Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 14 docx

Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 14
1. Part of the county area was annexed to the city in
recent months.
A
(A) joined
(B) separated
(C) dispensed
(D) revoked
2. In a search to further his knowledge of the unknown,
man has explored the earth, the sea, and now, outer
space.
A
(A) quest
(B) colloquy
(C) fantasy
(D) documentary
3. Thomas Edison’s office was always disorganized with
books and papers.
A
(A) cluttered
(B) decorated
(C) sorted
(D) stacked
4. Mail service will be suspended during the postal
workers’ strike.
D
(A) inspected
(B) delayed
(C) uninterrupted
(D) curtailed
5. Neon is an element which does not combine readily

with any other element; because of this property, it is
called an inactive element.
A
(A) inert
(B) adjacent
(C) explicit
(D) obsolete
6. When Joan of Arc described her vision, her voice did
not hesitate.
B
(A) amplify
(B) falter
(C) dissolve
(D) mumble
7. Frontier settlements had to depend on the cavalry.
B
(A) visit
(B) trust
(C) meet
(D) help
8. Ralph Bunche won a Nobel Prize in 1950 for his
peacemaking efforts as a United Nations diplomat.
B
(A) requests
(B) attempts
(C) offers
(D) trips
9. Congress was hesitant to repeal the Prohibition Act.
C
(A) willing

(B) urged
(C) reluctant
(D) supposed
10. American children customarily go trick-or-treating on
Halloween.
B
(A) gaily
(B) traditionally
(C) readily
(D) inevitably