[TOEFL Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: seduction
a) temptation to wrong, especially temptation to sexual intercourse b) lofty, superior, and detached
c) existing or present on all sides d) an inscription on a grave in memory of the one buried there
Q.2: consequential
a) frenzied, orgiastic b) resulting
c) holding opposite feelings and attitudes at the same time toward someone or something d) a descriptive word occurring with or in place of the name of a person or a thing
Q.3: obsequious
a) having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood b) existing or present on all sides
c) lasting a day only d) excessively submissive, obedient
Q.4: bacchanalian
a) doubtful or uncertain especially from being obscure b) lasting a day only
c) frenzied, orgiastic d) excuse, forgive, pardon
Q.5: mercurial
a) lasting a day only b) cut, slice
c) having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood d) confer, adorn
Q.6: ambivalent
a) invent, mint b) give , consult
c) confer, adorn d) holding opposite feelings and attitudes at the same time toward someone or something
Q.7: chop
a) raise, till, educate b) cut, slice
c) melt, liquidate d) construct, build. upright
Q.8: cultivate
a) raise, till, educate b) join, enroll, conscript
c) study, survey, exploit d) move up and down
Q.9: donate
a) contribute, endow b) move up and down
c) honor, admire, laud, extol d) transport. draw, pull
Q.10: flatten
a) seize, grip, grasp, take hold of b) demolish. level
c) attribute, ascribe d) circle
Q.11: haul
a) attract, tempt, entice, allure, seduce b) balance, equilibrate, counterpoise
c) extend, lengthen d) transport. draw, pull
Q.12: poise
a) repeat, iterate b) abandon, forsake, quit, renounce, give up
c) balance, equilibrate, counterpoise d) abolish. recall, repeal, annul
Q.13: reminisce
a) abolish. recall, repeal, annul b) remake, renovate, revise, amend
c) retrospect, recollect, recall d) tremble, quiver, quake, shake
Q.14: revoke
a) imitate, mimic. pretend b) trap. seduce
c) entreat, implore, supplicate d) annul, cancel, rescind
Q.15: solicit
a) surrender, yield, submit, give in b) entreat, implore, supplicate
c) wave, shake. persuade, induce d) fall, drop, topple
Q.16: tame
a) domesticate, break in b) boast, brag, talk big
c) compete, emulate, strive, scramble d) scream, cry, screech, lament
Q.17: vouch
a) warrant, ensure. affirm b) cruel, barbarous
c) fearless, brave d) unconcerned, indifferent, callous, apathetic
Q.18: lenient
a) independent b) merciful, indulgent, magnanimous, liberal
c) tacit, laconic, reticent d) plentiful, rich, ample
Q.19: abate
a) huge, gigantic, mammoth, massive b) decrease, diminution
c) attenuate, lighten, weaken d) diminish, lessen
Q.20: exalt
a) weak, feeble, delicate, infirm b) excessive, intemperate
c) glorify, elevate, elate d) medium, temperate


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