PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 243 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 243 Q1 n. safety (a) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; any security device (b) working together; cooperation (c) act of making changes; alteration; proof sheet made to verify changes made and check for additional errors (d) central stalk of a plant; petiole Q2 n. analysis (a) commercial and market information that indicates overall economic trends (b) a system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; auditing; a detailed financial statement (c) manager; person or group of persons having administrative authority within an organization (d) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination Q3 n. ownership (a) container devoid of contents (b) act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output (c) person who designs gardens or large areas (d) legal right of possession Q4 n. director (a) support; skeleton; structure; system (b) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers) (c) boss; supervisor; manager; head (d) right to live in a country; condition of being a member of a country Q5 n. proposal (a) ability; skill; talent (b) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising (c) faithfulness; devotion; constancy (d) suggestion; tender; plan; offer of marriage Q6 n. advancement (a) astonishment; something which startles or astonishes; unexpected event (b) contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling; destruction (c) target; aim; purpose; objective; destination (d) forward movement; progress; promotion Q7 n. company (a) plentifulness; abundance; numerousness; plurality (b) reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome; product (c) supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales representative (d) corporation; firm; ensemble; association with another Q8 n. issue (a) topic; subject; matter; question; problem; publication (b) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration (c) sample; model; form; mold; decorative design (d) supplementary charge; additional charge; amount paid for insurance; reward Q9 n. staff (a) labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; effort (b) guidance; advance position; first place; guide (c) specimen; small part of something; representative part of a larger group (d) employees working in an organization; personnel; crew; team Q10 n. broker (a) official document; license; reference; attestation (b) act of forcefully taking possession of an area; seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of land (c) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.) (d) middleman; agent who buys and sells property or shares etc. for other people 261 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 244 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 244 Q1 v. instruct (a) to add a footnote; to place a note that directs readers to another source of information (in a book, journal, etc.) (b) to set aside; to allot; to adapt; to embrace; to accept (c) to make easy; to assist; to forward; to promote; to expedite (d) to inform; to direct; to guide; to command; to order; to educate Q2 v. court (a) to suck up; take up; take in (b) to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the affections of someone (c) to be able to pay for; to supply; to provide (d) to put a sum of money in a bank for safekeeping; to pay in part; to set down Q3 v. interrupt (a) to reach a destination; to return; to come back; to succeed (b) to knock down; to astound; to shock (c) to appoint someone (for a position, office, or honor); to designate; to select (d) to stop; to discontinue; to disturb; to bring a conversation to a halt Q4 v. choose (a) to rely on; to trust; to be supported by (b) to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to damage (c) to crumble into granules (d) to select; to prefer; to pick; to make a choice Q5 v. tackle (a) to oppose; to retaliate; to react; to strike back (b) to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about (c) to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform (d) to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce Q6 v. know (a) to be acquainted with; to understand; to distinguish; to be aware of (b) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest (c) to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to say (d) to construct; to create; to increase intensity; to energize Q7 v. supervise (a) to profit; to gain; to be advantageous (b) to seize; to grip; to comprehend; to understand; to realize (c) to situate; to place; to identify; to find; to settle (d) to oversee; to administer; to direct; to manage; to watch over Q8 v. design (a) to create; to conceive; to produce; to conceptualize (b) to form a relationship with another person (c) to meet; to assemble to gather; to get together (d) to permit; to approve; to empower Q9 v. exhibit (a) to send away; to fire; to release; to free (b) to limit; to restrict; to contract; to lessen in width; to taper (c) to show; to display; to demonstrate; to present (d) to recover; to regain; to bring back; to fetch; to rescue Q10 v. select (a) to provide with the required supplies, tools and items (b) to try to get; to attempt to get (c) to choose; to pick out (d) to vote; to elect; to count votes; to make a survey 262 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 245 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 245 Q1 n. cabinet (a) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government (b) luck; wealth; chance; success; riches (c) instructional booklet; handbook (d) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting Q2 v. nurse (a) to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical care; to take care of (b) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture (c) to restore to good condition; to restart; to resume; to refresh (d) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant Q3 n. gymnasium (a) trees that have been sawed into rough planks; useless items that been put in storage (b) article cut from a newspaper (c) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection (d) building for indoor sports and exercise; fitness center Q4 n. date (a) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment (b) sudden need demanding immediate action (c) cosmetic foot treatment (d) day, month and year according to the calendar; interview; meeting Q5 adj. daily (a) chief; head; leading; primary; main (b) occurring on a regular basis (c) higher in rank or position; above average; exceptional (d) having four equal sides enclosing four equal angles Q6 n. commuter (a) furnace which burns things to ashes (b) advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person who gives professional advice (c) person who travels back and forth between home and work (d) sudden need demanding immediate action Q7 n. clipping (a) article cut from a newspaper (b) behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance (c) computer which can serve many users simultaneously (d) examination; careful inspection; debate Q8 n. mortgage (a) conditional conveyance of property as for security on a loan; pledging; lien (b) individual's social or professional standing; position; rank; present situation (c) plan; idea; thought; structure; system (d) national money of a country; circulation; custom; prevalence Q9 n. assistant (a) before noon (b) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper (c) amount of money that has been borrowed; something borrowed; act of giving temporarily (d) return of money; repayment; reimbursement Q10 adj. bankrupt (a) serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous; harsh; strict (b) inquisitive; desiring to know and understand; odd; strange; rare (c) concentrated; focused; observant; polite; caring (d) lacking; deficient; insolvent; unable to pay debts 263 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 246 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 246 Q1 n. downtown (a) commercial center of a city; business distract (b) competition; contention; act of competing (c) something carried; cargo; burden; unit of measure or weight; capacity (d) speaking ability; something that is communicated orally Q2 n. coordinate (a) one who activates; worker of a telephone switchboard; operation symbol (b) reference point; geographical location (c) concentration; consideration; focus; care; acknowledgment; recognition (d) stance Q3 n. cause (a) citizenship; patriotism (b) reason; purpose; principle; factor; basis for a legal case (c) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base (d) heading; caption; right; ownership; championship Q4 n. landscaper (a) product made by hand or by machine (b) person who designs gardens or large areas (c) person skilled in a particular area; specialist (d) meeting at which a person is evaluated through questioning (as for a job) Q5 n. skill (a) slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position or status; promotion; angry response (b) ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or trade that requires special training (c) physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt; organized operation (d) substance; component; all that is inside of something Q6 n. entry (a) cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee; shipping cost; transportation; conveyance; shipment (b) structure; pattern; design; organization; pattern of data organization (c) opening; record; information or item in a book, dictionary, catalog, list, directory, etc. (d) apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme Q7 n. dispense (a) fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness (c) faithfulness; devotion; constancy (b) shared characteristic; common feature (d) expenditure; pardon Q8 v. surprise (a) to plan; to mean; to have in mind do or accomplish; to designate for a particular purpose (b) to startle; to astonish; to ambush (c) to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to delete; to cross out (d) to impose a tax or fine; to conscript troops Q9 n. provision (a) supply; stock; measure; means; condition; stipulation (b) definition; significance; intention; explanation (c) fleece from some animals; frizzy hair (d) device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle Q10 n. registering (a) guilt; responsibility; liability (b) government department responsible for collecting taxes on imports (c) period; era; hour; rate (d) list; record; regulator; gauge 264 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 247 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 247 Q1 v. disturb (a) to gather; to garner; to assemble; to accumulate; to take payments (b) to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry (c) to submit; to consent; to obey; to agree with (d) to moderate; to soften; to tone down; to toughen; to harden Q2 v. sort (a) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify (b) to reap; to gather in ripe crops; to catch; to gather (c) to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove (d) to cover with a curtain; to filter; to sift; to hide; to conceal; to separate Q3 v. clock (a) to satisfy; to please; to meet a request (b) to measure time; to register on a time piece (c) to command; to request something; to arrange; to manage (d) to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for action (especially armed reserves) Q4 v. economize (a) to deal in; to sell (b) to stand in line; to make a row (c) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal (d) to design the appearance of; to arrange; to prepare a diskette or hard disk for use Q5 v. borrow (a) to take on loan; to copy; to steal (b) to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to sanction (c) to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to have a recollection (d) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer) Q6 v. secure (a) to show; to display; to demonstrate; to present (b) to obtain; to protect; to defend; to strengthen (c) to feel; to sense; to distinguish; to discern; to see (d) to deposit money; in a money institution; to count on; to depend upon Q7 n. upholstery (a) person who takes part in a particular event such as a conference or seminar; participant (b) large vessel made for sailing on the sea; aircraft; spacecraft (c) materials that are used to cushion and cover furniture (i.e. fabric, lining, padding, etc.) (d) confirmation; endorsement; positive opinion Q8 v. book (a) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal (b) to repair; to improve; to be improved (c) to record; to order in advance; to inscribe; to indicate (d) to cut into portions; to cleave Q9 v. clerk (a) to inspect; to supervise; to miss; to omit; to ignore; to excuse (b) to go into; to join; to record; to inscribe (c) to gain; to obtain; to earn a point (in a game, etc.); to tally; to grade a test (d) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business) Q10 v. persuade (a) to move quickly; to pass quickly (b) to postpone; to delay; to end a meeting; to move to another place (c) to convince; to induce; to sway (d) to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or malfunction 265 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 248 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 248 Q1 n. permit (a) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge (b) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service (c) license; authorization (d) connection; overall situation; background Q2 n. duress (a) official date; meeting; interview; nomination (b) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done (c) sharp stinging pain (d) intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion Q3 v. endure (a) to take a risk in order to achieve a goal (b) to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove (c) to convey passengers or cargo by boat across a small body of water (d) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant Q4 v. deny (a) to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to finance again (b) to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce (c) to desert; to abandon; to change sides (d) to by-pass; to side-step; to evade Q5 n. decade (a) cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave (b) diagram; chart (c) place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined (d) ten years; group of tens Q6 n. vending machine (a) cement; something tangible (idea, object, etc.) (b) remark; note; statement; explanation (c) automated device used for selling items (d) place where grain is stored; granary; storehouse; collection; store Q7 n. directory (a) guidebook; library; catalog (b) person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography (c) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang) (d) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction Q8 v. found (a) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company (b) to join parts together; to attach segments (c) to include; to contain; to consist (d) to strike; to beat; to reach; to find; to collide Q9 adj. tense (a) consoling; encouraging; reassuring; brining relief; heartening (b) instantaneous; prompt; direct; close (c) leaving; sailing; traveling to another country (d) strained; taut; rigid; nervous; stressful Q10 v. elect (a) to choose; to vote for; to prefer; to decide (b) to express a preconceived opinion; to express one's biases (c) to appear; to come out; to be revealed (d) to agree; to harmonize; to coincide; to collaborate; to consent 266 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 249 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 249 Q1 n. science (a) recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture; slouch; collapse (b) set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin (c) system of knowledge gained by research; specific field of systematic knowledge; skill; proficiency (d) earnings; financial gain; benefit; advantage; privilege Q2 n. context (a) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure (b) process of producing and distributing printed material; act of advertising (c) passage; walkway (between rows of seats or shelves) (d) connection; overall situation; background Q3 n. salvage (a) casualty; misadventure; mishap; failure (b) opening; breach; hiatus; space; great difference; disparity (c) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function (d) act of rescuing; rescued items Q4 n. invitation (a) staying where one is; expectation; ambush (b) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) (c) main office; central office of a company; center of operation (d) request for one's presence; summons; call Q5 n. education (a) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender (b) the total amount of funds in circulation in a given country's economy (c) supplement; mathematical operation (d) learning; instruction; imparting of knowledge; upbringing Q6 n. cab (a) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment (c) frequent customer; repeat customer (b) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint (d) match; whole consisting of two parts; couple Q7 n. scramble (a) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation (b) announcement; poster, sign; warning; attention; consideration (c) track; path; customary series of stops during a trip (d) climb over rough terrain; struggle for possession; disorderly or chaotic proceeding Q8 n. array (a) short written reminder; memo; brief informal letter; official message (b) influence; ability to affect or alter people or circumstance (c) display; layout; clothing; menu (d) mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type Q9 n. frequency (a) topic; subject; matter; question; problem; publication (b) quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a function reoccurs (c) system of knowledge gained by research; specific field of systematic knowledge; skill; proficiency (d) thin piece cut from a larger object; portion; share Q10 n. omission (a) deletion; negligence; failure; default (b) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits (c) chase; quest; search; occupation; pastime (d) instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water or electricity) 267 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 250 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 250 Q1 v. freight (a) to load with goods; to load; to weigh down; to send as cargo (b) to mark; to indicate; to write one's name (c) to give out; to distribute; to ration; to set aside for a special purpose (d) to cause; to incite; to bring to pass Q2 v. disembark (a) to slope; to bend; to bow; to slant; to influence (b) to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or vehicle; to land (c) to gain; to obtain; to earn a point (in a game, etc.); to tally; to grade a test (d) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze Q3 v. suspend (a) to hang; to postpone; to defer; to expel (b) to copy files from a distant computer onto another computer through an Internet connection (c) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for (d) to fall on; to storm; to invade; to attack; to seize; to assault Q4 v. entertain (a) to interest; to amuse; to host (b) to copy; to photograph; to snapshot (c) to exercise; to train; to drill (d) to wrap; to combine things together as one inseparable unit Q5 v. realize (a) to understand; to comprehend; to accomplish; to convert into cash; to liquidate (b) to hand over to another nation or judicial authority (c) to train in advance (d) to repay; to refund; to compensate for a loss; to repay for an expense Q6 v. dispose (a) to control; to arrange; to put in order (b) to erect; to set; to put; to place (c) to hang; to postpone; to defer; to expel (d) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise Q7 n. elevation (a) guidance; supervision; conducting; management (b) height of something; altitude above sea or ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur (c) article, thing; goal; focus of a thought or action (d) item or detail included in a description of requirements or plans Q8 v. debut (a) to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate (b) to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for action (especially armed reserves) (c) to plan; to design; to name; to call (d) to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance Q9 v. retrieve (a) to recover; to regain; to bring back; to fetch; to rescue (b) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel (c) to stretch; to enlarge; to lengthen; to reach out (d) to gather together; to group together; to press in Q10 v. demolish (a) to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove (b) to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall (c) to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward (d) to record; to enroll; to have an effect; to have influence 268 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 251 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 251 Q1 adj. unnecessary (a) more distant; additional (b) ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known (c) unusual (d) excessive; redundant; superfluous Q2 pref. post (a) against; opposed (b) after; later; subsequent to (c) of light (d) related to by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood Q3 adj. modest (a) spotted; speckled; composed of a series of small dashes (about a line) (b) humble; unpretentious; unassuming; simple; limited (c) non-transferable (d) inexpensive; cheap; of or relating to a financial plan Q4 n. protection (a) testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony (b) person who designs and plans (machinery, roads, etc.) (c) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset (d) defense; shelter; safety Q5 n. helicopter (a) a system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; auditing; a detailed financial statement (b) place; position; situation; site; spot (c) sickness; illness (d) aircraft which flies by means of horizontally rotating blades Q6 conj. yet (a) but; in spite of; despite (b) since; inasmuch as; while; while on the contrary (c) immediately following; the moment that; as soon as (d) if Q7 n. thoroughness (a) opposite of child; a grown-up; a mature person (b) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.) (c) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal (d) diligence; neatness Q8 v. aggregate (a) to act as master of ceremonies; to receive guests into one's home; to give a party (b) to prosper; to flourish; to succeed (c) to move; to be moved (d) to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble Q9 adv. firm (a) apparently; seemingly; to all appearances (b) in another country; outside; widely (c) sturdily; steadily; assertively; in a determined manner (d) separately; aside; into pieces Q10 n. fund (a) obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders progress (b) amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply (c) office; bureau; institution; franchise; method (d) result of manufacturing; goods; merchandise 269 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 252 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 252 Q1 n. passenger (a) company that is owned or controlled by another company (b) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done (c) traveler; fare; person who rides or travels (d) way of life Q2 n. relation (a) perception of flavor; sense; reason (b) profit; amount of assets that is higher than liabilities (c) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble (d) narration; act of telling; family member; connection; association Q3 n. desk (a) a document giving details about an offering of securities investment for sale to the public (b) reiteration; act of redoing something (c) company; commercial business; corporation (d) office table Q4 n. acronym (a) rite; ritual; formality (b) part of a chair; rear part of the human body (c) officer of a monastery; high-ranking member of a religious order (d) a word which is formed from the first letters of several words; i.e. TOEIC or NATO Q5 n. mid-range (a) end; conclusion; final appearance; power of endurance; vitality; unit of weight (b) pertaining to a value that is approximately in the middle of a series of values (c) method or course that restores health; prescribed treatment for an illness (d) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression Q6 n. dietician (a) care; treatment; procedure; system; touch (b) requirement; shortage of an indispensable item; distress; hardship (c) group of people working together; team (d) nutritionist; expert on nutrition Q7 n. engine (a) synopsis; general survey; introduction (b) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument (c) degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain (d) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date Q8 v. climb (a) to exclude; to leave out; to skip; to protest; to object (b) to support; to assist; to strengthen (c) to transport via locomotive; to convey by train (d) to ascend; to up; to slope upward; to move upward gradually Q9 n. medicine (a) act of deriving; speculation; drawing of a conclusion (b) art and science of disease treatment and health maintenance; remedy; drug (c) cat (Slang); feline (d) something discarded; rubbish; garbage; refuse; nonsense Q10 n. reason (a) cause; basis for action; intelligence; sense (b) bringing something down to a smaller scale; lowering expenses (c) location; position; standing; role; function (d) lane; path; signs; trails; channel 270 Answers Index . www.english-test.net Test 245 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 245 Q1 n. cabinet (a) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government. www.english-test.net Test 248 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 248 Q1 n. permit (a) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment;