TOEFL - Set 4 Exercise

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ambiguous, apparent, arbitrary, assert, astounding, astute, authorize, deceptively, determined, elicit, forbid, petition, relinquish, resilient, tempt

1) ambiguous

adj. of unclear meaning, something that can be Understood in more than one way
adv. ambiguously
Syn. vague
n. ambiguity
Example - The men received an ambiguous message from their boss.
Example - His letter was full of ambiguities

2) apparent

adj. to be clear in meaning or open to view, easily understood
adv. apparently
Syn. visible
Example - It was apparent that he needed to rest.
Example - No one apparently knew to solve the problem.

3) arbitrary

adj. an action or decision made with little thought, order, or reason
adv. arbitrarily
n. arbitrariness
Syn. haphazard
Example - Her choice of clothing seemed arbitrary.
Example - The teacher arbitrarily decided to give the class a test.

4) assert

n. to express or defend oneself strongly, to state positively
adv. assertively
n. assertiveness
Syn. declare
n. assertion
adj. assertive
Example - The government asserted its control over the banking system.
Example - The company president is an assertive individual.

5) astounding

adj. very surprising
v. astound
Syn. astonishing
adv. astoundingly
Example - The scientists made an astounding discovery.
Example - The fans were astounded by their team's success.

6) astute

adj. very intelligent, smart, clever
adj. astutely
Syn. perceptive
n. astuteness
Example - He was an astute worker, finishing in half the time it took the others to finish.
Example - They astutely determined that there would be no chance to finish on time.

7) authorize

v. to give permission or power to do something
adj. authorized
n. authority
Syn. empower
Example - Only authorized employees are allowed in the laboratory.
Example - The dean has the authority to resolve academic problem of students.

8) deceptively

adv. to make someone think that something is true or good when it is false or bad
adj. deceptive
v. deceive
Syn. misleadingly
n. deception
Example - The magician deceptively made the rabbit disappear.
Example - Richard deceived Joe about the cost of the coat.

9) determined

adj. to be strong in one's opinion, to be firm in conviction
n. determination
v. determine
Syn. resolute
Example - They were determined to go to graduate school.
Example - The judge determined that the man was lying.

10) elicit

v. to get the facts, to draw out, to evoke
n. elicitation
Syn. extract
Example - A lawyer will elicit all the facts necessary to prove her case.
Example - Elicitation of the truth can be difficult at times.

11) forbid

v. to command not to do something to have a dangerous look, bad feeling
adj. forbidden
adj. forbidding
adv. forbiddingly
Syn. ban
Example - His father will forbid him to use the car.
Example - The cave looks forbidding let's not go in.

12) petition

v. to make a request
n. petition
Syn. appeal
Example - Canada petitioned the United Nations to consider its case.
Example - The student's petition was denied.

13) relinquish

v. to give up control
n. relinquishment
Syn. abdicate
Example - The troubled executive relinquished his control of the company.
Example - The relinquishment of his claim to the building will allow the building to be sold

14) resilient

adj. strong enough to recover from difficulty or disease
adv. resiliently
n. resilience
Syn. tenacious
Example - She has a resilient personality and will soon feel better.
Example - The doctor was surprised by his patient's resilience.

15) tempt

v. to make it attractive to do something wrong
adv. temptingly
n. temptation
adj. tempting
Syn. entice
Example - The idea of getting rich quickly tempted him to invest his life savings.
Example - Desserts are more tempting when one is on a diet.

Home
1	Set 1	abroad, abrupt, acceptable, acclaim, actually, adverse, advice, attractive, autonomous, disapproval, disruptive, haphazardly, ideal, persistent, wide	15 Words
2	Set 2	advanced, advantage, advent, agile, albeit, allow, appealing, celebrated, contemporary, distribute, encourage, energetic, frail, refine, worthwhile	15 Words
3	Set 3	alter, analyze, ancient, annoying, anticipate, conform, defect, enrich, intensify, intolerable, observe, ongoing, propose, restore, vital	15 Words
4	Set 4	ambiguous, apparent, arbitrary, assert, astounding, astute, authorize, deceptively, determined, elicit, forbid, petition, relinquish, resilient, tempt	15 Words
5	Set 5	amaze, baffle, bear, block, blur, brilliant, caution, challenge, delicate, enhance, intrigue, persuade, replace, shed, unique	15 Words
6	Set 6	chiefly, coarse, commonplace, comparatively, complex, conventional, curious, exceedingly, exclusively, immense, indeed, rigid, routinely, sufficiently, visibly	15 Words
7	Set 7	appropriate, clarify, conceal, confirm, constantly, convenient, core, critical, distort, diverse, prosperous, purposefully, reveal, scarcely, theoretically	15 Words
8	Set 8	accelerate, crack, create, creep, crush, cultivate, dictate, distinguish, flaw, harvest, mirror, obtain, particle, settle, transport	15 Words
9	Set 9	accurate, classify, currency, deep, dense, depend on, dim, display, exports, gigantic, impressive, lasting, treasury, uniform, vibrant	15 Words
10	Set 10	distinct, dominant, dormant, drab, dramatic, elaborate, exceptional, hazardous, minuscule, prime, rudimentary, sensitive, superficial, terrifying, vigorous	15 Words
11	Set 11	amenity, destroy, disperse, dwelling, element, elementary, eliminate, emphasize, encircle, erratic, exaggerate, mention, pier, prevalent, release	15 Words
12	Set 12	benefit, blind, broaden, burgeon, conspicuously, demand, endorse, enormous, entirely, erode, evaporate, recover, reportedly, shift, suffer	15 Words
13	Set 13	dignitary, crucial, elude, evident, exhaust, extensive, extremely, face, facet, hero, inaccessible, obviously, predictably, solve, suitable	15 Words
14	Set 14	ample, arid, avoid, defy, enact, even, feign, fertile, freshly, function, fundamental, indiscriminate, selective, spacious, withstand	15 Words
15	Set 15	durable, favor, gain, generate, halt, handle, harbor, harmful, insignificant, mysterious, perilous, postpone, promote, reject, substantial	15 Words
16	Set 16	conscientious, convey, encompass, expansion, heighten, highlight, inadvertently, inevitable, infancy, miraculously, retrieve, systematically, unlikely, unwarranted, zenith	15 Words
17	Set 17	agitate, confidential, delighted, discreetly, documented, gradually, influence, inordinate, instantly, intentionally, intrinsic, inundate, involve, nominal, presumably	15 Words
18	Set 18	absurd, abuse, allocation, balanced, conservation, fallacious, feasible, lack, limber, means, narrow, preconception, robust, steady, swift	15 Words
19	Set 19	antiquated, coherent, develop, fabricate, investigation, normally, notice, notion, novel, opposition, record, relate, suspect, unbiased, varied	15 Words
20	Set 20	accentuate, disguise, finance, initiate, innovative, narrate, nevertheless, occasionally, omit, outlandish, overcome, partially, pass, portray, submit	15 Words
21	Set 21	decline, gather, motion, partisan, pattern, phenomena, philanthropic, placid, plentiful, reaction, rhythm, scenic, shallow, sheltered, vanishing	15 Words
22	Set 22	account, archaic, hasten, hue, illustration, inactive, intricate, magnitude, oblige, overlook, poll, position, practical, predominant, prompt	15 Words
23	Set 23	analogous, approximately, compel, formidable, intrusive, periodically, prone, prophetic, proportions, readily, reliably, reluctantly, renown, sacrifice, triumph	15 Words
24	Set 24	affordable, contaminated, discernible, flourishing, maintain, mediocre, negligible, parallel, peculiar, potent, remarkable, scattered, solid, somewhat, tedious	15 Words
25	Set 25	briefly, circulate, consistently, exhibit, found, improperly, impulsively, infrequently, isolated, overtly, profoundly, sharply, situated, subsequently, unmistakable	15 Words
26	Set 26	chaotic, characteristic, controversial, exemplify, gratifying, interpret, launch, legitimate, particular, radiant, ridge, span, spontaneous, stream, striking	15 Words
27	Set 27	aptly, demonstration, ingredients, involuntarily, marvel, measurable, moderate, odd, reflection, supposedly, sustained, symbols, synthesis, tangible, tightly	15 Words
28	Set 28	aggravating, amusement, conceivably, convert, curative, debilitating, deplete, finite, perceive, security, toxic, tranquility, trap, undeniably, underestimated	15 Words
29	Set 29	acknowledge, acquire, assimilate, assortment, caliber, condensed, contradictory, disregard, precious, prominent, requisite, unravel, vague, vast, volume	15 Words
30	Set 30	charisma, clever, convince, endure, forfeit, precarious, severe, sporadic, superior, wanton, weak, widespread, wisdom, witticism, woo	15 Words

Choose the synonym

1. Appeal

(A) Detect
(B) Assert
(C) Petition
(D) Allow

Correct Answer - C

2. astounding

(A) Celebrated
(B) Astonishing
(C) Visible
(D) Energetic

Correct Answer - B

3. Ban

(A) Forbid
(B) Empower
(C) Intensify
(D) Restore

Correct Answer - A

4. Elicit

(A) Declare
(B) Authorize
(C) Conform
(D) Extract

Correct Answer - D

5. Abdicate

(A) Relinquish
(B) Alter
(C) Encourage
(D) Heighten

Correct Answer - A

6. Misleadingly

(A) Abruptly
(B) Deceptively
(C) Progressively
(D) Truly

Correct Answer - B

7. Resolute

(A) Determined
(B) Perfect
(C) Renown
(D) Perceptive

Correct Answer - A

8. Resilient

(A) Bothersome
(B) Vital
(C) Unbearable
(D) Tenacious

Correct Answer - D

9. Tempt

(A) Entice
(B) Divide
(C) Discourage
(D) Notice

Correct Answer - A

10. Vague

(A) Intolerable
(B) Adverse
(C) Beautiful
(D) Ambiguous

Correct Answer - D

Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

1. Not until 1946 did the world chess governing body, FIDE, assert its control over international championship play.

(A) declare
(B) relinquish
(C) petition
(D) decrease

Answer - A

2. All classifications of human societies and cultures are arbitrary.

(A) useful
(B) haphazard
(C) insufficient
(D) ambiguous

Answer - B

3. Paul Newman's apparently effortless acting skill has enabled him to play a variety of characters.

(A) seemingly
(B) extremely
(C) visibly
(D) deceptively

Answer - A

4. The Monroe Doctrine authorized the United States to intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries in case of foreign invasion.

(A) empowered
(B) forbade
(C) elicited
(D) tempted

Answer - A

5. J. Edgar Hoover was an astute professional who served as director of the FBI for 48 years.

(A) perceptive
(B) resilient
(C) astounding
(D) determined

Answer - A