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Test 263
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 263
Q1 v. stop
(a) to halt; to cease; to quit; to close; to block; to impede
(b) to eat or drink; to use up; to destroy
(c) to make an application; to enter; to let something or someone enter
(d) to jump; to leap
Q2 adv. especially
(a) to the smallest extent possible
(c) particularly
(b) moderately; quite; rather; to some extent
(d) at a further point
Q3 n. trial
(a) test; attempt; experiment; annoyance
(b) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset
(c) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking
(d) work beyond regular working hours; pay for such work
Q4 n. impact
(a) shipping of goods to other countries
(b) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction
(c) concern; affair; percentage on a loan which is paid over time
(d) influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch
Q5 n. mailing
(a) yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place
(b) large batch of letters sent at one time by a single sender; rented property
(c) act or instance of rendering insusceptible to disease by inoculating
(d) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship
Q6 adj. favorite
(a) confined usually by illness
(b) unusual; exceptional; unique; particular; highly valued

(c) empty; unfilled; unoccupied; lacking expression
(d) preferred; beloved; liked
Q7 n. joint venture
(a) behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance
(b) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total
(c) pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground deposit of oil
(d) collective enterprise; group endeavor; collaboration
Q8 v. expedite
(a) to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to dispatch
(b) to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove
(c) to be composed of; to be made up of
(d) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze
Q9 n. whereas
(a) meeting; assembly; term; semester
(b) main component; something which is a part of a complex whole
(c) this being the case; since (used in formal documents)
(d) one who activates; worker of a telephone switchboard; operation symbol
Q10 adj. elaborate
(a) giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive; fruitful; growing vigorously
(b) detailed; complicated; carefully planned; worked out in great detail
(c) reputed; famous
(d) pertaining to business; pertaining to buying and selling
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Test 264
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 264
Q1 n. currency
(a) distribution; liberation; transference
(b) production; creating; group of people born around the same time

(c) national money of a country; circulation; custom; prevalence
(d) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame
Q2 n. destruction
(a) familiarity; understanding; wisdom; education; awareness
(b) ruin; desolation; annihilation
(c) foundation; principal element; fundamental part
(d) money paid for the use of property; rip; tear; laceration
Q3 n. fortune
(a) movement; journeying
(c) luck; wealth; chance; success; riches
(b) style of cooking; national food
(d) town; large urban area
Q4 n. entertainer
(a) learning; field of learning; thorough investigation; report; analysis
(b) lift; mechanical apparatus for moving people or items from floor to floor within a building
(c) something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)
(d) host; performer; comedian
Q5 n. token
(a) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance
(b) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; any security device
(c) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination
(d) heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence
Q6 n. courtesy
(a) withdrawal from one's job or occupation
(b) large batch of letters sent at one time by a single sender; rented property
(c) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility
(d) lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor
Q7 n. chore
(a) string; thin cord; Internet discussion
(b) routine job; unpleasant task

(c) person who travels back and forth between home and work
(d) prejudice; tendency; leaning
Q8 n. infant
(a) extension of an archived file compressed with a special program; type of drive using removable disks
(b) baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor
(c) setting; biography
(d) advantage; profit; help; benefit
Q9 n. judge
(a) software program; written request; formal letter; implementation
(b) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock
(c) aspiration; hope; goal; dream
(d) person who presides over court trials; arbiter; expert; critic
Q10 n. hurry
(a) type; sort; class; group of things which are classed together because of their similarities
(b) area of land set aside to protect natural resources and wildlife
(c) rush; haste; urgency
(d) influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch
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Test 265
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 265
Q1 v. command
(a) to persuade; to influence; to prove
(b) to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in authority
(c) to spice; to flavor; to accustom; to acclimatize; to become experienced
(d) to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees
Q2
v. shape
(a) to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance

(b) to come near to; to tackle (a problem or situation)
(c) to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be formed
(d) to lease; to rent; to employ
Q3 v. base
(a) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on
(b) to take away part of a whole; to remove; to deduct
(c) to manage; to process; to deal in; to do business with; to treat
(d) to hold a party; to feast; to dine; to drink
Q4 v. indulge
(a) to make better; to increase in quality; to enhance; to develop
(b) to continue; to suffice; to endure; to persist
(c) to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to spoil; to humor
(d) to provide a detailed statement about an occurrence or situation; inform
Q5 v. registering
(a) to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate
(b) to exchange a check (or another money order) for coins and bank notes; to redeem
(c) to record; to enroll; to have an effect; to have influence
(d) to be frightened; to be concerned; to be afraid of; to have respect for
Q6 v. extend
(a) to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to thwart
(b) to rely on; to extend business credit
(c) to stretch; to enlarge; to lengthen; to reach out
(d) to comply; to conform; to follow; to agree
Q7 n. demographics
(a) inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows into another body of water
(b) study of the statistical characteristics of a population
(c) materials that are used to cushion and cover furniture (i.e. fabric, lining, padding, etc.)
(d) person or organization that prepares printed matter for publication
Q8 v. estimate
(a) to hesitate; to stumble; to sway; to totter; to be unstable

(b) to offer to do or give something for free; to propose
(c) to comfort; to console; to encourage; to relieve; to appease
(d) to judge an object's value; to appraise; to assess; to guess
Q9 v. bargain
(a) to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair; to prepare
(b) to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify
(c) to cause someone enjoyment
(d) to negotiate; to arrive at an agreement
Q10 v. hazard
(a) to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture
(b) to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a specific level or condition
(c) to quit an office or position; to relinquish; to give up; to abdicate
(d) to set a new time and date
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Test 266
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 266
Q1 n. board
(a) person who works with pipe and water systems
(b) management committee; food
(c) office; bureau; institution; franchise; method
(d) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness
Q2
adj. favorable
(a) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; desirable
(b) traveling in an inward direction
(c) exact; not more and not less; meticulous; strict
(d) injurious; causing damage
Q3 v. authorize

(a) to make ready; to get oneself ready; to put into the proper condition
(b) to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore
(c) to permit; to approve; to empower
(d) to stick to; to cling to; to be devoted to (an idea, group, organization etc.)
Q4 n. occupation
(a) act of forcefully taking possession of an area; seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of land
(b) drawing together; fold; pucker
(c) progress; reaching a new level; removal of a barrier; penetration
(d) standard of perfection; pattern; model; person or thing that embodies a standard of perfection
Q5 v. cook
(a) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records
(b) to provide financial assistance
(c) to ship; to send abroad; to sell goods and products overseas
(d) to invent; to create; to contrive; to think up
Q6 adj. serious
(a) solemn; acute; critical; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim
(b) excellent; wonderful; splendid; magnificent
(c) of general expenses; general
(d) inexpensive; cheap; of or relating to a financial plan
Q7 n. capability
(a) dossier for storing papers; directory
(b) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)
(c) ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality
(d) luggage; cargo; things to take on a trip; equipment
Q8 v. participate
(a) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records
(b) to be involved; to join in
(c) to have different opinions; to differ
(d) to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe
Q9 adj. capital

(a) sure; definite; particular; specific
(b) main; major; chief; principal
(c) little; not many; some
(d) lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed; invariable
Q10 v. link
(a) to attempt to discover or test something; to try; to venture; to research
(b) to incorporate; to take in; to absorb
(c) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to
(d) to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir to action; to induce
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Test 267
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 267
Q1 n. salary
(a) sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily; one who acts furtively
(b) periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay
(c) equal weight or power acting in opposition
(d) close examination; scrutinizing look
Q2
n. specification
(a) inability to succeed; lack of success; lack; bankruptcy; downfall
(b) warning; alarm; attitude of readiness
(c) pausing; stammering; faltering
(d) item or detail included in a description of requirements or plans
Q3 n. reputation
(a) rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction; prosperity
(b) act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination; ejection; dismissal
(c) outlook; perspective; view; opinion; attitude
(d) regard; esteem; renown

Q4 n. affinity
(a) method of dealing with a certain subject; draft of a treaty
(b) attraction; closeness; liking; likeness
(c) person or thing that is the same
(d) pertaining to a value that is approximately in the middle of a series of values
Q5 n. site
(a) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license
(b) product of the division of one number by another; part of a whole; segment; fragment; quotient
(c) schedule; agenda; written order of events
(d) place; location; area
Q6 n. cutback
(a) nature; disposition; attitude; figure; person; statement of qualities
(b) limitation; limit
(c) beginning phase of a project; babyhood
(d) reduction; curtailing; decrease
Q7 n. admission
(a) agreement; settlement; harmony
(b) entrance; permission to enter; confession
(c) act of receiving; approval; state of believing in something
(d) educational meeting; training session
Q8 n. fix
(a) sample; model; form; mold; decorative design
(b) something created separately for the purpose of being added to or placed inside (a book, newspaper, etc.)
(c) person whose job it is to supervise and examine; police officer ranking below a superintendent
(d) embarrassing situation; predicament; location; position (i.e. of a ship or individual)
Q9 n. cast
(a) throw; team of actors; squint (of the eye)
(b) elected official acting as executive head of a town or city
(c) practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow
(d) tax; charge; levy; grievous price

Q10 n. measure
(a) timetable; agenda; itinerary; plan
(b) action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent
(c) traveler; fare; person who rides or travels
(d) respected position; honor; nobility
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Test 268
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 268
Q1 n. liberal
(a) casing; skeleton; structure; body structure; mood
(b) a significant decline in general economic activity extending over a period of time
(c) person who favors political and social reform
(d) computerized representation of an actual object
Q2
n. prior
(a) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date
(b) metal money; piece of stamped metal currency (as opposed to paper bills)
(c) exchanging of goods and services; trade
(d) officer of a monastery; high-ranking member of a religious order
Q3 n. tailor
(a) stimulus; motivation; revelation; insight; idea
(b) expectation; hope; intuition
(c) one who makes or alters garments
(d) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation
Q4 adj. negotiable
(a) entire; complete; absolute
(b) possible; capable of becoming; able to be
(c) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from

(d) describing an asset or item which can easily be sold or transferred
Q5 n. beverage
(a) drink; refreshment
(b) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness
(c) truthfulness; something that is a truth
(d) buyer; client
Q6 n. assignment
(a) task; duty; responsibility; role; obligation
(b) set way of saying or doing something; principle; pattern
(c) teaching; direction; guidance; training; education; information
(d) opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback; defeat
Q7 n. worry
(a) backlash
(b) small machine that makes computations
(c) concern; fear; misfortune; distress
(d) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor
Q8 v. practice
(a) to duplicate; to imitate
(b) to send; to direct; to ascribe to; to relate to; to apply to; to call attention to
(c) to deliver a discourse before an audience; to reprimand tediously
(d) to exercise; to train; to drill
Q9 adj. viable
(a) talented; skilled; having great natural ability
(b) capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding; practical
(c) lower; under
(d) well; not sick; fit; sound
Q10 v. index
(a) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty
(b) to suggest; to tender; to bid; to propose a price; to present
(c) to register; to adjust prices or salaries in accordance with changes in economic indicators

(d) to support; to assist; to strengthen
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Test 269
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 269
Q1 n. tense
(a) list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of events or actions
(b) the sale of all or most of a company's inventory or assets to another company
(c) inflection; verbal 'time'
(d) return of money; repayment; reimbursement
Q2 n. lounge
(a) person who holds public position; authority
(b) sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll
(c) confirmation; endorsement; positive opinion
(d) definition; significance; intention; explanation
Q3 n. handling
(a) check
(b) care; treatment; procedure; system; touch
(c) guidebook; library; catalog
(d) refers to the cost of developing a product or system
Q4 n. climate
(a) weather conditions; surrounding conditions; atmosphere; setting
(b) financial obligation; debt; responsibility; obligation
(c) examination; careful inspection; debate
(d) problem; challenge; hardship; trouble
Q5 n. humidity
(a) rotatable disk on a telephone
(c) dampness; moistness; mugginess
(b) management; supervisors; leadership

(d) truthfulness; something that is a truth
Q6 n. manager
(a) person who runs a company; director; administrator; supervisor
(b) person living at about the same time as another person
(c) person or thing that is the same
(d) plan; aim; goal; purpose
Q7 n. removal
(a) ruin; desolation; annihilation
(b) exchange; trade
(c) connection; association; closeness
(d) act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination; ejection; dismissal
Q8 n. central
(a) model; pattern; something which serves as an illustration
(b) performance; operation; attainment; mission; success
(c) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review
(d) telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or office
Q9 n. line
(a) reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement
(b) long thin mark; row; border; domain; tactic
(c) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility
(d) grouping symbols ()
Q10 n. paradigm
(a) tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade; saying; maxim; proverb
(b) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order
(c) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn)
(d) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern
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Test 270

TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 270
Q1 n. ticket
(a) certificate; entry pass; tag
(b) approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data
(c) person whose job it is to supervise and examine; police officer ranking below a superintendent
(d) either end of a passenger line; bus or train station
Q2
n. book
(a) yield; product; manufacture; information sent out from a computer
(b) picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface
(c) candidate; nominee
(d) printed work which is bound together; bundle
Q3 n. plumber
(a) person who works with pipe and water systems
(b) act of looking over carefully and critically; official examination; audit; review
(c) enhancement; refinement; improvement
(d) state of perfection; state of highest quality
Q4 adj. discouraged
(a) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from
(b) collective; total; taking all units as a whole
(c) excited; passionate; ardent; fervent
(d) of nature
Q5 v. cart
(a) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely
(b) to drag or to carry by force
(c) to give up; to renounce; to deny; to disavow; to retract
(d) to fill with water and sink; to fall; to fail; to stumble; to cause to sink
Q6 v. retire
(a) to withdraw from a position (usually due to old age); go into seclusion; to withdraw
(b) to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel; to coast; to drive along slowly

(c) to be similar to; to be akin to; to look like; to have a similar appearance to
(d) to design; to plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)
Q7 n. amortization
(a) gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the value of an asset
(b) suggestion; tender; plan; offer of marriage
(c) meeting or conference at which a specific topic is discussed
(d) place; position; situation; site; spot
Q8 n. import
(a) feigning; impersonation; false show; claim; assertion
(b) rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction; prosperity
(c) brining in of goods from another country; opposite of export; meaning; significance
(d) admiration; respect
Q9 n. resource
(a) state of not being at war; silence; quietness; tranquility
(b) car; vehicle; ride
(c) foods and other goods sold at a small supermarket or store
(d) supply; stock; means of accomplishing a goal; expedient
Q10 v. firm
(a) to solidify; to become solid; to stabilize; to become stable
(b) to exemplify; to clarify; to explain; to depict; to elucidate
(c) to channel; to centralize
(d) to refine; to improve; to complete; to make faultless
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Test 271
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 271
Q1 n. patience
(a) creativity; resourcefulness; fabrication; falsehood
(b) trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware; combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund raiser)

(c) characteristic; function; capability (of a product, machine, device, software etc.)
(d) tolerance; forbearance
Q2
n. access
(a) copying of data for safety purposes; substitute; reserve; spare
(b) state of having committed a crime or offense; culpability; feeling of having done something wrong
(c) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation
(d) approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data
Q3 n. path
(a) track; lane; route; search route
(b) relief; consolation; coziness
(c) transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization
(d) number; image; character; price; human shape; symbol
Q4 n. management
(a) device; tool; convenience; talent; ability; building
(b) wooden box; old car; old plane
(c) list of subjects or other information arranged in alphabetical order; indicator; sign
(d) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise
Q5 n. innovator
(a) holiday
(b) more current version of something
(c) confidence; faith; credit; monopoly; several companies banded together in order to reduce competition
(d) person who makes changes; person who introduces new methods or procedures; creative person
Q6 n. conversation
(a) plan; scheme; program; task; assignment; activity
(b) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange
(c) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage
(d) present; talent; offering
Q7 n. pad
(a) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting

(b) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side
(c) garbage; trash; waste
(d) section; piece; region; role; function; side in an agreement
Q8 n. expertise
(a) goal; aim; intention; objective
(b) person who does not belong to any political party
(c) gross revenues; total business done; rate of selling or producing
(d) proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and information
Q9 n. proximity
(a) opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason; cause
(b) device made up of interconnected parts that work together to perform a given task or function
(c) act of strengthening; reward or punishment designed to encourage or discourage a particular response
(d) adjacency; nearness; closeness; vicinity
Q10 n. audit
(a) slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position or status; promotion; angry response
(b) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation
(c) conversation; speech; lecture; meeting
(d) prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep; encouragement; aid
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Test 272
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 272
Q1 v. reach
(a) to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the arm outward
(b) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale
(c) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise
(d) to want; to command; to determine; to decide
Q2
v. target

(a) to be worthy of; to have a right to
(b) to aim at something
(c) to provide a guarantee against possible damage or loss; to make certain
(d) to realize; to make a reality; to accomplish; to complete; to execute
Q3 n. loom
(a) ecclesiastical judge; priest
(b) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope
(c) apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine
(d) person who presides over court trials; arbiter; expert; critic
Q4 adj. spot
(a) having begun a journey (especially of a sea vessel); initiated; in progress; under construction
(b) working; functional; ready for use
(c) made or done immediately; paid at once; performed randomly
(d) credible; trustworthy; dependable
Q5 v. put up with
(a) to dispute; to claim; to give reasons
(b) to wrap; to combine things together as one inseparable unit
(c) to finance; to supply with money; to allocate financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation
(d) to tolerate; to be patient
Q6 adv. apparently
(a) still; already; but; in spite of; although
(b) evidently; obviously; allegedly; seemingly
(c) unfavorably; in a manner that works against; antagonistically
(d) regularly; often
Q7 adj. exclusively
(a) easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain
(b) unlicensed; forbidden; unlawful
(c) in a manner which shuts out all others; solely; in a limited manner
(d) belonging to oneself or itself (mine, yours, his, etc.); self; by oneself
Q8 v. proof

(a) to set some distance apart
(b) to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit
(c) to pull; to drag
(d) to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle
Q9 v. sense
(a) to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to become smaller
(b) to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate
(c) to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up; to unite; to structure
(d) to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to understand
Q10 v. regulate
(a) to crash; to meet head on; to come together with solid or direct impact
(b) to make level; to smooth; to balance
(c) to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a specific level or condition
(d) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote
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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
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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
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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
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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

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