PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 113 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 113 Q1 n. advertisement (a) tool; instrument; piece of equipment (b) law; custom; common practice; government; flat tool used for measuring distances (c) commercial information designed to attract attention; commercial (d) cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee; shipping cost; transportation; conveyance; shipment Q2 n. city (a) distribution; liberation; transference (b) sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional gambler (c) safety; pledge; guarantee; stock; bond (d) town; large urban area Q3 n. supplier (a) inducement; act of convincing (b) act of giving back; reply; answer; profit; yield; repayment (c) provider (d) something created separately for the purpose of being added to or placed inside (a book, newspaper, etc.) Q4 n. haze (a) action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent (b) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness (c) itemized list; index; directory (d) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement Q5 n. wrench (a) degree of diversity; change; modified version; deviation (b) supplement; mathematical operation (c) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts (d) judgment of an object's worth; appraisal; opinion; judgment Q6 n. founder (a) establisher; organization or channel; person who gives authorization to operate a channel (b) line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of a blade; excitement (c) hug; act of wrapping one's arms around another person or thing (d) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines Q7 n. crew (a) short informational periodical that is usually distributed to the members of an interest group (b) a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor (c) agreement in which the seller of securities agrees to buy them back at a specified time and price (d) group of people working together; team Q8 n. wait (a) advance stipulation; preliminary terms (b) staying where one is; expectation; ambush (c) one who makes a journey (d) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building Q9 n. fluctuation (a) commercial and market information that indicates overall economic trends (b) vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy; change (c) the process of installing a newer and more powerful version of a software package or a piece of hardware (d) contrast; something contrary Q10 n. exposure (a) knowledge; intelligence; data (b) a system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; auditing; a detailed financial statement (c) denouncement; revealing; photograph; abandoning; placement (d) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field 131 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 114 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 114 Q1 v. limit (a) to advertise; to bring to the attention of a large audience (b) to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to inherit (c) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border (d) to substantiate with evidence; to demonstrate; to show clearly Q2 v. unlock (a) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller (b) to earn income; to make financial gains; to be of service; to be beneficial (c) to open; to free from restraints; to release (d) to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to depart Q3 v. cushion (a) to come into view; to show up; to seem (b) to ask for an identification (i.e. in a bar) (c) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection (d) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster Q4 v. levy (a) to impose a tax or fine; to conscript troops (b) to terminate; to end; to destroy; to defeat; to complete (c) to present; to show or illustrate something through example, or physical demonstrations (d) to make an itemized list; to index; to classify Q5 v. look forward to (a) to treat; to adapt; to prepare; to make ready (b) to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate (c) to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to indicate (d) to anticipate gladly Q6 v. would (a) helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire (b) to discern; to perceive; to pay attention; to observe; to remark (c) to throw; to project; to form; to shape (d) to talk about; to debate; to converse Q7 v. entrust (a) to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like better (b) to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to stimulate (c) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty (d) to make happen; to bring about Q8 v. reprove (a) to accuse; to admonish (b) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer (c) to promote; to draw attention to; to publicize (d) to make changes in order to improve something; to edit; to correct Q9 v. catalog (a) to make an itemized list; to index; to classify (b) to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.) (c) to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to dwell; to store; to shelter (d) to turn into; to develop into; to grow into Q10 v. excel (a) to depart; to exit; to quit; to omit; to let alone (b) to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better than (c) to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate (d) to echo 132 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 115 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 115 Q1 n. plant (a) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment (b) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin (c) profession; development; progress; gradual growth (d) examination; money order; payment order; restaurant bill Q2 n. fare (a) section; piece; region; role; function; side in an agreement (b) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition (c) response; critique; information about the results of a certain procedure or performance (d) cost for traveling (on a bus, train, etc.) Q3 v. falter (a) to present; to show or illustrate something through example, or physical demonstrations (b) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments (c) to hesitate; to stumble; to sway; to totter; to be unstable (d) to ascribe to; to link to; to associate with; to relate to Q4 n. quality (a) line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of a blade; excitement (b) roll; roster; inventory; strip; band (c) researcher; investigator; software program for file management (d) degree of excellence; characteristic; attribute; character; excellence Q5 v. inspect (a) to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to collect; to compile (b) to make up for a deficiency; to add on to (c) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review (d) to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture Q6 n. creativity (a) process of producing and distributing printed material; act of advertising (b) accessibility; attainability; obtainability (c) stability; consistency; continuousness; unbroken succession (d) innovativeness; inventiveness Q7 v. utilize (a) to put to practical use; to take advantage of (b) to believe; to have faith in; to supply goods by deferred payment (c) to suggest indirectly; to hint; to infer; to mean; to import (d) to duplicate; to imitate Q8 v. railroad (a) to display; to undertake; to attempt; to begin a journey; to arrange (b) to transport via locomotive; to convey by train (c) to spice; to flavor; to accustom; to acclimatize; to become experienced (d) to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane, ship, bus, etc.) Q9 v. aid (a) to authorize; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else (b) to leaf through a book; to surf Internet websites (c) to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to prepare (d) to help; to assist Q10 adj. versatile (a) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things (b) modern; current (c) experimental; exploratory; test; used as a sample (d) being in competition; contending 133 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 116 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 116 Q1 adj. constant (a) external (b) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad (c) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant (d) advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable Q2 adj. tall (a) independent; independent contractor; business owner; person who is not a hired laborer (b) having a specified height; difficult to believe; exaggerated; challenging (c) occurring at regular intervals; recurrent; cyclic; seasonal (d) entire; complete; absolute Q3 adj. good (a) comprehensive; inclusive (b) trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor (c) gloomy; dark; depressing; sad; mournful (d) excellent; pleasant; valid; competent; skilled; positive Q4 adj. incredible (a) relating to or designed for the mass of people; large-scale; widespread; popular (b) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous (c) unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great; amazing (d) mature; full grown Q5 adj. secret (a) mobile; movable; can be transported from one place to another (b) classified; confidential; clandestine; covert; hidden; latent (c) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive (d) necessary; obligatory; commanding Q6 adj. available (a) determined; firm; steadfast (c) lower; under (b) gentle; soft; delicate (d) ready for use; attainable; present; vail Q7 adj. absent (a) sufficient; suitable; appropriate; proper (c) comprising; containing; embracing (b) awful (d) preoccupied; lost in thought Q8 adj. sporadic (a) successive; uninterrupted; permanent (b) occurring once a year; yearly (c) obligated; engaged; industrious; ambitious; loyal (d) irregular; fitful; occasional; infrequent Q9 adj. imperative (a) necessary; obligatory; commanding (b) inattentive; unmindful (c) right; proper; exact; accurate (d) remunerated ahead of time; settled beforehand via payment Q10 adj. lucrative (a) full of or accompanied by; charged with; laden with (b) useful; providing assistance; repairing; performing maintenance tasks (c) relating to supervision and responsibility (d) profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful 134 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 117 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 117 Q1 n. award (a) device with a wide opening at the top which narrows as it reaches the bottom (b) prize; grant; arbitration (c) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency (d) person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival Q2 n. compensation (a) nullification; termination; revocation (b) repayment; something done to make up for (a loss, deficiency or fault) (c) cost; value; worth; rate; measure (d) garbage; refuse; scrap Q3 n. hallmark (a) identifying characteristic (b) heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee (c) line printed at the top of a piece of stationary (d) termination; end Q4 n. skirting (a) forming of mental pictures to control bodily processes (b) act of going around; avoidance; evasion (c) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports) (d) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions Q5 n. ado (a) item; piece of information; part of a whole (c) commotion; flurry; excitement (b) routine job; unpleasant task (d) guest; migrating bird Q6 n. privacy (a) seclusion; solitude; reclusion; secrecy; confidentiality (b) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility (c) part of a chair; rear part of the human body (d) proof; something which proves or disproves Q7 n. airport (a) act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; idea; concept (b) structure built mainly of glass in which plants are cultivated out of season (c) place used by planes for takeoff and landing (d) baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor Q8 n. ferry (a) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money (b) dividend; perk; monetary gift (c) boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle (d) wages; living; stronghold Q9 n. signification (a) place; location; area (b) elastic material derived from of some tropical plants; eraser (c) meaning; sense; importance; consequence; act of pointing out (d) aircraft which flies by means of horizontally rotating blades Q10 n. note (a) danger; peril; hazard; risk; endangerment (b) short written reminder; memo; brief informal letter; official message (c) school director; school master; capital sum (Finance) (d) apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine 135 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 118 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 118 Q1 v. code (a) to cipher (b) to make more efficient; to organize; to simplify (c) to promote; to draw attention to; to publicize (d) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct Q2 v. accomplish (a) to receive as a result of work or other service performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy (b) to dress; to adorn wear (c) must (indicating duty or obligation); would (softening the statement) (d) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform Q3 v. button (a) to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise (b) to create; to write; to relax; to calm oneself; to settle (c) to fasten; to connect (d) to oversee; to administer; to direct; to manage; to watch over Q4 v. depart (a) to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die (b) to realize; to make a reality; to accomplish; to complete; to execute (c) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram (d) to open; to free from restraints; to release Q5 v. abound (a) to produce via mechanical means (b) to be plentiful; to be filled with; to overflow with (c) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company (d) to use as an introduction; to use as a foreword Q6 v. confirm (a) to govern; to control; to determine; to decide; to decree (b) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on (c) to train; to teach; to instruct; to guide; to counsel (d) to approve; to verify; to ascertain Q7 n. switchboard (a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent (b) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits (c) reminder; internal document (d) estimation; appraisal; measurement Q8 v. bond (a) to store in a warehouse (b) to obtain; to acquire; to get; to buy; to purchase (c) to go on holiday (d) to visit; to spend time in a place; to remain temporarily; to lodge Q9 v. form (a) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons (b) to tempt or tease by presenting something as available and then withholding it (c) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder (d) to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be created Q10 v. temper (a) to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.) (b) to tend carefully; to take care of; to make clean and tidy; to prepare for (c) to moderate; to soften; to tone down; to toughen; to harden (d) to approve; to verify; to ascertain 136 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 119 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 119 Q1 n. appliance (a) report on current economic conditions, published by the Federal Reserve Board (b) fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember (c) case in a court of law brought by one party against another; legal claim (d) tool; gadget; device; apparatus Q2 n. guilt (a) trip; journey; travel; cruise (b) state of having committed a crime or offense; culpability; feeling of having done something wrong (c) bias; sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances (d) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money Q3 v. withstand (a) to gain entrance to; to get at (b) to receive; to obtain; to purchase; to bring; to persuade (c) to bear; to endure (d) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb Q4 n. arrival (a) devotion to a certain habit; dependency (b) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure (c) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers) (d) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub Q5 n. weight (a) belief in a particular thing or person; religion; trust; confidence; loyalty (b) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness (c) heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence (d) universe; empty area; gap; area; interval Q6 adv. certainly (a) and so on; and so forth (b) without consideration for possible problems; anyway; in any case (c) of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely; absolutely (d) at a further point Q7 v. develop (a) to forgive; to absolve; to release; to discharge (b) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border (c) to survey; to conduct a general study; to inspect; to examine; to reconsider (d) to build; to create; to design; to grow Q8 v. invoice (a) to originate from; to reveal the origin of something; to obtain from a particular supplier (b) to bill; to charge (c) to happen; to take place; to transpire; to come to mind; to suggest itself (d) to perform; to carry out; to put into practice Q9 v. fleet (a) to embarrass; to mix up; to muddle up; to bewilder; to startle (b) to move quickly; to pass quickly (c) to communicate data to; to tell; to brief; to notify (d) to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to inherit Q10 n. aggregate (a) combination; conjunction; group; mixture (b) something that is discarded; rubbish; trash; junk; waste (c) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story (d) care; treatment; procedure; system; touch 137 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 120 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 120 Q1 adj. frequent (a) happening often; regular; common; usual (b) flat, level; even (c) higher in rank or position; above average; exceptional (d) terrible; awful; disgusting Q2 adj. mean (a) close at hand (b) skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced (c) wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly; improper (d) average; middle; unkind; base; inferior Q3 adj. excellent (a) silent; noiseless; peaceful; tranquil; still; lacking activity (b) smallest in size; smallest in amount; lowest in importance (c) pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least (d) superior; extraordinary; outstanding Q4 adj. meaning (a) significant; important (b) stated briefly but clearly; clear and concise; short and to the point (c) not standard; not ordinary (d) having a thin edge intended for cutting; sudden; clear; smart Q5 adj. attentive (a) concentrated; focused; observant; polite; caring (b) inner; inside; located within; of a country's domestic affairs (c) predicted; expected; anticipated (d) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously Q6 adj. legal (a) loyal; faithful; unchanging (b) marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture (c) floating; light; lively; cheerful (d) of or pertaining to the law; allowed by law Q7 adj. unable (a) in the event of sudden need (b) careful; wanting to do what is right (c) not capable (d) between countries; of relations between two or more countries Q8 adj. direct (a) strained; taut; rigid; nervous; stressful (b) signed with initials; marked with the first letter or letter of a name (c) straight; forthright; clear (d) striking; noteworthy; extraordinary; exceptional Q9 adj. regardless (a) pedantic; cautious concerning minute details; scrupulous (b) exerting great force; effective; potent; producing the desired effect; influential (c) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from (d) inattentive; unmindful Q10 adj. subordinate (a) creative; new; original (b) inclusive; complete; total; general; without deductions (c) inferior; of secondary importance; under the authority of another (d) arranged in a particular way; prepared for reading and writing 138 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 121 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 121 Q1 n. communication (a) news story publicized in only a newspaper or television/radio station (b) host; performer; comedian (c) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message (d) something which makes up for a deficiency; addition; extra added part Q2 n. conviction (a) instructions; manual; handbook; indication of acceptable conduct or procedure (b) something that is out of the ordinary; anomaly; objection; opposition (c) misgiving; lack of certainty (d) acknowledgment; strong persuasion or belief; condemnation Q3 n. must (a) necessity; obligation; new wine; grape juice that has not yet fermented (b) living; state of being; life (c) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation (d) pathfinder; forerunner; person who paves the way; member of a military engineering corps Q4 n. slogan (a) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret (b) picture; snapshot; image (c) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising (d) truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness Q5 n. scenery (a) command; order; authorization granted from one body to a subordinate body (b) exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external part or layer; outward appearance (c) view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on stage to portray a particular setting or locale (d) a list of accounts receivable Q6 n. reach (a) headway; forward movement; development; advancement (b) educational meeting; training session (c) decline; reduction; lessening (d) distance that an arm can extend Q7 n. consideration (a) payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness; careful attention (b) ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or trade that requires special training (c) awareness; cognition; ability to perceive (d) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement Q8 n. private (a) instrument for use in attack or defense in combat (b) inheritance; bequest; something handed down from one's ancestors (c) trait; feature; ability; distinguishing quality; attribute (d) soldier of the three lowest military ranks Q9 n. objective (a) putting to use; putting into action; effort; struggle; strain (b) end; completion; conclusion; polish; something which completes or perfects (c) aim; purpose, goal (d) aid; help; support; direction; upkeep Q10 n. cost (a) argument; dispute; discussion; conversation (b) limit; border (c) price; expense (d) state of having both positive and negative feelings towards a subject 139 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 122 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 122 Q1 v. lease (a) to conduct a series of activities organized to accomplish a goal (b) to make a graph; to draw; to diagram (c) to rent out property for a specific period of time; to let (d) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign Q2 v. complain (a) to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out (b) to stand in line; to make a row (c) to find fault; to express displeasure; to protest (d) to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise Q3 v. identify (a) to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for (b) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict (c) to confuse; to make hard to understand; to make difficult; to make complex (d) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate Q4 v. certify (a) to think; to consider logically; to argue; to claim (b) to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical care; to take care of (c) to confirm to be true; to authorize (d) to crumble into granules Q5 v. intend (a) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to (b) to emphasize; to accentuate (c) to extend; to elongate; to reach out; to pull; to strain (d) to plan; to mean; to have in mind do or accomplish; to designate for a particular purpose Q6 v. concentrate (a) to focus; to pay attention (b) to turn into; to develop into; to grow into (c) to cipher (d) to organize; to settle; to structure; to order; to systematize Q7 v. consist (a) to be composed of; to be made up of (b) to occupy; to live in; to dwell in; to reside in; to populate (c) to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow (d) to imagine to oneself; to picture; to visualize Q8 v. overlap (a) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster (b) to cover a part of; to have something in common (c) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict (d) to extend across; to stretch from one point another; to bridge Q9 v. angle (a) to indicate; to signal; to write down; to record; to notice (b) to bend; to turn sharply in a different direction (c) to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance (d) to advance; to move forward; to gain Q10 v. counter (a) to enlist or draft new members; to gain; to obtain; to procure (b) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out (c) to impose a tax upon; to purify; to make thin or thinner; to reduce; to clarify (d) to oppose; to retaliate; to react; to strike back 140 Answers Index . advice within a particular field 131 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 114 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 114 Q1 v. limit (a). www.english-test.net Test 119 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 119 Q1 n. appliance (a) report on current economic conditions, published by the Federal Reserve