v. negotiate

definition (d) to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise; to clear or pass an obstacle

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A1 n. occupancy

definition (c) period of residence; act of taking possession (Law); right of possession

A2 v. indicate

definition (c) to show; to point out; to mark; to signify; to imply; to exhibit

A3 v. thrive

definition (b) to prosper; to flourish; to succeed

A4 v. reflect

definition (c) to mirror; to send back energy from a surface; to cause to return; to express

A5 n. loan

definition (c) amount of money that has been borrowed; something borrowed; act of giving temporarily

A6 n. messenger

definition (b) person employed to deliver official dispatches or go on special errands

A7 adj. unconventional

definition (d) not standard; not ordinary

A8 v. certificate

definition (c) to confirm; to license; to authorize

A9 adj. final

definition (a) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive

A10 v. precede

definition (b) to go before; to be in front; to be ahead of; to predate

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A1 n. sharp

definition (b) sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional gambler

A2 n. luncheon

definition (b) afternoon party where a light meal is served

A3 n. improvement

definition (b) something which enhances or improves; addition or change which adds value to something

A4 n. consignment

definition (c) delivery; dispatch; conveyance

A5 n. century

definition (a) period of one hundred years

A6 n. blue sky laws

definition (b) rules introduced by the government to regulate the trade of securities and mutual funds

A7 n. fraud

definition (a) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement

A8 n. accuracy

definition (d) preciseness; exactness

A9 n. ill

definition (d) trouble; misfortune; evil; harm; disease; sickness

A10 n. diet

definition (a) nourishment; nutrition; food and drink; regimen; weight loss plan

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A1 v. voyage

definition (c) to take a cruise; to travel; to make a journey

A2 v. procure

definition (a) to obtain; to acquire; to get; to buy; to purchase

A3 v. industrialize

definition (b) to innovate and develop production

A4 v. alter

definition (c) to change; to modify

A5 v. line

definition (a) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad

A6 v. adjust

definition (d) to modify; to adapt; to fit; to arrange; to settle

A7 v. edit

definition (c) to revise; to alter; to make changes and corrections prior to printing

A8 v. speed

definition (a) to accelerate; to cause to move quickly; to expedite; to further; to hurry

A9 v. strike

definition (a) to temporarily cease working as a protest; to impress

A10 v. insert

definition (a) to place in; to put in; to add to

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A1 n. wallpaper

definition (a) picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface

A2 n. design

definition (b) plan; sketch; model; layout; structure

A3 n. postmaster

definition (b) mail manager, person responsible for managing electronic mail on a network (Computers)

A4 v. impress

definition (a) to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp

A5 n. insult

definition (c) affront; offense; rude remark or action

A6 n. tow

definition (a) act of dragging or pulling with a rope or chain

A7 n. production

definition (c) manufacture; assembly; output; yield

A8 n. sort

definition (a) type; kind; character; manner; quality

A9 v. comprise

definition (d) to include; to contain; to consist

A10 adv. throughout

definition (a) in every; during

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A1 n. diversity

definition (d) variety; difference; unlikeness

A2 n. baggage

definition (b) luggage; cargo; things to take on a trip; equipment

A3 n. significance

definition (d) meaning; sense; quality of having meaning

A4 n. offense

definition (d) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

A5 n. shop

definition (a) small retail store; studio; business; office; outlet

A6 n. speech

definition (c) speaking ability; something that is communicated orally

A7 v. groom

definition (c) to tend carefully; to take care of; to make clean and tidy; to prepare for

A8 n. mark

definition (c) sign; indication; symbol; grade; trace

A9 n. mentor

definition (c) adviser; counselor; person who guides and teaches; spiritual instructor

A10 n. warranty

definition (c) guarantee; authority; justification

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A1 v. funnel

definition (d) to channel; to centralize

A2 v. strap

definition (b) to tie with a narrow piece of leather; to lash

A3 v. injure

definition (d) to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage

A4 v. publicize

definition (d) to advertise; to bring to the attention of a large audience

A5 v. compose

definition (a) to create; to write; to relax; to calm oneself; to settle

A6 v. instrument

definition (b) to equip with devices for measuring, recording, or controlling

A7 v. earn

definition (b) to receive as a result of work or other service performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy

A8 v. pleasure

definition (c) to cause someone enjoyment

A9 v. fuel

definition (d) to provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

A10 v. lead

definition (c) to conduct; to guide; to direct; to influence

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A1 adj. proper

definition (a) correct; suitable; just; complete

A2 n. sweater

definition (c) pullover; employer who underpays his employees

A3 n. momentum

definition (b) force of movement; strength or motivation derived from an initial effort

A4 n. fuel

definition (a) substance burned to create energy (petrol, gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.)

A5 n. uniqueness

definition (b) singularity; individuality; incomparability

A6 n. capacity

definition (c) volume which can be contained or received; function; role; feature; potential

A7 v. owe

definition (a) to be indebted to; to be under obligation to pay or repay

A8 n. stem

definition (b) central stalk of a plant; petiole

A9 n. discipline

definition (c) training

A10 n. investor

definition (c) person who puts money into a project

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A1 n. adjustment

definition (a) adaption; settlement of an insurance claim

A2 n. gathering

definition (b) assembly; meeting; convention; cluster; collection

A3 n. definition

definition (c) explanation; meaning; interpretation (as of a word or term)

A4 n. code

definition (a) cipher; collection of instructions of the law

A5 n. greenhouse

definition (d) structure built mainly of glass in which plants are cultivated out of season

A6 n. exertion

definition (b) putting to use; putting into action; effort; struggle; strain

A7 n. mall

definition (b) shopping center; pedestrian walkway; promenade

A8 v. sum

definition (b) to add

A9 n. advance

definition (a) progress; modernization; promotion

A10 n. loop

definition (a) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

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A1 v. precondition

definition (c) to train in advance

A2 v. box

definition (c) to fight with fists; to put crates

A3 v. interject

definition (c) to place between other things; to throw into the center of

A4 v. blame

definition (d) to accuse; to denounce

A5 v. exist

definition (b) to live; to be

A6 v. prohibit

definition (d) to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent

A7 v. postpone

definition (a) to put off to a later time; to delay; to defer; to put off until later; to stay

A8 v. dislodge

definition (a) to extricate; to remove; to evict; to oust; to expel

A9 v. render

definition (b) to give; to submit; to transform; to represent; to depict

A10 v. concern

definition (c) to involve; to affect; to worry; to interest; to relate to

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A1 v. raise

definition (a) to elevate; to lift; to excite; to arouse; to cause

A2 v. predict

definition (b) to prophesy; to foretell; to announce in advance

A3 v. commit

definition (d) to perform; to do; to engage

A4 n. trustee

definition (d) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him

A5 n. recipient

definition (b) person who accepts; person who takes or gets

A6 n. plaid

definition (b) colorful fabric with a pattern of square s and crossbars

A7 n. triangle

definition (b) shape having three sides and three corners; group of three

A8 v. tailor

definition (d) to create or adapt for a particular need or desire

A9 v. insult

definition (c) to speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner; to offend; to affront

A10 v. section

definition (b) to divide; to split

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A1 n. alert

definition (c) warning; alarm; attitude of readiness

A2 n. debris

definition (b) rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments

A3 n. scope

definition (b) range; extent; sphere; expanse

A4 n. contact

definition (c) link; connection; touch; interface

A5 n. impulse

definition (b) instinctual urge; sudden desire; whim; wave of energy sent via a nerve

A6 n. identification

definition (a) verification of a person or thing; recognition

A7 n. leaflet

definition (c) sheet of paper on which information has been printed; flyer

A8 n. intent

definition (d) plan; goal; aim; objective; meaning

A9 n. adversity

definition (b) misfortune; hardship; distress; suffering

A10 n. drive

definition (c) trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware; combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund

raiser)

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A1 v. disappear

definition (d) to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish

A2 v. subside

definition (b) to descend; to decline; to abate; to lessen

A3 v. structure

definition (c) to organize; to arrange; to give form to

A4 v. sign

definition (d) to mark; to indicate; to write one's name

A5 v. chart

definition (a) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram

A6 v. go along with

definition (d) to comply; to conform; to follow; to agree

A7 v. cope

definition (a) to manage in spite of difficulty; to struggle successfully

A8 v. lock

definition (a) to fix in place; to link firmly together; to be held in place

A9 v. part

definition (b) to divide; to separate; to be divided; to allocate

A10 v. budget

definition (a) to prepare a financial plan; to make financial arrangements

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A1 adj. corrupt

definition (d) spoiled; immoral; dishonest; perverted

A2 v. task

definition (d) to give assignments; to overburden; to strain

A3 adv. conscientiously

definition (d) dutifully; with care; thoroughly

A4 n. technician

definition (d) specialist in repairs of machinery and appliances

A5 n. screen

definition (d) part of a television or computer monitor where the picture is displayed

A6 n. citizenship

definition (a) right to live in a country; condition of being a member of a country

A7 adj. proud

definition (c) arrogant; haughty; magnificent; impressive

A8 n. instrument

definition (b) tool; implement; device; appliance; agent; means

A9 n. load

definition (a) something carried; cargo; burden; unit of measure or weight; capacity

A10 v. imply

definition (c) to suggest indirectly; to hint; to infer; to mean; to import

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A1 n. engagement

definition (d) commitment; obligation; period of employment

A2 n. take

definition (a) amount collected at one time; income; proceeds; profits (Informal)

A3 n. evidence

definition (c) proof; something which proves or disproves

A4 n. election

definition (a) choosing; time when people vote for a political candidate

A5 n. garment

definition (d) piece of clothing; outer covering

A6 n. van

definition (c) large closed vehicle used for transporting goods or people

A7 v. enlarge

definition (a) to become bigger; to expand

A8 n. substantive

definition (b) word or phrase functioning as a noun

A9 n. commercial

definition (a) television or radio advertisement

A10 n. terminology

definition (b) nomenclature; specific vocabulary

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A1 v. revise

definition (a) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct

A2 v. esteem

definition (c) to respect; to honor; to admire; to value

A3 v. fund

definition (b) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation

A4 v. intensify

definition (b) to increase; to strengthen; to heighten

A5 v. taste

definition (c) to check flavor by eating; to attempt; to try

A6 v. term

definition (b) to name; to call; to designate

A7 n. benchmark

definition (b) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison

A8 v. innovate

definition (d) to make changes; to create something new; to invent

A9 v. surmise

definition (c) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume

A10 v. specialize

definition (b) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit

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A1 adv. instead

definition (b) in place of; as a replacement

A2 n. layer

definition (d) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum

A3 v. disclaim

definition (a) to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow

A4 v. content

definition (d) to satisfy; to please; to meet a request

A5 v. conduct

definition (b) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit

A6 n. acquisition

definition (d) purchase; something that has been purchased or obtained

A7 v. permit

definition (b) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction

A8 v. minute

definition (c) to record the proceedings of a meeting; to make a memorandum

A9 n. track

definition (c) lane; path; signs; trails; channel

A10 adj. urban

definition (b) pertaining to a city; municipal

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A1 n. carrier

definition (a) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck

A2 n. economy

definition (d) management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift; careful spending

A3 n. offender

definition (c) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults

A4 n. affiliate

definition (a) partner company; distributor

A5 n. agenda

definition (d) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done

A6 n. pipe

definition (c) tube; trachea; flute; toot

A7 n. option

definition (c) choice; alternative; possibility; selection; election

A8 n. breadth

definition (a) width; broadness

A9 n. damage

definition (d) injury; harm

A10 n. campaign

definition (b) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal

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A1 v. dispense

definition (b) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out

A2 v. remember

definition (a) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection

A3 v. broadcast

definition (c) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise

A4 v. destroy

definition (a) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase

A5 v. receive

definition (b) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate

A6 v. boost

definition (d) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift

A7 n. pollution

definition (a) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction

A8 v. receipt

definition (a) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale

A9 v. party

definition (c) to celebrate

A10 v. sample

definition (d) to take a small portion of something as a specimen

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A1 v. fare

definition (b) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink

A2 n. prerogative

definition (d) right; special privilege

A3 v. come along

definition (d) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed

A4 conj. however

definition (d) in what way?

A5 n. briefcase

definition (d) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers

A6 n. complaint

definition (c) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)

A7 n. renovation

definition (d) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition

A8 adj. compatible

definition (c) congruous

A9 n. halt

definition (b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey

A10 v. litter

definition (c) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder

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A1 n. fine

definition (b) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money

A2 n. convention

definition (a) conference; routine; custom; treaty

A3 n. novel

definition (b) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story

A4 n. incentive

definition (a) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement

A5 n. period

definition (a) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season

A6 n. raise

definition (c) increase in salary; wage increase

A7 n. session

definition (a) meeting; assembly; term; semester

A8 n. source

definition (a) origin; starting point

A9 n. attendant

definition (d) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others

A10 n. onus

definition (b) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame

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A1 v. dismiss

definition (c) to send away; to fire; to release; to free

A2 v. kit

definition (a) to equip; to outfit with supplies

A3 v. prioritize

definition (a) to organize according to importance

A4 v. average

definition (d) to have a mean of a certain amount

A5 v. create

definition (b) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture

A6 v. mortgage

definition (d) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate

A7 n. information

definition (b) knowledge; intelligence; data

A8 v. guide

definition (d) to direct; to lead; to instruct

A9 v. piece

definition (c) to join parts together; to attach segments

A10 v. forecast

definition (c) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell

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A1 v. attire

definition (a) to dress; to put on clothes

A2 v. pressure

definition (a) to apply force or weight; to push; to stress

A3 v. remind

definition (a) to cause to remember

A4 v. trail

definition (d) to follow; to drag; to tow

A5 v. mistake

definition (a) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse

A6 n. earnings

definition (d) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income

A7 n. journalist

definition (a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent

A8 adj. present

definition (b) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times

A9 v. course

definition (b) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race

A10 v. labor

definition (d) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard

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A1 n. daily

definition (a) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week

A2 n. competitor

definition (a) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest

A3 n. relationship

definition (b) connection; association; closeness

A4 n. resist

definition (a) protective coating

A5 n. will

definition (d) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property

A6 n. car

definition (a) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride

A7 n. basis

definition (d) foundation; grounding

A8 v. coordinate

definition (c) to arrange in proper order

A9 v. prolong

definition (b) to extend; to lengthen

A10 n. straight

definition (b) line that is not curved; section that is not curved

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A1 v. arrive

definition (d) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed

A2 v. clear

definition (c) to clarify; to explain; to approve

A3 v. validate

definition (a) to confirm; to sanction; to legalize

A4 v. posture

definition (a) to pretend; to feign

A5 v. regress

definition (c) to move backward; to go back; to return to a previous condition

A6 v. drill

definition (a) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows

A7 v. quote

definition (c) to cite; to state a price; to offer a price

A8 v. proliferate

definition (c) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly

A9 v. complete

definition (a) to make whole; to finish; to perfect

A10 v. express

definition (b) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract

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A1 n. shortage

definition (c) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency

A2 n. catering

definition (d) business of supplying and servicing food

A3 v. look over

definition (b) to examine

A4 n. franchisor

definition (b) person who has the right to grant a license

A5 adj. dismal

definition (c) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad

A6 n. grade

definition (c) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school)

A7 n. president

definition (c) head; leader; chairman; chief

A8 v. resist

definition (b) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand

A9 v. warehouse

definition (d) to store in a large building

A10 n. venture

definition (a) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome

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A1 n. involvement

definition (d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation

A2 n. flaw

definition (a) defect; imperfection; crack; strong gust or wind

A3 n. clearance

definition (c) release; approval; washing

A4 n. clip

definition (a) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video

A5 n. misunderstanding

definition (a) incorrect interpretation

A6 n. sales

definition (a) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service

A7 n. brake

definition (b) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle

A8 n. last

definition (b) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight

A9 n. interior

definition (c) inside a building; inland section of a country

A10 n. dictate

definition (b) ruling principle; command; decree

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A1 v. decline

definition (b) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall

A2 v. talk

definition (a) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information

A3 v. imagine

definition (a) to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to assume

A4 v. remark

definition (c) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say

A5 v. track

definition (d) to follow

A6 v. lend

definition (d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate

A7 v. career

definition (a) to evolve; to make to progress; to grow professionally; to develop; to speed

A8 v. weight

definition (d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem

A9 v. cure

definition (b) to restore to health; to make well; to correct a bad habit; to preserve food

A10 v. contract

definition (c) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain

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A1 n. grooming

definition (c) process of making neat and attractive

A2 n. retail

definition (b) sale of products to final consumers; sale of goods to end users

A3 v. default

definition (c) to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court

A4 n. resident

definition (a) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location

A5 n. agreement

definition (c) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence

A6 adj. exclusive

definition (c) sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible; fashionable; unique

A7 n. chop

definition (b) seal; trademark

A8 n. drill

definition (c) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow

A9 n. collateral

definition (b) security deposit

A10 adj. immediately

definition (a) right away; shortly; at once; without delay

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A1 n. gift

definition (a) present; talent; offering

A2 n. logo

definition (a) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization

A3 n. cancellation

definition (c) nullification; termination; revocation

A4 n. pile

definition (c) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee

A5 n. aircraft

definition (b) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter)

A6 n. confirmation

definition (d) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony

A7 n. tool

definition (b) apparatus; device

A8 v. commute

definition (d) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work)

A9 n. express

definition (a) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger

A10 n. function

definition (a) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention

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A1 v. bound

definition (b) to jump; to leap

A2 v. presume

definition (c) to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take liberties; to permit oneself

A3 v. pretend

definition (c) to impersonate; to act in a role; to claim; to assert

A4 v. accrue

definition (b) to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow

A5 v. categorize

definition (b) to arrange in groups; to classify; to sort; to structure

A6 n. semester

definition (d) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)

A7 n. takeover

definition (d) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)

A8 v. mandate

definition (a) to issue a command; to make an official order

A9 v. devise

definition (c) to plan; to invent; to design

A10 v. infer

definition (a) to derive; to conclude; to guess; to surmise; to hint

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A1 adj. general

definition (c) inclusive; of all things

A2 v. declare

definition (a) to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)

A3 v. wait

definition (d) to be ready or available; to work as an attendant; to postpone

A4 n. handle

definition (d) part of an object designed to be gripped by the hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title

A5 n. photographer

definition (b) cameraman; person who takes pictures

A6 n. grit

definition (c) small rough granules or particles (i.e. sand); bravery; pluck; endurance

A7 n. garbage

definition (a) something that is discarded; rubbish; trash; junk; waste

A8 adj. corporate

definition (d) common; shared; collective

A9 v. anger

definition (b) to irritate; to infuriate; to enrage

A10 v. season

definition (c) to spice; to flavor; to accustom; to acclimatize; to become experienced

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A1 n. safety

definition (a) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; any security device

A2 n. analysis

definition (d) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination

A3 n. ownership

definition (d) legal right of possession

A4 n. director

definition (c) boss; supervisor; manager; head

A5 n. proposal

definition (d) suggestion; tender; plan; offer of marriage

A6 n. advancement

definition (d) forward movement; progress; promotion

A7 n. company

definition (d) corporation; firm; ensemble; association with another

A8 n. issue

definition (a) topic; subject; matter; question; problem; publication

A9 n. staff

definition (d) employees working in an organization; personnel; crew; team

A10 n. broker

definition (d) middleman; agent who buys and sells property or shares etc. for other people

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A1 v. instruct

definition (d) to inform; to direct; to guide; to command; to order; to educate

A2 v. court

definition (b) to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the affections of someone

A3 v. interrupt

definition (d) to stop; to discontinue; to disturb; to bring a conversation to a halt

A4 v. choose

definition (d) to select; to prefer; to pick; to make a choice

A5 v. tackle

definition (b) to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about

A6 v. know

definition (a) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of

A7 v. supervise

definition (d) to oversee; to administer; to direct; to manage; to watch over

A8 v. design

definition (a) to create; to conceive; to produce; to conceptualize

A9 v. exhibit

definition (c) to show; to display; to demonstrate; to present

A10 v. select

definition (c) to choose; to pick out

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A1 n. cabinet

definition (a) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government

A2 v. nurse

definition (a) to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical care; to take care of

A3 n. gymnasium

definition (d) building for indoor sports and exercise; fitness center

A4 n. date

definition (d) day, month and year according to the calendar; interview; meeting

A5 adj. daily

definition (b) occurring on a regular basis

A6 n. commuter

definition (c) person who travels back and forth between home and work

A7 n. clipping

definition (a) article cut from a newspaper

A8 n. mortgage

definition (a) conditional conveyance of property as for security on a loan; pledging; lien

A9 n. assistant

definition (b) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper

A10 adj. bankrupt

definition (d) lacking; deficient; insolvent; unable to pay debts

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A1 n. downtown

definition (a) commercial center of a city; business distract

A2 n. coordinate

definition (b) reference point; geographical location

A3 n. cause

definition (b) reason; purpose; principle; factor; basis for a legal case

A4 n. landscaper

definition (b) person who designs gardens or large areas

A5 n. skill

definition (b) ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or trade that requires special training

A6 n. entry

definition (c) opening; record; information or item in a book, dictionary, catalog, list, directory, etc.

A7 n. dispense

definition (d) expenditure; pardon

A8 v. surprise

definition (b) to startle; to astonish; to ambush

A9 n. provision

definition (a) supply; stock; measure; means; condition; stipulation

A10 n. registering

definition (d) list; record; regulator; gauge

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A1 v. disturb

definition (b) to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry

A2 v. sort

definition (a) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify

A3 v. clock

definition (b) to measure time; to register on a time piece

A4 v. economize

definition (c) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal

A5 v. borrow

definition (a) to take on loan; to copy; to steal

A6 v. secure

definition (b) to obtain; to protect; to defend; to strengthen

A7 n. upholstery

definition (c) materials that are used to cushion and cover furniture (i.e. fabric, lining, padding, etc.)

A8 v. book

definition (c) to record; to order in advance; to inscribe; to indicate

A9 v. clerk

definition (d) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business)

A10 v. persuade

definition (c) to convince; to induce; to sway

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A1 n. permit

definition (c) license; authorization

A2 n. duress

definition (d) intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion

A3 v. endure

definition (d) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

A4 v. deny

definition (b) to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce

A5 n. decade

definition (d) ten years; group of tens

A6 n. vending machine

definition (c) automated device used for selling items

A7 n. directory

definition (a) guidebook; library; catalog

A8 v. found

definition (a) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company

A9 adj. tense

definition (d) strained; taut; rigid; nervous; stressful

A10 v. elect

definition (a) to choose; to vote for; to prefer; to decide

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A1 n. science

definition (c) system of knowledge gained by research; specific field of systematic knowledge; skill; proficiency

A2 n. context

definition (d) connection; overall situation; background

A3 n. salvage

definition (d) act of rescuing; rescued items

A4 n. invitation

definition (d) request for one's presence; summons; call

A5 n. education

definition (d) learning; instruction; imparting of knowledge; upbringing

A6 n. cab

definition (a) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment

A7 n. scramble

definition (d) climb over rough terrain; struggle for possession; disorderly or chaotic proceeding

A8 n. array

definition (c) display; layout; clothing; menu

A9 n. frequency

definition (b) quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a function reoccurs

A10 n. omission

definition (a) deletion; negligence; failure; default

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A1 v. freight

definition (a) to load with goods; to load; to weigh down; to send as cargo

A2 v. disembark

definition (b) to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or vehicle; to land

A3 v. suspend

definition (a) to hang; to postpone; to defer; to expel

A4 v. entertain

definition (a) to interest; to amuse; to host

A5 v. realize

definition (a) to understand; to comprehend; to accomplish; to convert into cash; to liquidate

A6 v. dispose

definition (a) to control; to arrange; to put in order

A7 n. elevation

definition (b) height of something; altitude above sea or ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur

A8 v. debut

definition (d) to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance

A9 v. retrieve

definition (a) to recover; to regain; to bring back; to fetch; to rescue

A10 v. demolish

definition (a) to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove

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A1 adj. unnecessary

definition (d) excessive; redundant; superfluous

A2 pref. post

definition (b) after; later; subsequent to

A3 adj. modest

definition (b) humble; unpretentious; unassuming; simple; limited

A4 n. protection

definition (d) defense; shelter; safety

A5 n. helicopter

definition (d) aircraft which flies by means of horizontally rotating blades

A6 conj. yet

definition (a) but; in spite of; despite

A7 n. thoroughness

definition (d) diligence; neatness

A8 v. aggregate

definition (d) to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble

A9 adv. firm

definition (c) sturdily; steadily; assertively; in a determined manner

A10 n. fund

definition (b) amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply

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A1 n. passenger

definition (c) traveler; fare; person who rides or travels

A2 n. relation

definition (d) narration; act of telling; family member; connection; association

A3 n. desk

definition (d) office table

A4 n. acronym

definition (d) a word which is formed from the first letters of several words; i.e. TOEIC or NATO

A5 n. mid-range

definition (b) pertaining to a value that is approximately in the middle of a series of values

A6 n. dietician

definition (d) nutritionist; expert on nutrition

A7 n. engine

definition (d) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain

types of date

A8 v. climb

definition (d) to ascend; to up; to slope upward; to move upward gradually

A9 n. medicine

definition (b) art and science of disease treatment and health maintenance; remedy; drug

A10 n. reason

definition (a) cause; basis for action; intelligence; sense

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A1 v. concoct

definition (d) to invent; to create; to contrive; to think up

A2 v. relate

definition (d) to narrate; to tell; to make a connection between; to have a good relationship with

A3 v. export

definition (d) to ship; to send abroad; to sell goods and products overseas

A4 v. reimburse

definition (a) to repay; to refund; to compensate for a loss; to repay for an expense

A5 v. respond

definition (d) to answer; to reply; to react

A6 v. barter

definition (a) to exchange goods and services

A7 v. pick up

definition (d) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck

A8 n. name

definition (a) word or phrase by which someone or something is called or identified; moniker

A9 v. research

definition (c) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely

A10 v. fax

definition (c) to transmit document electronically

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A1 adv. further

definition (c) to a greater distance; more; in addition

A2 v. put off

definition (c) to postpone; to disgust; to repulse; to deter

A3 v. enthuse

definition (d) to express excitement; to motivate

A4 v. invite

definition (b) to request the presence of; to solicit; to attract; to encourage; to promote

A5 adj. evident

definition (b) clear; obvious; apparent

A6 n. novelty

definition (d) innovation; something new; discovery

A7 v. invest

definition (d) to expend money or effort for future benefits; to grant; to install; to cover; to authorize

A8 n. export

definition (c) shipping of goods to other countries

A9 v. fear

definition (d) to be frightened; to be concerned; to be afraid of; to have respect for

A10 n. anchor

definition (a) newsreader; broadcaster

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A1 n. layout

definition (c) arrangement; plan; sketch; drawing; something which has been arranged

A2 n. bankrupt

definition (c) a person who was unable to repay their debts

A3 n. reimbursement

definition (b) act of paying back; repayment; compensation for a loss; repayment for an expense

A4 n. amount

definition (d) quantity; sum

A5 n. step

definition (b) movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place; stair; stage in a process

A6 v. get into

definition (b) to enter

A7 n. example

definition (a) model; pattern; something which serves as an illustration

A8 n. divide

definition (d) separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed

A9 n. manual

definition (c) instructional booklet; handbook

A10 n. interim

definition (b) temporary arrangement; in between period

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A1 v. promise

definition (d) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action

A2 v. dash

definition (c) to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter; to hurl; to cast

A3 v. convince

definition (a) to persuade; to influence; to prove

A4 v. feed

definition (b) to supply; to support; to send; to move into a machine

A5 v. article

definition (b) to bind with a contract

A6 v. fizzle

definition (c) to fail after starting well; to make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence

A7 v. mail

definition (d) to send a letter or other item via the postal service; to post

A8 v. effect

definition (a) to accomplish; to put into action; to execute; to do

A9 v. franchise

definition (a) to grant a license to an individual or group; to grant the right to vote

A10 v. stall

definition (b) to put into a stable; to delay; to check the progress of

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A1 adj. controlling

definition (b) ruling; supervising; regulating; managing; restraining

A2 n. instalment

definition (a) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided

A3 n. shareholder

definition (b) person or organization that owns part of a company

A4 v. envision

definition (d) to imagine to oneself; to picture; to visualize

A5 v. constrain

definition (a) to compel; to reinforce; to oblige; to coerce

A6 n. bargain

definition (b) good deal; agreement; item that has been bought at a specially low price

A7 n. advisor

definition (d) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor

A8 n. number

definition (a) mathematical value or its symbol; indefinite amount; quantity of; sum

A9 v. own

definition (b) to be in possession of; to belong to; to confess

A10 v. advert

definition (c) to refer to; to comment on; to draw attention to

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A1 n. fellow

definition (b) friend; member of an academic organization; suitor

A2 n. leader

definition (c) head; chief; director; carrier; main article

A3 n. citizen

definition (b) resident; native of a country

A4 n. facilitator

definition (d) person or thing which promotes; expeditor

A5 n. chapter

definition (b) part of a book; phase; stage; local branch of an organization

A6 n. generation

definition (b) production; creating; group of people born around the same time

A7 n. layman

definition (d) unexperienced person

A8 n. need

definition (c) requirement; shortage of an indispensable item; distress; hardship

A9 n. credit

definition (a) money (in a bank account); trust; confidence; respect

A10 n. counsel

definition (b) advice; person who gives advice; attorney; lawyer

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A1 v. enroll

definition (d) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list

A2 v. reinforce

definition (c) to strengthen; to fortify; to support; to increase

A3 v. download

definition (a) to copy files from a distant computer onto another computer through an Internet connection

A4 v. rank

definition (c) to arrange in a line; to grade; to classify

A5 v. represent

definition (b) to act as an agent on behalf of a person or organization; to symbolize

A6 n. erasure

definition (b) rubbing out; deletion; eradication

A7 v. abolish

definition (d) to cancel; to revoke

A8 v. plan

definition (c) to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to contrive; to think up

A9 v. disrupt

definition (a) to upset; to disturb; to divide

A10 v. engineer

definition (a) to design; to plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)

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A1 n. restriction

definition (a) limitation; limit

A2 v. plate

definition (c) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal

A3 adj. annoying

definition (d) bothersome; troublesome; worrisome; harassing

A4 adj. repeat

definition (a) done over again

A5 n. operation

definition (d) working, performance, handling; venture, undertaking; series of actions

A6 v. observe

definition (c) to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to discern

A7 n. turnover

definition (d) gross revenues; total business done; rate of selling or producing

A8 adj. significant

definition (b) important; consequential; meaningful; having meaning; of a considerable amount

A9 adj. residual

definition (b) enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover; remaining

A10 v. level

definition (d) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize

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A1 n. bias

definition (a) prejudice; tendency; leaning

A2 n. readiness

definition (c) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness

A3 n. description

definition (c) explanation; illustration; instruction

A4 n. equality

definition (c) sameness; uniformity

A5 n. assistance

definition (c) aid; help; support; direction; upkeep

A6 n. ambiguity

definition (c) vagueness; lack of clarity

A7 n. rescue

definition (a) deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury; act of freeing from risk

A8 n. arrest

definition (a) detention; imprisonment

A9 n. comfort

definition (d) relief; consolation; coziness

A10 n. barometer

definition (c) commercial and market information that indicates overall economic trends

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A1 v. prevent

definition (c) to cause not to happen; to avert; to delay; to impede; to hinder

A2 v. characterize

definition (d) to describe; to depict; to portray; to outline

A3 v. appoint

definition (d) to nominate; to designate

A4 v. evade

definition (c) to avoid; to run away; to shrink

A5 v. pursue

definition (c) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for

A6 v. stand out

definition (a) to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project; to protrude

A7 adj. complicated

definition (a) confusing; hard to understand; difficult; complex

A8 v. vaccinate

definition (c) to render insusceptible to a disease by inoculating

A9 v. reconsider

definition (c) to contemplate again

A10 v. further

definition (c) to advance; to encourage; to promote; to assist

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A1 v. stop

definition (a) to halt; to cease; to quit; to close; to block; to impede

A2 adv. especially

definition (c) particularly

A3 n. trial

definition (a) test; attempt; experiment; annoyance

A4 n. impact

definition (d) influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch

A5 n. mailing

definition (b) large batch of letters sent at one time by a single sender; rented property

A6 adj. favorite

definition (d) preferred; beloved; liked

A7 n. joint venture

definition (d) collective enterprise; group endeavor; collaboration

A8 v. expedite

definition (a) to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to dispatch

A9 n. whereas

definition (c) this being the case; since (used in formal documents)

A10 adj. elaborate

definition (b) detailed; complicated; carefully planned; worked out in great detail

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A1 n. currency

definition (c) national money of a country; circulation; custom; prevalence

A2 n. destruction

definition (b) ruin; desolation; annihilation

A3 n. fortune

definition (c) luck; wealth; chance; success; riches

A4 n. entertainer

definition (d) host; performer; comedian

A5 n. token

definition (a) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance

A6 n. courtesy

definition (c) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility

A7 n. chore

definition (b) routine job; unpleasant task

A8 n. infant

definition (b) baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor

A9 n. judge

definition (d) person who presides over court trials; arbiter; expert; critic

A10 n. hurry

definition (c) rush; haste; urgency

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A1 v. command

definition (b) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority

A2 v. shape

definition (c) to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be formed

A3 v. base

definition (a) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on

A4 v. indulge

definition (c) to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to spoil; to humor

A5 v. registering

definition (c) to record; to enroll; to have an effect; to have influence

A6 v. extend

definition (c) to stretch; to enlarge; to lengthen; to reach out

A7 n. demographics

definition (b) study of the statistical characteristics of a population

A8 v. estimate

definition (d) to judge an object's value; to appraise; to assess; to guess

A9 v. bargain

definition (d) to negotiate; to arrive at an agreement

A10 v. hazard

definition (a) to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture

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A1 n. board

definition (b) management committee; food

A2 adj. favorable

definition (a) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; desirable

A3 v. authorize

definition (c) to permit; to approve; to empower

A4 n. occupation

definition (a) act of forcefully taking possession of an area; seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of land

A5 v. cook

definition (a) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records

A6 adj. serious

definition (a) solemn; acute; critical; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim

A7 n. capability

definition (c) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality

A8 v. participate

definition (b) to be involved; to join in

A9 adj. capital

definition (b) main; major; chief; principal

A10 v. link

definition (c) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to

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A1 n. salary

definition (b) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay

A2 n. specification

definition (d) item or detail included in a description of requirements or plans

A3 n. reputation

definition (d) regard; esteem; renown

A4 n. affinity

definition (b) attraction; closeness; liking; likeness

A5 n. site

definition (d) place; location; area

A6 n. cutback

definition (d) reduction; curtailing; decrease

A7 n. admission

definition (b) entrance; permission to enter; confession

A8 n. fix

definition (d) embarrassing situation; predicament; location; position (i.e. of a ship or individual)

A9 n. cast

definition (a) throw; team of actors; squint (of the eye)

A10 n. measure

definition (b) action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent

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A1 n. liberal

definition (c) person who favors political and social reform

A2 n. prior

definition (d) officer of a monastery; high-ranking member of a religious order

A3 n. tailor

definition (c) one who makes or alters garments

A4 adj. negotiable

definition (d) describing an asset or item which can easily be sold or transferred

A5 n. beverage

definition (a) drink; refreshment

A6 n. assignment

definition (a) task; duty; responsibility; role; obligation

A7 n. worry

definition (c) concern; fear; misfortune; distress

A8 v. practice

definition (d) to exercise; to train; to drill

A9 adj. viable

definition (b) capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding; practical

A10 v. index

definition (c) to register; to adjust prices or salaries in accordance with changes in economic indicators

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A1 n. tense

definition (c) inflection; verbal 'time'

A2 n. lounge

definition (b) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll

A3 n. handling

definition (b) care; treatment; procedure; system; touch

A4 n. climate

definition (a) weather conditions; surrounding conditions; atmosphere; setting

A5 n. humidity

definition (c) dampness; moistness; mugginess

A6 n. manager

definition (a) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor

A7 n. removal

definition (d) act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination; ejection; dismissal

A8 n. central

definition (d) telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or office

A9 n. line

definition (b) long thin mark; row; border; domain; tactic

A10 n. paradigm

definition (d) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern

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A1 n. ticket

definition (a) certificate; entry pass; tag

A2 n. book

definition (d) printed work which is bound together; bundle

A3 n. plumber

definition (a) person who works with pipe and water systems

A4 adj. discouraged

definition (a) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from

A5 v. cart

definition (b) to drag or to carry by force

A6 v. retire

definition (a) to withdraw from a position (usually due to old age); go into seclusion; to withdraw

A7 n. amortization

definition (a) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset

A8 n. import

definition (c) brining in of goods from another country; opposite of export; meaning; significance

A9 n. resource

definition (d) supply; stock; means of accomplishing a goal; expedient

A10 v. firm

definition (a) to solidify; to become solid; to stabilize; to become stable

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A1 n. patience

definition (d) tolerance; forbearance

A2 n. access

definition (d) approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data

A3 n. path

definition (a) track; lane; route; search route

A4 n. management

definition (d) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise

A5 n. innovator

definition (d) person who makes changes; person who introduces new methods or procedures; creative

person

A6 n. conversation

definition (b) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange

A7 n. pad

definition (b) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one

side

A8 n. expertise

definition (d) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information

A9 n. proximity

definition (d) adjacency; nearness; closeness; vicinity

A10 n. audit

definition (b) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation

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A1 v. reach

definition (a) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward

A2 v. target

definition (b) to aim at something

A3 n. loom

definition (c) apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine

A4 adj. spot

definition (c) made or done immediately; paid at once; performed randomly

A5 v. put up with

definition (d) to tolerate; to be patient

A6 adv. apparently

definition (b) evidently; obviously; allegedly; seemingly

A7 adj. exclusively

definition (c) in a manner which shuts out all others; solely; in a limited manner

A8 v. proof

definition (b) to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit

A9 v. sense

definition (d) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand

A10 v. regulate

definition (c) to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a specific level or condition

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A1 n. building

definition (a) house; dwelling; structure; premises

A2 n. perspective

definition (a) viewpoint; outlook; vista; view

A3 n. driver

definition (c) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device

A4 n. paint

definition (c) colored substance applied to surfaces; layer of dried pigment on a surface

A5 n. stake

definition (a) wager; bet; investment; share

A6 n. reflection

definition (a) act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; idea; concept

A7 n. attention

definition (d) concentration; consideration; focus; care; acknowledgment; recognition

A8 n. travel

definition (c) movement; journeying

A9 n. canvass

definition (d) examination; careful inspection; debate

A10 n. benefit

definition (b) advantage; profit; aid; stipend

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A1 v. refurbish

definition (c) to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition

A2 v. fix

definition (c) to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair; to prepare

A3 n. interruption

definition (c) disturbance; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-off

A4 v. explore

definition (a) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research

A5 n. facility

definition (c) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building

A6 n. grasp

definition (b) hold; understanding; knowledge; realization

A7 v. overwhelm

definition (b) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze

A8 v. diversify

definition (c) to make different; to invest one's assets in various securities

A9 n. adept

definition (a) person who is an expert; person who is skilled

A10 v. worry

definition (d) to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort

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A1 n. mainframe

definition (c) computer which can serve many users simultaneously

A2 n. tenure

definition (d) strength; period; permanence

A3 n. guideline

definition (a) instructions; manual; handbook; indication of acceptable conduct or procedure

A4 n. ingredient

definition (b) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture

A5 n. vehicle

definition (a) means of transport (car, bus, etc.); instrument; means; medium

A6 n. peace

definition (d) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility

A7 n. lesson

definition (b) exercise; assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned

A8 n. due

definition (b) something which legally or rightfully belongs to an individual; payment; fee

A9 n. experience

definition (d) knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through

A10 n. display

definition (b) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition

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A1 n. trespasser

definition (b) one who damages a person or his property or rights

A2 adj. flawless

definition (b) perfect; impeccable

A3 v. exchange

definition (b) to give one thing in return for another; to replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter

A4 v. carry

definition (c) to transport; to continue; to bear

A5 v. pretense

definition (a) to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show

A6 v. dial

definition (a) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons

A7 n. memo

definition (d) reminder; internal document

A8 n. terminal

definition (a) either end of a passenger line; bus or train station

A9 adj. pertinent

definition (c) relevant; related; appropriate; fitting

A10 v. alert

definition (c) to warn; to put on standby; to alarm

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A1 n. mull

definition (b) thin muslin fabric (Hindi); beach cliff (Scottish)

A2 n. income

definition (d) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue;

profits

A3 n. staple

definition (a) metal clip for binding papers; essential element

A4 n. grain

definition (d) cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave

A5 n. attendance

definition (d) being physically present; act of accompanying or serving

A6 n. carpenter

definition (a) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture

A7 n. lifestyle

definition (a) way of life

A8 n. inconvenience

definition (c) bother; disturbance; nuisance; discomfort

A9 n. ship

definition (a) large vessel made for sailing on the sea; aircraft; spacecraft

A10 n. skim

definition (c) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film; thin layer

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A1 n. hyphen

definition (c) short dash; short line used to connect or separate words or syllables (-)

A2 v. corrupt

definition (a) to cause to be dishonest; to pervert; to spoil

A3 n. clout

definition (b) pull; influence; power; weight

A4 adj. various

definition (b) assorted; different; individual; several

A5 adj. managerial

definition (b) relating to supervision and responsibility

A6 n. receptionist

definition (a) person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival

A7 n. caveat

definition (b) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law)

A8 v. evidence

definition (c) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true

A9 adj. intermittent

definition (a) not continuous; sporadic; fitful; alternately stopping and starting

A10 v. mention

definition (d) to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to indicate

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A1 n. supply

definition (c) act of providing; provision; reserve; stock

A2 n. statement

definition (b) declaration; allegation; official account

A3 n. stack

definition (b) heap; tall bookshelf; chimney

A4 n. diversification

definition (d) process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services

A5 n. paper

definition (d) thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on; article; essay; questionnaire

A6 n. rear

definition (b) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.)

A7 n. graph

definition (d) diagram; chart

A8 v. evict

definition (b) to expel a tenant by legal process; to turn out

A9 n. independent

definition (a) person who does not belong to any political party

A10 n. coin

definition (c) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills)

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A1 adj. intensive

definition (c) characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated

A2 n. major

definition (c) military rank above captain; main subject of study chosen by a college or university student

A3 n. rubber

definition (a) elastic material derived from of some tropical plants; eraser

A4 v. unify

definition (d) to join; to cause to become one

A5 v. take over

definition (b) to capture; to assume control

A6 n. incinerator

definition (c) furnace which burns things to ashes

A7 v. motivate

definition (b) to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir to action; to induce

A8 n. potential

definition (b) possibility; ability; capability of being

A9 v. involve

definition (b) to cause to be concerned with; to engage; to engross

A10 n. dedication

definition (b) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.)

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A1 n. leakage

definition (a) something which escapes or passes through a hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.)

A2 n. region

definition (b) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere

A3 n. situation

definition (d) condition; circumstance; location; position; job; place of employment

A4 n. headquarters

definition (d) main office; central office of a company; center of operation

A5 n. business

definition (d) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue

A6 n. airways

definition (c) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level

A7 adj. durable

definition (a) sturdy; long lasting

A8 n. document

definition (c) certificate; written file

A9 n. broadcast

definition (c) transmission; dispatch; radio program

A10 n. fair

definition (d) festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar

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A1 adj. trivial

definition (b) trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor

A2 n. application

definition (a) software program; written request; formal letter; implementation

A3 n. uncertainty

definition (c) doubtfulness

A4 adj. measurable

definition (b) estimable; determinable; assessable

A5 n. debt

definition (c) obligation; something owed (i.e. money)

A6 n. conference

definition (d) meeting; seminar; convention

A7 n. doubt

definition (a) misgiving; lack of certainty

A8 n. minimum

definition (c) least possible amount; smallest possible size; lowest degree

A9 adj. still

definition (c) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless

A10 n. sense

definition (c) any of the five faculties of perception; perception; recognition; awareness

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A1 n. representative

definition (d) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization

A2 n. obligation

definition (c) duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement

A3 n. sympathy

definition (b) affinity; compassion; pity; concern; empathy

A4 n. town

definition (b) city

A5 n. status

definition (a) individual's social or professional standing; position; rank; present situation

A6 n. command

definition (c) order; direction; control; domination; headquarters

A7 n. intention

definition (b) plan; aim; goal; purpose

A8 n. empty

definition (b) container devoid of contents

A9 n. auction

definition (d) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (such as eBay)

A10 n. cook

definition (d) a person who prepares food

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A1 adj. special

definition (c) unusual; exceptional; unique; particular; highly valued

A2 adj. cohesive

definition (d) sticking together; forming a unit or union; united; related to each other

A3 n. tension

definition (c) tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation; apprehension

A4 v. prove

definition (c) to substantiate with evidence; to demonstrate; to show clearly

A5 adj. elemental

definition (a) simple; basic

A6 n. diary

definition (b) written account of daily events and occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book; blog

A7 n. commerce

definition (d) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money

A8 v. delay

definition (b) to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter

A9 n. forward

definition (b) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports)

A10 adj. yearly

definition (a) occurring once within 12 months

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A1 n. ad

definition (b) informal word for a commercial announcement

A2 n. copy

definition (b) duplicate; photostat

A3 n. locksmith

definition (b) person who who makes and fixes keys and fasting mechanisms

A4 n. drop

definition (d) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant

A5 n. recognition

definition (a) acknowledgment; identification

A6 n. posting

definition (a) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)

A7 n. vegetable

definition (a) plant; edible fruit of a plant

A8 adj. aggregate

definition (a) collective; total; taking all units as a whole

A9 n. branch

definition (a) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit

A10 n. substitute

definition (a) replacement; person or thing that takes the place of another

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A1 n. necessary

definition (a) something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)

A2 adj. last

definition (c) coming after all others; most recent; final; newest

A3 v. signify

definition (c) to represent; to indicate; to communicate; to express; to convey

A4 n. groceries

definition (b) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store

A5 v. introduce

definition (b) to present for the first time; to initiate; to establish; to announce

A6 v. fill out

definition (a) to insert written information into the gaps on a form

A7 n. agency

definition (a) office; bureau; institution; franchise; method

A8 n. fee

definition (c) toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate

A9 adj. unlimited

definition (b) infinite; boundless

A10 v. affiliate

definition (a) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to

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A1 n. value

definition (a) monetary or material worth; importance; merit

A2 n. bank draft

definition (b) check

A3 n. payroll

definition (a) financial sheet listing salaries; list of workers who receive wages and salaries

A4 n. adverse opinion

definition (c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided; section; portion

A5 n. accelerator

definition (d) gas pedal of a motor vehicle

A6 n. slot

definition (c) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.)

A7 n. attire

definition (a) dress; clothing; apparel

A8 v. coach

definition (b) to train; to teach; to instruct; to guide; to counsel

A9 n. advantage

definition (a) benefit; profit; utility; avail

A10 n. instant

definition (c) moment; very short space of time; current month

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A1 n. stable

definition (a) structure in which horses and other animals are housed

A2 v. locate

definition (c) to situate; to place; to identify; to find; to settle

A3 v. mull

definition (b) to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to heat and spice for drinking

A4 n. disclaimer

definition (b) statement which denies responsibility or affiliation; repudiation; denial

A5 adv. manually

definition (a) by hand; physically

A6 n. cooperation

definition (c) collaboration; working together

A7 n. base

definition (c) foundation; principal element; fundamental part

A8 v. volunteer

definition (d) to offer to do or give something for free; to propose

A9 v. draw

definition (d) to attract; to pull; to sketch; to depict with lines; to conclude

A10 adj. gross

definition (a) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions

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A1 n. success

definition (c) attainment of something desired or attempted; accomplishment; prosperity

A2 n. millennium

definition (a) unit of time equal to one thousand years; thousandth year anniversary

A3 n. offensive

definition (b) attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression

A4 n. section

definition (c) part; district; paragraph; passage; department; unit

A5 n. title

definition (c) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship

A6 n. explorer

definition (b) researcher; investigator; software program for file management

A7 n. imagining

definition (d) fantasizing; visualizing

A8 v. circumstance

definition (b) to place in particular situations

A9 n. earnest

definition (c) seriousness; industriousness

A10 n. executive

definition (b) manager; person or group of persons having administrative authority within an organization

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A1 n. consultant

definition (d) advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person who gives professional advice

A2 v. machine

definition (b) to produce via mechanical means

A3 v. provision

definition (c) to supply with stock; to equip with supplies (esp. food)

A4 n. luggage

definition (a) suitcases; cases and bags carried by travelers

A5 adj. usual

definition (d) common; regular; ordinary

A6 n. software

definition (a) programs which control the functions of a computer's hardware

A7 n. project

definition (a) plan; scheme; program; task; assignment; activity

A8 adj. bound

definition (d) obligated; certain; fastened; tied

A9 adj. disparate

definition (c) markedly different; contrasting

A10 v. elicit

definition (c) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out

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A1 n. subsidy

definition (a) financial assistance

A2 n. estate

definition (d) extensive piece of land usually with a large house on it; person's property; wealth; possessions

A3 n. harvest

definition (c) reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome; product

A4 n. main

definition (a) principal pipe or duct in a system; chief part of something; strength or force; high sea

A5 n. victim

definition (b) person who falls prey (to an attack, deception, etc.)

A6 n. sum

definition (b) whole amount; entire quantity; essence; gist

A7 n. collection

definition (b) selection; choice; assortment; accumulation

A8 n. interview

definition (b) meeting at which a person is evaluated through questioning (as for a job)

A9 n. confidence

definition (c) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret

A10 n. advert

definition (c) public announcement or printed notice designed to attract attention

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A1 n. equivalent

definition (b) something that is the same of the same level

A2 v. dispatch

definition (c) to send off quickly; to dismiss; to conclude with speed and efficiency; to eliminate

A3 adv. primarily

definition (b) chiefly; principally; mainly; initially

A4 n. aging schedule

definition (b) a list of accounts receivable

A5 n. keep

definition (b) wages; living; stronghold

A6 adj. eventual

definition (d) final; occurring as a result

A7 v. prefer

definition (b) to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like better

A8 n. sequence

definition (a) progression; succession; order; arrangement

A9 v. scratch

definition (c) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out

A10 v. connote

definition (a) to imply; to suggest; to hint

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A1 n. aspect

definition (d) facet; outlook; direction; issue; point

A2 n. sample

definition (a) specimen; small part of something; representative part of a larger group

A3 n. bonus

definition (b) dividend; perk; monetary gift

A4 n. dealing

definition (a) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out

A5 n. barbed wire

definition (a) metal cord with sharp projecting points

A6 n. attempt

definition (a) try; assay; test; trial

A7 n. passport

definition (d) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the

home country

A8 v. bankrupt

definition (c) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse

A9 n. treat

definition (b) delight; refreshment or entertainment given to its recipient without cost

A10 n. frame

definition (c) casing; skeleton; structure; body structure; mood

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A1 v. assign

definition (a) to allot; to apportion; to give somebody a task or responsibility; to delegate; to appoint

A2 n. bankruptcy

definition (d) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency

A3 n. ignorance

definition (a) lack of knowledge; illiteracy; lack of education; state of being uninformed

A4 v. pitch

definition (b) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss

A5 adj. impressive

definition (b) grand; magnificent; striking

A6 v. comment

definition (c) to make a remark; to explain; to write an explanatory note

A7 adj. mental

definition (b) of or relating to the mind; intellectual; psychosocial

A8 v. graph

definition (b) to represent by chart; to draw a curve representing a given function

A9 adj. legitimate

definition (b) lawful; acceptable; justified; authorized

A10 n. precondition

definition (b) advance stipulation; preliminary terms

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A1 n. accord

definition (c) agreement; settlement; harmony

A2 n. society

definition (a) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship

A3 n. episode

definition (b) event; occurrence; one of a group of loosely connected stories

A4 n. finance

definition (d) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management

A5 n. ZIP

definition (a) extension of an archived file compressed with a special program; type of drive using removable

disks

A6 n. certificate

definition (b) official document; license; reference; attestation

A7 n. medium

definition (a) means of expression; channel of communication; middle man; intermediary; broker

A8 n. range

definition (c) pasture; scope; extent; field; domain; assortment

A9 conj. until

definition (a) up to the time which

A10 n. artisan

definition (d) creator; craftsman; skilled workman

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A1 v. grit

definition (b) to grind the teeth together; to abrade; to grind; to make a harsh grinding noise

A2 v. grant

definition (b) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate

A3 adj. collateral

definition (a) of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding

A4 n. reward

definition (b) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service

A5 n. stationery

definition (d) paper used for writing letters

A6 v. summarize

definition (d) to present in a condensed form; to list the main points in a brief and comprehensive manner

A7 n. fertilizer

definition (c) organic or chemical substance added to soil to enrich it (i.e. manure)

A8 v. case

definition (b) to pack; to crate; to box

A9 n. vacation

definition (c) holiday

A10 v. poll

definition (d) to vote; to elect; to count votes; to make a survey

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A1 n. insurance

definition (a) contract by which property or persons are guaranteed against damage or loss

A2 n. forecaster

definition (a) person who foretells future events; weatherman

A3 n. concern

definition (a) worry; issue; problem; group of companies; large corporation

A4 n. assortment

definition (a) variety; collection; selection; range; mixture

A5 n. accident

definition (c) casualty; misadventure; mishap; failure

A6 n. lease

definition (d) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

A7 n. effort

definition (b) physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt; organized operation

A8 n. price

definition (d) cost; value; worth; rate; measure

A9 n. traffic

definition (b) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications

network

A10 n. blunder

definition (c) gross error; stupid mistake

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A1 n. review

definition (b) survey; general study; examination; inspection

A2 v. support

definition (b) to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to substantiate

A3 n. prospectus

definition (d) a document giving details about an offering of securities investment for sale to the public

A4 v. collate

definition (a) to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to collect; to compile

A5 v. revive

definition (a) to resuscitate; to bring back to life; to put into action again

A6 v. erase

definition (b) to rub off; to remove totally; to delete

A7 n. denial

definition (c) refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to recognize

A8 v. expect

definition (a) to assume; to anticipate; to hope

A9 v. trust

definition (a) to rely on; to extend business credit

A10 n. expectancy

definition (a) hope; anticipation; assumption

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A1 n. achievement

definition (b) performance; operation; attainment; mission; success

A2 n. pair

definition (a) match; whole consisting of two parts; couple

A3 n. suggestion

definition (b) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint

A4 n. leisure

definition (d) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation

A5 n. owner

definition (d) proprietor

A6 n. circumstance

definition (d) condition; influencing factor; situation

A7 n. enterprise

definition (b) company; firm; undertaking; business; endeavor

A8 n. solace

definition (b) consolation; relief from distress; source of comfort

A9 n. ideal

definition (a) standard of perfection; pattern; model; person or thing that embodies a standard of perfection

A10 n. quantity

definition (b) amount; extent; measure; degree; size; magnitude

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A1 n. aptitude

definition (c) ability; skill; talent

A2 adj. sensible

definition (a) rational; reasonable; wise; judicious; cognizant; aware

A3 n. flight

definition (d) flying; aviation; trip on an airplane; escape

A4 n. perishable

definition (c) product which can rot or spoil (fruit, food etc.)

A5 n. introduction

definition (d) act of acquainting one person with another; preface

A6 v. approve

definition (c) to agree; to concur; to confirm; to endorse

A7 n. stance

definition (a) physical position or bearing; opinion; attitude

A8 n. proficiency

definition (c) expertise; state of having expert skills; skillfulness; adeptness; masterfulness

A9 conj. except

definition (c) but; only

A10 v. acquire

definition (c) to buy; to obtain; to purchase; to attain

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A1 n. administration

definition (a) management; supervisors; leadership

A2 n. scale

definition (a) progression of steps; table of graduated rates; system of marks used for measuring

A3 n. dignity

definition (a) respected position; honor; nobility

A4 n. wallet

definition (c) small purse used to carry money and personal documents; billfold; handbag

A5 n. area

definition (c) region; domain; field; category

A6 n. coupon

definition (a) printed form that entitles the holder to certain rights such as in a discount

A7 n. population

definition (a) total number of people living in an area

A8 n. level

definition (d) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain

A9 n. dependent

definition (b) one who relies on another especially for financial support

A10 n. blame

definition (b) guilt; responsibility; liability

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A1 n. program

definition (b) schedule; agenda; written order of events

A2 v. aim

definition (a) to try or to intend to achieve something; to direct; to plan; to aspire

A3 pref. ad

definition (c) toward; at

A4 n. barrier

definition (b) border; limit; obstacle; barricade

A5 n. rule

definition (b) law; custom; common practice; government; flat tool used for measuring distances

A6 adv. slantwise

definition (c) at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction

A7 n. rise

definition (b) slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position or status; promotion; angry response

A8 v. function

definition (b) to work; to act; to operate; to perform

A9 v. evoke

definition (c) to arouse; to bring out; to summon; to wake

A10 adj. level

definition (b) straight; equal; even; honest

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A1 n. quotation

definition (c) citation; passage taken from another source; reference; commercial offer; statement of price

A2 n. apartment

definition (a) flat

A3 n. butcher

definition (c) meat cutter; meat slaughterer; owner of a meat shop

A4 n. sale

definition (c) commercial transaction; instance of offering goods at a reduced price; demand for merchandise;

auction

A5 n. degree

definition (c) rank; extent; university certificate

A6 n. rivalry

definition (b) competition; contention; act of competing

A7 n. flexibility

definition (d) elasticity; ability to adapt to new circumstances; pliability

A8 n. increase

definition (d) growth; expansion; addition; enlargement; escalation

A9 n. local

definition (b) person who is native to or resides in a particular area

A10 n. maximum

definition (d) greatest quantity or amount possible; highest capacity

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A1 n. page

definition (a) piece of paper; attendant; servant

A2 n. scanner

definition (d) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers)

A3 v. downsize

definition (a) to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees

A4 v. resonate

definition (a) to echo

A5 n. shelf

definition (d) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects; projection; rock ledge;

sandbank

A6 n. faith

definition (d) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty

A7 n. discouragement

definition (a) derailment; feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

A8 n. apology

definition (c) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification

A9 v. predominate

definition (b) to control to rule over; to be superior

A10 v. divide

definition (c) to separate into parts; to part; to share; to apportion

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A1 n. mistreatment

definition (c) abuse; molestation

A2 n. gain

definition (c) profit; assets; achievement; increase; benefit; advantage

A3 n. briefing

definition (c) short meeting; summarizing; giving and receiving instructions; reporting

A4 n. cargo

definition (c) freight; luggage; baggage; load

A5 n. promise

definition (d) pledge; vow; declaration of intention; source of hope; basis for expectations

A6 n. product

definition (d) result of manufacturing; goods; merchandise

A7 n. request

definition (d) petition; instance of asking for something; something that is asked for; object of a petition

A8 n. shape

definition (a) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold

A9 n. plate

definition (b) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board

A10 n. vegetarian

definition (d) one who does not eat meat; herbivore

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A1 pref. step

definition (d) related to by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood

A2 conj. although

definition (b) despite the fact that; in spite of the fact that

A3 n. argument

definition (a) dispute; claim; rationale; cause

A4 n. speed

definition (d) quickness; velocity; transmission gear in a motor vehicle

A5 n. refuse

definition (c) garbage; trash; waste

A6 n. decision

definition (a) determination; resolution; ruling (especially in court)

A7 n. health

definition (a) physical or mental well-being; freedom from disease

A8 v. scrutinize

definition (d) to examine; to investigate; to check closely; to inspect

A9 v. station

definition (b) to assign to a particular post or position; to appoint

A10 adj. hazardous

definition (c) dangerous; risky; perilous

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A1 n. treaty

definition (d) formal agreement between two states; compact; covenant; contract

A2 n. flat money

definition (a) banknote printed by a government as legal tender which is not redeemable and which lacks

economic value

A3 n. unit

definition (d) specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece

A4 n. citation

definition (b) quotation; official praise; summons to a court of law

A5 n. conveyance

definition (a) the act of transferring a property title from one person to another

A6 n. money

definition (c) coins and paper notes which have value; currency; medium of trade; wealth

A7 n. conduct

definition (d) behavior; management

A8 n. transfer

definition (c) exchange; conveying something from one person to another

A9 n. confusion

definition (d) disorder; embarrassment; bewilderment

A10 n. difference

definition (b) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder

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A1 n. equal

definition (c) person or thing that is the same

A2 adj. transcendent

definition (d) sublime; exalted; superior

A3 n. apparatus

definition (a) device; system; machine; gadget; appliance

A4 n. motive

definition (a) something that causes a person to act; cause; incentive; purpose; intention

A5 n. enthusiasm

definition (b) excitement; great interest

A6 n. junction

definition (d) intersection; crossing; connection

A7 n. meter

definition (a) instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water or electricity)

A8 n. floor

definition (c) flat surface at the bottom of the room on which you walk; story; level of a building

A9 adv. hard

definition (c) strenuously; with great effort; to the full extent; intently; to the extreme limit

A10 n. adamant

definition (b) something unyielding; something hard; stone similar to diamond

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A1 n. imaging

definition (a) forming of mental pictures to control bodily processes

A2 n. position

definition (a) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; job

A3 n. badge

definition (d) tag; sign; identification tag

A4 n. automobile

definition (c) car; vehicle; ride

A5 n. accountant

definition (c) a person who keeps financial records; a person who conducts financial audits

A6 n. bubble

definition (d) blister; gas-filled sac

A7 n. buyer

definition (b) person who purchases something; client; customer; shopper; purchaser

A8 n. arrangement

definition (b) organization; order; selection; range; assortment

A9 n. piece

definition (c) slice; part; segment; creation; work

A10 n. brief

definition (c) abstract; summary; concise report; instructions

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A1 v. spread

definition (a) to open; to extend; to apply a layer on; to scatter; to distribute

A2 n. fear

definition (d) fright; horror; concern; terror

A3 n. client

definition (a) customer; buyer; computer that serves as a terminal

A4 n. illustration

definition (b) picture in a book or other work; explanation; clarification

A5 adv. anyhow

definition (b) in some way

A6 n. aid

definition (a) help; assistance; accessory

A7 n. progress

definition (a) headway; forward movement; development; advancement

A8 v. attempt

definition (c) to try to; to assay

A9 n. detail

definition (d) item; piece of information; part of a whole

A10 n. default

definition (b) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected

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A1 n. guess

definition (c) conjecture; supposition; hypothesis

A2 n. knowledge

definition (b) familiarity; understanding; wisdom; education; awareness

A3 n. density

definition (d) compactness; closeness

A4 n. extent

definition (d) scope; range; scale; size; measure; degree

A5 n. penalty

definition (c) punishment; fine; punishment in the form of a financial payment

A6 n. bulk transfer

definition (d) the sale of all or most of a company's inventory or assets to another company

A7 n. event

definition (d) occurrence; happening; contest; campaign; promotion

A8 v. advance

definition (c) to progress; to promote; to make a payment before it is due

A9 n. least

definition (c) something which is smallest in size or importance

A10 n. persistence

definition (a) diligence; tenacity; stubbornness; continuation

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A1 n. beige book

definition (d) report on current economic conditions, published by the Federal Reserve Board

A2 n. object

definition (c) article, thing; goal; focus of a thought or action

A3 v. monetize

definition (a) to turn into profit; to generate revenue

A4 v. put in

definition (d) to make an application; to enter; to let something or someone enter

A5 adj. effusive

definition (d) overflowing; unreserved; unrestrained; exuberant

A6 n. recovery

definition (c) recuperation; getting well; return

A7 n. continuity

definition (b) stability; consistency; continuousness; unbroken succession

A8 adv. however

definition (c) in any event; anyway

A9 adj. obsolete

definition (b) ancient; archaic; no longer in use; outdated; useless

A10 n. chain

definition (a) group of stores, outlets, banks etc., under one management

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A1 n. attendee

definition (d) person who takes part in a particular event such as a conference or seminar; participant

A2 n. streamline

definition (d) path along which a fluid flows; direction in which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape

A3 n. respect

definition (a) honor; esteem; high regard; consideration; attention

A4 n. contractor

definition (a) person or company that does a particular job or assignment

A5 n. inquiry

definition (c) formal question; exploration; questioning; investigation

A6 n. distributor

definition (d) person, company or organization that markets a commodity, product or service; wholesaler;

dealer

A7 n. allowance

definition (d) grant; pocket money; stipend; discount; deduction

A8 n. stock

definition (a) supply of goods; inventory; share; company's capital divided into shares

A9 n. patch

definition (b) area of fabric used to repair a hole; stain; bandage; lot

A10 n. wire

definition (c) cord; line; string; telegraph cable

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A1 n. search

definition (c) quest; hunt; instance of looking for something; investigation; examination

A2 n. mandate

definition (d) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body

A3 n. invoice

definition (c) bill

A4 n. capital requirement

definition (d) the level of monetary funding a company needs to run smoothly

A5 v. hide

definition (b) to conceal; to cover up; to keep secret; to place out of sight

A6 v. cycle

definition (b) to ride a bike

A7 n. notebook

definition (d) portable personal computer; laptop computer

A8 adj. novel

definition (c) new; strange

A9 adj. imaginary

definition (a) not real; fanciful

A10 n. quiet

definition (c) silence; noiselessness; stillness; tranquility; muteness; speechlessness

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A1 n. exclusive

definition (c) news story publicized in only a newspaper or television/radio station

A2 n. apparel

definition (d) clothing; garments; clothes; garb

A3 n. publisher

definition (c) person or company that produces and distributes printed material

A4 n. measurement

definition (d) calculation of size or extent; assessment of capacity or dimension

A5 n. association

definition (b) organization; society; union; coalition; foundation

A6 n. capex

definition (a) refers to the cost of developing a product or system

A7 n. exception

definition (a) something that is out of the ordinary; anomaly; objection; opposition

A8 n. kit

definition (c) set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin

A9 n. fizzle

definition (c) failure; fiasco; sputtering which gradually fades into silence

A10 n. posture

definition (c) viewpoint; stance; condition; state; mood; attitude

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A1 v. sway

definition (b) to move back and forth; to lean in a certain direction; to be sympathetic to; to hesitate

A2 adj. vital

definition (b) lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary

A3 n. outlet

definition (a) exit; electrical source for connecting appliances; store; shop; joint

A4 n. receipt

definition (d) bill of sale; written statement of purchases

A5 n. subscription

definition (c) payment given for regularly scheduled performances or publications

A6 v. point

definition (c) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct

A7 n. offer

definition (c) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid

A8 n. hazard

definition (d) danger; risk; game of chance

A9 n. professional

definition (c) person who works in a skilled occupation; specialist

A10 v. equal

definition (a) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to

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A1 n. pick up

definition (d) hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection

A2 n. petrol

definition (c) type of fuel; gasoline

A3 n. hit

definition (a) stroke; blow; collision; success; popular event or production

A4 n. concept

definition (b) plan; idea; thought; structure; system

A5 n. framework

definition (b) support; skeleton; structure; system

A6 n. serve

definition (d) opening stroke or hit of the ball (Sports)

A7 n. parameter

definition (a) variable which determines the form of a function

A8 n. mistake

definition (c) blunder; fault; error

A9 n. gross

definition (b) 12 dozen; 144

A10 n. principal

definition (b) school director; school master; capital sum (Finance)

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A1 n. accommodation

definition (d) housing; residence; lodging; arrangement; adjustment

A2 n. simple

definition (c) stupid person substance unmixed with other substances; commoner

A3 n. gap

definition (b) opening; breach; hiatus; space; great difference; disparity

A4 v. harness

definition (d) to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel

A5 v. suppose

definition (a) to presume to be true; to hypothesize; to believe

A6 n. attainment

definition (d) achievement; fulfillment; ability

A7 n. topic

definition (a) theme; subject of conversation; issue

A8 v. notice

definition (b) to discern; to perceive; to pay attention; to observe; to remark

A9 n. procurement

definition (b) purchase; sale; acquisition

A10 n. original

definition (a) source from which something arises; prototype; model

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A1 n. compliment

definition (a) expression of admiration; word of praise for someone

A2 n. printer

definition (b) computer peripheral used for exporting documents to paper

A3 n. backlash

definition (a) rebound; recoiling; sudden movement to the rear

A4 n. toll

definition (a) tax; charge; levy; grievous price

A5 n. voyage

definition (b) trip; journey; travel; cruise

A6 n. retailer

definition (c) person or business that sells goods to final consumers

A7 n. hesitation

definition (b) pausing; stammering; faltering

A8 adj. slantwise

definition (b) sloping; inclined

A9 n. elaboration

definition (d) painstaking labor; careful planning; adding of extra details; act of improving; production

A10 n. savvy

definition (c) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)

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A1 n. composure

definition (a) serenity; self-control; calmness; coolness

A2 n. inflation

definition (c) increase in the supply of money in relation to the amount of goods available resulting in a rise in

prices

A3 adj. principal

definition (a) chief; head; leading; primary; main

A4 adj. instant

definition (a) immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present; current

A5 n. landscape

definition (d) view; scenery; horizontal page orientation

A6 n. payment

definition (a) wage; salary; compensation; bonus; punishment

A7 n. underline

definition (c) caption beneath an illustration

A8 n. compromise

definition (d) agreement; settling of a disagreement by making mutual concessions

A9 n. attribute

definition (b) quality; factor; characteristic; feature

A10 n. slump

definition (b) recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture; slouch; collapse

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A1 n. lecture

definition (b) discourse given before an audience; tedious reprimand; formal reproof

A2 n. commodity

definition (b) merchandise; goods; item that is bought and sold; something useful

A3 n. honor

definition (d) esteem; respect; integrity; honesty; award; privilege

A4 n. gasoline

definition (d) flammable liquid mixture derived from petroleum (used as fuel, etc.)

A5 n. protocol

definition (a) method of dealing with a certain subject; draft of a treaty

A6 v. join

definition (d) to attach; to connect; to unite; to combine; to become a member

A7 n. boost

definition (c) push; lift; incentive; encouragement

A8 n. sound

definition (a) vibrations that can be detected by the human ear; noise; vocal utterance

A9 n. entrance

definition (a) way into a building or other structure; gate; doorway

A10 n. purpose

definition (c) goal; aim; intention; objective

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A1 n. audience

definition (c) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc.

A2 conj. either

definition (a) precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases

A3 n. rent

definition (c) money paid for the use of property; rip; tear; laceration

A4 adj. permanent

definition (c) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable

A5 n. authority

definition (d) official institution; agency; power; control; jurisdiction

A6 adv. usually

definition (b) commonly; generally; regularly

A7 v. solace

definition (b) to comfort; to console; to encourage; to relieve; to appease

A8 n. deal

definition (d) agreement; business transaction; exchange; amount

A9 n. approach

definition (c) access; method; system; procedure

A10 n. criterion

definition (d) standard against which something is measured; factor; discipline

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A1 n. procedure

definition (a) routine; protocol; course of action; subroutine; sequence of instructions (Computers)

A2 n. lead

definition (d) guidance; advance position; first place; guide

A3 n. profusion

definition (d) plentifulness; abundance; numerousness; plurality

A4 n. clause

definition (a) paragraph; section in a document; part of a contract

A5 n. decline

definition (d) downward; descent; slope; ebb

A6 n. variety

definition (d) assortment; kind; sort

A7 n. enlightenment

definition (d) state of intellectual or spiritual awareness

A8 n. bottom

definition (a) base; foot; seat of a chair

A9 n. stop

definition (a) cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance

A10 n. edge

definition (c) line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of a blade; excitement

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A1 n. treatment

definition (c) therapy; care; relation; attitude; behavior

A2 adj. magnificent

definition (b) splendid; majestic; superb; glorious; impressive

A3 v. avoid

definition (c) to escape; to keep away from; to prevent; to keep from happening; to evade

A4 n. replacement

definition (b) substitution; substitute

A5 n. finish

definition (d) end; completion; conclusion; polish; something which completes or perfects

A6 n. shredder

definition (d) device used to destroy documents by cutting them into small strips or pieces

A7 v. fulfill

definition (a) to realize; to make a reality; to accomplish; to complete; to execute

A8 v. amount

definition (d) to come to a sum; to become; to total

A9 n. existence

definition (d) living; state of being; life

A10 v. witness

definition (c) to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for

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A1 n. adult

definition (c) opposite of child; a grown-up; a mature person

A2 n. altitude

definition (a) height; distance above sea level

A3 n. formula

definition (a) set way of saying or doing something; principle; pattern

A4 n. instructor

definition (c) educator; teacher; trainer

A5 n. square

definition (d) geometric figure having four equal sides; plaza

A6 n. member

definition (a) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ

A7 n. control

definition (b) rule; command; supervision; restraint

A8 n. internal

definition (b) inner quality; intrinsic characteristic

A9 n. corner

definition (b) place where two surfaces meet; angle

A10 n. implement

definition (d) tool; instrument; piece of equipment

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A1 v. scramble

definition (c) to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours

A2 n. surplus

definition (a) profit; amount of assets that is higher than liabilities

A3 adv. back

definition (d) to the rear; to the past

A4 n. occasion

definition (a) opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason; cause

A5 conj. unless

definition (c) not before; precluding; barring; except; aside from

A6 adj. artificial

definition (c) not genuine; simulated; unreal

A7 n. freight

definition (a) cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee; shipping cost; transportation; conveyance; shipment

A8 v. table

definition (a) to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to set aside for future consideration

A9 adj. pretentious

definition (b) impersonating; putting on a false appearance; feigning; arrogant; haughty

A10 n. format

definition (d) structure; pattern; design; organization; pattern of data organization

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A1 n. demeanor

definition (b) behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance

A2 n. simulation

definition (b) act of pretending; counterfeit; imitation of the operation or features of one system using an other

system

A3 n. remove

definition (c) degree of difference; promotion of a student to a higher grade

A4 n. duty

definition (b) obligation; responsibility; assignment; customs tax

A5 n. examination

definition (b) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry

A6 n. hospital

definition (b) location where sick and injured people receive medical treatment

A7 n. predisposition

definition (d) sensitivity; susceptibility (to disease, etc.)

A8 v. craft

definition (d) to shape with skill

A9 n. chart

definition (d) graph; diagram

A10 n. tenant

definition (b) lodger; occupant; resident; renter; landlord

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A1 n. inventor

definition (a) creator; designer

A2 adv. tight

definition (b) in a close-fitting manner; firmly

A3 n. method

definition (c) procedure; plan of action; way; manner in which one conducts business; technique

A4 n. residence

definition (b) headquarters of a business; dwelling place; abode; home; domicile

A5 n. viewpoint

definition (b) attitude; stance; opinion

A6 n. fame

definition (b) notoriety; renown; good reputation

A7 n. customer

definition (a) client; buyer; person who buys a product or service

A8 n. voice

definition (b) sound produced in the throat; expression; language

A9 v. stack

definition (b) to place one thing on top of another in a heap; to pile

A10 n. graduate

definition (c) person who has completed a course of study and received a degree or diploma

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A1 n. gate

definition (d) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance;

entryway

A2 n. draw

definition (b) attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully

A3 n. modification

definition (c) change; adjustment, agreement; adaptation; restriction

A4 n. browser

definition (b) program used for viewing websites on the Internet

A5 n. sway

definition (c) moving back and forth; influence; control; authority

A6 n. host

definition (d) person who receives guests; large number; multitude (of people or things)

A7 n. target

definition (a) mark; objective; aim; object; goal

A8 n. duplicate

definition (c) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction

A9 n. instance

definition (a) occurrence; occasion; example; illustration

A10 n. commitment

definition (c) obligation; promise

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A1 adj. enthusiastic

definition (a) excited; passionate; ardent; fervent

A2 n. form

definition (b) shape; image; framework; document with blank spaces to be filled in; fitness; type

A3 n. construction

definition (c) building; structure; the industry of erecting buildings

A4 n. familiar

definition (d) good friend; acquaintance

A5 v. separate

definition (d) to segregate; to set apart; to split; to divide; to disconnect

A6 n. union

definition (c) workers' association; federation; amalgamation

A7 v. organize

definition (c) to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up; to unite; to structure

A8 v. might

definition (d) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish

A9 n. swift

definition (b) financial industry owned cooperative supplying secure, standardized messaging services to

financial institutions

A10 v. respect

definition (c) to honor; to admire; to esteem; to hold in high regard

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A1 n. manner

definition (d) mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type

A2 n. mission

definition (d) task; assignment; delegation; errand; religious delegation

A3 n. purchase

definition (b) something which has been bought; act of buying

A4 n. banknote

definition (d) bill; money made of paper

A5 n. crop

definition (c) harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip; short haircut

A6 n. violation

definition (b) transgression; desecration; attack or disruption; rape

A7 n. merger

definition (a) fusion; agglomeration

A8 n. personnel

definition (d) staff; work force; team; crew

A9 n. cart

definition (c) car; wagon; coach; carriage; trolley

A10 n. work

definition (d) labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; effort

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A1 v. enter

definition (b) to go into; to join; to record; to inscribe

A2 adj. central

definition (a) main; principal; major

A3 v. attract

definition (a) to draw attention; to captivate; to fascinate

A4 adj. tantamount

definition (d) equivalent to; equal to

A5 v. demand

definition (c) to claim; to require; to request strongly

A6 n. passage

definition (a) way; route; course; section; piece

A7 v. accept

definition (a) to receive; to agree; to consent

A8 v. crop

definition (d) to harvest; to cut short; to clip

A9 v. will

definition (d) to want; to command; to determine; to decide

A10 v. allay

definition (a) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain

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A1 n. match

definition (a) competition; equal opponent; partner; counterweight; game

A2 n. waitress

definition (a) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub

A3 n. headway

definition (c) progress; advance

A4 n. implementation

definition (a) realization; carrying out; performing; putting into effect; execution

A5 n. folder

definition (b) dossier for storing papers; directory

A6 n. retrieval

definition (d) act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output

A7 n. harness

definition (a) straps and other parts by which a draft animal is attached to a vehicle

A8 n. sponsor

definition (d) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program,

candidate, etc.)

A9 n. schedule

definition (a) timetable; agenda; itinerary; plan

A10 n. element

definition (a) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole

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A1 n. hem

definition (a) folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of a garment

A2 n. duration

definition (c) period of time that something continues

A3 n. security

definition (a) safety; pledge; guarantee; stock; bond

A4 adj. glossy

definition (c) shiny; polished; smooth

A5 n. collectible

definition (a) rare object

A6 adj. powerful

definition (d) exerting great force; effective; potent; producing the desired effect; influential

A7 n. article

definition (d) item; object; piece of text; paragraph of a contract

A8 v. circle

definition (c) to surround

A9 n. influence

definition (c) effect; impact; person or thing which has power to affect others

A10 adj. virtual

definition (a) imaginary; hypothetical; computer simulated

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A1 n. career

definition (d) profession; development; progress; gradual growth

A2 v. counsel

definition (b) to advise; to instruct; to coach; to advocate

A3 adv. yearly

definition (d) annually

A4 v. ponder

definition (c) to reflect; to think; to consider; to meditate

A5 n. disposal

definition (a) getting rid of; arranging

A6 n. attachment

definition (d) connection; confiscation; file sent via email

A7 n. overdraft

definition (d) limit to which money may be withdrawn from the bank on credit

A8 v. attribute

definition (c) to ascribe to; to link to; to associate with; to relate to

A9 v. replace

definition (a) to substitute for; to return something to a particular position or location

A10 adj. retail

definition (c) pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers; of the sale of merchandise to end users

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A1 v. require

definition (a) to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to order; to command

A2 adj. audio

definition (d) pertaining to hearing and listening; sound

A3 adj. rotten

definition (a) decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled; despicable

A4 adj. wire

definition (d) made of a thin flexible cord of metal

A5 n. gratitude

definition (b) thankfulness; appreciation

A6 adj. persistent

definition (d) tenacious; stubborn; constant; continual; diligent

A7 n. inspection

definition (b) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review

A8 n. convenience

definition (d) comfort; fitness or suitability for performing an action

A9 v. sink

definition (a) to submerge; to fall down below the surface (especially in water)

A10 n. close

definition (c) end; conclusion; plug

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A1 adj. competitive

definition (c) involving rivalry; tending to contest

A2 n. whole

definition (c) totality; completeness; entirety

A3 n. update

definition (a) more current version of something

A4 n. shrewdness

definition (c) intelligence; ability to think in a clever manner

A5 adj. talkative

definition (a) chatty; loquacious

A6 adj. hidden

definition (b) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior

A7 n. readership

definition (d) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication

A8 v. spy

definition (c) to provide secret information about another country; to examine

A9 v. collide

definition (d) to crash; to meet head on; to come together with solid or direct impact

A10 adv. nearby

definition (d) next to; alongside

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A1 n. minority

definition (a) part of a population differing in some characteristic; state of being under legal age

A2 n. calculator

definition (b) small machine that makes computations

A3 v. publish

definition (c) to produce and distribute printed material; to advertise

A4 n. resolve

definition (c) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination

A5 v. hem

definition (a) to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in speaking

A6 v. determine

definition (b) to decide; to define; to conclude; to cause; to affect

A7 adj. temporary

definition (b) passing; brief

A8 v. finish

definition (a) to terminate; to end; to destroy; to defeat; to complete

A9 adj. incentive

definition (c) provocative; stimulating; encouraging

A10 v. loan

definition (c) to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to give temporarily

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A1 n. foundation

definition (a) base; fundament; substructure; establishing; institution

A2 n. approved list

definition (d) inventory of legal investments for savings banks and trust funds

A3 n. overall

definition (b) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

A4 n. pounce

definition (d) act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing; sudden assault or attack

A5 adj. rental

definition (c) available to lease or rent

A6 adj. indoor

definition (c) occurring within a building; meant to be used inside

A7 n. interviewer

definition (a) person who ask questions (i.e. reporter or employer)

A8 n. pitch

definition (c) relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar; asphalt; throw

A9 n. run

definition (b) range; journey; track; path; series; sequence

A10 n. bank

definition (a) institution for saving and borrowing money; cashier

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A1 adj. idle

definition (c) lazy; vain; unoccupied; unemployed

A2 v. press

definition (a) to push; to iron; to remove creases or wrinkles; to confiscate for public or government use

A3 v. interview

definition (c) to question formally; to evaluate through questioning

A4 n. preventive

definition (d) safeguard; something used to avert an unwanted situation

A5 adj. incorrect

definition (d) wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly; improper

A6 adj. swift

definition (a) fast; immediate; prompt; smart

A7 n. downsizing

definition (d) bringing something down to a smaller scale; lowering expenses

A8 v. embrace

definition (b) to accept; to belief; to hug; to hold tight

A9 n. warning

definition (b) caution; advice about danger; advance notice

A10 adj. coherent

definition (a) sticking together; consistent

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A1 v. continue

definition (c) to go on; to keep doing something; to last; to perpetuate

A2 n. productivity

definition (b) a measurement of output per hours worked; creativeness; fruitfulness; prolificness

A3 v. grow

definition (c) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into

A4 v. assort

definition (d) to classify; to categorize; to systematize; to structure

A5 n. portfolio

definition (a) briefcase; attache case; list of securities and stocks

A6 v. travel

definition (c) to go on a journey; to move; to go from one place to another

A7 n. surveillance

definition (a) careful observation of a person or group

A8 v. update

definition (a) to modernize; to make current

A9 v. condition

definition (a) to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to prepare

A10 adj. trial

definition (b) experimental; exploratory; test; used as a sample

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A1 n. franchise

definition (b) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license

A2 n. reservation

definition (a) act of ordering in advance (hotel room, airline ticket, etc.)

A3 n. difficulty

definition (c) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble

A4 adj. routine

definition (b) commonplace; ordinary; usual; customary; habitual

A5 adj. responsible

definition (c) dependable; reliable; accountable; liable

A6 n. publication

definition (a) process of producing and distributing printed material; act of advertising

A7 v. rely

definition (d) to depend on; to trust in

A8 n. complex

definition (c) compound; various objects that for m a unit

A9 n. few

definition (d) not many; some; several; small number of

A10 v. regard

definition (a) to look at; to concern; to relate to; to esteem; to appreciate; to consider

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