This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Vocabulary – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The primitive sculpture is dated to ancient Greece ..... 1, 300 BC. A) Austere. B) Discount. C) Circa. D) Biography. E) Apprentice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circa. 2. Something ..... is definite and specific. A) Mediate. B) Definite. C) Concrete. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete. 3. His parents tried to ..... him not to quit his job. A) Buffer. B) Coerce. C) Surround. D) Authorize. E) Address. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coerce. 4. It is the role of the parents to ..... values and beliefs into their children. A) Forage. B) Instill. C) Inscription. D) Heritage. E) Hierarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instill. 5. The word handful in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Surplus. B) Majority. C) Two. D) Minority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minority. 6. Adj. commonplace, current, popular, usual A) Eradicate. B) Prevalent. C) Impervious. D) Veracious. E) Aggravate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevalent. 7. Citric acid gives citrus fruit their ..... taste.(A) temperate (B) toxic (C) tart A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 8. Inflation has started to ..... Prices have been going up dramatically. A) Disappear. B) Decrease. C) Accelerate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accelerate. 9. Peachtree Street is the main ..... in Atlanta. (A) triumph (B) thoroughfare (C) tilt A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 10. Since man is able to tap such resources as oil and metals, why can't he develop and ..... other energy resources? A) Harness. B) Scores. C) Profound. D) Amend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harness. 11. Despite a shared national identity, the states in the U.S. are not culturally ..... A) Homogeneous. B) Dissident. C) Engender. D) Contest. E) Entity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homogeneous. 12. Cells have thin ..... that act as barriers. A) Juvenile. B) Kinship. C) Membrane. D) Instill. E) Legitimate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Membrane. 13. Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability A) Similar. B) Significant. C) Major. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similar. 14. Some hunters use ..... to hunt. A) Measles. B) Droplets. C) Cunning. D) Scatter. E) Speard. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Speard. 15. The price ..... dinner, bed, and breakfast A) Lies. B) Includes. C) Receives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Includes. 16. These dates are particularly ..... to heat. A) Prevail. B) Rug. C) Insulate. D) Susceptible. E) Imperial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Susceptible. 17. A relation such that one thing is dependent on another A) Function. B) Issue. C) Income. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Function. 18. What's the meaning of Epitome? A) To give something as an honor or present. B) A perfect example of something. C) To avoid or escape from someone or something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A perfect example of something. 19. They ..... ( move) their furniture when they ..... (hear) a loud noise. A) Was moving / heard. B) Are moving / hear. C) Moved / heard. D) Were moving / heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were moving / heard. 20. His parents were disappointed when he ..... from his plan to attend college. A) Confidential. B) Deviate. C) Aura. D) Cognitive. E) Confiscate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deviate. 21. The ..... in the program were high school students. A) Donations. B) Gardens. C) Endeavors. D) Participants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participants. 22. While I ..... , it ..... to rain A) Walked / started. B) Was walking / was starting. C) Was walk / started. D) Was walking / started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was walking / started. 23. (of words) expressing closely related meanings A) Individual. B) Similar. C) Significant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similar. 24. A restaurant playing loud rock music can ..... older diners. A) Abode. B) Alienate. C) Advent. D) Transient. E) Transaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alienate. 25. Even the best planners often ..... unseen problems when traveling abroad. A) Dexterity. B) Depict. C) Custody. D) Demeanor. E) Encounter. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Encounter. 26. In the desert, dry creek beds may turn into raging ..... after heavy rainstorms. (A) trickles (B) torrents (C) toils A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 27. Obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service A) Available. B) Assume. C) Assess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Available. 28. The players force the opponents to pay exorbitant rents and fees. Opponents mean? A) Competitors. B) Ally. C) Friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competitors. 29. The intelligence director spent hours reading the ..... messages sent by his spies. A) Commission. B) Even. C) Cryptic. D) Bona fide. E) Aeronautics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cryptic. 30. Fees ..... according to duration, the longer the course, the higher the tuition. A) Raise. B) Vary. C) Change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raise. 31. He became a ..... singer after he released his first album. A) Bona fide. B) Adversary. C) Aeronautics. D) Accumulation. E) Even. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bona fide. 32. Impecunious (adj) A) Always poor. B) Always happy. C) Always sad. D) Always rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Always poor. 33. She decided to ..... from History to Biology. A) Switch. B) Replace. C) Join. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Switch. 34. The hotels in tourist areas were charging ..... prices for rooms. A) Entrepreneur. B) Exorbitant. C) Confidential. D) Confiscate. E) Deviate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exorbitant. 35. An ..... lifestyle has few possessions and even fewer luxuries. A) Discount. B) Apprentice. C) Diagonal. D) Deft. E) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Austere. 36. He served as the ..... CEO until a new one could be appointed. A) Dexterity. B) Expanse. C) Interim. D) Encounter. E) Generate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interim. 37. SUFFICIENTLY stands for ..... A) Not enough. B) Frequently . C) Enough. D) Insufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enough. 38. The bishop in chess can only move in ..... lines, never forward or sideways. A) Coherent. B) Diagonal. C) Criterion. D) Deft. E) Consequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diagonal. 39. Complete the phrase:Juan has ..... a lot of tragedies in the last year. A) Devised. B) Endured. C) Denied. D) Diverted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endured. 40. GET AROUND:To be heard by many peopleWhich of the following is not the correct use of the words '' GET AROUND ''? A) News of his promotion got around very fast. B) News soon got around that he had resigned. C) There are ways of getting around the tax rules. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are ways of getting around the tax rules. 41. AccustomedThe wealthy woman wasn't accustomed to preparing her own food A) Easy. B) Get used. C) Care. D) Able. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get used. 42. Only students have ..... to theuniversity library.There is a large amount of oil under theice, but we can't ..... it. A) ACCESS. B) ADEQUATE. C) ACQUIRE. D) ACCURATE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ACCESS. 43. A synonym for RANGE is: A) Opportunity. B) Variety. C) Mistake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variety. 44. ProsperShe hopes her company will prosper this year. A) Stop. B) Raise. C) Succeed. D) Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Succeed. 45. The team won the game, ..... with difficulties. A) Aboriginal. B) Aeronautics. C) Accumulation. D) Even. E) Adversary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Even. 46. Select the antonym for "counterfeit" . A) Genuine. B) They cheat. C) Deceit. D) Cheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genuine. 47. There has been an ..... population growth in the satellite cities since the opening of a major highway. A) Exhaust. B) Dissect. C) Exponential. D) Elliptical. E) Empirical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exponential. 48. Interlude, between A) Gravitational. B) Intercept. C) Interlude. D) Fiscal. E) Hire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interlude. 49. There was a coin stuck in a ..... in the ground. A) Establish. B) Dubious. C) Fissure. D) Condone. E) Exposure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fissure. 50. ..... by Dr. Johnson, a top scientist in the field of biology, the research team successfully cloned a chimpanzee. A) Sarcastic. B) Spearhead. C) Sibling. D) Somber. E) Resort to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spearhead. 51. What is the closest synonym of ..... afford A) Rich. B) Meet the expense of . C) Annoying. D) Magnanimous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meet the expense of . 52. The weather is highly ..... in tropical islands, so it is a good idea to keep an umbrella at all times. A) Stationery. B) Subordinate. C) Stationary. D) Unsolicited. E) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Variable. 53. The word luminous in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Dim. B) Bright. C) Obscure. D) Dull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bright. 54. The ..... headache lasted for hours. A) Patent. B) Persistent. C) Membrane. D) Monotonous. E) Legitimate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persistent. 55. Despite his quiet ..... , he was actually a talkative person. A) Commission. B) Bona fide. C) Custody. D) Demeanor. E) Cryptic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demeanor. 56. Muslims try to make the ..... to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. A) Omniscient. B) Omnipotent. C) Phase out. D) Pilgrimage. E) Omnipresent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pilgrimage. 57. The verb of "occupation" is ..... A) Occupy. B) Busy. C) Busy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occupy. 58. Follow a certain course A) Labour. B) Proceed. C) Require. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proceed. 59. It was her ..... for life that gave her the will to survive ten days in the desert. A) Variable. B) Subordinate. C) Vivid. D) Zeal. E) Unsolicited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeal. 60. Although he was not usually ..... , he believed that there was a ghost in the house. A) Shrine. B) Superstitious. C) Subtle. D) Rigorous. E) Resolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superstitious. 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