PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 193 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 193 Q1 v. ascertain (a) to repeat; to say again; to restate (b) to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify (c) to make level; to smooth; to balance (d) to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to stun; to daze Q2 v. back up (a) to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours (b) to support; to solidify; to strengthen (c) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish (d) to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to discern Q3 v. project (a) to oppose; to protest (b) to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to throw (c) to overstate; to make something seem greater or more important than it really is (d) to mark as different; to see as different; to discern; to recognize Q4 v. market (a) to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote (b) to recognize; to show to be the same; to sympathize; to relate (c) to schedule; to plan; to write a system of operating instructions for a computer (d) to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; to scatter objects in disorder Q5 v. cater (a) to imply; to suggest; to hint (b) to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight, force etc.) (c) to classify; to organize; to separate from others; to clarify (d) to provide; to supply (food, etc.); to care for Q6 v. spend (a) to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel (b) to mirror; to send back energy from a surface; to cause to return; to express (c) to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit oneself to a certain course of action (d) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.) Q7 v. write off (a) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer) (b) to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to (c) to cut; to cut down; to cut into pieces; to mince (d) to deposit money; in a money institution; to count on; to depend upon Q8 adj. base (a) low; despicable; ignoble (b) enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover; remaining (c) infinite; boundless (d) skilled; able; proficient; adept Q9 v. refuse (a) to decline; to deny; to reject (b) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer) (c) to expend; to disburse; to put out (money, resources, etc.) (d) to deal in; to sell Q10 v. dissipate (a) to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to peck (b) to perform; to present; to carry out; to execute (c) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered (d) to perform a thorough investigation; to study a subject closely 211 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 194 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 194 Q1 v. ignore (a) to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize; to reject (b) to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate (c) to estimate; to compute; to depend upon (d) to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to memorize Q2 adj. superfluous (a) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous (b) fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled to do many things (c) being more than is needed; excessive; unnecessary (d) produced; made; manufactured Q3 n. conclusion (a) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit (b) end; deduction; cognition; final decision (c) denouncement; revealing; photograph; abandoning; placement (d) small vegetable growth; factory; equipment Q4 adj. private (a) useful; providing assistance; repairing; performing maintenance tasks (b) administrative; operational; having the power to execute laws and policy (c) intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal; of an individual (d) firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant Q5 adj. admirable (a) wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly; improper (b) worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful; marvelous (c) strong; healthy (d) different; varied Q6 v. formulate (a) to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances (b) to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard (c) to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to rebuke (d) to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan Q7 n. origin (a) hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection (b) source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality (c) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S. (d) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; part of a program which handles certain types of date Q8 n. employer (a) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination (b) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression (c) boss; person or company that hires people to do work (d) something that causes a person to act; cause; incentive; purpose; intention Q9 v. slander (a) to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate; to collect (b) to be worthy of; to have a right to (c) to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform (d) to make false and injurious statements about another; to defame; to vilify; to malign Q10 adj. bottom (a) lower; under (b) in view; observable; obvious; apparent (c) presently holding an office or position; compulsory; necessary; resting; lying (d) immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present; current 212 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 195 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 195 Q1 n. margin (a) profit from the difference between costs and net sales (b) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult (c) coach; buggy; transportation (d) push; lift; incentive; encouragement Q2 n. crowd (a) type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of a crust and filling (b) public; large group of people; gathering (c) speaking ability; something that is communicated orally (d) attention; concern; caution; supervision; management Q3 n. plug (a) awareness; perception (b) case; crate; punch; hit (c) cork; stopper; electrical connector; block; advertisement (d) type; kind; character; manner; quality Q4 n. season (a) target; aim; purpose; objective; destination (b) inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location (c) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn) (d) competition; contention; act of competing Q5 n. development (a) principal pipe or duct in a system; chief part of something; strength or force; high sea (b) enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw (c) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising (d) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression Q6 n. credit risk (a) spot; tip; essence; gist; matter (b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments (c) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business) (d) base; fundament; substructure; establishing; institution Q7 n. menu (a) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected (b) something which is permanently or securely attached; set date for a sporting event (c) substance burned to create energy (petrol, gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.) (d) temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection Q8 v. guess (a) to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture (b) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company (c) to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate (d) to sightsee; to voyage; to travel Q9 v. site (a) to have a price; to require payment; to set a price (b) to punish (c) to locate (d) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate Q10 n. sight (a) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle (b) person or business that sells goods to final consumers (c) device; system; machine; gadget; appliance (d) neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law) 213 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 196 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 196 Q1 v. rescue (a) to stand up; to get into an upright position; to climb; to ascend (b) to arrange systematically; to structure; to group; to sort; to make confidential (c) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk (d) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply Q2 v. use (a) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable (b) to practice; to employ; to exploit; to treat; to consume (c) to establish; to found; to set up; to place on (d) to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to demand Q3 v. dictate (a) to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose (b) to make whole; to finish; to perfect (c) to drill; to practice an action repeatedly in order to perfect it (d) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out Q4 v. skim (a) read superficially; to cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid (b) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss (c) to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture (d) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure Q5 v. harmonize (a) to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to propose (b) to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to protect (c) to go along with; to go together with; to join; to attach (d) to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with Q6 adv. consistently (a) methodically; in an organized fashion (c) strictly; firmly (b) accidentally; by chance (d) regularly; persistently; steadily; stably Q7 n. return (a) anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope (b) act of giving back; reply; answer; profit; yield; repayment (c) attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression (d) person of higher rank; older person; elder Q8 v. inventory (a) to make a detailed list of property; to summarize; to sum up the worth of (b) to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to give temporarily (c) to esteem; to regard highly; to become more valuable (d) to be in possession of; to belong to; to confess Q9 v. head (a) to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise; to clear or pass an obstacle (b) to give on a temporary basis; to give money as a loan; to donate (c) to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the front; to go in a certain direction (d) to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business) Q10 v. prevail (a) to try to get; to attempt to get (b) to win; to succeed; to overcome; to surpass; to prove superior (c) to move quickly; to pass quickly (d) to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to depict 214 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 197 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 197 Q1 v. advise (a) to employ a group of workers; to provide with employees; to man (b) to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform (c) to appear as a large and indistinct form; to appear as larger than life; to impend (d) to let; to allow someone to use property in return for regular payments; to hire Q2 n. aisle (a) before noon (b) expression of regret or sorrow; excuse; defense; justification (c) new member of a group; new employee (d) passage; walkway (between rows of seats or shelves) Q3 adj. supplementary (a) adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified; experienced (b) passing; brief (c) additional; extra (d) containing; comprehensive; all-embracing; extensive; taking in Q4 n. vocabulary (a) suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid (b) approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data (c) sum; whole (d) lexicon; list of words and their definitions in alphabetical order Q5 n. leather (a) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts (b) product of the division of one number by another; part of a whole; segment; fragment; quotient (c) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications network (d) tanned and preserved animal skin; item made of animal skin Q6 adj. representative (a) typical; characteristic; acting on behalf of another person or organization (b) more important than others; great; serious (c) whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm; valid (d) average; middle; unkind; base; inferior Q7 v. invent (a) to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees (b) to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance gradually or furtively (c) to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to concoct (d) to carry; to impart or to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance Q8 adv. likely (a) honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully (c) out of doors (b) seemingly; probably (d) intentionally; purposefully; methodically Q9 adv. either (a) also; too; as well (b) at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction (c) without pleasure or happiness; wretchedly; poorly (d) progressively Q10 adv. close (a) in any event; anyway (b) nearby (c) at first; in the first place; in a unique manner (d) under; below 215 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 198 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 198 Q1 n. item (a) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts (b) sickness; illness (c) thing; object; article; news story; piece of information (d) opposite of child; a grown-up; a mature person Q2 n. mend (a) reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement (b) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge (c) boundary; edge; limit (d) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected Q3 n. elevator (a) state of not being a derivative of anything else (b) lift; mechanical apparatus for moving people or items from floor to floor within a building (c) motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used in advertising (d) gift; offering; something that is given to another person without compensation Q4 n. selection (a) choice; assortment; collection of items available to choose (b) base; foot; seat of a chair (c) routine; course of action; advance; summons to court (d) celebration; feast; dinner; drinking Q5 n. manufacture (a) meeting or conference at which a specific topic is discussed (b) product made by hand or by machine (c) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression (d) materials that are used to cushion and cover furniture (i.e. fabric, lining, padding, etc.) Q6 n. harmony (a) calculation of size or extent; assessment of capacity or dimension (b) unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance; symmetry (c) plan; scheme; program; task; assignment; activity (d) ball; sphere; planet Earth; world Q7 n. shipping (a) business of sending or transporting cargo; sea voyage (Archaic) (b) rite; ritual; formality (c) act of fixing; correction; act of mending (d) a fraud scheme involving cold calling Q8 n. comment (a) difficult situation; something which tests one's ability to handle difficult tasks (b) remark; note; statement; explanation (c) denouncement; revealing; photograph; abandoning; placement (d) deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark from a check box (Computers) Q9 n. resistance (a) something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; outcast (b) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of (c) person who is tested; candidate (d) presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition Q10 n. periodical (a) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture (b) magazine; journal (c) manual; guide; guideline; document containing instructions (d) apprehension; worry; doubt; hesitation; reservation 216 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 199 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 199 Q1 v. engage (a) to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill of sale (b) to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to commit (c) to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express (d) to make equal Q2 v. blunder (a) to make a stupid mistake; to move back and forth in a clumsy manner (b) to use one's influence to affect people or circumstances (c) to pack in a box (d) to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire Q3 v. entrance (a) to use one's influence to affect people or circumstances (b) to hypnotize; to enthrall (c) to encourage; to nurture; to promote; to raise; to care for (d) to make a stupid mistake; to move back and forth in a clumsy manner Q4 v. reject (a) to narrate; to tell; to make a connection between; to have a good relationship with (b) to finish; to complete (c) to send; to convey; to transmit; to promote; to advance (d) to decline; to deny; to turn down Q5 v. compete (a) to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure (b) to profit; to gain; to be advantageous (c) to perform; to do; to engage (d) to contest; to contend against another; to participate in a contest Q6 v. familiarize (a) to cause to be acquainted; to accustom; to make something well known; to publicize (b) to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal (c) to escape; to keep away from; to prevent; to keep from happening; to evade (d) to bring relief; to encourage; to console Q7 v. inflict (a) to supervise; to observe; to follow up on; to check up on (b) to arrange papers methodically for preservation and reference; to submit in a formal way (c) to impose; to cause something unpleasant (d) to desert; to abandon; to change sides Q8 v. brand (a) to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up; to unite; to structure (b) to set apart an additional amount of space or money for security (c) to discover; to discern; to find out (d) to mark with an iron; to disgrace; to condemn Q9 v. crowd (a) to cause to be acquainted; to accustom; to make something well known; to publicize (b) to determine; to decide; to separate into constituent parts (c) to extract from; to bring out; to draw out (d) to gather together; to group together; to press in Q10 v. balance (a) to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at an advance opportunity (b) to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to break into (c) to support a proposal or statement; to endorse; to approve; to help; to assist (d) to make equal 217 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 200 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 200 Q1 n. operator (a) custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior pattern (b) situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation (c) one who activates; worker of a telephone switchboard; operation symbol (d) messenger; company that delivers messages, documents, parcels, etc. Q2 v. price (a) to put off to a later time; to delay; to defer; to put off until later; to stay (b) to grant special rights; to give special advantages or benefits (c) to give a cost to something (d) to wither; to die out; to bleach; to disappear Q3 n. testimonial (a) viewpoint; stance; condition; state; mood; attitude (b) money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income (c) check (d) letter of recommendation Q4 n. privilege (a) special individual right not enjoyed by others; benefit; advantage (b) expression of admiration; word of praise for someone (c) letter of recommendation (d) certificate that bears monetary value; coupon; receipt; authorizer; endorser Q5 n. barren capital (a) way into a building or other structure; gate; doorway (b) straps and other parts by which a draft animal is attached to a vehicle (c) money which is not generating profit (d) source from which something arises; prototype; model Q6 n. experiment (a) regard; esteem; renown (b) attempt to discover or test something; trial; research (c) a person who keeps financial records; a person who conducts financial audits (d) official institution; agency; power; control; jurisdiction Q7 adj. administrative (a) managerial; executive (b) pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least (c) of a political group; of social gatherings (d) of publicizing; of advancement; of encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise Q8 n. essence (a) inherent nature of something; central or outstanding characteristic (b) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (such as eBay) (c) act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing; sudden assault or attack (d) opening of a show; first public appearance Q9 n. remit (a) person of group of people that runs and administers a business or other enterprise (b) anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business, church, authority, government, etc.) (c) point at which something ends; edge; border; restriction; restraint (d) act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching Q10 v. rule (a) to govern; to control; to determine; to decide; to decree (b) to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons (c) to ride a bike (d) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border 218 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 201 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 201 Q1 n. appointment (a) official date; meeting; interview; nomination (b) staff; work force; team; crew (c) trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret (d) person or business that sells goods to final consumers Q2 n. willingness (a) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits (b) rank; extent; university certificate (c) readiness; agreeableness (d) connection; link; uniting; joining Q3 n. research (a) degree of diversity; change; modified version; deviation (b) case in a court of law brought by one party against another; legal claim (c) comprehensive inquiry; extensive investigation of a subject (d) reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of departure Q4 n. customs (a) a fraud scheme involving cold calling (b) government department responsible for collecting taxes on imports (c) monetary or material worth; importance; merit (d) resident of a capital city; sophisticated big-city person Q5 n. undercut (a) route; travel plans; travel journal (b) type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a broad base (c) dampness; moistness; mugginess (d) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness Q6 n. extract (a) copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction (b) period of time that something continues (c) substance obtained from a plant; essence; text paragraph; passage (d) exchange; transfer; device Q7 n. ceremony (a) elasticity; ability to adapt to new circumstances; pliability (b) firm decision; ruling; decisiveness; determination (c) afternoon party where a light meal is served (d) rite; ritual; formality Q8 n. dispatch (a) physical position or bearing; opinion; attitude (b) pausing; stammering; faltering (c) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness (d) minimum amount of money and liquid assets set by the central banking system of the U.S. Q9 n. span (a) length; distance; duration; period of time (b) passage that leads out (c) totality; completeness; entirety (d) line that is not curved; section that is not curved Q10 n. spot (a) roundish stain; speck; place; awkward or difficult situation; predicament (b) conference; routine; custom; treaty (c) enterprise; drive; ambition; beginning move in a process; first step (d) injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression 219 Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 202 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 202 Q1 v. move (a) to act on; to transfer from one place to another; to change residence (b) to stress; to show the importance of (c) to decorate; to beautify (d) to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in speaking Q2 v. style (a) to transport; to continue; to bear (b) to become bigger; to expand (c) to make easy; to assist; to forward; to promote; to expedite (d) to plan; to design; to name; to call Q3 v. inconvenience (a) to summarize; to review with a short summary (b) to cause discomfort; to trouble; to put out; to disturb (c) to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to order; to command (d) to end; to sum up; to complete; to conclude Q4 v. emphasize (a) to stress; to show the importance of (b) to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove (c) to go on holiday (d) to send a letter or other item via the postal service; to post Q5 v. fold (a) to make whole; to finish; to perfect (b) to bend; to crease; to wrap; to envelop; to clasp (c) to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze; to extract (d) to put into a stable; to delay; to check the progress of Q6 v. define (a) to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries (b) to lease; to rent; to employ (c) to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die (d) to make certain; to guarantee; to make secure Q7 n. rival (a) worry; issue; problem; group of companies; large corporation (b) recuperation; getting well; return (c) one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub (d) competitor; opponent; contender Q8 v. host (a) to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to collect; to compile (b) to rotate; to turn; to spin; to encircle; to think about; to contemplate (c) to complete a course of study and receive a degree or diploma (d) to act as master of ceremonies; to receive guests into one's home; to give a party Q9 v. commission (a) to persuade; to influence; to prove (b) to make circular shape (c) to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer (d) to make clear; to concentrate Q10 v. oversee (a) to substitute for; to return something to a particular position or location (b) to echo (c) to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone (d) to supervise; to manage; to inspect 220 Answers Index . www.english-test.net Test 200 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 200 Q1 n. operator (a) custom; something that one is used to doing; part of a routine; behavior. Answers Index PHOTOCOPIABLE © www.english-test.net Test 194 TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 194 Q1 v. ignore (a) to disregard; to overlook;