This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Vocabulary – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. The club has been active in the community since its ..... in 1991. A) Engender. B) Inception. C) Homogeneous. D) Dissident. E) Entity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inception. 3. 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. 4. Primitive societies were known to build ..... in honor of various gods. A) Transaction. B) Rigorous. C) Policy. D) Resolve. E) Shrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Shrine. 5. The boss gave a terse reply after being asked an inappropriate question at the staff meeting. A) Primitive. B) Brusque. C) Essential. D) Innate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brusque. 6. 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. 7. 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) Contemporary. B) Reject it . C) Imagine it. D) Afford it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afford it. 8. This discovery ..... the country into a major power. A) Transformed. B) Changed. C) Increased. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transformed. 9. You can ..... frozen food against frost loss by having the case double-glazed. A) Prevail. B) Insulate. C) Imperial. D) Susceptible. E) Rug. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insulate. 10. 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) Produces. B) Inspires. C) Attracts. D) Elicits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produces. 11. My mother showed a ..... attitude despite the bad news. A) Obliterate. B) Composed. C) Trifling. D) Impervious. E) Adjusted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Composed. 12. A:Why is Susan acting that way? Is she mad? B:I don't know. She is ..... A) Getting under way. B) Getting over it. C) Getting cold feet. D) Giving everyone the cold shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giving everyone the cold shoulder. 13. Despite the famine in the streets, the members of the club treat themselves to special foods on their ..... allowances. A) Affluent. B) Obsolete. C) Meager. D) Scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meager. 14. Could you ..... me a hand with this piano? I need to move it across the room. A) Bring. B) Lend. C) Offer. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lend. 15. He was in a ..... mood for weeks after the death of his pet fish. A) Recipient. B) Somber. C) Resort to. D) Sibling. E) Sarcastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somber. 16. The word striking in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Inviting. B) Biodegradable. C) Invisible. D) Eye-catching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eye-catching. 17. What is the meaning of 'intersperse'? A) Extremely strongly felt. B) Not enough in amount. C) Not used anymore. D) To place among or between other things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To place among or between other things. 18. The hikers ..... despite the bad weather and the icy trail A) Collided. B) Anticipated. C) Plunged. D) Persevered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persevered. 19. The smell was so ..... that he barely noticed it at first. A) Rigorous. B) Subtle. C) Transaction. D) Resolve. E) Shrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtle. 20. 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. 21. Many patients suffer ..... symptoms A) Subtraction. B) Vague. C) Poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vague. 22. 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. 23. You should ..... colorful anecdotes about your experience with perceptive queries about the vacancy. A) Meager. B) Harness. C) Intersperse. D) Amend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intersperse. 24. They were ..... , but they put absolutely no premium on education. A) Affluent. B) Meager. C) Fracture. D) Scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affluent. 25. These are synonyms of CORE, except A) Center, nucleus. B) Quantity. C) Rate. D) Blush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blush. 26. The doctor warned her that adequate diet was of paramount importance in effecting a cure. A) Saving. B) Chief. C) Healing. D) Moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chief. 27. Important in effect or meaning A) Available. B) Significant. C) Major. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Significant. 28. As the containers rusted, the toxic waste ..... into the ground. A) Seeped. B) Rusted. C) Retained. D) Gutted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeped. 29. Like the weather, most emotions are ..... A) Symptom. B) Transaction. C) Transient. D) Superstitious. E) Suppress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transient. 30. 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