This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Vocabulary – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She was overcome by ..... at the check-out counter when she discovered she had left her wallet at home. A) Anger. B) Poverty. C) Challenge. D) Embarrassment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embarrassment. 2. Hesitate means: A) Dude. B) Put up with; bear. C) To benefit. D) Convey; communicate; express. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dude. 3. Tides are caused by the ..... of the Moon's gravity. (A) tangle (B) torrent (C) tug A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 4. The dying man's speech was so ..... that no one was able to interpret his last request. A) Indiscreet. B) Incoherent. C) Nonchalant. D) Impotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incoherent. 5. China was displeased with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a political ..... A) Dissident. B) Contest. C) Contemporary. D) Configuration. E) Bliss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissident. 6. Choose the antonym for the word 'obsolete': A) Current. B) Modern. C) Contemporary. D) Updated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Current. 7. It took the firefighters several hours to ..... the flames over the houses. A) Poultry. B) Curves. C) Extinguish. D) Extinction. E) Distant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extinguish. 8. A:I miss my girlfriend so much. I wish she did not break up with me. B:It's OK. You will eventually ..... A) Get over it. B) Get under it. C) Get around it. D) Get up to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get over it. 9. Due to the astounding progress of integrated-circuit technology, an enormous number of transistors can be placed onto a single integrated-circuit chip.The word astounding in the passage is closest in meaning to A) Astonishing. B) Rapid. C) Solid. D) Resilient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astonishing. 10. What is the meaning of CHIEFLY? A) The most important, the most common. B) Less important, less common. C) The boss. D) Uncommon . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most important, the most common. 11. Thought or belief about something or someone A) Contrast. B) Opinion. C) Support. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opinion. 12. Can a selfish person be ..... sometimes? A) Altruistic. B) Adage. C) Tangible. D) Stimulate. E) Sophisticated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Altruistic. 13. In the United States, citizens are ..... to vote at the age of eighteen. A) Essential. B) Elderly. C) Eligible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eligible. 14. The island falls under the ..... of South Korea. A) Jurisdiction. B) Instigate. C) Imminent. D) Fortification. E) Exorbitant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jurisdiction. 15. Phenomena A) Onset. B) Event. C) Experience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Event. 16. Select the synonym for "precarious" . A) Secure. B) Exalted. C) Uncertain. D) Important. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncertain. 17. Workmen at the refinery find that the smell of oil goes through their clothes. Goes through means ..... A) Circumnavigates. B) Permeates. C) Collates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permeates. 18. A group of insurance ..... arrived at the scene of the accident to talk to their customers. A) Representative. B) Renegade. C) Prudent. D) Piecemeal. E) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative. 19. Assign a task to A) Register. B) Task. C) Publish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Register. 20. What's the meaning of Intervene? A) A small amount of something that is not enough. B) To come between people, objects, or an event and change what is happening. C) Easily becoming angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come between people, objects, or an event and change what is happening. 21. Complete the phrase:Walk more quickly, you're ..... A) Ranking. B) Lagging. C) Colliding. D) Enduring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lagging. 22. What's the meaning of Hierarchy? A) To guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain. B) A system for organizing people according to their status in a society, organization, or other group. C) To provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A system for organizing people according to their status in a society, organization, or other group. 23. The best students know that to ..... good grades, they have to study every day. A) ACHIEVE. B) ACCURATE. C) ACCESS. D) ACQUIRE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ACHIEVE. 24. Frown upon:To not approve of somethingWhich one is NOT the correct use of the words "frow upon" A) She frown upon five children. B) In her family, any expression of feeling was frowned upon. C) Failure to attend classes is frowned upon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She frown upon five children. 25. Fleet is a ..... A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesToefl Vocabulary Quiz 1Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 2Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 3Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 4Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 5Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 6Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 7Toefl Vocabulary Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books