TOEFL - Set 7 Exercise

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appropriate, clarify, conceal, confirm, constantly, convenient, core, critical, distort, diverse, prosperous, purposefully, reveal, scarcely, theoretically

1) appropriate

adj. correct or good for the purpose
n. appropriateness
Syn. proper
adv. appropriately
Example - It is not appropriate to cheat on tests.
Example - She was dressed appropriately in a suit for the job interview.

2) clarify

v. to make more easily understood, to make clear
n. clarification
Syn. explain
Example - Chapter 2 in the textbook clarifies the process of osmosis.
Example - A clarification of the government's position on this matter is necessary.

3) conceal

v. to prevent from being seen or discovered
n. concealment
Syn. hide
Example - The students concealed their feelings about the course.
Example - His concealment of the evidence made his case more difficult to prove.

4) confirm

v. to make certain, given support
adj. confirmed
Syn. prove
n. confirmation
Example - The director confirmed that the meeting would be on the tenth.
Example - We have just received confirmation of your reservation on the flight to Los Angeles.

5) constantly

adv. in an unchanging manner; happening all the time
adj. constant
Syn. continually
Example - Philosophy constantly questions the nature of human existence.
Example - The speed of light is constant at 186,000 miles a second.

6) convenient

adj. easy to reach, near; suitable to one's needs
adv. conveniently
Syn. practical
n. convenience
Example - The student union is convenient to the physical sciences building.
Example - For the convenience of the student body, the library is located in a central location.

7) core

adj. the central or most important part
n. core
Syn. chief
Example - The core of the curriculum consists of courses that are required of all students.
Example - They are loyal to the core.

8) critical

adj. very serious or requiring careful judgment; finding fault
v.critique
n. criticism
Syn. dangerous
n. critic
adv. critically
Example - It is critical to follow the directions for the experiment exactly as the instructor indicates.
Example - The runner accepted criticism from his coach very well.

9) distort

v. to change from the original shape or condition, usually in an unnatural way
adj. distorted
n. distortion
Syn. deform
Example - Time and space are distorted when traveling at the speed of light.
Example - Distortion of the image from a microscope can be caused by low light.

10) diverse

adj. various; distinct from others
adv. diversely
Syn. Different
n. diversity
v. diversify
Example - Freud had many diverse interests in psychology.
Example - The diversity of life forms on Earth makes zoology an interesting area of study.

11) prosperous

adj. successful, wealthy
adv. prosperously
Syn. thriving
v. prosper
n. prosperity
Example - In the early 1900s, San Francisco was a prosperous city.
Example - Bacteria prosper under the proper conditions.

12) purposefully

adv. done for a special reason
adj. purposeful
Syn. deliberately
adv. purposely
n. purpose
Example - The course syllabus was designed purposefully to be easy to follow.
Example - He was authorized to spend the money for business purposes.

13) reveal

v. to uncover, to expose
adv. revealingly
Syn. disclose
adj. revealing
n. revelation
Example - The president revealed some of his ideas before he gave his speech.
Example - The report made some revelations about the nature of the conflict.

14) scarcely

adv. almost not
adj. scarce
Syn. hardly
n. scarcity
Example - The woman scarcely spoke a word of English.
Example - Due to a scarcity of water, a rationing plan was established.

15) theoretically

adv. according to a reasoned, but not proven, point of view
adj. theoretical
n. theory
Syn. hypothetically
v. theorize
Example - His argument was theoretically appealing but not realistic.
Example - Leonardo da Vinci theorized that the Earth was not the center of the universe.

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. Deform

(A) Hide
(B) Distort
(C) Amaze
(D) Block

Correct Answer - B

2. Scarcely

(A) Delicately
(B) Visibly
(C) Continually
(D) Hardly

Correct Answer - -

3. Proper

(A) Appropriate
(B) Practical
(C) Rigid
(D) Complex

Correct Answer - A

4. Clarify

(A) Shed
(B) Enhance
(C) Explain
(D) Elicit

Correct Answer - C

5. Dangerous

(A) chief
(B) Deceptive
(C) Critical
(D) routine

Correct Answer - C

6. Thriving

(A) Prosperous
(B) Resilient
(C) Convenient
(D) Tolerable

Correct Answer - A

7. Purposefully

(A) Comparatively
(B) Deliberately
(C) Constantly
(D) Sufficiently

Correct Answer - B

8. Different

(A) Noticeable
(B) Diverse
(C) Conventional
(D) Curious

Correct Answer - B

9. Hypothetically

(A) Exceedingly
(B) Haphazardly
(C) Theoretically
(D) Routinely

Correct Answer - C

10. Reveal

(A) Disclose
(B) Baffle
(C) Conceal
(D) Confirm

Correct Answer - A

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

1. Industrial cities appeared after the full development of industrial capitalism in the core nation-states of the eighteenth century.

(A) chief
(B) prosperous
(C) smallest
(D)diverse

Answer - A

2. For calculating a calendar, it is convenient to use the tropical solar year.

(A) practical
(B) critical
(C) necessary
(D) appropriate

Answer - A

3. All things consist of atoms and molecules that are constantly in motion.

(A) definitely
(B) always
(C) hardly
(D) uniquely

Answer - B

4. Fossil evidence confirms that the ancient cuttlefish has existed in its present form for more than 20 million years.

(A) proves
(B) suggests
(C) clarifies
(D) reveals

Answer - D

5. The first swimsuit concealed the shape of the human body.

(A) hid
(B) flattered
(C) distorted
(D) revealed

Answer - A