Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 17 potx

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Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 17

1 Because the details of the project were rather hazy, we

decided to reject the proposal

D

(A) dubious

(B) unobtainable

(C) lucrative

(D) vague

2 An immature teenager may start smoking in order to

appear older

B

(A) shy

(B) juvenile

(C) naive

(D) insecure

3 For your safety and the safety of others, always pay

attention to traffic signals

B

(A) overlook

(B) heed

(C) glance at

(D) repair

4 Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very inquisitive

mind; at the age of three he performed his first

experiment

D

(A) complex

(B) brilliant

(C) mature

(D) curious

5 The Morrill Act of 1862 authorized the states to use

federal lands for the establishment of colleges that would

offer programs in agriculture and the mechanical arts

C

(A) challenged

(B) persuaded

(C) empowered

(D) invited

6 It is better to try to change things than to complain

about them

C

(A) ramble

(B) straddle

(C) grumble

(D) dangle

7 The degree to which heat affects tennis players’

performance depends in part on the level of humidity

A

(A) extent

(B) temperature

(C) height

(D) strength

8 Alexander Hamilton remained adamantly opposed to

the policies of John Adams throughout the latter’s

presidency

C

(A) admirably

(B) strongly

(C) inflexibly

(D) manfully

9 The company has decided to offer incentives in the

hope of increasing productivity

A

(A) inducements

(B) training

(C) promotions

(D) bonuses

10 The superintendent was the principal speaker at the

school board meeting

(A) only

(B) main

(C) outstanding

(D) strongest

11 The calf of the human leg contains seven muscles

A

(A) includes

(B) requires

(C) makes use of

(D) depends on

12 After a long, hard struggle, we gradually succeeded in

having people accept the truth of our theory

A

(A) slowly

(B) momentarily

(C) suddenly

(D) graciously

13 After the drops were placed in the patient’s eyes, his

pupils became dilated

A

(A) enlarged

(B) smaller

(C) irritated

(D) sensible

14 The coroner was able to extract a minute particle of

cloth from under the victim’s fingernail

A

(A) infinitesimal

(B) significant

(C) large

(D) short

15 The test site region encompassed a ten-square-mile

area

D

(A) overlooked

(B) owned

(C) surveyed

(D) encircled

16 After an unhappy love affair, Emily Dickinson lived like

a person apart from society, shut away in her family

home in Amherst, Massachusetts

C

(A) a heroine

(B) a beggar

(C) a recluse

(D) an invalid

17 A cut in the budget put 10 percent of the state

employees’ jobs in jeopardy

D

(A) range

(B) review

(C) perspective

(D) danger

18 The eight survivor subsisted for four days and nights

on sea biscuits and mere gulps of water

D

(A) subscribed

(B) misled

(C) wandered

(D) endured

19 Ralph Nader headed the organization called Public

Citizen, Inc from 1971 to 1980

B

(A) moved

(B) directed

(C) turned

(D) toiled for

20 General acceptance of 3-D films may prove hard to

come by, as the experience of three decades ago

indicated

A

(A) obtain

(B) explain

(C) understand

(D) discern