Practice Test 3 187 answers www.petersons.com practice test 3 25. The correct answer is (B). The phrase, “to gear something to,” is to make something suitable. 26. The correct answer is (A). A querulous person finds something wrong with every- thing. 27. The correct answer is (C). A rendezvous is a meeting place. The word is also used to describe a meeting, especially between lovers. 28. The correct answer is (D). To founder can mean to trip or fall from great tiredness, but, in this sentence, foundered is to fill up with water and sink. 29. The correct answer is (B). A potent drug has a strong effect or influence, making it very powerful. The other answer choices do not make a meaningful sentence. 30. The correct answer is (C). To regress is to go backwards, usually to a worse condition. 31. The correct answer is (C). The other answer choices make little sense, given the subject matter of the sentence. 32. The correct answer is (C). The prefix extra- means “out of.” 33. The correct answer is (D). A synonym would be “moreover.” 34. The correct answer is (A). To infer is to come to a conclusion based on some information. 35. The correct answer is (B). The other answer choices do not make a meaningful sentence. 36. The correct answer is (A). A garrulous person talks too much. 37. The correct answer is (B). A forte is some- thing that a person does well. 38. The correct answer is (C). 39. The correct answer is (C). A scrupulous person is attentive to detail and correctness. 40. The correct answer is (D). To inter is to bury. 41. The correct answer is (A). This is from the Spanish “peccadillo.” 42. The correct answer is (C). An implicit agreement is one that is implied or under- stood, without being directly expressed. 43. The correct answer is (C). 44. The correct answer is (D). A vindictive person seeks to harm another person. 45. The correct answer is (A). An interim is a time period between events. 09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59187 09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59188 NOTES 09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59189 NOTES 09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59190 NOTES 09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59191 NOTES 09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59192 NOTES 09_TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59193 . period between events. 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59187 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59188 NOTES 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59189 NOTES 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188. 9:59189 NOTES 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59190 NOTES 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59191 NOTES 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59192 NOTES 09 _TOEFL Vocab Ch 4,179-188 8/9/06, 9:59193 . fall from great tiredness, but, in this sentence, foundered is to fill up with water and sink. 29. The correct answer is (B). A potent drug has a strong effect or influence, making it very powerful.