3420 TOEIC Vocabulary meanings by Word part 22

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Test 193
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 193
Q1 v. ascertain
(a) to repeat; to say again; to restate
(b) to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify
(c) to make level; to smooth; to balance
(d) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze
Q2
v. back up
(a) to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours
(b) to support; to solidify; to strengthen
(c) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish
(d) to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to discern
Q3 v. project
(a) to oppose; to protest
(b) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw
(c) to overstate; to make something seem greater or more important than it really is
(d) to mark as different; to see as different; to discern; to recognize
Q4 v. market
(a) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote
(b) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate
(c) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer
(d) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder
Q5 v. cater
(a) to imply; to suggest; to hint
(b) to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight, force etc.)
(c) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify
(d) to provide; to supply (food, etc.); to care for
Q6 v. spend
(a) to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel

(b) to mirror; to send back energy from a surface; to cause to return; to express
(c) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action
(d) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.)
Q7 v. write off
(a) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer)
(b) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to
(c) to cut; to cut down; to cut into pieces; to mince
(d) to deposit money; in a money institution; to count on; to depend upon
Q8 adj. base
(a) low; despicable; ignoble
(b) enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover; remaining
(c) infinite; boundless
(d) skilled; able; proficient; adept
Q9 v. refuse
(a) to decline; to deny; to reject
(b) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer)
(c) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.)
(d) to deal in; to sell
Q10 v. dissipate
(a) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck
(b) to perform; to present; to carry out; to execute
(c) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered
(d) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely
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Test 194
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 194
Q1 v. ignore
(a) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject

(b) to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate
(c) to estimate; to compute; to depend upon
(d) to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to memorize
Q2
adj. superfluous
(a) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous
(b) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things
(c) being more than is needed; excessive; unnecessary
(d) produced; made; manufactured
Q3 n. conclusion
(a) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit
(b) end; deduction; cognition; final decision
(c) denouncement; revealing; photograph; abandoning; placement
(d) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment
Q4 adj. private
(a) useful; providing assistance; repairing; performing maintenance tasks
(b) administrative; operational; having the power to execute laws and policy
(c) intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal; of an individual
(d) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant
Q5 adj. admirable
(a) wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly; improper
(b) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous
(c) strong; healthy
(d) different; varied
Q6 v. formulate
(a) to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances
(b) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard
(c) to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to rebuke
(d) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan
Q7 n. origin

(a) hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection
(b) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality
(c) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S.
(d) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date
Q8 n. employer
(a) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination
(b) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression
(c) boss; person or company that hires people to do work
(d) something that causes a person to act; cause; incentive; purpose; intention
Q9 v. slander
(a) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect
(b) to be worthy of; to have a right to
(c) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform
(d) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign
Q10 adj. bottom
(a) lower; under
(b) in view; observable; obvious; apparent
(c) presently holding an office or position; compulsory; necessary; resting; lying
(d) immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present; current
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Test 195
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 195
Q1 n. margin
(a) profit from the difference between costs and net sales
(b) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult
(c) coach; buggy; transportation
(d) push; lift; incentive; encouragement
Q2

n. crowd
(a) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling
(b) public; large group of people; gathering
(c) speaking ability; something that is communicated orally
(d) attention; concern; caution; supervision; management
Q3 n. plug
(a) awareness; perception
(b) case; crate; punch; hit
(c) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement
(d) type; kind; character; manner; quality
Q4 n. season
(a) target; aim; purpose; objective; destination
(b) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location
(c) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)
(d) competition; contention; act of competing
Q5 n. development
(a) principal pipe or duct in a system; chief part of something; strength or force; high sea
(b) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw
(c) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising
(d) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression
Q6 n. credit risk
(a) spot; tip; essence; gist; matter
(b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments
(c) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)
(d) base; fundament; substructure; establishing; institution
Q7 n. menu
(a) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected
(b) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event
(c) substance burned to create energy (petrol, gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.)
(d) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection

Q8 v. guess
(a) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture
(b) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company
(c) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate
(d) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel
Q9 v. site
(a) to have a price; to require payment; to set a price
(b) to punish
(c) to locate
(d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate
Q10 n. sight
(a) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle
(b) person or business that sells goods to final consumers
(c) device; system; machine; gadget; appliance
(d) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)
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Test 196
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 196
Q1 v. rescue
(a) to stand up; to get into an upright position; to climb; to ascend
(b) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential
(c) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk
(d) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply
Q2 v. use
(a) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable
(b) to practice; to employ; to exploit; to treat; to consume
(c) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on
(d) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand

Q3 v. dictate
(a) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose
(b) to make whole; to finish; to perfect
(c) to drill; to practice an action repeatedly in order to perfect it
(d) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out
Q4 v. skim
(a) read superficially; to cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid
(b) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss
(c) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture
(d) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure
Q5 v. harmonize
(a) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose
(b) to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to protect
(c) to go along with; to go together with; to join; to attach
(d) to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with
Q6 adv. consistently
(a) methodically; in an organized fashion
(c) strictly; firmly
(b) accidentally; by chance
(d) regularly; persistently; steadily; stably
Q7 n. return
(a) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope
(b) act of giving back; reply; answer; profit; yield; repayment
(c) attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression
(d) person of higher rank; older person; elder
Q8 v. inventory
(a) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of
(b) to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to give temporarily
(c) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable
(d) to be in possession of; to belong to; to confess

Q9 v. head
(a) to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise; to clear or pass an obstacle
(b) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate
(c) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction
(d) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business)
Q10 v. prevail
(a) to try to get; to attempt to get
(b) to win; to succeed; to overcome; to surpass; to prove superior
(c) to move quickly; to pass quickly
(d) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict
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Test 197
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 197
Q1 v. advise
(a) to employ a group of workers; to provide with employees; to man
(b) to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform
(c) to appear as a large and indistinct form; to appear as larger than life; to impend
(d) to let; to allow someone to use property in return for regular payments; to hire
Q2 n. aisle
(a) before noon
(b) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification
(c) new member of a group; new employee
(d) passage; walkway (between rows of seats or shelves)
Q3 adj. supplementary
(a) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced
(b) passing; brief
(c) additional; extra
(d) containing; comprehensive; all-embracing; extensive; taking in

Q4 n. vocabulary
(a) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid
(b) approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data
(c) sum; whole
(d) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order
Q5 n. leather
(a) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts
(b) product of the division of one number by another; part of a whole; segment; fragment; quotient
(c) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications network
(d) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin
Q6 adj. representative
(a) typical; characteristic; acting on behalf of another person or organization
(b) more important than others; great; serious
(c) whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm; valid
(d) average; middle; unkind; base; inferior
Q7 v. invent
(a) to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees
(b) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively
(c) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct
(d) to carry; to impart or to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance
Q8 adv. likely
(a) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully
(c) out of doors
(b) seemingly; probably
(d) intentionally; purposefully; methodically
Q9 adv. either
(a) also; too; as well
(b) at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction
(c) without pleasure or happiness; wretchedly; poorly
(d) progressively

Q10 adv. close
(a) in any event; anyway
(b) nearby
(c) at first; in the first place; in a unique manner
(d) under; below
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