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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Toefl VOCABULARY 2
1. | It never pays off to abrogate the defense treaty. | ||||||
| (A) | establish | ||||||
| (B) | uphold | ||||||
| (C) | annul | ||||||
| (D) | bolster | ||||||
| 2. | Beware of the abrupt turn in the road ahead. | ||||||
| (A) | laggard | ||||||
| (B) | easy | ||||||
| (C) | sudden | ||||||
| (D) | leisurely | ||||||
| 3. | The doctor advised the patient to abstain from smoking. | ||||||
| (A) | do without | ||||||
| (B) | be absorbed in | ||||||
| (C) | go with | ||||||
| (D) | admit of | ||||||
| 4. | No one could solve such an abstruse problem. | ||||||
| (A) | complex | ||||||
| (B) | lucid | ||||||
| (C) | abstemious | ||||||
| (D) | absurd | ||||||
| 5. | Defeated, the ex-champion fell into the abyss of despair. | ||||||
| (A) | firmament | ||||||
| (B) | ecstasy | ||||||
| (C) | gulf | ||||||
| (D) | paradise | ||||||
| 6. | To accelerate growth, they work harder than ever. | ||||||
| (A) | speed up | ||||||
| (B) | retard | ||||||
| (C) | accede | ||||||
| (D) | hamper | ||||||
| 7. | Without an accomplice the burglar could not have broken into the house. | ||||||
| (A) | foe | ||||||
| (B) | confederate | ||||||
| (C) | servant | ||||||
| (D) | trivia | ||||||
| 8. | The gentleman was accosted by a beggar who demanded money. | ||||||
| (A) | greeted | ||||||
| (B) | overlooked | ||||||
| (C) | shunned | ||||||
| (D) | outraged | ||||||
| 9. | The manager has reached the acme of his career. | ||||||
| (A) | ebb | ||||||
| (B) | apex ; peak | ||||||
| (C) | base | ||||||
| (D) | downfall | ||||||
| 10. | All the members acquiesced in his resignation. | ||||||
| (A) | assented to | ||||||
| (B) | disagreed with | ||||||
| (C) | balked at | ||||||
| (D) | dissented from | ||||||