từ vựng ôn thi THPTQG 01

VOCABULARY 1
1. Many poets have ________ the beauties of the countryside.
A. applauded
B. enthused
C. enamored
D. extolled
2. When the student graduated, he got his ________.
A. paper
B. degree
C. license
D. bachelor
3. She didn’t ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn’t wanted to go out anyway.
A. care
B. matter
C. care for
D. mind
4. The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.
A. affirmed
B. disguised
C. represented
D. revealed
5. Although I tried to concentrate on the lectures, I was ________ by the noise from the next room.
A. dissuaded
B. repressed
C. distracted
D. interfered
6. I ________ what her name is; I’m sure I know her face.
A. remember
B. wonder
C. suspect
D. suppose

7. ‘I ________ that one’, said the tourist, pointing for the benefit of the uncomprehending shopkeeper.
A. want
B. wish
C. take
D. desire
8. I do not ________ to be clever but I am not stupid.
A. classify
B. confess
C. claim
D. compare
9. After the Cabinet reshuffle (reform), the Minister wasn’t very happy at his new ________.
A. job
B. post
C. work
D. place
10. Children under the age of 16 are not ________ to enter for the competition.
A. enabled
B. empowered
C. eligible
D. permissible
11. I was so ________ in my book that I didn’t hear the doorbell ring.
A. settled
B. absorbed
C. engaged
D. occupied
12. Motorists _____ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year.
A. convicted
B. arrested
C. judged
D. condemned

13. In the medical profession, men ________ women by five to one.
A. outnumber
B. supersede
C. overcome
D. outclass
14. He has told us so many lies that we can no longer place any ________ on what he says.
A. conviction
B. reliance/ dependence
C. credibility D. reputation
15. Pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide ________.
A. refilled
B. returned
C. receded
D. retired
16. He bought that house, ________ that he would inherit money under his uncle’s will.
A. speculating
B. speculating
C. assuming
D. estimating
17. A ________ change in policy is needed if relations are ever to improve.
A. severe
B. drastic
C. strict
D. wide
18. He wrote the text book in ________ with his brother.
A. harmony
B. collaboration
C. connection
D. communion
19. His country cottage/ tent ________ the amenities of his London flat.

A. missed
B. overlooked
C. ignored
D. lacked
- amenity of home life/ amenity of life
20. The victory was ________ annually by a ten-gun salute.
A. memorized
B. commemorated
C. reminded
D. recapitulated
21. He ________ the figures carefully before making any comment.
A. estimated
B. scrutinized
C. watched
D. visualized
22. ‘He couldn’t explain the problem well, as he had only a ________ knowledge of the subject.
A. profound
B. primary
C. rudimentary
D. fundamental
23. His account must be true, because the evidence he gave ________ that of two other witnesses.
A. collaborates
B. coincides
C. condones
D. corroborates
24. We must hear the ________ of the last meeting before we proceed.
A. minutes
B. protocol
C. reportage
D. items

* the minutes of the last meeting
25. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the speed of approaching vehicles.
A. conclude
B. count
C. gauge /geidz/
D. value
26. The rainbow ______ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
A. dissolved
B. removed
C. dispersed
D. disappeared
27. The boy, wanting to be independent, _____ his father’s offer of help.


A. turned away
B. turned from
C. turned down
D. turned against
28. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely ________.
A. scattered
B. dismissed
C. separated
D. divided
29. They always kept on good ________ with their next-door neighbors for the children’s sake.
A. relations
B. intentions
C. terms
D. will
30. She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.
A. desire

B. ambition
C. willingness
D. intention
31. The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new model in order to ________ its improved
features.
A. advocate
B. demonstrate
C. exhibit
D. reveal
32. The actual ________ by which coal is extracted is well worth watching.
A. conduct
B. process
C. procession
D. pattern
33. The child was ________ for getting his shoes and socks wet.
A. corrected
B. remonstrated
C. suffered from
D. scolded
34. Certainly man must ________ the future, and find ways of providing for his needs.
A. look to
B. look up
C. look for
D. look on
35. He took the day off work to ________ his aunt’s funeral.
A. accompany
B. assist
C. attend
D. follow
36. His energetic efforts met with only ________ success.

A. particular
B. proportionate
C. partial
D. entire
37. My rifle was not ________, so I did not hit anything.
A. from the best
B. for the better
C. of the best
D. for the best
38. Any student who ________ his homework is unlikely to pass his examination.
A. reduces
B. neglects
C. denies
D. offends