This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Vocabulary – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Due to the astounding progress of integrated-circuit technology, an enormous number of transistors can be placed onto asingle integrated-circuit chip. The first commercially successfulmicroprocessor chip had only 4, 800 transistors, but by thebeginning of the 2000s, the newest high-end chips had 7.2 billion.The word astounding in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Rapid. B) Solid. C) Astonishing. D) Resilient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astonishing. 2. Unable to control his bad ..... , he yelled at the driver of the car in front of him. A) Semiconductor. B) Sphere. C) Tamper with. D) Secrete. E) Temper. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Temper. 3. The nightmare remained so ..... in his mind that he could not sleep all night. A) Variable. B) Subordinate. C) Stationery. D) Unsolicited. E) Vivid. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vivid. 4. 'mendasari' in English is ..... A) Underlie. B) Replace. C) Incur. D) Sign. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underlie. 5. Unless Nate has a ..... excuse for his absences, he will be suspended. A) Inscription. B) Legitimate. C) Juvenile. D) Instill. E) Kinship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legitimate. 6. The word solitary in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Accompanied. B) Alone. C) One by one. D) Popular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alone. 7. What's the meaning of Inevitable? A) Easily becoming angry. B) Impossible to avoid or prevent. C) In a way that involves two or more people or groups sharing or doing something together. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impossible to avoid or prevent. 8. Psychologists agree that a ..... of reality can be as powerful as the reality itself. A) Interval. B) Perception. C) Legislation. D) Offspring. E) On behalf of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perception. 9. The new mayor promised to ..... corruption during his term of office. A) Coerce. B) Surround. C) Delve into. D) Enactment. E) Eradicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Eradicate. 10. Playing games and solving puzzles are some ways to ..... brain activity. A) Sophisticated. B) Simultaneous. C) Residue. D) Stimulate. E) Regime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulate. 11. What time would it be ..... for you to memorize Al-Qur'an? A) Convenient. B) Minstrel. C) Parlor. D) Beneath. E) Approximately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convenient. 12. A basic truth or law or assumption A) Estimate. B) Role. C) Principle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Principle. 13. What does it mean for something to be chronological? A) To express strong disapproval. B) To make clear; to remove confusion. C) Arranged in order of time or date. D) To stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arranged in order of time or date. 14. They have SIMILAR ideas regarding bias. A) Alike. B) Strange. C) Exquisite. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alike. 15. What does it mean for something to coalesce? A) To scold. B) To force someone to do something against their will. C) To give as a gift. D) To combine or grow together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To combine or grow together. 16. It is possible to ..... all your personal and career needs to find out which career will give you the most satisfaction. A) Synthesize. B) Harness. C) Affluent. D) Obsolete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synthesize. 17. Before they sold their house, they spent two months ..... it. A) Sifting. B) Planting. C) Trying. D) Embellishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embellishing. 18. He also has plotted ways to break up happy couples and stolen masterpiece paintings. All of which make up a ..... and unpredictable personality that viewers love. A) Annually. B) Ascribe. C) Overly angry. D) Cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cunning. 19. What does it mean to be brash? A) Rude and tactless. B) Short (in terms of time). C) Abrupt to the point of rudeness. D) A harsh, unpleasant mixture of noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rude and tactless. 20. The agent charges a ..... of 15 percent on all book contracts. A) Even. B) Commission. C) Adversary. D) Aeronautics. E) Bona fide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commission. 21. An igloo is the traditional ..... used by Eskimos, or the Inuit. A) Suppress. B) Symptom. C) Transaction. D) Transient. E) Abode. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Abode. 22. VocabularyDirectionsEach sentence has a highlighted word or phrase. Below each sentence are 4 other words or phrases.Choose the 1 word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the highlighted word or phrase. Practice Questions 1-5 Passenger ships and aircraft are often equipped with ship-to-shore or air-to-land radio telephones. A) Airplanes. B) Highways. C) Sailboats. D) Railroads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Airplanes. 23. The game of chess was not well organized until 1946, when the world chess governing body, FIDE, asserted its control over international play.The word asserted in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Declared. B) Enhanced. C) Empowered. D) Permitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declared. 24. The word take over in the passage is closest in meaning to? A) Succeed. B) Substitute. C) Eliminate. D) Accomplish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Substitute. 25. Which of the following is the best definition for the term:CUNNING A) Innocuous, harmless . B) Mean, condescending. C) Clever in deceiving. D) Slow in wit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clever in deceiving. 26. Is to presuade someone forcefully A) Arose. B) Coerce. C) Emerged. D) Pinpoint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coerce. 27. Education is important. It's harder to get some jobs if you don't have a college degree. A) A paper you get when you finish college. B) The main subject you study in college. C) A list of your education and work experience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A paper you get when you finish college. 28. Ludicrous means: A) Praise; to praise. B) Misleading. C) Absurd. D) Random; random; careless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absurd. 29. Pattern is ..... A) A particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens. B) Many people have been girding their loins for years. C) A guess that you make or an opinion. D) To supply land with water so that crops and plants will grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens. 30. The club has been active in the community since its ..... in 1991. A) Homogeneous. B) Inception. C) Engender. D) Entity. E) Dissident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inception. 31. Dodgson graduated in 1854 and embarked on a career in the world of academia. The antonym of Embarked is? A) Finished. B) Began. C) Started. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 32. Primitive societies were known to build ..... in honor of various gods. A) Resolve. B) Shrine. C) Transaction. D) Policy. E) Rigorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shrine. 33. The boss gave a terse reply after being asked an inappropriate question at the staff meeting. A) Brusque. B) Primitive. C) Essential. D) Innate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brusque. 34. The Hawaiian language is derived from an alphabet of only 12 letters. Derived means? A) Obtained. B) Avoid. C) Called. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obtained. 35. Complete the following sentence with the proper vocabulary word:The dress I saw at the store was beautiful. Though I wanted to get it right then, it was very expensive and I could not ..... A) Imagine it. B) Reject it . C) Afford it. D) Contemporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Afford it. 36. This discovery ..... the country into a major power. A) Transformed. B) Changed. C) Increased. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transformed. 37. You can ..... frozen food against frost loss by having the case double-glazed. A) Insulate. B) Imperial. C) Susceptible. D) Prevail. E) Rug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insulate. 38. Species of alyssum are particularly suitable as edging plants forflower gardens. Alyssum is generally grayish with yellow or whiteflowers. One popular species is sweet alyssum, a perennial thatgrows up to nine inches tall. The narrow, green-gray leaf of thesweet alyssum usually bears many silvery hairs.The word bears in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Attracts. B) Elicits. C) Inspires. D) Produces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produces. 39. My mother showed a ..... attitude despite the bad news. A) Composed. B) Impervious. C) Obliterate. D) Adjusted. E) Trifling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Composed. 40. A:Why is Susan acting that way? Is she mad? B:I don't know. She is ..... A) Getting cold feet. B) Getting over it. C) Giving everyone the cold shoulder. D) Getting under way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving everyone the cold shoulder. 41. Despite the famine in the streets, the members of the club treat themselves to special foods on their ..... allowances. A) Scores. B) Meager. C) Obsolete. D) Affluent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meager. 42. Could you ..... me a hand with this piano? I need to move it across the room. A) Bring. B) Offer. C) Carry. D) Lend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lend. 43. He was in a ..... mood for weeks after the death of his pet fish. A) Somber. B) Sibling. C) Sarcastic. D) Resort to. E) Recipient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somber. 44. The word striking in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Biodegradable. B) Invisible. C) Eye-catching. D) Inviting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye-catching. 45. What is the meaning of 'intersperse'? A) Not enough in amount. B) Not used anymore. C) To place among or between other things. D) Extremely strongly felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To place among or between other things. 46. The hikers ..... despite the bad weather and the icy trail A) Plunged. B) Anticipated. C) Persevered. D) Collided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persevered. 47. The smell was so ..... that he barely noticed it at first. A) Shrine. B) Transaction. C) Resolve. D) Rigorous. E) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Subtle. 48. The word roam in the passage is closest in meaning to? A) Run. B) Drive. C) Jog. D) Wander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wander. 49. Many patients suffer ..... symptoms A) Subtraction. B) Vague. C) Poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vague. 50. What's the meaning of Corrode? A) To interrupt by causing a disturbance. B) Close to or next to. C) To gradually wear away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To gradually wear away. 51. You should ..... colorful anecdotes about your experience with perceptive queries about the vacancy. A) Harness. B) Intersperse. C) Meager. D) Amend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intersperse. 52. They were ..... , but they put absolutely no premium on education. A) Meager. B) Affluent. C) Fracture. D) Scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affluent. 53. These are synonyms of CORE, except A) Blush. B) Rate. C) Center, nucleus. D) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blush. 54. The doctor warned her that adequate diet was of paramount importance in effecting a cure. A) Chief. B) Moving. C) Healing. D) Saving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chief. 55. Important in effect or meaning A) Available. B) Significant. C) Major. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Significant. 56. As the containers rusted, the toxic waste ..... into the ground. A) Gutted. B) Seeped. C) Rusted. D) Retained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seeped. 57. Like the weather, most emotions are ..... A) Suppress. B) Transaction. C) Superstitious. D) Symptom. E) Transient. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Transient. 58. Intercept, block A) Intercept. B) Hire. C) Gravitational. D) Fiscal. E) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intercept. 59. The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing A) Finance. B) Approach. C) Process. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Approach. 60. The word elective in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Rudimentary. B) Eager. C) Optional. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optional. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesToefl Vocabulary Quiz 1Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 2Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 3Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 5Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 6Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 7Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 8Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books