PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 23 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 23 Q1 n. pursuit (a) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review (b) chase; quest; search; occupation; pastime (c) druggist; apothecary (d) limit; border Q2 n. pleasure (a) enjoyment; amusement; entertainment; delight; joy (b) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment (c) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold (d) computerized representation of an actual object Q3 n. launch (a) nullification; termination; revocation (b) certificate; entry pass; tag (c) sale of products to final consumers; sale of goods to end users (d) act of sending out; act of starting or initiating; commencement; inauguration Q4 n. setup (a) arrangement; structure; organization; hoax; configuration of hardware or software (Computers) (b) purchase; sale; acquisition (c) honesty; fairness; justice (d) production; creating; group of people born around the same time Q5 n. strategy (a) city (b) house; dwelling; structure; premises (c) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event (d) plans or methods created for the purpose of achieving a goal Q6 n. final (a) end; conclusion; last edition of a newspaper (b) a document giving details about an offering of securities investment for sale to the public (c) person who holds a money order (d) protection; security; rampart; shield Q7 n. disposition (a) the sale of all or most of a company's inventory or assets to another company (b) amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply (c) workers' association; federation; amalgamation (d) character; nature; trait; arrangement; placement Q8 n. salient (a) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper (b) relief; consolation; coziness (c) something of value (property, equipment, goods, etc.); item of quality; something beneficial (d) angle that points outward Q9 n. avail (a) inclusion; participation; connection; association; relation (b) advantage; profit; help; benefit (c) disposition; mood (d) seclusion; solitude; reclusion; secrecy; confidentiality Q10 n. minute (a) system of knowledge gained by research; specific field of systematic knowledge; skill; proficiency (b) volume; mass; main part; most (c) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; memo; protocol; memorandum (d) condition; phase; mood; splendor; nation 41 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 24 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 24 Q1 v. trustee (a) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them (b) to stance (c) to take on loan; to copy; to steal (d) to speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner; to offend; to affront Q2 v. bias (a) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review (b) to prejudice; to influence opinions (c) to build; to create; to design; to grow (d) to cancel; to revoke Q3 v. overcome (a) to subdue; to solve (b) to keep in existence; to preserve; to support; to provide for (c) to conceal; to cover up; to keep secret; to place out of sight (d) to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to prepare Q4 v. program (a) to characterize; to depict; to describe; to present; to emphasize (b) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer (c) to separate into parts; to part; to share; to apportion (d) to endanger; to place in danger; to imperil; to put at risk Q5 v. testify (a) to label; to fine (b) to bear witness; to declare under oath; to attest (c) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster (d) to examine; to investigate; to inspect; to scrutinize Q6 v. install (a) to be present in a place; to care for; to serve; to accompany (b) to recompense someone for a service (c) to set up for use; to put in (i.e. machinery); to establish in an office or position (d) to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's name on a list Q7 n. profit (a) device for electronically transmitting written material; electronically transmitted document (b) earnings; financial gain; benefit; advantage; privilege (c) grouping symbols () (d) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality Q8 v. hire (a) to lease; to rent; to employ (b) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action (c) to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show (d) to quit an office or position; to relinquish; to give up; to abdicate Q9 v. stake (a) to go on a journey; to move; to go from one place to another (b) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise (c) to go into; to join; to record; to inscribe (d) to risk; to gamble; to finance; to underwrite Q10 v. pair (a) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate (b) to investigate (c) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border (d) to assume; to anticipate; to hope 42 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 25 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 25 Q1 abbr. I.P.O. (a) first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market (b) describing something that can be left out isn't required (c) given money that was owed (d) top executive rank; person who is responsible for research and development and possibly for new product plans Q2 abbr. G.D.P. (a) total goods and services produced by nation during one year excluding payments on foreign investments (b) quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast (c) first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market (d) set of numbers which identifies a person Q3 abbr. a.m. (a) American corporation headquartered in Virginia, owner and operator of on line and interactive computer services (b) morning; time before noon; hours between midnight and noon (c) public limited liability company in Britain (d) department in a company that develops new products Q4 abbr. Inc. (a) pound; unit of weight in ancient Rome equaling approximately 12 ounces (b) legally established as a corporation (c) used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting or conference (d) large company; firm; business Q5 abbr. no. (a) numeral; mathematical value or its symbol; unit in a series; part (b) head manager of a corporation, company or large organization (c) department in a company that develops new products (d) signed note acknowledging a debt Q6 abbr. PIN (a) firm, company that is organized in such a way as to give its owners limited liability (b) set of numbers which identifies a person (c) public limited liability company in Britain (d) quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast Q7 abbr. Ltd. (a) secondary email address; copy of a document, message, or email that is sent to a third party (b) treasurer; person who is responsible for all financial aspects of a company (c) firm, company that is organized in such a way as to give its owners limited liability (d) cash payment to be made upon receipt of products or goods Q8 abbr. HTML (a) used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting or conference (b) requesting to view or read the opposite side of a page or document (c) morning; time before noon; hours between midnight and noon (d) language used to write pages and sites for the Internet Q9 abbr. H.R. (a) period of about 30 days or 4 weeks; 1/12 of a year (b) manpower; personnel; human work force; human labor; staff (c) top executive rank; person who is responsible for the security of a company's communications and business systems (d) legally established as a corporation Q10 abbr. attn. (a) numeral; mathematical value or its symbol; unit in a series; part (b) directed to a particular person (generally used when addressing a letter or message) or issue (c) graduate with a doctorate; graduate of a doctoral program; university degree; title (d) head manager of a company or large organization 43 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 26 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 26 Q1 adv. perhaps (a) politely; respectfully; graciously (b) with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly; improperly (c) maybe; possibly; could be (d) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent Q2 adv. ultimately (a) in the end; eventually (b) also; too; as well (c) first in place or rank; primary; leading; main (d) almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all likelihood Q3 adv. randomly (a) exactly; accurately; definitely; certainly; surely (b) accidentally; by chance (c) contrarily (d) in the end; eventually Q4 adv. approximately (a) maybe; possibly; could be (c) briefly; bluntly; rudely (b) nearly; about; around; circa (d) exceeding regular working hours Q5 adv. pretty (a) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent (b) past; further than (c) almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all likelihood (d) ahead; to the front Q6 adv. courteously (a) forward; in advance (b) after the usual or expected time; tardily; recently; far on time; formerly (c) politely; respectfully; graciously (d) nice; excellent; of high quality Q7 adv. rarely (a) of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely; absolutely (b) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully (c) infrequently; not often; seldom (d) also; too; as well Q8 v. rebuild (a) to create a timetable; to enter into a timetable; to plan for a certain date (b) to reconstruct; to erect again (c) to unite; to join; to come together; to become one (d) to decline; to deny; to turn down Q9 adv. interim (a) inexpensively (c) meanwhile; in the meantime (b) in some way (d) against; in contrast to Q10 adv. last (a) towards a lower place, position or section (b) politely; respectfully; graciously (c) after all others; finally; at the end; most recently (d) into the city center; into the the town 44 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 27 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 27 Q1 n. recruit (a) beginning phase of a project; babyhood (b) flat receptacle used to hold other items; platter (c) new member of a group; new employee (d) manager; person or group of persons having administrative authority within an organization Q2 n. crux (a) failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected (b) set way of saying or doing something; principle; pattern (c) sound produced in the throat; expression; language (d) heart of the matter; main point Q3 n. capital (a) traveler; fare; person who rides or travels (b) string; thin cord; Internet discussion (c) property; financial means; assets; main city of a country of region (d) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment Q4 n. technique (a) metal cord with sharp projecting points (c) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid (b) method of performance (d) ethic; lesson; principle Q5 n. deadline (a) punctuality (b) time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in (c) connection; confiscation; file sent via email (d) high ranking military officer Q6 n. refusal (a) denial; rejection (b) enchantment; affection; adoration (c) course or method of action; guidelines; position; standpoint; insurance contract (d) thickness of some material that covers a surface; covering; bed; stratum Q7 v. match (a) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand (b) to find the answer to; to explain (c) to do; to carry out; to execute; to present; to arrange; to manage (d) to be compatible; to be suitable; to be an equal competitor; to compare Q8 n. grant (a) bar; counting device (b) profit; amount of assets that is higher than liabilities (c) award; gift; present; contribution; donation (d) cameraman; person who takes pictures Q9 v. impede (a) to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to equalize (b) to depart; to exit; to quit; to omit; to let alone (c) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck (d) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart Q10 v. idealize (a) to act as an agent on behalf of a person or organization; to symbolize (b) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture (c) to submerge; to fall down below the surface (especially in water) (d) to represent as the embodiment of perfection 45 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 28 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 28 Q1 adj. unbiased (a) independent; independent contractor; business owner; person who is not a hired laborer (b) entrusted to the care (c) sloping; inclined (d) impartial; equitable Q2 adj. dotted (a) pertaining to a city; municipal (b) comprising the best result ever attained (c) receiving of a regular or fixed payment (d) spotted; speckled; composed of a series of small dashes (about a line) Q3 adj. record (a) plentiful; copious; profuse; full abounding with (b) advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable (c) comprising the best result ever attained (d) significant; influential; essential; crucial; critical Q4 adj. trade (a) commercial; of commerce (c) inattentive; unmindful (b) new; strange (d) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough Q5 adj. awesome (a) impressive; inspiring; great; frightening (c) managerial; overseeing (b) thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks (d) mild; slight; comfortable; simple Q6 adj. operational (a) sufficient; adequate (b) working; functional; ready for use (c) lucky; successful; opportune (d) lacking; deficient; insolvent; unable to pay debts Q7 v. penalize (a) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell (b) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal (c) to punish (d) to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept Q8 adj. colloquial (a) courteous; having good manners; gentle; genial; kind (b) not anticipated; not expected (c) having membership in; belonging to (a group, academic organization, etc.); of the same type (d) conversational; not used in formal speaking or writing; informal Q9 adj. drastic (a) receiving of a regular or fixed payment (c) extreme; intense; severe (b) skilled; able; proficient; adept (d) costly; precious; opposite of cheap Q10 adj. scrupulous (a) moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise; strict; exact (b) equivalent to; equal to (c) situated; placed; identified; found; existing; standing (d) penetrating; infiltrating; spreading; extending; permeating 46 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 29 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 29 Q1 n. equipment (a) need; want; shortage; absence (b) supplies; necessary items; tools, instruments or other objects for completing a task (c) creator; designer (d) short meeting; summarizing; giving and receiving instructions; reporting Q2 n. college (a) woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub (b) financial industry owned cooperative supplying secure, standardized messaging services to financial institutions (c) mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge (d) institution of higher education that grants degrees; type of school; council Q3 n. bound (a) not many; some; several; small number of (c) limit; border (b) something which annoys or aggravates (d) salary; wages Q4 n. symposium (a) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side (b) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business) (c) meeting or conference at which a specific topic is discussed (d) money paid for the use of property; property that is leased; act of leasing Q5 n. expenditure (a) misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage (b) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial) (c) customary action; habit; drill; training exercise (d) pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence Q6 n. slope (a) sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences (b) payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness; careful attention (c) newsreader; broadcaster (d) side of a hill; incline; upward or downward slant; degree to which a surface deviates from the vertical Q7 n. exhibition (a) change; adjustment, agreement; adaptation; restriction (b) display; show; public presentation of work or skills; trade fair (c) management; supervisors; leadership (d) prize; grant; arbitration Q8 v. grasp (a) to satisfy; to please; to meet a request (b) to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir to action; to induce (c) to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder (d) to seize; to grip; to comprehend; to understand; to realize Q9 n. slice (a) person who ask questions (i.e. reporter or employer) (b) thin piece cut from a larger object; portion; share (c) introduction of something new; change; new method or practice (d) pathfinder; forerunner; person who paves the way; member of a military engineering corps Q10 n. alliance (a) affinity; compassion; pity; concern; empathy (c) pact; treaty; connection; relationship (b) something previously mentioned or indicated (d) cosmetic foot treatment 47 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 30 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 30 Q1 v. progress (a) to evolve; to make to progress; to grow professionally; to develop; to speed (b) to check; to look over carefully and critically; to examine officially; to review (c) to attach firmly; to fasten tightly (d) to advance; to move forward; to gain Q2 v. influence (a) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered (b) to affect; to impact; to impel; to control (c) to establish communication; to make a connection; to link to; to connect with (d) to organize according to importance Q3 v. bother (a) to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort; to be concerned (b) to accuse; to denounce (c) to take a small portion of something as a specimen (d) to raise; to push; to urge; to lift Q4 v. span (a) to extend across; to stretch from one point another; to bridge (b) to register; to adjust prices or salaries in accordance with changes in economic indicators (c) to confuse; to make hard to understand; to make difficult; to make complex (d) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose Q5 v. display (a) to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal (b) to come to an end; to finish; to terminate (c) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct (d) to contest; to contend against another; to participate in a contest Q6 v. picture (a) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict (b) to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to set aside for future consideration (c) to acquire; to procure; to secure; to earn; to achieve (d) to set apart an additional amount of space or money for security Q7 v. evaluate (a) to cover or to furnish with textile materials; to reprimand; to scold (b) to appraise; to judge the worth or quality; to assess; to gauge (c) to think; to consider logically; to argue; to claim (d) to deposit money; in a money institution; to count on; to depend upon Q8 adj. name (a) same; identical; able; capable (b) unable to think in a clear and orderly manner; giddy or frivolous (c) beginning; introductory (d) reputed; famous Q9 v. concur (a) to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make an offer of marriage (b) to act as master of ceremonies; to receive guests into one's home; to give a party (c) to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise (d) to agree; to harmonize; to coincide; to collaborate; to consent Q10 v. plug (a) to attach firmly; to fasten tightly (b) to cut off; to curtail; to trim off (c) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise (d) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered 48 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 31 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 31 Q1 adv. severely (a) gently; without roughness or projections; evenly; calmly (b) in every; during (c) especially; specifically (d) seriously; gravely; acutely; critically Q2 adv. overseas (a) in a place across an ocean (b) seemingly; probably (c) first in place or rank; primary; leading; main (d) regrettably Q3 adv. initially (a) dutifully; with care; thoroughly (b) maybe; possibly; could be (c) at first; in the first place; at the beginning (d) quite; sufficiently; fairly Q4 adv. late (a) with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly; improperly (b) after the usual or expected time; tardily; recently; far on time; formerly (c) contrarily (d) simply; in an unembellished manner; clearly Q5 adv. fine (a) in the end; eventually (c) very well; excellent (b) amid; in the middle (d) methodically; in an organized fashion Q6 adv. surely (a) sturdily; steadily; assertively; in a determined manner (b) doubly (c) confidently; certainly; without a doubt; yes; of course (d) accidentally; by chance Q7 adv. moderately (a) dutifully; with care; thoroughly (b) mildly; deliberatively; in a temperate manner; not excessively; reasonably (c) ahead; to the front (d) side by side; in alignment; on top of; up-to-date; well-informed Q8 v. scale (a) to direct along a particular path; to chart a course (b) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio (c) to count; to equal in amount; to limit; to allot (d) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them Q9 v. clarify (a) to make clear; to explain (b) to supply; to support; to send; to move into a machine (c) to write or print a series of names or items according to a certain order; to inscribe; to record (d) to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like better Q10 adv. quarterly (a) to the smallest extent possible (c) meanwhile; in the meantime (b) four times a year; once every three months (d) in a place across an ocean 49 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 32 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 32 Q1 v. doubt (a) to be uncertain; to have misgivings (b) to change; to modify (c) to call; to summon (e.g. to the telephone); to number sheets of paper in a collection (d) to win; to succeed; to overcome; to surpass; to prove superior Q2 n. consistency (a) article cut from a newspaper (b) sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences (c) movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs, desks, cabinets, closets, etc.) (d) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness Q3 n. prospect (a) levy; fee (b) chance; probability of advancement or success; hope; promise (c) routine job; unpleasant task (d) marketing; activities associated with selling a product or service Q4 n. commission (a) increase in the supply of money in relation to the amount of goods available resulting in a rise in prices (b) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base (c) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson (d) speed; haste; sudden increase in activity or speed Q5 n. setback (a) day, month and year according to the calendar; interview; meeting (b) graphic symbol which represents a company or organization (c) shopping center; pedestrian walkway; promenade (d) obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders progress Q6 n. cash reserves (a) bank deposits that are available on a short-term basis; treasury bills (b) collapse; crash; incident (c) an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome (d) task; assignment; delegation; errand; religious delegation Q7 n. bearer instrument (a) something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; outcast (b) period of residence; act of taking possession (Law); right of possession (c) yearly date commemorating a special event; birthday (d) a signed money order which is payable on demand to the holder Q8 v. extract (a) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries (b) to endanger; to imperil; to put at risk; to place in danger (c) to calm; to soften; to pacify; to relieve (d) to remove; to take out; to squeeze; to press; to elicit Q9 n. challenge (a) one who damages a person or his property or rights (b) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks (c) shipping of goods to other countries (d) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction Q10 n. journey (a) possibility; ability; capability of being (c) long trip; distance; voyage (b) chance occurrence; unforeseen event (d) housemaid; servant; housekeeper 50 Answers Index . hope 42 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 25 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 25 Q1 abbr. I.P.O. (a) first offering to the public of. www.english-test.net Test 27 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 27 Q1 n. recruit (a) beginning phase of a project; babyhood (b) flat receptacle