Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 21 potx

Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 21
1. In order to assure that no infection will occur, a surgeon
must wash his hands and arms with an antiseptic soap
prior to operating.
A
(A) scrub
(B) crib
(C) club
(D) grab
2. The new manager’s aggressive behavior soon turned
all the employees against him.
C
(A) shy
(B) depressed
(C) hostile
(D) unstable
3. The fort now known as Fort McHenry was built prior to
the War of 1812 to guard Baltimore harbor.
B
(A) mansion
(B) garrison
(C) tower
(D) museum
4. In the play “The Devil and Daniel Webster”, the retorts
attributed to Webster may be more fiction than history.
A
(A) replies
(B) advice
(C) behavior
(D) possessions
5. From an airplane, the grasslands of the western praire

appear almost as uniform as a placid sea.
D
(A) fake
(B) seedy
(C) hilly
(D) calm
6. Poet Emma Lazarus is perhaps best known for having
written the sonnet inscribes on the pedestal of the Statue
of Liberty.
B
(A) inside
(B) base
(C) torch
(D) replica
7. Bread has been a staple of the human diet since
prehistoric times.
B
(A) great delicacy
(B) basic part
(C) fastener
(D) highlight
8. The habitat of an animal should be large enough to
yield copious supply of food.
C
(A) a solid
(B) an indefinite
(C) a plentiful
(D) an elaborate
9. Did you remember to fill the thermos?
B

(A) jug
(B) flask
(C) tank
(D) battery
10. Speech difficulties may sometimes be overcome if a
person is shown where to place the tongue and teeth to
make sounds.
D
(A) identified
(B) minimized
(C) surmised
(D) surmounted
11. The General Motors Corporation is the principal
industry in Pontiac, Michigan.
A
(A) chief
(B) oldest
(C) earliest
(D) automotive
12. Feather pillows are softer than foam pillows.
A
(A) fluffier
(B) hazier
(C) hastier
(D) handier
13. After the tremendous improvements of recent years,
the hugeness of the first computers is almost shocking to
us today.
D
(A) slowness

(B) primitive appearance
(C) ugliness
(D) vast size
14. When he was director of the company, his first
accomplishment was to bring about better working
conditions.
B
(A) accumulation
(B) achievement
(C) defeat
(D) job
15. The flowers on the table were a manifestation of the
child’s love for his mother.
A
(A) a demonstration
(B) an infestation
(C) a combination
(D) a satisfaction