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Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 17
1. Because the details of the project were rather hazy, we
decided to reject the proposal.
D
(A) dubious
(B) unobtainable
(C) lucrative
(D) vague
2. An immature teenager may start smoking in order to
appear older.
B
(A) shy
(B) juvenile
(C) naive
(D) insecure
3. For your safety and the safety of others, always pay
attention to traffic signals.
B
(A) overlook
(B) heed
(C) glance at
(D) repair
4. Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very inquisitive
mind; at the age of three he performed his first
experiment.
D
(A) complex
(B) brilliant
(C) mature
(D) curious
5. The Morrill Act of 1862 authorized the states to use

federal lands for the establishment of colleges that would
offer programs in agriculture and the mechanical arts.
C
(A) challenged
(B) persuaded
(C) empowered
(D) invited
6. It is better to try to change things than to complain
about them.
C
(A) ramble
(B) straddle
(C) grumble
(D) dangle
7. The degree to which heat affects tennis players’
performance depends in part on the level of humidity.
A
(A) extent
(B) temperature
(C) height
(D) strength
8. Alexander Hamilton remained adamantly opposed to
the policies of John Adams throughout the latter’s
presidency.
C
(A) admirably
(B) strongly
(C) inflexibly
(D) manfully
9. The company has decided to offer incentives in the

hope of increasing productivity.
A
(A) inducements
(B) training
(C) promotions
(D) bonuses
10. The superintendent was the principal speaker at the
school board meeting.
B
(A) only
(B) main
(C) outstanding
(D) strongest
11. The calf of the human leg contains seven muscles.
A
(A) includes
(B) requires
(C) makes use of
(D) depends on
12. After a long, hard struggle, we gradually succeeded in
having people accept the truth of our theory.
A
(A) slowly
(B) momentarily
(C) suddenly
(D) graciously
13. After the drops were placed in the patient’s eyes, his
pupils became dilated.
A
(A) enlarged

(B) smaller
(C) irritated
(D) sensible
14. The coroner was able to extract a minute particle of
cloth from under the victim’s fingernail.
A
(A) infinitesimal
(B) significant
(C) large
(D) short
15. The test site region encompassed a ten-square-mile
area.
D
(A) overlooked
(B) owned
(C) surveyed
(D) encircled
16. After an unhappy love affair, Emily Dickinson lived like
a person apart from society, shut away in her family
home in Amherst, Massachusetts.
C
(A) a heroine
(B) a beggar
(C) a recluse
(D) an invalid
17. A cut in the budget put 10 percent of the state
employees’ jobs in jeopardy.
D
(A) range
(B) review

(C) perspective
(D) danger
18. The eight survivor subsisted for four days and nights
on sea biscuits and mere gulps of water.
D
(A) subscribed
(B) misled
(C) wandered
(D) endured
19. Ralph Nader headed the organization called Public
Citizen, Inc. from 1971 to 1980.
B
(A) moved
(B) directed
(C) turned
(D) toiled for
20. General acceptance of 3-D films may prove hard to
come by, as the experience of three decades ago
indicated.
A
(A) obtain
(B) explain
(C) understand
(D) discern