This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Vocabulary – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does it mean to boost something? A) To scold. B) To give as a gift. C) To brag or talk with excessive pride. D) To help raise or increase something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help raise or increase something. 2. Complete the phrase: ..... to war, Afghanistan used to be a beautiful country. A) Despise. B) Convey. C) Prior. D) Brief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prior. 3. Washington Irving collected and interpreted many famous old ..... , including the legends of Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman. (A) tales (B) tidings (C) trait A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 4. A domineering husband, he is the stereotype of a male chauvinist. A) Musician. B) Fixed conception. C) Disagreeable type. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed conception. 5. A. The company has opened a few new offices this decade.b. There's been a MARKED PROGRESS in the company's expansion. A) DIFFERENT MEANING. B) SAME MEANING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DIFFERENT MEANING. 6. Armed with water cannons, the police easily ..... the demonstrations in the streets. A) Suppress. B) Superstitious. C) Subtle. D) Shrine. E) Rigorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suppress. 7. The use of robots and automated machinery has eliminated certain ..... factory jobs.(A) tedious (B) thrilling (C) timid A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 8. When I need FUNDS for something, I need ..... A) Money / resources. B) Basis. C) A foundation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money / resources. 9. The word dusk in the passage is closest in meaning to? A) Light. B) Afternoon. C) Dark. D) Lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark. 10. What's the meaning of Suspicious? A) Having the belief that someone is doing something dishonest or illegal. B) To provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist. C) Not gentle; unpleasant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having the belief that someone is doing something dishonest or illegal. 11. A liger is the ..... of a male lion and a female tiger. A) Offspring. B) Legislation. C) Interval. D) Inherent. E) Inception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offspring. 12. 'relating to' in English is ..... A) Relate to. B) Ripen. C) Assert. D) Decay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relate to. 13. ISSUES isn't a synonym of A) Problems. B) Genders. C) Topics. D) Aspects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genders. 14. Misleading A) Abruptly. B) Deceptively. C) Progressively. D) Truly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deceptively. 15. Vb. wipe out, abolish, destroy A) Prevalent. B) Veracious. C) Eradicate. D) Aggravate. E) Impervious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eradicate. 16. Imply means: A) Insinuate. B) Thrive. C) Previous. D) Bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insinuate. 17. The hurricane caused great havoc in the islands. A) Winds. B) Treatment. C) Destruction. D) Immersion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destruction. 18. Mother Teresa's unselfish service remains a source of ..... for millions of people around the world. A) Inspiration. B) Hinge on[upon]. C) Futile. D) Foster. E) Eradicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspiration. 19. CONVENTIONAL means ..... A) Traditional. B) Unique. C) Modern. D) Contemporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional. 20. GET AT:To try to suggest something without saying it directlyWhich of the following is not the correct use of the words '' GET AT ''? A) What are you getting at? Was my presentation too long?. B) I'm just trying to get at the truth-not get anyone in trouble. C) I won't be able to get at from the office before 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm just trying to get at the truth-not get anyone in trouble. 21. INTERPRETATION doesn't have as a synonym the word: A) Understanding. B) Comprehension. C) Point of view. D) Play a character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play a character. 22. The giant Sequoia is found along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas. Giant means? A) High. B) Small. C) Enormous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enormous. 23. Halt A) Slow. B) Stop. C) Contract. D) Decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stop. 24. Crustaceans live mostly in ..... and have a ..... shell. A) Water hard. B) The desert hard. C) The desert soft. D) Water soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water hard. 25. After his speech appeared in print, appreciation for his words began to grow. Appeared means? A) Wrote. B) Showed. C) Published. D) None of above. 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