3420 TOEIC Vocabulary meanings by Word part 31

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Q1 n. representative
(a) expansion; growth; range; story or advertisement that covers two pages
(b) price; cargo; responsibility
(c) view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on stage to portray a particular setting or locale
(d) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization
Q2 n. obligation
(a) person who receives guests; large number; multitude (of people or things)
(b) period; era; hour; rate
(c) duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement
(d) place where one can borrow books
Q3 n. sympathy
(a) cause; basis for action; intelligence; sense
(c) good friend; acquaintance
(b) affinity; compassion; pity; concern; empathy
(d) provider
Q4 n. town
(a) political group; social gathering; side of an agreement; group; gang
(b) city
(c) expenditure; pardon
(d) advance stipulation; preliminary terms
Q5 n. status
(a) individual's social or professional standing; position; rank; present situation
(b) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service
(c) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness
(d) cat (Slang); feline
Q6 n. command
(a) harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip; short haircut
(b) fusion; agglomeration

(c) order; direction; control; domination; headquarters
(d) safeguard; something used to avert an unwanted situation
Q7 n. intention
(a) detailed account of an occurrence or situation
(b) plan; aim; goal; purpose
(c) building used for a particular purpose; business; audience; legislative body
(d) adaption; settlement of an insurance claim
Q8 n. empty
(a) attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation
(b) container devoid of contents
(c) partner; fellow worker; co-worker; friend
(d) quality of being clearly seen
Q9 n. auction
(a) condition; circumstance; location; position; job; place of employment
(b) volume; mass; main part; most
(c) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film; thin layer
(d) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (such as eBay)
Q10 n. cook
(a) supply of goods; inventory; share; company's capital divided into shares
(b) one who damages a person or his property or rights
(c) rush; haste; urgency
(d) a person who prepares food
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Q1 adj. special
(a) of nature
(b) including a lot; large in scope; extensive

(c) unusual; exceptional; unique; particular; highly valued
(d) occurring once within 12 months
Q2
adj. cohesive
(a) common; popular; extensive; prevalent
(b) extra; supplemental
(c) of a city; local
(d) sticking together; forming a unit or union; united; related to each other
Q3 n. tension
(a) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)
(b) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway
(c) tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation; apprehension
(d) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)
Q4 v. prove
(a) to solidify; to become solid; to stabilize; to become stable
(b) to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward
(c) to substantiate with evidence; to demonstrate; to show clearly
(d) to surround
Q5 adj. elemental
(a) simple; basic
(b) unable to wait; intolerant; restless
(c) flawless; complete; undamaged
(d) forceful; energetic; vigorous; spirited; alive
Q6 n. diary
(a) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument
(b) written account of daily events and occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book; blog
(c) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture
(d) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out
Q7 n. commerce
(a) display; show; public presentation of work or skills; trade fair

(b) quest; hunt; instance of looking for something; investigation; examination
(c) narration; act of telling; family member; connection; association
(d) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money
Q8 v. delay
(a) to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort
(b) to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter
(c) to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo
(d) to decline; to deny; to reject
Q9 n. forward
(a) small rough granules or particles (i.e. sand); bravery; pluck; endurance
(b) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports)
(c) supply of goods; inventory; share; company's capital divided into shares
(d) ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or trade that requires special training
Q10 adj. yearly
(a) occurring once within 12 months
(b) experienced; knowledgeable (Slang)
(c) commonplace; ordinary; usual; customary; habitual
(d) important; consequential; meaningful; having meaning; of a considerable amount
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Q1 n. ad
(a) the time or amount of money that defined by checks that have been deposited but not cleared yet
(b) informal word for a commercial announcement
(c) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills)
(d) direction; series of lessons or training units; layer; part of a meal
Q2
n. copy

(a) photograph; drawing; painting; film; embodiment
(b) duplicate; photostat
(c) percentage of profits paid to an artist for each copy of his work that is sold
(d) probability; feasibility; chance; likelihood
Q3 n. locksmith
(a) process of producing and distributing printed material; act of advertising
(b) person who who makes and fixes keys and fasting mechanisms
(c) act of making changes; alteration; proof sheet made to verify changes made and check for additional errors
(d) consequence; outcome; result; indirect suggestion; connotation; hint
Q4 n. drop
(a) person granted legal custodianship over property not belonging to him
(b) lodging; dwelling
(c) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information
(d) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant
Q5 n. recognition
(a) acknowledgment; identification
(b) link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of debt
(c) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.)
(d) characteristic; function; capability (of a product, machine, device, software etc.)
Q6 n. posting
(a) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)
(b) ring-shaped geometric figure; round figure; group; society
(c) pausing; stammering; faltering
(d) rank; extent; university certificate
Q7 n. vegetable
(a) plant; edible fruit of a plant
(b) specialist in repairs of machinery and appliances
(c) person or company that does a particular job or assignment
(d) petition; instance of asking for something; something that is asked for; object of a petition
Q8 adj. aggregate

(a) collective; total; taking all units as a whole
(b) providing assistance
(c) costly; precious; opposite of cheap
(d) appropriate; noble
Q9 n. branch
(a) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit
(b) set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin
(c) toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate
(d) place where two surfaces meet; angle
Q10 n. substitute
(a) replacement; person or thing that takes the place of another
(b) group of people who attend a seminar, a talk, etc.
(c) protecting covering for the hand; padded covering for the hand
(d) journals and newspapers collectively; act or process of printing
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Q1 n. necessary
(a) something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)
(b) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression
(c) right; special privilege
(d) picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface
Q2
adj. last
(a) traveling in an inward direction
(b) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable
(c) coming after all others; most recent; final; newest
(d) obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding; acquiescent

Q3 v. signify
(a) to presume to be true; to hypothesize; to believe
(b) to organize according to importance
(c) to represent; to indicate; to communicate; to express; to convey
(d) to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to tolerate
Q4 n. groceries
(a) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
(b) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store
(c) portable personal computer; laptop computer
(d) magazine; journal
Q5 v. introduce
(a) to reveal; to uncover; to disclose; to abandon
(b) to present for the first time; to initiate; to establish; to announce
(c) to protect; to guard from harm
(d) to celebrate
Q6 v. fill out
(a) to insert written information into the gaps on a form
(b) to take on loan; to copy; to steal
(c) to accuse; to denounce
(d) to suppose; to take on a position or duty; to accept an idea
Q7 n. agency
(a) office; bureau; institution; franchise; method
(b) town; large urban area
(c) vacation; time off; permission to be absent; departure; farewell
(d) workers' association; federation; amalgamation
Q8 n. fee
(a) program used for viewing websites on the Internet
(b) intelligence; ability to think in a clever manner
(c) toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate
(d) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere

Q9 adj. unlimited
(a) impossible to see; imperceptible; hidden; concealed
(b) infinite; boundless
(c) still; fixed in place; static; settled; tending to stay in one place
(d) singular; matchless; rare
Q10 v. affiliate
(a) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to
(b) to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of
(c) to rub off; to remove totally; to delete
(d) to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail
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Q1 n. value
(a) monetary or material worth; importance; merit
(b) flat dish for serving food; portion; covering, coating; board
(c) computer peripheral used for exporting documents to paper
(d) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation
Q2 n. bank draft
(a) political group; social gathering; side of an agreement; group; gang
(b) check
(c) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store
(d) line that is not curved; section that is not curved
Q3 n. payroll
(a) financial sheet listing salaries; list of workers who receive wages and salaries
(b) gift; offering; something that is given to another person without compensation
(c) person who participates in a bargaining session
(d) act of paying back; repayment; compensation for a loss; repayment for an expense

Q4 n. adverse opinion
(a) survey; review; news reporting; insurance
(b) harvesting machine
(c) one of several separate payments into which a debt has been divided; section; portion
(d) wooden box; old car; old plane
Q5 n. accelerator
(a) cement; something tangible (idea, object, etc.)
(b) beginning letter of a person's first name; first letter (as of a word)
(c) foundation; grounding
(d) gas pedal of a motor vehicle
Q6 n. slot
(a) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck
(b) rug; fabric floor covering
(c) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.)
(d) aim; purpose, goal
Q7 n. attire
(a) dress; clothing; apparel
(c) mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type
(b) product made by hand or by machine
(d) push; lift; incentive; encouragement
Q8 v. coach
(a) to sow; to place seeds or vegetation into soil; to establish; to set
(b) to train; to teach; to instruct; to guide; to counsel
(c) to come near to; to tackle (a problem or situation)
(d) to enter
Q9 n. advantage
(a) benefit; profit; utility; avail
(b) offer; plan; theory; problem
(c) act of going around; avoidance; evasion
(d) metal clip for binding papers; essential element

Q10 n. instant
(a) exchanging of goods and services; trade
(b) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
(c) moment; very short space of time; current month
(d) bundle; parcel; container for storage or transportation; inseparable combination of items
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