Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 38 pot

Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 38
1. Because of the new estimate of the value of our
homes, the taxes were much higher this year.
B
(A) grievance
(B) appraisal
(C) precepts
(D) creed
2. Because of our unusual techniques John decided to
disassociate himself from our program.
A
(A) separate
(B) join
(C) replace
(D) ignore
3. After the death of the famous artist, his widow donated
all his watercolors to the local museum.
A
(A) gave
(B) showed
(C) offered
(D) lent
4. What may be considered courteous in one culture may
be interpreted as arrogant in another.
C
(A) clumsy
(B) sleazy
(C) surly
(D) flimsy
5. The value of an old item increases with time.
C

(A) a facsimile
(B) a bonus
(C) an antique
(D) an original
6. Unless the population growth stabilizes,
environmentalists predict a worldwide starvation by the
year 2000 A.D.
A
(A) famine
(B) flood
(C) rebellion
(D) disease
7. Preservatives are added to bread to keep it from getting
stale.
C
(A) small
(B) flat
(C) old
(D) wet
8. The Ford Foundation is one of the world’s wealthiest
philanthropic organizations.
C
(A) profligate
(B) governmental
(C) humanitarian
(D) multinational
9. The new secretary is a paragon of virtue but not very
efficient.
D
(A) dissipater

(B) preacher
(C) disclaimer
(D) model
10. Many designers have cut skirts several inches in the
side, back, or front seams this year.
B
(A) slice
(B) slit
(C) chap
(D) shave
11. The chickadee is noted for its tameness and
quickness.
B
(A) audacity
(B) geniality
(C) agility
(D) irritability
12. The production of hot glass necessitates a fusion of
art and technology
C
(A) an explosion
(B) a nucleus
(C) a blending
(D) a combating
13. He was an exemplary prisoner despite his past
experience.
A
(A) model
(B) sample
(C) honest

(D) humble
14. If the crops are not irrigated soon, the harvest will be
sparse.
A
(A) watered
(B) plowed
(C) planted
(D) fertilized
15. His replies were inconsistent with his previous
testimony.
A
(A) contradicted
(B) incorporated
(C) were compatible with
(D) enhanced
16. They have been vacationing in the country recently.
C
(A) suddenly
(B) quietly
(C) lately
(D) formerly
17. After the rope had broken, the mountain climber was
left dangling freely.
A
(A) swinging
(B) falling
(C) sliding
(D) wrinkling
18. Sara Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in
recognition of Dr. Mayo’s outstanding humanitarianism.

C
(A) exhaustive
(B) charitable
(C) remarkable
(D) widespread
19. Children who are provided with positive feedback for
aggressiveness will incorporate this kind of conduct into
their standard stock of behaviors.
D
(A) repertory
(B) understanding
(C) bond
(D) lineage
20. The captain of a ship has the absolute right to jettison
cargo when necessary.
A
(A) discard
(B) sell
(C) destroy