342 toeic vocabulary tests meanings by word episode 1 part 8

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Test 228
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 228
Q1 n. carrier
(a) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck
(b) citation; passage taken from another source; reference; commercial offer; statement of price
(c) something that continues for many years
(d) abrasion; cut; score of zero; cash; money (Slang)
Q2
n. economy
(a) vagueness; lack of clarity
(b) something which is opposite
(c) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw
(d) management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift; careful spending
Q3 n. offender
(a) customer; buyer; computer that serves as a terminal
(b) one who makes or alters garments
(c) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults
(d) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected
Q4 n. affiliate
(a) partner company; distributor
(b) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson
(c) arrangement; plan; sketch; drawing; something which has been arranged
(d) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication
Q5 n. agenda
(a) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him
(b) type of fuel; gasoline
(c) happening; event; incident
(d) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done
Q6 n. pipe
(a) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others

(b) close examination; scrutinizing look
(c) tube; trachea; flute; toot
(d) something which has been bought; act of buying
Q7 n. option
(a) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle
(b) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal
(c) choice; alternative; possibility; selection; election
(d) person who is tested; candidate
Q8 n. breadth
(a) width; broadness
(b) separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed
(c) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out
(d) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain
Q9 n. damage
(a) arrangement; instruction; command; request for something
(b) establisher; organization or channel; person who gives authorization to operate a channel
(c) piece of paper; attendant; servant
(d) injury; harm
Q10 n. campaign
(a) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry
(b) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal
(c) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management
(d) person who puts money into a project
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Test 229
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 229
Q1 v. dispense
(a) to operate; to activate; to manage; to direct; to carry out; to fulfill

(b) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out
(c) to make circular shape
(d) to create or adapt for a particular need or desire
Q2
v. remember
(a) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection
(b) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort
(c) to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to commit
(d) to pack; to crate; to box
Q3 v. broadcast
(a) to fight with fists; to put crates
(b) to divide; to separate; to be divided; to allocate
(c) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise
(d) to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to indicate
Q4 v. destroy
(a) to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase
(b) to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust
(c) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list
(d) to pull; to drag
Q5 v. receive
(a) to support; to inspire; to give hope
(b) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate
(c) to duplicate; to imitate
(d) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account
Q6 v. boost
(a) to cushion; to fill; to fill out; to walk; to go by foot
(b) to reward; to reimburse; to pay back; to make up for
(c) to store in a warehouse
(d) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift
Q7 n. pollution

(a) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction
(b) transmission; dispatch; radio program
(c) soldier of the three lowest military ranks
(d) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage
Q8 v. receipt
(a) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale
(b) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)
(c) to accept; to belief; to hug; to hold tight
(d) to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the affections of someone
Q9 v. party
(a) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate
(b) to put; to lay; to lodge; to nominate; to appoint
(c) to celebrate
(d) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram
Q10 v. sample
(a) to draw attention; to captivate; to fascinate
(b) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction
(c) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of
(d) to take a small portion of something as a specimen
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Test 230
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 230
Q1 v. fare
(a) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability
(b) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink
(c) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate
(d) to cipher
Q2

n. prerogative
(a) chance; occasion; favorable time to act
(b) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body
(c) joining; union; an ordered sequence
(d) right; special privilege
Q3 v. come along
(a) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly
(b) to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to collect; to compile
(c) to reach; to achieve; to fulfill; to realize (a goal, purpose, etc.)
(d) to accompany someone; to appear; to advance; to succeed
Q4 conj. however
(a) up to the time which
(b) but; in spite of; despite
(c) precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases
(d) in what way?
Q5 n. briefcase
(a) function; utilization; benefit; advantage; consumption
(b) advice; person who gives advice; attorney; lawyer
(c) act of redoing something
(d) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers
Q6 n. complaint
(a) instructional booklet; handbook
(b) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money
(c) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)
(d) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base
Q7 n. renovation
(a) commonplace activity; everyday task; habit; custom; practice
(b) secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people
(c) agreement; pact; deal
(d) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition

Q8 adj. compatible
(a) managerial; overseeing
(b) superior; supreme; above all; of the highest rank; most important
(c) congruous
(d) creative; new; original
Q9 n. halt
(a) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods
(b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey
(c) television or radio advertisement
(d) person who belongs to an organization or group; part; organ
Q10 v. litter
(a) to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to examine
(b) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb
(c) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder
(d) to find the answer to; to explain
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Test 231
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 231
Q1 n. fine
(a) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication
(b) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money
(c) tool; implement; device; appliance; agent; means
(d) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week
Q2 n. convention
(a) conference; routine; custom; treaty
(c) accomplishment; fulfillment
(b) period of one hundred years
(d) happening; event; incident

Q3 n. novel
(a) partner company; distributor
(b) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story
(c) representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify
(d) identifying characteristic
Q4 n. incentive
(a) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement
(b) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank
(c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation
(d) fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration
Q5 n. period
(a) punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; season
(b) official institution; agency; power; control; jurisdiction
(c) height; distance above sea level
(d) quarrel; disagreement; argument
Q6 n. raise
(a) not many; some; several; small number of
(b) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose
(c) increase in salary; wage increase
(d) opposition; appeal; denial; protest
Q7 n. session
(a) meeting; assembly; term; semester
(b) release; approval; washing
(c) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government
(d) synopsis; general survey; introduction
Q8 n. source
(a) origin; starting point
(b) problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of worry
(c) portable personal computer; laptop computer
(d) strength; power; force; bravery

Q9 n. attendant
(a) property; site; area; grounds; building with the grounds belonging to it
(b) misgiving; lack of certainty
(c) decline; reduction; lessening
(d) steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others
Q10 n. onus
(a) time free from work other demands and duties; free time; rest; recreation
(b) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame
(c) act of going around; avoidance; evasion
(d) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level
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Test 232
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 232
Q1 v. dismiss
(a) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on
(b) to delete; to skip over; to neglect
(c) to send away; to fire; to release; to free
(d) eject; drive out; banish
Q2 v. kit
(a) to equip; to outfit with supplies
(b) to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend incorrectly
(c) to stay somewhere temporarily; to make an official inspection
(d) to provide additional details; to plan carefully and with great detail; to produce; to develop
Q3 v. prioritize
(a) to organize according to importance
(b) to convey; to relocate; to hand over; to pass on
(c) to comply; to conform; to follow; to agree
(d) to bother; to trouble; to disturb; to upset

Q4 v. average
(a) to take a small portion of something as a specimen
(b) to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to turn into
(c) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio
(d) to have a mean of a certain amount
Q5 v. create
(a) to calculate; to figure; to estimate
(b) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture
(c) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage
(d) to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about
Q6 v. mortgage
(a) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way
(b) to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire
(c) to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to influence; to encourage
(d) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate
Q7 n. information
(a) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board
(b) knowledge; intelligence; data
(c) money in the form of coins and bank notes
(d) person who foretells future events; weatherman
Q8 v. guide
(a) to refine; to improve; to complete; to make faultless
(b) to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle
(c) to gather together; to group together; to press in
(d) to direct; to lead; to instruct
Q9 v. piece
(a) to partition; to be partitioned
(c) to join parts together; to attach segments
(b) to deliver without charge
(d) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure

Q10 v. forecast
(a) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal
(b) to disregard; to ignore; to forget to perform (a duty); to shirk; to abandon
(c) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell
(d) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole
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Test 233
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 233
Q1 v. attire
(a) to dress; to put on clothes
(b) to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate
(c) to make into a city
(d) to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage
Q2
v. pressure
(a) to apply force or weight; to push; to stress
(b) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward
(c) to inform; to direct; to guide; to command; to order; to educate
(d) to impede; to obstruct; to hinder; to meddle
Q3 v. remind
(a) to cause to remember
(b) to measure time; to register on a time piece
(c) to rent; to inhabit; to occupy
(d) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct
Q4 v. trail
(a) to give; to grant; to judge; to rule
(b) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice
(c) to examine

(d) to follow; to drag; to tow
Q5 v. mistake
(a) to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse
(b) to relate to; to deal with; to process; to pay for
(c) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate
(d) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate
Q6 n. earnings
(a) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done
(b) place where an event occurs; vista; view
(c) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement
(d) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income
Q7 n. journalist
(a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent
(b) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device
(c) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.)
(d) outcome; compensation; counterbalance
Q8 adj. present
(a) exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying
(b) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times
(c) impersonating; putting on a false appearance; feigning; arrogant; haughty
(d) simple; basic
Q9 v. course
(a) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require
(b) to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race
(c) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote
(d) to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to damage
Q10 v. labor
(a) to continue; to suffice; to endure; to persist
(b) to mint; to invent a new word or phrase
(c) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of

(d) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard
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Test 234
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 234
Q1 n. daily
(a) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week
(b) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
(c) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.)
(d) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation
Q2 n. competitor
(a) rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who participates in a contest
(b) letter of recommendation
(c) overseer; director; manager
(d) group of twenty items; debt; account; bill; grade on a test
Q3 n. relationship
(a) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)
(b) connection; association; closeness
(c) commercial center of a city; business distract
(d) entering into the feelings of another; sympathy; vicarious emotion; understanding
Q4 n. resist
(a) protective coating
(c) business; commerce; barter; occupation
(b) location; description of a location
(d) word or phrase functioning as a noun
Q5 n. will
(a) make-up; constitution; essay
(b) comment; observation; notice
(c) attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully

(d) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property
Q6 n. car
(a) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride
(b) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order
(c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation
(d) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; job
Q7 n. basis
(a) means of connection; link; joint; connected group
(b) one fourth; neighborhood; coin worth 25 cents; period of three months; district
(c) partner; fellow worker; co-worker; friend
(d) foundation; grounding
Q8 v. coordinate
(a) to clarify; to explain; to approve
(b) to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to contrive; to think up
(c) to arrange in proper order
(d) to inspect; to supervise; to miss; to omit; to ignore; to excuse
Q9 v. prolong
(a) to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to place in reserve
(b) to extend; to lengthen
(c) to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate
(d) to plead; to request; to petition for a new trial or judgment
Q10 n. straight
(a) negative tendency (especially in economy or business)
(b) line that is not curved; section that is not curved
(c) person or company that produces and distributes printed material
(d) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc.
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Test 235

TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 235
Q1 v. arrive
(a) to give; to contribute; to grant; to bestow
(b) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons
(c) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize
(d) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed
Q2
v. clear
(a) to direct; to lead; to instruct
(b) to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain
(c) to clarify; to explain; to approve
(d) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly
Q3 v. validate
(a) to confirm; to sanction; to legalize
(b) to divide; to split
(c) to bill; to charge
(d) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden
Q4 v. posture
(a) to pretend; to feign
(b) to alter; to replace; to become different
(c) to confess to something; to allow entrance; to accept as valid
(d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem
Q5 v. regress
(a) to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a connection
(b) to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated; to fail; opposite of to win
(c) to move backward; to go back; to return to a previous condition
(d) to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad
Q6 v. drill
(a) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows
(b) to make better; to increase in quality; to enhance; to develop

(c) to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb; to perceive
(d) to control; to rule; to command
Q7 v. quote
(a) to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or malfunction
(b) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information
(c) to cite; to state a price; to offer a price
(d) to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to sell; to trade
Q8 v. proliferate
(a) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out
(b) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison
(c) to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to thrive; to grow quickly
(d) to control; to arrange; to put in order
Q9 v. complete
(a) to make whole; to finish; to perfect
(b) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential
(c) to meet; to assemble to gather; to get together
(d) to fight with fists; to put crates
Q10 v. express
(a) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true
(b) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract
(c) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise
(d) to celebrate
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Test 236
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 236
Q1 n. shortage
(a) topic; subject; matter; question; problem; publication
(b) introduction; foreword; opening statement

(c) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency
(d) realization; carrying out; performing; putting into effect; execution
Q2 n. catering
(a) boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle
(b) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation
(c) pact; treaty; connection; relationship
(d) business of supplying and servicing food
Q3 v. look over
(a) to make familiar; to present someone; to introduce someone
(b) to examine
(c) to suggest indirectly; to hint; to infer; to mean; to import
(d) to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to endure; to withstand
Q4 n. franchisor
(a) readiness; agreeableness
(c) magazine; journal
(b) person who has the right to grant a license
(d) group of people working together; team
Q5 adj. dismal
(a) gentle; good-hearted; understanding; compassionate
(b) capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding; practical
(c) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad
(d) decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled; despicable
Q6 n. grade
(a) cameraman; person who takes pictures
(b) mail manager, person responsible for managing electronic mail on a network (Computers)
(c) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school)
(d) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side
Q7 n. president
(a) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor
(b) mutual connection (between two or more things); similarity; parallel

(c) head; leader; chairman; chief
(d) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture
Q8 v. resist
(a) to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to assist
(b) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand
(c) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to
(d) to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to set aside for future consideration
Q9 v. warehouse
(a) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate
(b) to charge; to announce; to advertise
(c) to partition; to be partitioned
(d) to store in a large building
Q10 n. venture
(a) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome
(b) indicator; something used to point; hand on a clock; clue; advice
(c) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope
(d) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement
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Test 237
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 237
Q1 n. involvement
(a) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.)
(b) region; district; zone; area; domain
(c) security deposit
(d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation
Q2
n. flaw
(a) defect; imperfection; crack; strong gust or wind

(b) action or instance in which the ball or puck is prevented from entering the goal
(c) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.)
(d) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation
Q3 n. clearance
(a) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work
(b) remark; note; statement; explanation
(c) release; approval; washing
(d) caution; advice about danger; advance notice
Q4 n. clip
(a) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video
(b) person who holds public position; authority
(c) money (in a bank account); trust; confidence; respect
(d) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits
Q5 n. misunderstanding
(a) incorrect interpretation
(b) slight difference; subtle distinction
(c) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side
(d) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude
Q6 n. sales
(a) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service
(b) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.)
(c) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry
(d) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid
Q7 n. brake
(a) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality
(b) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle
(c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided
(d) conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability
Q8 n. last
(a) knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through

(b) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight
(c) mark; objective; aim; object; goal
(d) dividend; perk; monetary gift
Q9 n. interior
(a) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total
(b) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender
(c) inside a building; inland section of a country
(d) richness; prosperity; capital; fortune; abundance
Q10 n. dictate
(a) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder
(b) ruling principle; command; decree
(c) force of movement; strength or motivation derived from an initial effort
(d) rope; cord; link; connection; equal score in a game
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Test 238
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 238
Q1 v. decline
(a) to pass something through an opening
(b) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall
(c) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent
(d) to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project; to protrude
Q2
v. talk
(a) to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to lecture; to reveal secret information
(b) to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish
(c) to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat and drink
(d) to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to substantiate
Q3 v. imagine

(a) to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to assume
(b) to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to channel
(c) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business)
(d) to follow
Q4 v. remark
(a) to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse
(b) to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate
(c) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say
(d) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of
Q5 v. track
(a) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device
(b) to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with power
(c) to locate
(d) to follow
Q6 v. lend
(a) to interest; to amuse; to host
(b) to make or to fit according to individual needs or desires; to personalize; to individualize
(c) to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to connect to
(d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate
Q7 v. career
(a) to evolve; to make to progress; to grow professionally; to develop; to speed
(b) to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to finance again
(c) to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows
(d) to bind; to fasten with a rope or cord
Q8 v. weight
(a) to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to market goods
(b) to pretend; to feign
(c) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller
(d) to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem
Q9 v. cure

(a) to incline; to slant upward or downward; to cause to tilt
(b) to restore to health; to make well; to correct a bad habit; to preserve food
(c) to withdraw from a position (usually due to old age); go into seclusion; to withdraw
(d) to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)
Q10 v. contract
(a) to confirm; to license; to authorize
(b) to appeal; to summon; to invoke; to implore
(c) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain
(d) to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to grade; to classify; to sort
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Test 239
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 239
Q1 n. grooming
(a) person who installs or maintains wiring systems
(b) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)
(c) process of making neat and attractive
(d) proof; something which proves or disproves
Q2
n. retail
(a) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor
(b) sale of products to final consumers; sale of goods to end users
(c) act of acquainting one person with another; preface
(d) perception of flavor; sense; reason
Q3 v. default
(a) to delete; to skip over; to neglect
(b) to leaf through a book; to surf Internet websites
(c) to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court
(d) to assign to a particular post or position; to appoint

Q4 n. resident
(a) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location
(b) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway
(c) quality of being clearly seen
(d) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty
Q5 n. agreement
(a) applicant; nominee; examinee
(b) location; position; standing; role; function
(c) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence
(d) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)
Q6 adj. exclusive
(a) not healthful; not clean
(b) main; major; chief; principal
(c) sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible; fashionable; unique
(d) supplementary; auxiliary; secondary; lesser in importance
Q7 n. chop
(a) adviser; counselor; person who guides and teaches; spiritual instructor
(b) seal; trademark
(c) act of redoing something
(d) security; warranty; pledge; assurance
Q8 n. drill
(a) representative; rep; factor; cause
(b) decline; reduction; lessening
(c) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow
(d) result; outcome; impact; trick; natural phenomenon
Q9 n. collateral
(a) request for one's presence; summons; call
(b) security deposit
(c) devotion to a certain habit; dependency
(d) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message

Q10 adj. immediately
(a) right away; shortly; at once; without delay
(b) pedantic; cautious concerning minute details; scrupulous
(c) advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future; progressive
(d) arranged in divisions; divisional; concerning an office
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Test 240
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 240
Q1 n. gift
(a) present; talent; offering
(b) large container; tank; tub
(c) insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid
(d) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship
Q2
n. logo
(a) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization
(b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments
(c) netting attached to a woman's hat
(d) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected
Q3 n. cancellation
(a) detention; imprisonment
(b) refuse; trash; disorder
(c) nullification; termination; revocation
(d) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected
Q4 n. pile
(a) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out
(b) deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury; act of freeing from risk
(c) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee

(d) telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim; need
Q5 n. aircraft
(a) afternoon party where a light meal is served
(b) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter)
(c) selection; choice; assortment; accumulation
(d) toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate
Q6 n. confirmation
(a) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay
(b) border; limit; obstacle; barricade
(c) quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a function reoccurs
(d) formal approval; proof; verification; religious ceremony
Q7 n. tool
(a) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition
(b) apparatus; device
(c) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching
(d) delivery; dispatch; conveyance
Q8 v. commute
(a) to calculate; to think; to assume; to portray; to depict; to express verbally
(b) to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter; to be indecisive
(c) to hypnotize; to enthrall
(d) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work)
Q9 n. express
(a) system for prompt transportation of people or parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger
(b) merchandise; goods; item that is bought and sold; something useful
(c) link; connection; touch; interface
(d) act of providing; act of offering; work; labor; function; role; offer
Q10 n. function
(a) duty; role; purpose; feature; convention
(b) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)
(c) midpoint; middle; equally far from two extremes; average

(d) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management
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TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 241
Q1 v. bound
(a) to share company; to connect; to relate to; to combine
(b) to jump; to leap
(c) to receive as a result of work or other service performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy
(d) to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to depart
Q2
v. presume
(a) to supply; to grant; to set; to offer
(b) to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be created
(c) to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take liberties; to permit oneself
(d) to take away part of a whole; to remove; to deduct
Q3 v. pretend
(a) to prophesy; to foretell; to announce in advance
(b) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work)
(c) to impersonate; to act in a role; to claim; to assert
(d) to respect; to honor; to admire; to value
Q4 v. accrue
(a) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for
(b) to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow
(c) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison
(d) to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)
Q5 v. categorize
(a) to enlist or draft new members; to gain; to obtain; to procure
(b) to arrange in groups; to classify; to sort; to structure

(c) to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an example
(d) to lessen; to diminish; to decrease
Q6 n. semester
(a) money which is not generating profit
(b) selection; choice; assortment; accumulation
(c) aim; purpose, goal
(d) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)
Q7 n. takeover
(a) working, performance, handling; venture, undertaking; series of actions
(b) television or radio advertisement
(c) clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video
(d) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)
Q8 v. mandate
(a) to issue a command; to make an official order
(b) to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to heat and spice for drinking
(c) to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical care; to take care of
(d) to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry
Q9 v. devise
(a) to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent
(b) to hide; to keep secret; to cover up
(c) to plan; to invent; to design
(d) to predict; to prophesy; to foretell
Q10 v. infer
(a) to derive; to conclude; to guess; to surmise; to hint
(b) to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit
(c) to cede; to surrender; to give up; to forsake; to abandon
(d) to divide; to apportion; to receive a portion; to participate
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