Peterson’s master toefl vocabulary part 29 pptx

Practice Test 3 187
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25. The correct answer is (B). The phrase, “to
gear something to,” is to make something
suitable.
26. The correct answer is (A). A querulous
person finds something wrong with every-
thing.
27. The correct answer is (C). A rendezvous is
a meeting place. The word is also used to
describe a meeting, especially between lovers.
28. The correct answer is (D). To founder can
mean to trip or fall from great tiredness, but,
in this sentence, foundered is to fill up with
water and sink.
29. The correct answer is (B). A potent drug
has a strong effect or influence, making it
very powerful. The other answer choices do
not make a meaningful sentence.
30. The correct answer is (C). To regress is to
go backwards, usually to a worse condition.
31. The correct answer is (C). The other
answer choices make little sense, given the
subject matter of the sentence.
32. The correct answer is (C). The prefix
extra- means “out of.”
33. The correct answer is (D). A synonym
would be “moreover.”
34. The correct answer is (A). To infer is to come

to a conclusion based on some information.
35. The correct answer is (B). The other
answer choices do not make a meaningful
sentence.
36. The correct answer is (A). A garrulous
person talks too much.
37. The correct answer is (B). A forte is some-
thing that a person does well.
38. The correct answer is (C).
39. The correct answer is (C). A scrupulous
person is attentive to detail and correctness.
40. The correct answer is (D). To inter is to
bury.
41. The correct answer is (A). This is from the
Spanish “peccadillo.”
42. The correct answer is (C). An implicit
agreement is one that is implied or under-
stood, without being directly expressed.
43. The correct answer is (C).
44. The correct answer is (D). A vindictive
person seeks to harm another person.
45. The correct answer is (A). An interim is a
time period between events.
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