This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Vocabulary – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 14 (35 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... investor is careful and patient in choosing stocks for purchase. A) Piecemeal. B) Obscure. C) Nostalgic. D) Peripheral. E) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Prudent. 2. It is important that you are able to ..... your expenditure properly to the HR department. If you have no evidence of what you spent, then you will not be able to get your money back for them. A) Lose track of. B) Account for. C) Investigate. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Account for. 3. The opposing party ..... the decision by the President to increase the police force. A) Contest. B) Beacon. C) Configuration. D) Contemporary. E) Bliss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contest. 4. Need as useful, just, or proper A) Identify. B) Establish. C) Require. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Require. 5. Ivan the Terrible's ..... of terror made life miserable for many Russian nobles. A) Omniscient. B) Pilgrimage. C) Omnipresent. D) Reign. E) Phase out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reign. 6. Select the correct meaning of the word 'imminent': A) Distant. B) Remote. C) Unlikely. D) Impending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impending. 7. This series of painting is ..... with other works in an early style shows the painter's skillful views. A) Out of date. B) Nearby. C) Contemporary. D) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contemporary. 8. Adj. true, accurate, genuine, honest A) Aggravate. B) Veracious. C) Impervious. D) Eradicate. E) Prevalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veracious. 9. That meal was delicious! Just what the doctor ..... A) Said. B) Wanted. C) Prescribed. D) Ordered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ordered. 10. What's the meaning of Hackneyed? A) To provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist. B) Not noticeable; not attracting much attention or causing much reaction from other people. C) Overused and unoriginal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overused and unoriginal. 11. Have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in A) Context. B) Create. C) Consist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consist. 12. In the classroom, the film students ..... the movie they had just watched. A) Cache. B) Diagnose. C) Dissect. D) Counterfeit. E) Culmination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dissect. 13. Industrialize is a ..... A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 14. Don't make such a big deal out of such such a ..... matter. A) Obliterate. B) Impervious. C) Adjusted. D) Trifling. E) Composed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trifling. 15. Although he knew she had work to do, he tried to entice her to go to the beach. A) Annoying. B) Thrice. C) Tempt. D) Trace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tempt. 16. What is the closest synonym of ..... contemporary A) Coexist. B) Old fashioned. C) New. D) Out of date. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coexist. 17. The truck remained ..... while the men loaded it with boxes. A) Reminiscence. B) Reign. C) Pilgrimage. D) Relic. E) Stationary. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Stationary. 18. The tourists ..... with their guide while they waited for their bus. A) Adage. B) Altruistic. C) Archive. D) Tangible. E) Banter. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Banter. 19. The union members had to ..... violence when their demands were ignored. A) Propel. B) Recipient. C) Quota. D) Plausible. E) Resort to. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Resort to. 20. Parker Brothers purchased the right to Monopoly game in 1935. Purchased means? A) Claimed. B) Took away. C) Bought. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 21. While she ..... (play) the harp, he ..... (sing). A) Were playing / were singing. B) Was playing / sung. C) Was playing / was singing. D) Was playing / sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing / was singing. 22. The lawmaking process can become stagnant if the stated do not agree with the proposed legislation. The phrase become stagnant in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Be cancelled. B) Create arguments. C) Stop progressing. D) Continue flowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stop progressing. 23. Divide into segments A) Section. B) Export. C) Interpret. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Section. 24. The athlete was proud to ..... his Olympic gold medal. A) Unusual. B) Accept. C) Negative. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accept. 25. George Washington left an endowment for the proposed national university in his will. Endowment means? A) Donation. B) A note. C) A letter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donation. 26. Select the synonym for "hostility" . A) Antagonism. B) Behemoth. C) Cynosure. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonism. 27. These are synonyms of PERCEIVED, except: A) Realized. B) Seen. C) Recognized. D) Observed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realized. 28. What kind of person does the following sentence describe: "I only care about myself, not about anyone else." A) Humble. B) Selfish. C) Selfless. D) Disapproving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Selfless. 29. What is the best definition for the term:ASCRIBE A) To believe something to be the result or work of. B) To stand in disbelief. C) Cranny, crevice. D) To demand something vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To believe something to be the result or work of. 30. They worked from dawn to dusk with such ..... that they were exhausted. A) Zeal. B) Debility. C) Boredom. D) Detraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeal. 31. Some animals can camouflage themselves. What does that mean? A) The ability to change color. B) The ability to hibernate. C) The ability to blend with their surroundings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ability to blend with their surroundings. 32. Select the synonym for the word 'reliable': A) Unstable. B) Unreliable. C) Inconsistent. D) Trustworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trustworthy. 33. A. There has been a SHARP FALL in the school pass rate.b. The pass rate was 3% lower this year. A) DIFFERENT MEANING. B) SAME MEANING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DIFFERENT MEANING. 34. Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features A) Benefit. B) Finance. C) Analyze. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyze. 35. What's the meaning of Bestow? A) To suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful. B) To give something as an honor or present. C) To avoid or escape from someone or something. 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