[TOEFL Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: permeate
a) shelter, refuge b) soak, inundate
c) disappear, fade, evaporate d) soak, penetrate, pass through
Q.2: pervade
a) spread, permeate b) increase, rush, stir
c) branch d) bargain, haggle, higgle, chat
Q.3: reveal
a) pull, spread b) disappear, fade, evaporate
c) divulge, let on d) assortment, aggregate
Q.4: spot
a) set off, create, bring about, cause b) detect, taint
c) bargain, haggle, higgle, chat d) trip, outing
Q.5: surge
a) boon b) increase, rush, stir
c) property, fortune, immovables, real estate d) revenue, fund, assets
Q.6: benefit
a) assortment, aggregate b) cease, die
c) boon d) chaffer, bargain, higgle
Q.7: deficient
a) scanty, defective b) deferment, elegance
c) penniless, stone-broke, indigent d) stocktaking, catalogue, stock
Q.8: fire
a) penniless, stone-broke, indigent b) bankrupt
c) profitable, remunerative, paying d) dismiss, set fire, discharge
Q.9: indigent
a) poor, scanty, gaunt, lean b) per person
c) lavish, opulent, ample d) needy, hard up, destitute, penurious
Q.10: per capita
a) per person b) pay, reward
c) waste, dissipate, scatter d) support, assert, aver, maintain
Q.11: scant
a) hate, detest b) friendly, cordial, fraternal
c) insufficient, meager, poor, little, scanty d) gap, crack, opening
Q.12: ascertain
a) blame, reproach, denounce, condemn, impugn b) make sure, determine
c) dispute, contention, argument d) disagreement, disharmony
Q.13: controversy
a) disagreement, disharmony b) dispute, contention, argument
c) approve, indorse d) extraneous, various, sundry
Q.14: espouse
a) congenerous, kindred b) angry, enraged, offended
c) support, maintain, endorse, stand by d) reproach
Q.15: provoke
a) irritate, offend, stimulate b) neighboring, adjoining, contiguous
c) cave, cavern, hole, opening, aperture d) underground prison
Q.16: digress
a) center, pivot b) introduction, foreword, start
c) incline, lean, slant d) deviate, diverge, wander
Q.17: arable
a) cold, frigid b) flood, inundation
c) falling ash, aftermath d) tillable
Q.18: odor
a) smell, perfume, tinge b) clumsy, unskilled
c) skillful, deft, right-handed d) great work, masterwork
Q.19: novice
a) steep, precipitous, curt, blunt b) shape, form, externals
c) beginner, tyro, greenhorn d) pliable
Q.20: framework
a) tiny, minuscule, trivial, minor, meager b) structure, frame, skeleton
c) plump, fat, corpulent, strong, solid d) unhurt, uninjured, unwounded, scatheless


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