Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 6 (30 MCQs)

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1. She ..... her family and friends into lying for her.
2. The possibility of John's getting accepted to the university ..... the quality of his application essays.
3. What does cacophony mean?
4. One rule of thumb is to ..... complex explanations and use the simple ones.
5. The professor had an ..... of authority and confidence.
6. Barley can be grown almost anywhere in the temperate zone. Unlike most other grains, it even ..... at high altitudes. (A) tampers (B) thrives (C) thaws
7. My kitten loves lying on the ..... in front of television.
8. He felt such a close ..... for animals that he became a veterinarian.
9. The word faint in the passage is closest in meaning to?
10. John and Mary ..... on all their books; she writes the text and he does the artwork.
11. The desks were arranged in a circular ..... with the teacher in the middle.
12. NGOs generally ..... positive changes in society and government.
13. Certain words in the English language are so ..... that only scholars are aware of their meanings.
14. The story of Cinderella was the ..... the media used to describe the actress's success.
15. The infection was discovered only ..... at a postmortem examination.
16. Because of his strong dislike for anything that dealt with numbers, he failed ..... in school.
17. A:What should I do when the boss is in the office. B:Just listen and try not to .....
18. What is archaeology?
19. She made an ..... between a light bulb and an idea.
20. When you put people in a certain ..... , you stop appreciating their unique individuality.
21. A:How is it working with your new partner? B:Good. We ..... pretty well.
22. The message was difficult to unscramble because of the system that was used to write it.
23. What is the meaning of meager?
24. As water freezes, it .....
25. Although the hundred dollar bill was a ..... , it looked so real that even the experts from the bank were fooled.
26. Move from one setting or context to another
27. The personnel manager could not even consider her for the position because of her ..... appearance.
28. Many species of plants and animals are in .....
29. Look at the sentences and decide if the statement which follows each one is true or false. Prices have gone up by about 4% every year since 1998. There has been a constant rise in the rate of inflation.
30. J. Edgar Hoover was an astute professional who served as Director of the FBI for 48 years. The word astute in the passage is closest in meaning to