Tài liệu 3420 TOEIC Vocabulary meanings by Word part 15 ppt

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Test 123
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Q1 v. compel
(a) to hurry; to make haste; to act or move quickly; to cause to hurry
(b) to send a letter or other item via the postal service; to post
(c) to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance
(d) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand
Q2
v. recommend
(a) to endeavor; to try hard; to compete; to struggle; to resist
(b) to apply color to a surface; to put makeup on; to describe something in words
(c) to include; to hold back; to restrain; to keep under control
(d) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest
Q3 n. border
(a) large vessel made for sailing on the sea; aircraft; spacecraft
(b) the process of installing a newer and more powerful version of a software package or a piece of hardware
(c) boundary; edge; limit
(d) person who has been appointed; candidate
Q4 n. endorsement
(a) signature on a money order such as a check
(b) person who puts money into a project
(c) person who works with pipe and water systems
(d) person who purchases something; client; customer; shopper; purchaser
Q5 v. consider
(a) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account
(b) to place in; to put in; to add to
(c) to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise
(d) to make an application; to enter; to let something or someone enter
Q6 n. initial
(a) beginning letter of a person's first name; first letter (as of a word)

(b) ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or trade that requires special training
(c) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship
(d) paper used for writing letters
Q7 v. strengthen
(a) to make strong; to fortify; to reinforce; to toughen
(b) to grow older; to mature
(c) to have different opinions; to differ
(d) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect
Q8 v. mend
(a) to repair; to improve; to be improved
(b) to compel; to reinforce; to oblige; to coerce
(c) to plead; to request; to petition for a new trial or judgment
(d) to rent out property for a specific period of time; to let
Q9 v. adorn
(a) to modify; to adapt; to fit; to arrange; to settle
(b) to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for
(c) to support; to solidify; to strengthen
(d) to decorate; to beautify
Q10 adj. ostentatious
(a) same; identical; able; capable
(b) showy; pretentious; bombastic; pompous; garish
(c) composed of elastic material; made from caoutchouc
(d) begging; attractive; interesting
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Q1 adj. collectible
(a) rotating; one after the other; interchanging

(b) tenacious; stubborn; constant; continual; diligent
(c) payable; subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
(d) highest; prime; leading
Q2
adj. germane
(a) pertinent; relevant; connected
(b) unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great; amazing
(c) recent; common; prevalent; present; popular
(d) alert; clever; ingenious; skillful; adept
Q3 adj. guilty
(a) deserving of punishment; responsible
(b) doubtful; not reliable; ambiguous
(c) extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound
(d) intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral part; natural; inborn
Q4 adj. committed
(a) occurring at regular intervals; recurrent; cyclic; seasonal
(b) confusing; hard to understand; difficult; complex
(c) enough; adequate
(d) obligated; engaged; industrious; ambitious; loyal
Q5 adj. advance
(a) big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous
(b) short; concise
(c) beforehand
(d) of a skilled occupation; working in one of the skilled occupations
Q6 adj. large
(a) big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous
(b) confusing; hard to understand; difficult; complex
(c) using numbers; with numbers
(d) could be; might be; may be
Q7 adj. predictable

(a) brief; blunt; rude
(b) empty; unfilled; unoccupied; lacking expression
(c) terrible; awful; disgusting
(d) can be prophesied; can be foretold
Q8 adj. practical
(a) suitable; worthy of; qualified; entitled to; allowed
(b) exceptional; special; strange; odd; curious
(c) feasible; workable; applicable; useful; efficacious
(d) successive; uninterrupted; permanent
Q9 adj. crucial
(a) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad
(b) very important; critical; decisive; vital
(c) conquered; seized; filled; taken up; inhabited; populated
(d) new; fresh; late; of late times
Q10 adj. tremendous
(a) typical; characteristic; acting on behalf of another person or organization
(b) secured in a warehouse
(c) very great in numbers; huge; powerful
(d) easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain
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Test 125
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Q1 n. comparison
(a) risk; peril; hazard
(b) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization
(c) speaking ability; something that is communicated orally
(d) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness
Q2 n. special

(a) benefit; profit; utility; avail
(b) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal
(c) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition
(d) garbage; trash; waste
Q3 n. spy
(a) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people
(b) person who designs gardens or large areas
(c) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole
(d) necessity; obligation; command; order
Q4 n. logistics
(a) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location
(b) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need
(c) dossier; collection of documents on a subject; tool for smoothing surfaces; line; queue
(d) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation
Q5 n. defect
(a) statement; proclamation; announcement
(c) variety; difference; unlikeness
(b) deficiency; flaw
(d) public; large group of people; gathering
Q6 n. stage
(a) price; expense
(b) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; memo; protocol; memorandum
(c) device; system; machine; gadget; appliance
(d) raised platform; resting place on a journey; phase
Q7 n. response
(a) punctuality
(b) region; domain; field; category
(c) realization; performance; completion; gratification; satisfaction
(d) reply; answer; reaction
Q8 v. forward

(a) to convey passengers or cargo by boat across a small body of water
(b) to hold a party; to feast; to dine; to drink
(c) to send; to convey; to transmit; to promote; to advance
(d) to establish; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to start
Q9 n. nurse
(a) region; domain; field; category
(b) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor)
(c) clothing; garments; clothes; garb
(d) adequate amount; sufficient degree
Q10 n. preserve
(a) throw; team of actors; squint (of the eye)
(b) the level of monetary funding a company needs to run smoothly
(c) area of land set aside to protect natural resources and wildlife
(d) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)
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Test 126
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Q1 v. appropriate
(a) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into
(b) to focus; to pay attention
(c) to set aside; to allot; to adapt; to embrace; to accept
(d) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse
Q2
v. cement
(a) to obtain; to attain; to perform; to accomplish
(b) to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)
(c) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection
(d) to hand over to another nation or judicial authority

Q3 v. account
(a) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information
(b) to command; to request something; to arrange; to manage
(c) to explain; to give a report; to cause; to regard
(d) to make changes; to create something new; to invent
Q4 v. discount
(a) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume
(b) to warn; to notify of danger
(c) to defend; to save from harm; to watch over; to guard
(d) to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore
Q5 v. accredit
(a) to certify; to recognize; to assign; to license
(b) to join; to cause to become one
(c) to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at an advance opportunity
(d) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy
Q6 v. explain
(a) to give confidence; to promise; to pledge; to encourage
(b) to set free; to emancipate; to make available to the general public; to surrender
(c) to resuscitate; to bring back to life; to put into action again
(d) to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to describe; to define
Q7 n. ranches
(a) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression
(b) educator; teacher; trainer
(c) flat circular object
(d) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock
Q8 v. recruit
(a) to enlist or draft new members; to gain; to obtain; to procure
(b) to conduct; to guide; to direct; to influence
(c) to come to an end; to finish; to terminate
(d) to set going; to launch; to begin; to start

Q9 v. perform
(a) to locate
(b) to do; to carry out; to execute; to present; to arrange; to manage
(c) to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to heat and spice for drinking
(d) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract
Q10 v. collect
(a) to search for valuable materials (such as gold, oil, etc.)
(b) to choose; to pick out
(c) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments
(d) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply
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Test 127
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Q1 n. visitor
(a) afternoon party where a light meal is served
(c) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern
(b) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret
(d) guest; migrating bird
Q2 adj. including
(a) conspicuous; bulging outward; protruding; remarkable; noticeable
(b) having a thin edge intended for cutting; sudden; clear; smart
(c) comprising; containing; embracing
(d) of general expenses; general
Q3 n. visit
(a) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection
(b) act of providing; provision; reserve; stock
(c) outcome; compensation; counterbalance
(d) competition

Q4 n. subordinate
(a) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll
(b) one who is subservient; someone under the authority of another
(c) one who makes a journey
(d) vibrations that can be detected by the human ear; noise; vocal utterance
Q5 n. negligence
(a) representing; in support of
(b) rule; command; supervision; restraint
(c) formal question; exploration; questioning; investigation
(d) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)
Q6 n. timeliness
(a) person who is being asked questions; job candidate
(b) punctuality
(c) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school)
(d) creator; craftsman; skilled workman
Q7 v. carry out
(a) to pass something through an opening
(b) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct
(c) to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study
(d) to answer adequately or successfully
Q8 n. break
(a) trademark; type; make; variety; product name
(b) recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture; slouch; collapse
(c) fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration
(d) truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness
Q9 adj. placid
(a) pertaining to a minor
(b) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying
(c) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive
(d) serene; quiet; peaceful; tranquil; relaxed; calm

Q10 v. grain
(a) read superficially; to cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid
(b) to give; to match; to fit; to complement
(c) to crumble into granules
(d) to disapprove; to censure; to find fault
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Test 128
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Q1 adj. suspect
(a) doubtful; dubious
(b) competent; talented; apt
(c) staying in a particular place; not migratory; intrinsic; existing
(d) moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise; strict; exact
Q2 adj. responsive
(a) marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture
(b) answering; reacting (esp. positively or sympathetically)
(c) straight; forthright; clear
(d) skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced
Q3 adj. generous
(a) certain; sure of oneself; composed
(b) solemn; acute; critical; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim
(c) benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful
(d) sublime; exalted; superior
Q4 adj. outstanding
(a) full; packed; crammed together
(c) right away; shortly; at once; without delay
(b) excellent; conspicuous; prominent; due
(d) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless

Q5 adj. previous
(a) earlier; antecedent; hasty; premature
(b) firm; wealthy; influential; important; considerable
(c) occurring at fixed intervals; normal; usual; ordinary; common
(d) equivalent to; equal to
Q6 adj. adult
(a) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous
(b) estimable; determinable; assessable
(c) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling
(d) mature; full grown
Q7
adj. extraordinary
(a) commercial; of commerce
(c) unusual
(b) certain; sure of oneself; composed
(d) proficient; skilled; expert
Q8 adj. motive
(a) of reason or cause; inspiring to action
(b) sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible; fashionable; unique
(c) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions
(d) pertaining to a minor
Q9
adj. flexible
(a) intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral part; natural; inborn
(b) channeled; centralized
(c) external
(d) elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable
Q10 adj. arbitrary
(a) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive
(b) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable

(c) predicted; expected; anticipated
(d) optional; uncertain; changeable; open; unrestricted
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Test 129
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Q1 n. exit
(a) hold; understanding; knowledge; realization
(b) assembly; board; group of people (gathered to advise, plan, etc.)
(c) a charge imposed and collected
(d) passage that leads out
Q2
n. waiter
(a) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
(b) progress; advance
(c) one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub
(d) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble
Q3 n. injury
(a) comprehensive inquiry; extensive investigation of a subject
(b) trees that have been sawed into rough planks; useless items that been put in storage
(c) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult
(d) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas
Q4 n. institution
(a) relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar; asphalt; throw
(b) organization; custom; convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society
(c) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement
(d) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure
Q5 n. overtime
(a) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work

(b) quarrel; disagreement; argument
(c) cipher; collection of instructions of the law
(d) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions
Q6 n. supervisor
(a) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks
(b) overseer; director; manager
(c) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation
(d) concern; fear; misfortune; distress
Q7 n. photograph
(a) business; commerce; barter; occupation
(b) luggage; cargo; things to take on a trip; equipment
(c) exercise; assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned
(d) picture; snapshot; image
Q8 n. extension
(a) textile; weave; structure; framework; construction
(b) something that is out of the ordinary; anomaly; objection; opposition
(c) expansion; branch of a telephone network; supplement; reprieve
(d) enjoyment; amusement; entertainment; delight; joy
Q9 n. process
(a) specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece
(b) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas
(c) routine; course of action; advance; summons to court
(d) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship
Q10 n. legacy
(a) inheritance; bequest; something handed down from one's ancestors
(b) apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme
(c) product; item; asset; benefit
(d) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)
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Q1 v. supplement
(a) to make up for a deficiency; to add on to
(b) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose
(c) to buy; to acquire in exchange for money; to procure; to obtain
(d) to refer to; to comment on; to draw attention to
Q2
v. couple
(a) to connect; to join; to link
(b) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink
(c) to load with goods; to load; to weigh down; to send as cargo
(d) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict
Q3 v. diet
(a) to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to break into
(b) to limit the amount of food eaten; to eat only certain kinds of food
(c) to cut with a toothed blade
(d) to equip with devices for measuring, recording, or controlling
Q4 v. except
(a) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume
(b) to dress; to adorn wear
(c) to exclude; to leave out; to skip; to protest; to object
(d) to emphasize
Q5 v. board
(a) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction
(b) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments
(c) to put to practical use; to take advantage of
(d) to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane, ship, bus, etc.)
Q6 v. capture

(a) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot
(b) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain
(c) to disapprove; to censure; to find fault
(d) to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition
Q7 v. comprehend
(a) to measure time; to register on a time piece
(b) to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to barter
(c) to demand; to emphasize firmly; to request firmly; to require; to persevere
(d) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive
Q8 adj. paramount
(a) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important
(b) relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional; contingent
(c) well-versed; proficient; skilled
(d) common; widespread; current
Q9 adj. inanimate
(a) frail; feeble; faint; dilute; watery
(b) concentrated; focused; observant; polite; caring
(c) lifeless; spiritless
(d) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions
Q10 v. initial
(a) to sign using the first letter or letters of a name
(b) to discover; to discern; to find out
(c) to make a remark; to explain; to write an explanatory note
(d) to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit
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Test 131
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Q1 v. privilege

(a) to fit; to match; to satisfy; to please; to clothe
(b) to grant special rights; to give special advantages or benefits
(c) to recompense someone for a service
(d) to alter; to replace; to become different
Q2
v. lack
(a) to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to tolerate
(b) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust
(c) to search for valuable materials (such as gold, oil, etc.)
(d) to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to need; to want
Q3 v. discern
(a) read superficially; to cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid
(b) to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better than
(c) to furnish; to equip; to make up for; to compensate for; to substitute for temporarily
(d) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate
Q4 v. cash
(a) to exchange a check (or another money order) for coins and bank notes; to redeem
(b) to receive; to agree; to consent
(c) to amass; to accumulate; to supply; to equip
(d) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to
Q5 n. performance
(a) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset
(b) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency
(c) public; large group of people; gathering
(d) show; presentation; execution; act; deed
Q6 n. housing
(a) lodging; dwelling
(b) itemized list; index; directory
(c) deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark from a check box (Computers)
(d) rivalry; contest; act of competing against another

Q7 n. auditorium
(a) financial framework; financial plan
(b) automated device used for selling items
(c) large room used for lectures; talks, performances and other events
(d) trade; skill; occupation; boat; plane
Q8 adj. familiar
(a) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known
(b) entire; complete; absolute
(c) lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary
(d) allowed; eligible; having the right to something
Q9 n. slash
(a) punctuation mark in the form of a diagonal line (/); reduction; decrease
(b) training
(c) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)
(d) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee
Q10 n. record
(a) totality; completeness; entirety
(b) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ
(c) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions
(d) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame
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Q1 adj. brokered
(a) negotiated by an intermediary; settled through a middleman
(b) benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful
(c) foreign; abroad
(d) simulated; feigned; make-believe

Q2 adj. unjudged
(a) skilled; able; proficient; adept
(b) common; widespread; current
(c) objective
(d) just; reasonable; handsome; light colored; clean; clear
Q3 adj. fellow
(a) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously
(b) itemized; marked by thoroughness in treating small items or parts
(c) having membership in; belonging to (a group, academic organization, etc.); of the same type
(d) containing nothing; without people; without contents; hollow; meaningless
Q4 adj. global
(a) hurt; wounded; insulted; offended; damaged
(b) suitable; appropriate; intelligent; savvy; capable
(c) worldwide; universal; of the whole world
(d) basic; elemental; essential
Q5 adj. alive
(a) not the same; unusual; distinctive
(b) lifeless; spiritless
(c) active; attentive
(d) allowed; eligible; having the right to something
Q6 adj. independent
(a) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior
(b) not guilty; pure; simple; naive; unsophisticated; harmless
(c) free; autonomous; sovereign; self-reliant; self-sufficient
(d) attentive; conscious of
Q7 adj. additional
(a) extra; supplemental
(c) honest; straightforward; open; frank
(b) back; hind
(d) ready for use; attainable; present; vail

Q8 adj. earnest
(a) characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated
(b) serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager
(c) special; unique; different
(d) elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable
Q9 adj. maximum
(a) valuable; unique; outstanding; award-winning
(b) greatest; most; utmost; highest
(c) serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous; harsh; strict
(d) being one fourth; having four equal parts
Q10 adj. relevant
(a) excellent; having superior characteristics; fine
(b) pertinent; related; connected to the current subject
(c) simple; basic
(d) special; unique; different
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