This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Vocabulary – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Maps and photos from a century ago can be found in the city museum's ..... A) Altruistic. B) Tangible. C) Archive. D) Stimulate. E) Adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archive. 2. What is the meaning of deviate? A) To make small changes to improve. B) Extremely strongly felt. C) Wealthy. D) To turn away from a plan or standard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To turn away from a plan or standard. 3. Complete the phrase:Everyone, pay attention for a minute! I have a ..... message from the principal. A) Incite. B) Cumbersome. C) Brief. D) Collide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brief. 4. Course fees will be ..... in June, they may come down or go up. A) Amended. B) Discussed. C) Decreased. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amended. 5. Famous persons have their life stories told in a ..... A) Biography. B) Discount. C) Apprentice. D) Diagonal. E) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biography. 6. Due to the astounding progress of integrated-circuit technology, an enormous number of transistors can be placed onto a single integrated circuit chip. The first commercially successful microprocessor chip had only 4, 800 translators, but by the beginning of the 2000s, the newest high-end chips had 7.2 billion. The word astounding is closest in meaning to: A) Rapid. B) Resilient. C) Astonishing. D) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astonishing. 7. A:Thanks for interviewing me for the job. B:Our pleasure. We will ..... A) Get in touch soon. B) Give you the cold shoulder. C) Get rid of you. D) Get in the way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get in touch soon. 8. Way out also means to ..... A) Permeate. B) Exit. C) Transport. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exit. 9. Which one of the following words is not a synonym of "lead to" ? A) Cause. B) Bring about. C) Hinder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinder. 10. Maintenance He took a course to learn about car maintenance. A) Machine. B) Theory. C) Care. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Care. 11. A:You really need to be nicer to your girlfriend? B:Where do you ..... saying that. A) Get out. B) Get on. C) Get in. D) Get off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get off. 12. The ..... culture and customs have a long history in North America. A) Aboriginal. B) Temper. C) Tamper with. D) Sphere. E) Semiconductor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aboriginal. 13. What's the meaning of Evade? A) To force someone to do something against their will. B) To publicly support. C) To avoid or escape from someone or something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avoid or escape from someone or something. 14. Her short but timely speech ..... pride and passion in the audience. A) Contemporary. B) Configuration. C) Dissident. D) Engender. E) Contest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Engender. 15. People who exercise (administrative) control over others A) Benefit. B) Method. C) Authority. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Authority. 16. Women continue to be the ..... in the workplace dominated by men. A) Maneuver. B) Migrate. C) Liberal. D) Inhibit. E) Minority. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Minority. 17. The rescue team knew that it was ..... to continue the search for the lost child in the dark. A) Eradicate. B) Delve into. C) Futile. D) Foster. E) Enactment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Futile. 18. DID YOU ENJOY THIS COURSE? A) . B) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 19. Early Christians were considered religious ..... by the Jews. A) Prudent. B) Renegade. C) Peripheral. D) Piecemeal. E) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renegade. 20. A. People live better, drive nicer cars and eat better quality food now.b. There's a GENERAL IMPROVEMENT in living standards. A) DIFFERENT MEANING. B) SAME MEANING. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SAME MEANING. 21. A person who is travelling on a plane A) Passenger. B) Pilot. C) Boarding pass. D) Duty-free. E) Destination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passenger. 22. Galih is very ..... student in 2016 batch, he got the best score of TOEFL ..... A) Scatter. B) Speard. C) Droplets. D) Measles. E) Cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cunning. 23. Flooding is a major concern during a ..... rain. A) Replica. B) Streak. C) Respiratory. D) Torrential. E) Substitute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Torrential. 24. The night before this exam I tried not to succumb to sleep. A) Yield. B) Try. C) Scoff. D) Save. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yield. 25. Adj. colossal, enormous, giant A) Mammoth. B) Coarse. C) Spurious. D) Abhor. E) Veracious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mammoth. 26. Although Tim and Tom are ..... , they do not have anything in common. A) Quota. B) Resort to. C) Recipient. D) Sarcastic. E) Sibling. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sibling. 27. These guys are ESTABLISHED downtown. A) Sent. B) Settled. C) Stabilized. D) Perpetrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Settled. 28. Can you tell me the BENEFITS of drinking coffee? A) Good aspects. B) Drawbacks. C) Disadvantages. D) Flaws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good aspects. 29. "The teacher's wife ..... of using swear words." A) Disapprove. B) Disapproving. C) Disagrees. D) Disapproves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disapproves. 30. Mary starts her new job tomorrow. She's a new employee of that company. A) A person who works for someone. B) The person who controls a company or business. C) The main subject you study in college. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who works for someone. 31. The team consists of four Europeans and two Americans. Consists of means ..... A) Consist of. B) Contain. C) Explain. D) Start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consist of. 32. A newborn chick uses its egg tooth to break the shell of its eggand escape from it at hatching. This toothlike structure is then shed since its only use is to help the bird break the eggshell. Some animals, such as lizards and snakes, develop a true tooththat projects outside the row of other teeth. This tooth helpsadults hatch their youngThe word shed in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Guarded. B) Preserved. C) Discarded. D) Enhanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discarded. 33. Which one below is a verb? A) Soften. B) Contradiction. C) High. D) Believable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soften. 34. Get accross:To make people understand somethingWhich of the following is NOT the correct use of the words "GET ACROSS" ? A) The teacher managed to get across how important it was to attend lectures. B) Your meaning didn't really get across. C) He's getting across very well at school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He's getting across very well at school. 35. Optical illusions and their effects are often created through careful physical attributes, such as a nonstandard use of perspective, distorted angles, deceptive shading, unusual juxtaposition, and color effects. The word deceptive in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Elusive. B) Misleading. C) Ambiguous. D) Altered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misleading. 36. He ..... two hours to work every morning. A) Archaic. B) Beneficiary. C) Catalyst. D) Commute. E) Arithmetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commute. 37. Select the antonym for "amass" . A) Relegate. B) Dissipate. C) Digress. D) Assemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dissipate. 38. Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation A) Principle. B) Context. C) Source. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context. 39. When he discovered that she was from his hometown, he felt a strong sense of ..... with her. A) Juvenile. B) Instill. C) Inscription. D) Hierarchy. E) Kinship. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Kinship. 40. He ..... (slip) on the ice, ..... (fall) and ..... (hurt) his knee. A) Slipped / fell / hurt. B) Was slipping / fell / hurt. C) Slipped / fell / hurt. D) Slipped / fall / hurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slipped / fell / hurt. 41. The participants who crafted the treaty concluded that the moon and all other celestial bodies were to be free for exploration and use by all nations. They also concurred that the use of weapons of mass destruction was to be forbidden in space. The word concurred in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Anticipated. B) Observed. C) Agreed. D) Assumed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agreed. 42. Select the synonym for "cleave" . A) Big. B) Cut. C) Little. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut. 43. Life in this small town had become quite mundane. People were looking for some excitement. A) Intermediate. B) Dull. C) Hesitant. D) Earthly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dull. 44. What word matches the following definition: "excessive pride" A) Proud. B) Dwelling. C) Conceit. D) Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 45. Choose the correct definition for the word:amateur A) Inexperienced. B) New. C) Another option. D) Success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inexperienced. 46. A:Why do you dislike Bob? B:He acts silly which ..... A) Gets up to it. B) Gets under my skin. C) Gets me into it. D) Gets cold feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gets under my skin. 47. "Moon Jae-In was the ..... Korean president after Park Guen-hye was impeached." A) Constant. B) Current. C) Succeeding. D) Previous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Succeeding. 48. The wild boar came into the village to ..... for food. A) Establish. B) Exposure. C) Forage. D) Fissure. E) Dubious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forage. 49. Changed, modified A) Sedated. B) Pertinent. C) Modified. D) Predominantly. E) Pullout. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modified. 50. Once the United States was designated to act on behalf of its neighbors to the south, episodes of foreign interference decreased until the 1960's, when Cuba wanted the support and economic aid of the former Union of Soviet Socialists Republics. The word designated in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Determined. B) Authorized. C) Tempted. D) Accustomed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Authorized. 51. Due to many years of ..... , the Smiths had nothing to fall back on when it was time for them to retire. A) Inflexibility. B) Imprudence. C) Illiteracy. D) Impunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imprudence. 52. What's the meaning of Proximity? A) Nearly correct or exact. B) How near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time. C) Located close together approximate leaves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time. 53. She plans to compete in the marathon. A) Delay. B) Compare. C) Register. D) Contend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contend. 54. Over six billion people ..... the earth. A) Fluctuate. B) Flat. C) Inhabits. D) Exhaust. E) Exponential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inhabits. 55. Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;capable of being seen or noticed A) Evident. B) Factor. C) Estimate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evident. 56. Specialists in different fields exist because no one can be ..... A) Metaphor. B) Lethal. C) Omnipresent. D) Omniscient. E) Omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omniscient. 57. Most people ..... cockroaches. A) Inspiration. B) Hinge on[upon]. C) Loathe. D) Integration. E) Futile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loathe. 58. The word cluster in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Disarray. B) Collection. C) Dispersion. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collection. 59. To say or prove that a person, statement, opinion, etc. is wrong or false A) Imply. B) Refute. C) Infer. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refute. 60. ....such as hair color and eye color are inherited genetically from one's parents. (A) Traits (B) Triumphs (C) Tints A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesToefl Vocabulary Quiz 1Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 2Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 3Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 4Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 5Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 6Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 7Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books