PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 273 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 273 Q1 n. building (a) house; dwelling; structure; premises (c) expansion; increase in size; magnification (b) act of fixing; correction; act of mending (d) heart of the matter; main point Q2 n. perspective (a) viewpoint; outlook; vista; view (b) occurrence; occasion; example; illustration (c) foundation; organization which provides a certain service or supports a particular cause (d) group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles Q3 n. driver (a) working together; cooperation (b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey (c) chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device (d) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.) Q4 n. paint (a) resident; native of a country (b) series (of stories, articles, reports etc.); recurring period of time (c) colored substance applied to surfaces; layer of dried pigment on a surface (d) gas pedal of a motor vehicle Q5 n. stake (a) wager; bet; investment; share (b) rotatable disk on a telephone (c) ability of the mind to create mental pictures which do not exist in reality (d) dossier for storing papers; directory Q6 n. reflection (a) act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; idea; concept (b) action or instance in which the ball or puck is prevented from entering the goal (c) place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined (d) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality Q7 n. attention (a) external part or surface of something (b) method; way; medium; resources; funds (c) alleyway; narrow road between mountains; successful grade on a test (d) concentration; consideration; focus; care; acknowledgment; recognition Q8 n. travel (a) injury; harm (c) movement; journeying (b) serenity; self-control; calmness; coolness (d) stock; list of assets; act of checking stock Q9 n. canvass (a) vagueness; lack of clarity (c) cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance (b) condition; influencing factor; situation (d) examination; careful inspection; debate Q10 n. benefit (a) shipping of goods to other countries (b) advantage; profit; aid; stipend (c) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.) (d) range; journey; track; path; series; sequence 291 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 274 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 274 Q1 v. refurbish (a) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority (b) to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden (c) to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition (d) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively Q2 v. fix (a) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand (b) to submerge; to fall down below the surface (especially in water) (c) to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair; to prepare (d) to dress; to put on clothes Q3 n. interruption (a) computer peripheral used for exporting documents to paper (b) certificate that bears monetary value; coupon; receipt; authorizer; endorser (c) disturbance; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-off (d) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister Q4 v. explore (a) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research (b) to control to rule over; to be superior (c) to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp (d) to be uncertain; to have misgivings Q5 n. facility (a) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property (b) commitment; obligation; period of employment (c) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building (d) management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift; careful spending Q6 n. grasp (a) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride (b) hold; understanding; knowledge; realization (c) wooden box; old car; old plane (d) worker; person who works for a company or an individual Q7 v. overwhelm (a) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck (b) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze (c) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of (d) to recover Q8 v. diversify (a) to throw away; to get rid of (b) to express in a fluent and clear manner (c) to make different; to invest one's assets in various securities (d) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform Q9 n. adept (a) person who is an expert; person who is skilled (b) inducement; act of convincing (c) meeting or conference at which a specific topic is discussed (d) word or phrase by which someone or something is called or identified; moniker Q10 v. worry (a) to protect; to secure; to vindicate (b) to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express (c) to earn income; to make financial gains; to be of service; to be beneficial (d) to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort 292 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 275 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 275 Q1 n. mainframe (a) financial assistance (b) awareness; perception (c) computer which can serve many users simultaneously (d) height of something; altitude above sea or ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur Q2 n. tenure (a) railing; hedge; ability to argue; person who sells stolen goods (b) small room; piece of office furniture; office; part of a government (c) meeting; assembly; term; semester (d) strength; period; permanence Q3 n. guideline (a) instructions; manual; handbook; indication of acceptable conduct or procedure (b) fulfillment; realization; attainment; achievement (c) progress; modernization; promotion (d) person or business that sells goods to final consumers Q4 n. ingredient (a) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification (b) component; element; factor; one of the substances which comprises a mixture (c) salesman; supplier; automatic machine for selling goods (d) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments Q5 n. vehicle (a) means of transport (car, bus, etc.); instrument; means; medium (b) opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason; cause (c) guilt; responsibility; liability (d) total number of people who subscribe to a particular publication Q6 n. peace (a) elasticity; cheerfulness; quality of quickly recovering from sadness or failure; buoyancy (b) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer (c) concentration; ability to concentrate on an issue (d) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility Q7 n. lesson (a) store which sells food and other household goods (b) exercise; assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned (c) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license (d) test; attempt; experiment; annoyance Q8 n. due (a) extensive piece of land usually with a large house on it; person's property; wealth; possessions (b) something which legally or rightfully belongs to an individual; payment; fee (c) something of value (property, equipment, goods, etc.); item of quality; something beneficial (d) commercial center of a city; business distract Q9 n. experience (a) tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation; apprehension (b) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week (c) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor (d) knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through Q10 n. display (a) discourse given before an audience; tedious reprimand; formal reproof (b) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition (c) type of fuel; gasoline (d) hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint 293 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 276 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 276 Q1 n. trespasser (a) adjacency; nearness; closeness; vicinity (b) one who damages a person or his property or rights (c) opening; record; information or item in a book, dictionary, catalog, list, directory, etc. (d) course or method of action; guidelines; position; standpoint; insurance contract Q2 adj. flawless (a) lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary (b) perfect; impeccable (c) strong; solid; stable; fixed; immovable; determined (d) experienced; knowledgeable (Slang) Q3 v. exchange (a) to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to advise; to suggest (b) to give one thing in return for another; to replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter (c) to feel; to sense; to distinguish; to discern; to see (d) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority Q4 v. carry (a) to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce; to institute (b) to vindicate; to defend; to support; to excuse (c) to transport; to continue; to bear (d) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject Q5 v. pretense (a) to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show (b) to shut; to be shut; to finish; to complete (c) to prove; to verify; to confirm; to actualize (d) to express in a fluent and clear manner Q6 v. dial (a) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons (b) to investigate (c) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries (d) to choose; to pick out Q7 n. memo (a) replacement; alteration; shift; coins; money received back after paying for goods (b) facet; outlook; direction; issue; point (c) choosing; time when people vote for a political candidate (d) reminder; internal document Q8 n. terminal (a) either end of a passenger line; bus or train station (b) person who who makes and fixes keys and fasting mechanisms (c) declaration; allegation; official account (d) the total amount of funds in circulation in a given country's economy Q9 adj. pertinent (a) invaluable; beyond any expressible value; very expensive (b) bothersome; troublesome; worrisome; harassing (c) relevant; related; appropriate; fitting (d) being more than is needed; excessive; unnecessary Q10 v. alert (a) to set some distance apart (c) to warn; to put on standby; to alarm (b) to pull; to drag (d) to place in; to put in; to add to 294 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 277 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 277 Q1 n. mull (a) origin; starting point (b) thin muslin fabric (Hindi); beach cliff (Scottish) (c) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction (d) equal weight or power acting in opposition Q2 n. income (a) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage (b) supplement; mathematical operation (c) something which is opposite (d) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits Q3 n. staple (a) metal clip for binding papers; essential element (b) devotion to a certain habit; dependency (c) ball; sphere; planet Earth; world (d) happening; event; incident Q4 n. grain (a) percentage of profits earned by a salesperson (b) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts (c) representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention, seminar etc. (d) cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave Q5 n. attendance (a) sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional gambler (b) person who holds public position; authority (c) act of quitting a position; letter stating that one quits a position; relinquishment (d) being physically present; act of accompanying or serving Q6 n. carpenter (a) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture (b) meat cutter; meat slaughterer; owner of a meat shop (c) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function (d) business; commerce; barter; occupation Q7 n. lifestyle (a) way of life (c) process of turning money into profit (b) power; strength; force; capacity to be (d) forward movement; progress; promotion Q8 n. inconvenience (a) act of acquainting one person with another; preface (b) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality (c) bother; disturbance; nuisance; discomfort (d) theme; subject of conversation; issue Q9 n. ship (a) large vessel made for sailing on the sea; aircraft; spacecraft (b) organic or chemical substance added to soil to enrich it (i.e. manure) (c) need; want; shortage; absence (d) finding fault; act of expressing displeasure; pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law) Q10 n. skim (a) gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment (b) person or organization that lends something; lender; loaner; moneylender (c) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film; thin layer (d) holiday 295 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 278 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 278 Q1 n. hyphen (a) attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation (b) cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance (c) short dash; short line used to connect or separate words or syllables (-) (d) vocation; skilled occupation; declaration; proclamation Q2 v. corrupt (a) to cause to be dishonest; to pervert; to spoil (b) to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to use (c) to sign over property to a creditor as security for money that is owed; to obligate (d) to ask for; to petition for Q3 n. clout (a) place where an event occurs; vista; view (b) pull; influence; power; weight (c) disturbance; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-off (d) distinguishing mark; unique ability; area of expertise Q4 adj. various (a) intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal; of an individual (b) assorted; different; individual; several (c) articulate; eloquent; able to read and write with ease; graceful; flowing (d) lacking; deficient; insolvent; unable to pay debts Q5 adj. managerial (a) can be prophesied; can be foretold (b) relating to supervision and responsibility (c) essential; regularly used; primary; principal; main (of goods or products) (d) extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound Q6 n. receptionist (a) person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival (b) amount; extent; measure; degree; size; magnitude (c) aspiration; hope; goal; dream (d) person who accepts; person who takes or gets Q7 n. caveat (a) money in the form of coins and bank notes (b) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law) (c) briefcase; attache case; list of securities and stocks (d) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city Q8 v. evidence (a) to sell something through a bidding system (b) to choose; to select from several options; to conclude; to resolve (c) to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true (d) to mark; to indicate; to write one's name Q9 adj. intermittent (a) not continuous; sporadic; fitful; alternately stopping and starting (b) brief; blunt; rude (c) complex; complicated; involved; entangled (d) annoyed; aggravated; exasperated Q10 v. mention (a) to tolerate; to be patient (b) to buy; to obtain; to purchase; to attain (c) to instruct; to provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding (d) to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to indicate 296 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 279 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 279 Q1 n. supply (a) disregard; inattention; forgetfulness; abandonment (b) official document; license; reference; attestation (c) act of providing; provision; reserve; stock (d) list of information arranged in columns and rows; chart; flat surface Q2 n. statement (a) voyage; sightseeing excursion; trip; route (b) declaration; allegation; official account (c) worry; issue; problem; group of companies; large corporation (d) supply; stock; means of accomplishing a goal; expedient Q3 n. stack (a) track; lane; route; search route (b) heap; tall bookshelf; chimney (c) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement (d) boss; person or company that hires people to do work Q4 n. diversification (a) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality (b) spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address (c) head; chief; director; carrier; main article (d) process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services Q5 n. paper (a) capability of being carried out; capability of being achieved; likelihood; probability (b) determination; resolution; ruling (especially in court) (c) something which escapes or passes through a hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.) (d) thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on; article; essay; questionnaire Q6 n. rear (a) commercial center of a city; business distract (b) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.) (c) bend; crease; depression in the ground; hollow between two hills; yard (d) gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment Q7 n. graph (a) any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter) (b) path along which a fluid flows; direction in which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape (c) list of terms and definitions (usually at the end of a book); dictionary of technical or specific terms (d) diagram; chart Q8 v. evict (a) to oppose; to protest (b) to expel a tenant by legal process; to turn out (c) to experience; to endure (d) to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to picture in the mind Q9 n. independent (a) person who does not belong to any political party (b) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration (c) person who ask questions (i.e. reporter or employer) (d) pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground deposit of oil Q10 n. coin (a) person employed to deliver official dispatches or go on special errands (b) vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy; change (c) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills) (d) singularity; individuality; incomparability 297 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 280 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 280 Q1 adj. intensive (a) essential; regularly used; primary; principal; main (of goods or products) (b) serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager (c) characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated (d) marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture Q2 n. major (a) total number of people living in an area (b) one who donates money; person or organization that promotes or supports (an event, program, candidate, etc.) (c) military rank above captain; main subject of study chosen by a college or university student (d) graph; diagram Q3 n. rubber (a) elastic material derived from of some tropical plants; eraser (b) process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services (c) peripheral device used to convert objects or images into digital images (Computers) (d) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city Q4 v. unify (a) to save from destruction; to rescue (b) to gather; to collect; to converge; to arrange; to meet (c) to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate (d) to join; to cause to become one Q5 v. take over (a) to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform; to conduct (b) to capture; to assume control (c) to issue a command; to make an official order (d) to surrender; to quit; to stop doing Q6 n. incinerator (a) affront; offense; rude remark or action (b) exchange of information or ideas; transfer; passing along; letter; message (c) furnace which burns things to ashes (d) slide; stumble; mistake; blunder; error Q7 v. motivate (a) to record the proceedings of a meeting; to make a memorandum (b) to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir to action; to induce (c) to take a cruise; to travel; to make a journey (d) to see with the eyes; to view; to notice; to discern; to observe Q8 n. potential (a) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total (b) possibility; ability; capability of being (c) arrangement; structure; organization; hoax; configuration of hardware or software (Computers) (d) small machine that makes computations Q9 v. involve (a) to see with the eyes; to view; to notice; to discern; to observe (b) to cause to be concerned with; to engage; to engross (c) to stud; to constellate (d) to make happen; to bring about Q10 n. dedication (a) opening stroke or hit of the ball (Sports) (b) setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.) (c) idea; concept; product of the mind (d) thankfulness; appreciation 298 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 281 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 281 Q1 n. leakage (a) something which escapes or passes through a hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.) (b) head; chief; director; carrier; main article (c) system; group of items; collection; posture; carriage; series; sequence (d) innovation; something new; discovery Q2 n. region (a) nourishment; nutrition; food and drink; regimen; weight loss plan (b) area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or interest; sphere (c) person who does not belong to any political party (d) sound produced in the throat; expression; language Q3 n. situation (a) applicant; nominee; examinee (b) guarantee; authority; justification (c) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll (d) condition; circumstance; location; position; job; place of employment Q4 n. headquarters (a) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet) (b) drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible (c) a person who keeps financial records; a person who conducts financial audits (d) main office; central office of a company; center of operation Q5 n. business (a) product made by hand or by machine (b) act of pretending; counterfeit; imitation of the operation or features of one system using an other system (c) trouble; misfortune; evil; harm; disease; sickness (d) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue Q6 n. airways (a) slide; stumble; mistake; blunder; error (b) wages; rent; rental; charge; fee (c) route through traveled by vehicles above ground level (d) telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or office Q7 adj. durable (a) sturdy; long lasting (b) estimable; determinable; assessable (c) pure; obvious; easy to understand; comprehensible (d) end; closing; concluding; final; mortal Q8 n. document (a) last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property (b) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order (c) certificate; written file (d) putting into words; phrase; word; manifestation Q9 n. broadcast (a) change; adjustment, agreement; adaptation; restriction (b) prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out; shutting out (c) transmission; dispatch; radio program (d) entrance; permission to enter; confession Q10 n. fair (a) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister (b) type; kind; character; manner; quality (c) slice; part; segment; creation; work (d) festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar 299 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 282 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 282 Q1 adj. trivial (a) large; enormous; huge (b) trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor (c) inclusive; of all things (d) obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding; acquiescent Q2 n. application (a) software program; written request; formal letter; implementation (b) place; location; area (c) communication; information; announcement; note; memo; intimation (d) workers' association; federation; amalgamation Q3 n. uncertainty (a) close examination; scrutinizing look (b) readiness; agreeableness (c) doubtfulness (d) act of ordering in advance (hotel room, airline ticket, etc.) Q4 adj. measurable (a) singular; matchless; rare (b) estimable; determinable; assessable (c) intended for inhabitation; occupied with homes (d) prepared; set; eager; willing; quick; fast Q5 n. debt (a) nomenclature; specific vocabulary (b) material coherence; firmness; persistence; steadfastness (c) obligation; something owed (i.e. money) (d) make-up; constitution; essay Q6 n. conference (a) mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class (in a school) (b) main office; central office of a company; center of operation (c) rectangular traveling bag; valise (d) meeting; seminar; convention Q7 n. doubt (a) misgiving; lack of certainty (b) series of activities organized to accomplish a goal (c) schedule; agenda; written order of events (d) influence; ability to affect or alter people or circumstance Q8 n. minimum (a) financial obligation; debt; responsibility; obligation (b) earnings; financial gain; benefit; advantage; privilege (c) least possible amount; smallest possible size; lowest degree (d) notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a system, etc.) Q9 adj. still (a) serving as an aide; helpful; supportive; auxiliary (b) aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great effort (c) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless (d) defective; imperfect; cracked Q10 n. sense (a) quickness; velocity; transmission gear in a motor vehicle (b) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit (c) any of the five faculties of perception; perception; recognition; awareness (d) banknote; invoice; proposed law 300 Answers Index . PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 273 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 273 Q1 n. building (a) house; dwelling; structure;. Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 274 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 274 Q1 v. refurbish (a) to rule; to control; to