TOEFL

Section 1: Sec One (1 to 10)

Details:
Test 1
TOEFL Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 1
QUESTION: 1
n. apathy
A.
B.
C.
D.

lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest

payment for services; repayment
agreement; harmony; settlement
extreme patriot; person who is excessively devoted

Answer: A
QUESTION: 2
n. parody
A.
B.
C.
D.

piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation

opinion contrary to popular belief
trickery; deception; scheming
dirty or wretched dwelling; hut; shack

Answer: A
QUESTION: 3
n. expatriate
A.
B.
C.
D.

something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds; impudent boldness; arrogance
exaggeration; overstatement
person who lives in a foreign country
large number; a lot; innumerable; endless; infinitive; multiple

Answer: C
QUESTION: 4
n. labyrinth
A. setting forth facts; public exhibition; show; clarification
B. partner; ally; colleague

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C. maze; complicated network of passages; something confusing or bewildering

D. inordinate desire for gaining and possessing wealth; greed

Answer: C
QUESTION: 5
n. cosmopolitan
A.
B.
C.
D.

person who currently holds an office or position

person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world
widespread ruin; destruction
contrast; direct opposite

Answer: B
QUESTION: 6
n. genesis
A.
B.
C.
D.

origin; beginning; creation

partner; ally; colleague
state of happiness; high ability; talent; joy
amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm

Answer: A
QUESTION: 7
n. dilemma
A.
B.
C.
D.

indirect reference (often literary); hint

difficult situation; difficult decision
witty or satirical poem or statement; letter; ingenious saying; proverb; phrase
state of happiness; high ability; talent; joy

Answer: B
QUESTION: 8
n. compunction
A. insult; curse; affront; offense

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B. person sent on an errand or mission; envoy; representative; messenger; delegate

C. coward; abject person
D. regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience

Answer: D
QUESTION: 9
n. ken
A.
B.
C.
D.

face; appearance; features; encouragement; support

dull and commonplace remark; banality; superficiality; commonplace
conversation which is amusing and not serious; tease; joke
one's understanding; perception; consciousness; knowledge; awareness

Answer: D
QUESTION: 10
n. idiosyncrasy
A.
B.
C.
D.

mass departure; emigration

pompous speech; pretentious words; trite cliches
personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity
one who manipulates public emotions to gain power or popularity

Answer: C
Section 2: Sec Two (11 to 20)
Details:
Test 2
TOEFL Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 2
QUESTION: 11
v. expound
A.
B.
C.
D.

to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain or misfortune

to dupe; to play a trick on; to deceive
to avoid; to outwit; to get around
to set forth in detail; to explain; to comment; to describe in detail

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Answer: D
QUESTION: 12
v. alienate
A.
B.
C.
D.

to read carefully; to study

to attract; to tempt; to charm
to assign; to credit with; to ascribe to
to estrange; to isolate; to requisition; to confiscate

Answer: D
QUESTION: 13
v. mimic
A.
B.
C.
D.

to scar; to spoil; to stain; to flaw; to impair; to deface

differ in opinion; to dispute; to differ; to oppose
to shrink in fear; to flinch; to grovel; to recoil
to make fun of or copy by imitating; to ape

Answer: D
QUESTION: 14
v. scrutinize
A.
B.
C.
D.

to follow; to result
to restate the meaning of a passage in other words
to reject; to renounce; to abandon; to give up
to examine closely; to study; to investigate; to inspect

Answer: D
QUESTION: 15
v. expurgate
A.
B.
C.
D.

to quicken; to speed up; to cause to move faster

to purify of offensive material; to censor
to set forth in detail; to explain; to comment; to describe in detail
to surrender; to admit; to give up; to yield

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Answer: B
QUESTION: 16
v. countenance
A.
B.
C.
D.

to echo; to resonate; to resound

to guess; to speculate; to surmise; to hypothesize; to infer
to approve; to support; to tolerate; to permit
to bring about; to bring forth; to cause; to produce; to generate

Answer: C
QUESTION: 17
v. quash
A. to crush; to render void; to quell; to suppress; annul
B. to erase; to cancel; to take out; to remove totally
C. to confuse; to embarrass; to fluster; to worry
D. to break a law or command; to violate a moral principle; to overstep a moral bound or
limit

Answer: A
QUESTION: 18
v. inhibit
A.
B.
C.
D.

to decorate with chains of flowers or leaves, etc.

to check; to hinder; to hold back; to prevent
to whip severely; to flog; to lash; to chastise
to shrink in fear; to flinch; to grovel; to recoil

Answer: B
QUESTION: 19
v. jettison
A. to set forth in detail; to explain; to comment; to describe in detail
B. to lose self-confidence; to confuse; to put to shame; to disconcert; to embarrass
C. to postpone; to put off to another time; to delay; to hold back

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D. to throw goods overboard to lighten a vehicle; to discard; to get rid of

Answer: D
QUESTION: 20
v. discourse
A.
B.
C.
D.

to communicate in an orderly fashion; to talk

to cancel by authority; to terminate; to abolish
to speak angrily or bitterly; to protest forcefully; to rant
to check; to hinder; to hold back; to prevent

Answer: A
Section 3: Sec Three (21 to 30)
Details:
Test 3
TOEFL Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 3
QUESTION: 21
n. shibboleth
A.
B.
C.
D.

party slogan
lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest
government by the best people; privileged class
expression of a people's will or wishes through a direct ballot of all voters

Answer: A
QUESTION: 22
n. entreat
A.
B.
C.
D.

ludicrous and complete failure; disaster

attempt to persuade someone to do something
hired soldier; greedy person
widespread ruin; destruction

Answer: B

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QUESTION: 23
n. whim
A.
B.
C.
D.

rest period; temporary delay

cruelty; ferocity; harshness
sudden notion or passing fancy; caprice; impulse
freedom; impetuosity; enthusiasm

Answer: C
QUESTION: 24
adj. crucial
A.
B.
C.
D.

emphasizing minutiae or form in scholarship or teaching; strict; meticulous

ill-natured; quarrelsome; contentious; irritable
very important; decisive; essential; difficult; essential
continuing a long time; habitual; lingering; constant; lasting

Answer: C
QUESTION: 25
n. armistice
A.
B.
C.
D.

person sent on an errand or mission; envoy; representative; messenger; delegate

temporary suspension of hostilities; truce; cease fire
person who eats and drinks to excess; overeater
group of people joined by a secret; group of conspirators

Answer: B
QUESTION: 26
adj. vituperative
A.
B.
C.
D.

prone to anger; short-tempered

with abusive condemnation; with harsh denunciation
free from local prejudices; worldly
ordinary; commonplace; normal; routine; everyday

Answer: B

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QUESTION: 27
n. sally
A.
B.
C.
D.

witty remark; assault; journey

denouncement; condemnation
distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling; anger; disapproval
reproof; warning; reproval

Answer: A
QUESTION: 28
adj. predatory
A.
B.
C.
D.

hidden; present but not fully developed; concealed; dormant

inclined to plunder or rob; preying on others; pillaging
not clear; uncertain; vague
engaged in war; hostile; aggressive

Answer: B
QUESTION: 29
n. collusion
A.
B.
C.
D.

secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy

foolhardiness; impetuosity; rashness; boldness
difference in form, character or degree; inequality
feeling of hatred; resentment; animosity; hostility

Answer: A
QUESTION: 30
adj. egregious
A.
B.
C.
D.

living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals; depraved; licentious; corrupt

developed or matured earlier than usual
regular; uniform; even
often of mistakes; extremely and noticeably bad; flagrant; rude

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Answer: D
Section 4: Sec Four (31 to 40)
Details:
Test 4
TOEFL Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 4
QUESTION: 31
adj. cosmopolitan
A.
B.
C.
D.

free from local prejudices; worldly

detached; unruffled; calm; austere indifference to joy, grief, pleasure or pain
hot and moist; sensuous; stifling
failing to fulfill an obligation; guilty of an offense

Answer: A
QUESTION: 32
adj. acrimonious
A.
B.
C.
D.

without hope; sad; dejected; depressed

extremely dry; parched; barren; unimaginative
unrefined in speech or manners; loutish; ill-bred; uncivilized; coarse
sharp or harsh in language or temper; rancorous; bitter; caustic

Answer: D
QUESTION: 33
adj. versatile
A.
B.
C.
D.

trite; without freshness or originality; commonplace; stale; usual

without hope; sad; dejected; depressed
given to fault-finding and complaining; discontented
able to do many things skillfully

Answer: D
QUESTION: 34
adj. bumptious

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A.
B.
C.
D.

arrogant; pushy; self-assertive

reasonable; practical; achievable; likely; possible
unequal; different; unlike; contrasting
instructive; preachy; educational; tending to lecture others excessively

Answer: A
QUESTION: 35
adj. zealous
A.
B.
C.
D.

entertaining; distracting; deflecting; amusing

sick; having a sickly yellow coloring
willfully bent on doing the wrong thing; distorted; deviant
full of enthusiasm or eagerness; passionate; excited

Answer: D
QUESTION: 36
adj. artful
A.
B.
C.
D.

sly; crafty; skillful; clever; shrewd

proud of oneself and scornful of others; snobbish; arrogant; disdainful
not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable
real; genuine; trustworthy; reliable

Answer: A
QUESTION: 37
adj. academic
A.
B.
C.
D.

engaged in war; hostile; aggressive

unimportant; small; worthless; minor
describing school and university activities; educated; scholastic
reasonable; practical; achievable; likely; possible

Answer: C
QUESTION: 38
adj. bland

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