TOEFL - Set 6 Exercise

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chiefly, coarse, commonplace, comparatively, complex, conventional, curious, exceedingly, exclusively, immense, indeed, rigid, routinely, sufficiently, visibly

1) chiefly

adv. most importantly or most commonly
adj. chief
Syn. mostly
Example - Houses are made chiefly of wood products.
Example - Corn is the chief crop of the Midwest.

2) coarse

adj. not fine or smooth, not delicate
adv. coarsely
Syn. rough
n. coarseness
Example - Sandpaper is an extremely coarse material.
Example - Wool clothing has certain coarseness in texture.

3) commonplace

adj. ordinary
Syn. frequent
Example - Soon it will be commonplace to see the person to whom you are talking on the phone.
Example - Female lawyers are commonplace in the United States.

4) comparatively

adv. being measured or judged by comparison
adj. comparative
Syn. relatively
v. compare
n. comparison
Example - It was comparatively easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.
Example - If you compare algebra and trigonometry, you'll discover that algebra is less complex.

5) complex

adj. difficult to understand or explain; having many parts
n. complexity
Syn. complicated
Example - The businessmen astutely approached the complex production problem.
Example - The universe has a complexity beyond comprehension.

6) conventional

adj. following accepted rules or standards
adv. conventionally
Syn. traditional
n. convention
Example - Professor Canfield agreed with the conventional theory about the origin of the Basque language.
Example - To become integrated into a society, you must learn the conventions of that society.

7) curious

adj. odd or strange; eager to learn
adv. curiously
Syn. peculiar
n. curiosity
Example - A curious object was discovered in the remains.
Example - Sally was curiously interested in the history of Alaska.

8) exceedingly

adv. very; to an unusual degree
v. exceed
Syn. extremely
n. excess
adj. excessive
adv. excessively
Example - In tropical zones, it is exceedingly hot and humid.
Example - It is not safe to exceed the speed limit.

9) exclusively

adv. no one else; nothing else; not shared with others
adj. exclusive
n. exclusion
Syn. restrictively
v. exclude
Example - This room is used exclusively by the faculty.
Example - They excluded everyone under age 21 from the contest.

10) immense

adj. extremely large
adv. immensely
Syn. massive
n. immensity
Example - From the mountaintop you can see the immense valley.
Example - She was immensely interested in the idea of teaching a foreign language.

11) indeed

adv. certainly; really (used to make a statement stronger)
Syn. truly
Example - Did he indeed go to the infirmary?
Example - It is very hot indeed.

12) rigid

adj. not easy to bend; firm, inflexible
adv. rigidly
Syn. stiff
Example - The teacher was very rigid in his ideas about class attendance.
Example - He adhered rigidly to his opinions about marriage.

13) routinely

adv. regularly, usually done
adj. routine
Syn. ordinarily
n. routine
Example - She routinely gets a physical examination.
Example - It is routine for students to become homesick at times.

14) sufficiently

adv. enough, in a satisfying manner
n. sufficiency
Syn. adequately
adj. sufficient
v. suffice
Example - Jenny is sufficiently mature to make her own decisions.
Example - Her income is sufficient for her needs.

15) visibly

adv. can be seen
adj. visible
n. vision*
v. view
adj. visionary*
Syn. noticeably
Example - Ken was visibly upset about his performance evaluation.
Example - Stars are more visible on a clear fall evening.

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. Stiff

(A) Delicate
(B) Agile
(C) Rigid
(D) Astute

Correct Answer - C

2. Traditional

(A) Arbitrary
(B) Astounding
(C) Conventional
(D) Frequent

Correct Answer - C

3. Indeed

(A) Truly
(B) Albeit
(C) Abroad
(D) Only

Correct Answer - A

4. Curious

(A) Apparent
(B) Brilliant
(C) Peculiar
(D) Enhanced

Correct Answer - C

5. Adequately

(A) Sufficiently
(B) Deceptively
(C) Intensely
(D) Amazingly

Correct Answer - A

6. Immense

(A) Abrupt
(B) Massive
(C) Ongoing
(D) Complicated

Correct Answer - B

7. Exceedingly

(A) Resiliently
(B) Extremely
(C) Assertively
(D) Resolutely

Correct Answer - B

8. Visibly

(A) Noticeably
(B) Frequently
(C) Persuasively
(D) Encouragingly

Correct Answer - A

9. Ordinarily

(A) Restrictively
(B) Coarsely
(C) Cautiously
(D) Routinely

Correct Answer - D

10. Restrictively

(A) Exclusively
(B) Adversely
(C) Roughly
(D) Relatively

Correct Answer - A

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

1. Water is easily the most complex of all the familiar substances that are single chemical compounds.

(A) conventional
(B) curious
(C) valuable
(D) complicated

Answer - C

2. Contrary to popular opinion, the origin of the circus is comparatively recent, having little in common with ancient Roman circuses.

(A) apparently
(B) relatively
(C) exceedingly
(D) sufficiently

Answer - B

3. The cotton gin was commonplace on many nineteenth-century farms.

(A) often required
(B) sorely needed
(C) frequently seen
(D) visibly absent

Answer - C

4. Under the microscope, cultivated silk fibers look coarse.

(A) rough
(B) rigid
(C) delicate
(D)immense

Answer - A

5. The sweet potato is chiefly grown in the southern United States.

(A) exclusively
(B) mostly
(C) rarely
(D) successfully

Answer - B