Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 30 docx

Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 30
1. Engineers are still trying to come up with a
commercially viable replacement for internal-combustion
engines.
D
(A) desirable
(B) derivable
(C) accessible
(D) feasible
2. Because of the extreme pressure underwater, divers
are often sluggish.
A
(A) slow
(B) hurt
(C) careful
(D) worried
3. Some stretches of Florida resemble West Africa.
B
(A) deal with
(B) look like
(C) allow immigration from
(D) restrict trade with
4. Feeling irritable may be a side effect of too much
medication.
B
(A) drowsy
(B) grouchy
(C) dizzy
(D) silly
5. How the ancient builders were able to raise the large
rocks that they used in constructing their pyramids and

cities is still an unanswered question.
D
(A) minerals
(B) pebbles
(C) gems
(D) boulders
6. Ron O’Neal received widespread acclaim for his acting
in productions of Dream on Monkey Moutain.
A
(A) recognition
(B) confidence
(C) reimbursement
(D) training
7. The manic depressive usually fluctuates between great
excitement and deep depression.
D
(A) recovers
(B) falls
(C) improves
(D) alternates
8. Every year, each households in the United States
discards approximately a ton of trash.
B
(A) filler
(B) garbage
(C) paper
(D) fuel
9. Our library’s bibliography is the clearest I have ever
seen.
A

(A) catalog
(B) reading room
(C) lay out
(D) directions
10. After attempting to join a religious order in 1862,
Auguste Rodin Afinally yielded to his inclination to pursue
an artistic career.
C
(A) resisted
(B) understood
(C) gave in to
(D) returned to
11. Mammoth Cave, in central Kentucky, contains several
subterranean lakes, rivers, and waterfalls.
A
(A) underground
(B) large
(C) deep
(D) freshwater
12. Some critics claim that links between academics and
biotechnology companies are a menace to unfettered
research.
C
(A) an incentive
(B) a nuisance
(C) a threat
(D) an invitation
13. Though it can sense the slightest touch anywhere on
the body, the brain itself is insensitive to pain.
D

(A) intellectualize
(B) reveal
(C) sensualize
(D) feel
14. The Titanic lies buried in its aqueous tomb.
A
(A) watery
(B) subterranean
(C) glorious
(D) unknown
15. Receptors for the sense of smell located at the top of
the nasal cavity.
A
(A) upper end
(B) inner end
(C) mouth
(D) division
16. A good auditorium will assure that the sound is able to
be heard.
C
(A) superior
(B) genuine
(C) audible
(D) contained