PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 143 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 143 Q1 v. deploy (a) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action (b) to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability (c) to have different opinions; to differ (d) to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to invent Q2 adv. rather (a) intensely; in an extreme manner; severely (b) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully (c) very quite; to a degree; somewhat; slightly; a bit; might as well (d) intentionally; purposefully; methodically Q3 n. combine (a) harvesting machine (b) period of residence; act of taking possession (Law); right of possession (c) ten years; group of tens (d) a signed money order which is payable on demand to the holder Q4 n. enlargement (a) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation (b) person who installs or maintains wiring systems (c) possessions; belongings; estate; assets; ownership (d) expansion; increase in size; magnification Q5 v. dispute (a) to give money for goods or to cancel debts; to settle; to be worthwhile; to be profitable (b) to send; to dispatch; to transport (by airplane, truck, etc.); to embark (c) to confirm; to sanction; to legalize (d) to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to fight against Q6 v. attain (a) to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into account (b) to punish (c) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records (d) to reach; to achieve; to fulfill; to realize (a goal, purpose, etc.) Q7 adv. instinctively (a) infrequently; not often; seldom (b) gently; without roughness or projections; evenly; calmly (c) totally; completely; absolutely (d) naturally; spontaneously; intuitively; automatically Q8 n. compare (a) knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through (b) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.) (c) part of an object designed to be gripped by the hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title (d) contrast Q9 n. barter (a) spatial dimension; measurement; extent; degree (b) exchanging of goods and services; trade (c) person or company that ships things; shipping company; truck (d) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold Q10 n. account (a) city (b) goods; ware; stock; articles or items to be sold (c) program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule (d) business arrangement; client; funds deposited in a bank 161 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 144 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 144 Q1 adj. secure (a) administrative; operational; having the power to execute laws and policy (b) safe; protected; strong; stable; confident (c) preliminary; beginning (d) provocative; stimulating; encouraging Q2 adj. visible (a) easy; relaxing; cosy; financially well to do (b) expendable; spoils rapidly; likely to spoil; mortal (c) doubtful; dubious (d) in view; observable; obvious; apparent Q3 adj. infant (a) older; elder; having a higher rank; aged (b) safe; protected; strong; stable; confident (c) ethical; virtuous; righteous; principled; having integrity (d) pertaining to a minor Q4 adj. stable (a) famous; prominent (b) steady; firm; lasting; dependable; faithful (c) descending (d) able to be carried out; achievable; possible; likely Q5 adj. distinctive (a) special; unique; different (b) reputed; famous (c) splendid; majestic; superb; glorious; impressive (d) whole; including every part; complete; full Q6 adj. loyal (a) delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality; excellent (b) faithful; true to one's obligations (c) governmental; bureaucratic; majestic; dignified (d) original; real; true; natural; honest; sincere Q7 n. might (a) person or company that does a particular job or assignment (b) strength; power; force; bravery (c) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks) (d) act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output Q8 adj. smart (a) tangible; real; substantial; solid (b) pertaining to a city; municipal (c) intelligent; clever; shrewd; lively; fashionable; stylish (d) non-transferable Q9 adj. substantive (a) existing independently; real; tangible (b) at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive; definitive (c) inclusive; of all things (d) regular; common Q10 adj. comprehensive (a) excited; passionate; ardent; fervent (b) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; desirable (c) pertinent; relevant; connected (d) including a lot; large in scope; extensive 162 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 145 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 145 Q1 n. draft (a) mind; understanding; leader; person in authority; top (b) commercial transaction; instance of offering goods at a reduced price; demand for merchandise; auction (c) obligation; something owed (i.e. money) (d) rough outline; sketch; written order for payment; conscription Q2 n. constant (a) number with a fixed value; factor (b) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device (c) emphasis; importance; accent; strain; tension; pressure (d) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out Q3 n. behalf (a) representing; in support of (b) character which is part of an alphabet; written communication sent to a person or organization (c) hope; anticipation; assumption (d) esteem; respect; thought; consideration; look; glance Q4 n. revenue (a) freight; luggage; baggage; load (b) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper (c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation (d) access; method; system; procedure Q5 n. litter (a) refuse; trash; disorder (b) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub (c) thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on; article; essay; questionnaire (d) standard against which something is measured; factor; discipline Q6 n. expectation (a) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information (b) festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar (c) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor) (d) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope Q7 n. deregulation (a) obligation; something owed (i.e. money) (b) event; occurrence; one of a group of loosely connected stories (c) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange (d) transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization Q8 n. reject (a) view; scenery; horizontal page orientation (b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey (c) something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; outcast (d) exit; electrical source for connecting appliances; store; shop; joint Q9 n. equity (a) contract by which property or persons are guaranteed against damage or loss (b) public announcement or printed notice designed to attract attention (c) link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of debt (d) honesty; fairness; justice Q10 n. court (a) accomplishment; fulfillment (b) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole (c) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant (d) yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place 163 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 146 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 146 Q1 v. cancel (a) to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to spoil; to humor (b) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot (c) to follow (d) to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop Q2 v. arrest (a) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison (b) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart (c) to protect; to guard from harm (d) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct Q3 v. hurry (a) to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail (b) to drag or to carry by force (c) to fulfill; to meet a request or requirement; to compensate; to remunerate (d) to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash Q4 v. file (a) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way (b) to need to; must; to be obligated (c) to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate (d) to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent Q5 v. patch (a) to store in a large building (b) to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use to cover a hole (c) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw (d) to go before; to be in front; to be ahead of; to predate Q6 v. break down (a) to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to descend (b) to issue a command; to make an official order (c) to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer (d) to conform; to change; to make suitable; to match; to fit Q7 n. loyalty (a) period; era; generation (b) plateau; area of level ground; prairie; savanna (c) faithfulness; devotion; constancy (d) slice; part; segment; creation; work Q8 v. ought (a) to need to; must; to be obligated (b) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to disturb (c) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose (d) to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device Q9 v. change (a) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to (b) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal (c) to intend; to plan; to design; to aim (d) to alter; to replace; to become different Q10 v. lumber (a) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect (b) to rely on; to extend business credit (c) to create; to produce; to bring into being (d) to honor; to admire; to esteem; to hold in high regard 164 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 147 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 147 Q1 n. newsletter (a) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of (b) competition; equal opponent; partner; counterweight; game (c) short informational periodical that is usually distributed to the members of an interest group (d) schedule; agenda; written order of events Q2 n. plan (a) program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule (b) ascent (c) track; path; customary series of stops during a trip (d) person who receives guests; large number; multitude (of people or things) Q3 n. membership (a) harvest; return; produce; income; profit (b) chart showing the months of a year (including days and weeks); schedule; timetable (c) state of belonging to an organization or group; fellowship (d) part; district; paragraph; passage; department; unit Q4 n. carriage (a) job; assignment; obligation; role (c) price; expense (b) coach; buggy; transportation (d) rubbing out; deletion; eradication Q5 v. process (a) to treat; to adapt; to prepare; to make ready (b) to support; to inspire; to give hope (c) to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to picture in the mind (d) to cipher Q6 n. establishment (a) supplementary charge; additional charge; amount paid for insurance; reward (b) something that is superimposed (c) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.) (d) manufacturing; trade; diligence; perseverance; tendency to work hard Q7 n. banquet (a) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking (b) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere (c) purchase; sale; acquisition (d) test; quiz; investigation; inquiry Q8 v. tow (a) to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after; to copy (b) to pull; to drag (c) to create; to produce; to bring into being (d) to be useful; to help; to facilitate Q9 n. opportunity (a) chance; occasion; favorable time to act (b) spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address (c) a measurement of output per hours worked; creativeness; fruitfulness; prolificness (d) opposition; appeal; denial; protest Q10 v. must (a) to insert written information into the gaps on a form (b) to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or probable (c) to hold onto; to save; to store; to watch over; to care for (d) to understand; to comprehend; to accomplish; to convert into cash; to liquidate 165 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 148 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 148 Q1 adj. promotional (a) of publicizing; of advancement; of encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise (b) pertaining to the commercial center of a city (c) preferred; beloved; liked (d) pure; obvious; easy to understand; comprehensible Q2 adj. hard (a) ruling; supervising; regulating; managing; restraining (b) pertaining to a city; municipal (c) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff (d) unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be endured Q3 adj. objective (a) opposite of expensive; inexpensive (b) penetrating; infiltrating; spreading; extending; permeating (c) of or pertaining to the upper class (d) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind Q4 adj. few (a) little; not many; some (b) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous (c) straight; equal; even; honest (d) low; despicable; ignoble Q5 adj. congruent (a) can be prophesied; can be foretold (b) of general expenses; general (c) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known (d) identical; corresponding; in agreement; harmonious Q6 adj. creative (a) collective; total; taking all units as a whole (b) inventive; innovative; artistic (c) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind (d) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew Q7 adj. convenient (a) containing; comprehensive; all-embracing; extensive; taking in (b) aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great effort (c) comfortable; useful; serviceable (d) of great worth; costly; cherished; dear; important Q8 adj. content (a) principal; head; chief (b) satisfied; pleased (c) staying in a particular place; not migratory; intrinsic; existing (d) pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt Q9 adj. prosaic (a) plentiful; abundant; generous; extravagant; wasteful (b) common; regular; boring; tedious; dull (c) of or pertaining to the upper class (d) beside the point; unconnected; impertinent; immaterial Q10 adj. preventive (a) defective; imperfect; cracked (b) classified; confidential; clandestine; covert; hidden; latent (c) customary; routine; formal (d) averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting 166 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 149 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 149 Q1 n. combination (a) joining; union; an ordered sequence (b) weather conditions; surrounding conditions; atmosphere; setting (c) customary action; habit; drill; training exercise (d) disturbance; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-off Q2 n. anticipation (a) attempt to discover or test something; trial; research (b) person that you have met but do not know well; knowledge of something; familiarity (c) bed covering; quilt (d) expectation; hope; intuition Q3 n. sink (a) something that is discarded; rubbish; trash; junk; waste (b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments (c) formally or socially imposed standards of attire (d) wash basin; sewer; drain; cesspool; place where criminals gather Q4 n. lock (a) exhibition; explanation; showing (b) fastening mechanism which is opened with a key or other device (c) fright; horror; concern; terror (d) exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external part or layer; outward appearance Q5 n. nuance (a) rule enacted by a community or country; custom; principle; convention (b) slight difference; subtle distinction (c) drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible (d) word; expression; idiom; condition; stipulation Q6 n. sneakers (a) tool; instrument; piece of equipment (b) sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily; one who acts furtively (c) working, performance, handling; venture, undertaking; series of actions (d) area; domain; range; piece of land; surface Q7 n. strength (a) durability; determination; resolve; power; intensity; force (b) duplicate; photostat (c) high ranking military officer (d) person who is free from sin or wrongdoing Q8 v. salvage (a) to meet by chance; to face; to meet with (difficulties, hardships, etc.) (b) to be involved; to join in (c) to save from destruction; to rescue (d) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate Q9 n. pretense (a) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; any security device (b) silence; quiet; photograph (c) rite; ritual; formality (d) feigning; impersonation; false show; claim; assertion Q10 n. growth (a) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency (b) flat (c) one who damages a person or his property or rights (d) development; progress 167 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 150 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 150 Q1 v. direct (a) to invite; to speak loudly; to visit; to phone (b) to advertise; to bring to the attention of a large audience (c) to fix in place; to link firmly together; to be held in place (d) to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise Q2 v. adopt (a) to find out; to come across; to get information about something (b) to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an example (c) to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to use (d) to form a relationship with another person Q3 v. format (a) to set some distance apart (b) to expend money or effort for future benefits; to grant; to install; to cover; to authorize (c) to design the appearance of; to arrange; to prepare a diskette or hard disk for use (d) to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort; to be concerned Q4 v. assume (a) to sign using the first letter or letters of a name (b) to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be formed (c) to suppose; to take on a position or duty; to accept an idea (d) to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; to limit Q5 v. entitle (a) to display; to undertake; to attempt; to begin a journey; to arrange (b) to terminate; to end; to destroy; to defeat; to complete (c) to be plentiful; to be filled with; to overflow with (d) to give a heading or name to (i.e. a book, painting, etc.); to grant a right; to claim something Q6 v. merge (a) to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to substitute (b) to mystify; to baffle; to confound; to confuse; to perplex (c) to become bigger; to expand (d) to blend; to be blended; to combine or unite into a single body; to be assimilated Q7 v. excite (a) to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to stimulate (b) to separate into sections; to partition (c) to cut into portions; to cleave (d) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk Q8 n. vendor (a) introduction of something new; change; new method or practice (b) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods (c) enlargement; increase; spread; development (d) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument Q9 n. factor (a) spatial dimension; measurement; extent; degree (b) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender (c) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income (d) transgressor; person who breaks the law; one who insults Q10 v. place (a) to come to a sum; to become; to total (b) to put; to lay; to lodge; to nominate; to appoint (c) to try or to intend to achieve something; to direct; to plan; to aspire (d) to fight for; to challenge; to appeal 168 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 151 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 151 Q1 v. brake (a) to excel; to rise above (b) to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle (c) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to (d) to provide financial assistance Q2 v. complicate (a) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose (b) to draft into military service; to voluntarily join a cause (c) to confuse; to make hard to understand; to make difficult; to make complex (d) to train; to certify; to meet the minimum standards; to moderate; to modify Q3 n. division (a) railing; hedge; ability to argue; person who sells stolen goods (b) partitioning; department; faculty; ranking; level according to difficulty (c) levy; fee (d) opinion; creed; religion; faith; conviction Q4 v. nominate (a) to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to withstand (b) to warn; to scold; to reprove (c) to set a new time and date (d) to appoint someone (for a position, office, or honor); to designate; to select Q5 adj. aware (a) sequential; following one after another (b) impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the mind (c) most important; main; first; opening; beginning (d) attentive; conscious of Q6 n. applicant (a) candidate; nominee (b) compactness; closeness (c) rules introduced by the government to regulate the trade of securities and mutual funds (d) something presented as evidence in a court of law; display; show Q7 n. cognition (a) advantage; profit; aid; stipend (b) awareness; perception (c) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions (d) case; crate; punch; hit Q8 v. reward (a) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan (c) to warn; to notify of danger (b) to write down in a timetable; to register (d) to recompense someone for a service Q9 v. object (a) to oppose; to protest (b) to transfer control from governmental to individual powers (c) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation (d) to bear; to endure Q10 n. card (a) state of having committed a crime or offense; culpability; feeling of having done something wrong (b) straw-filled mattress; hard and simple bed; platform used to stack items during moving or storage (c) thin and flat object (d) connection; overall situation; background 169 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 152 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 152 Q1 adj. uncertain (a) bothersome; troublesome; worrisome; harassing (b) doubtful; not reliable; ambiguous (c) existing independently; real; tangible (d) deserving of punishment; responsible Q2 adj. commercial (a) chief; leading; main; principal (b) congruous (c) double; identical; matching (d) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling Q3 adj. horrible (a) dangerous; risky; perilous (b) pertaining to the world and nature around us (c) serving as a model; normal; regular; typical; widely accepted (d) terrible; awful; disgusting Q4 adj. wry (a) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew (b) significant; important (c) negotiated by an intermediary; settled through a middleman (d) mild; slight; comfortable; simple Q5 adj. impatient (a) common; shared; collective (b) characterized; by or occupying a particular place (c) occurring at regular intervals; recurrent; cyclic; seasonal (d) unable to wait; intolerant; restless Q6 n. loss (a) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.) (b) printed form that entitles the holder to certain rights such as in a discount (c) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction (d) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling Q7 n. waste (a) physical or mental well-being; freedom from disease (b) tool; gadget; device; apparatus (c) picture in a book or other work; explanation; clarification (d) misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage Q8 adj. further (a) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced (b) arrogant; haughty; magnificent; impressive (c) more distant; additional (d) common; regular; ordinary Q9 adj. surface (a) main; major; chief; principal (c) external (b) modern; current (d) under legal obligation; responsible; prone Q10 adj. complacent (a) sequential; following one after another (c) common; shared; collective (b) active; attentive (d) content; self-satisfied; comfortable; smug 170 Answers Index . www.english-test.net Test 143 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 143 Q1 v. deploy (a) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself. bank 161 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 144 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 144 Q1 adj. secure (a) administrative; operational;