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Test 293
TOEIC Vocabulary / Meaning by Word / Test # 293
Q1 n. aspect
(a) person who ask questions (i.e. reporter or employer)
(b) instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water or electricity)
(c) achievement; fulfillment; ability
(d) facet; outlook; direction; issue; point
Q2
n. sample
(a) specimen; small part of something; representative part of a larger group
(b) injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression
(c) company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue
(d) endorsement; approval; letter of reference; suggestion; advice
Q3 n. bonus
(a) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance
(b) dividend; perk; monetary gift
(c) emptiness; available position; job opening
(d) ability to speak and write easily; eloquence; articulateness; gracefulness
Q4 n. dealing
(a) manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out
(b) list; record; regulator; gauge
(c) fleece from some animals; frizzy hair
(d) brain; memory; recollection; opinion; intention; desire
Q5 n. barbed wire
(a) metal cord with sharp projecting points
(b) location; position; standing; role; function
(c) topic; branch of studies; major; citizen; motive
(d) person who holds a money order
Q6 n. attempt
(a) try; assay; test; trial

(b) to produce via mechanical means
(c) to specialize in a certain field
(d) to depend on; to trust in
Q2
n. bankruptcy
(a) path along which a fluid flows; direction in which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape
(b) banknote; invoice; proposed law
(c) comment; remark; ascription; mention; regard
(d) state of losing property to one's creditor's due to unpaid debts; insolvency
Q3 n. ignorance
(a) lack of knowledge; illiteracy; lack of education; state of being uninformed
(b) car; vehicle; ride
(c) act of rescuing; rescued items
(d) temporary work stoppage; good luck; discovery of natural resources
Q4 v. pitch
(a) to manage in spite of difficulty; to struggle successfully
(b) to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss
(c) to discover; to discern; to find out
(d) to influence
Q5 adj. impressive
(a) necessary; needed; fundamental; crucial; very important
(b) grand; magnificent; striking
(c) existent; in attendance; on hand; of the current times; pertaining to the current times
(d) possible; capable of becoming; able to be
Q6 v. comment
(a) to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or probable
(b) to direct along a particular path; to chart a course
(c) to make a remark; to explain; to write an explanatory note
(d) to pave the way; to create a path; to guide; to initiate; to originate
Q7 adj. mental

n. society
(a) association; organization; community; rich upper class; fellowship; companionship
(b) survey; general study; examination; inspection
(c) bar; counting device
(d) shape; image; framework; document with blank spaces to be filled in; fitness; type
Q3 n. episode
(a) mark; objective; aim; object; goal
(b) event; occurrence; one of a group of loosely connected stories
(c) process of breaking down a subject and studying it; examination
(d) truthfulness; something that is a truth
Q4 n. finance
(a) connection; confiscation; file sent via email
(b) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor)
(c) strenuous physical or mental work; toil; exertion
(d) money management (including investment, banking etc.); science of money management
Q5 n. ZIP
(a) extension of an archived file compressed with a special program; type of drive using removable disks
(b) talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange
(c) organization; order; selection; range; assortment
(d) achievement; fulfillment; ability
Q6 n. certificate
(a) model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern
(b) official document; license; reference; attestation
(c) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization
(d) time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in
Q7 n. medium
(a) means of expression; channel of communication; middle man; intermediary; broker
(b) price; cost; speed; pace; tax
(c) specialist in repairs of machinery and appliances
(d) person who travels back and forth between home and work

(d) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct
Q3 adj. collateral
(a) of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding
(b) having a specified height; difficult to believe; exaggerated; challenging
(c) vulnerable; prone; impressionable
(d) nicely; thoughtfully; graciously; considerately; sympathetically
Q4 n. reward
(a) printed work which is bound together; bundle
(b) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service
(c) a person's handwritten signature
(d) cord; line; string; telegraph cable
Q5 n. stationery
(a) flow (of water, electricity, etc.); process; tendency; direction
(b) false and injurious statements made about another; defamation; calumny
(c) dispute; claim; rationale; cause
(d) paper used for writing letters
Q6 v. summarize
(a) to offer at lower prices than the competition; to weaken; to undermine
(b) to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop
(c) to separate from others; to segregate
(d) to present in a condensed form; to list the main points in a brief and comprehensive manner
Q7 n. fertilizer
(a) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant
(b) pillow; soft padded object
(c) organic or chemical substance added to soil to enrich it (i.e. manure)
(d) one who is higher than another in rank or position
Q8 v. case
(a) to expend money or effort for future benefits; to grant; to install; to cover; to authorize
(b) to pack; to crate; to box
(c) to put into a stable; to delay; to check the progress of

(c) farm with large pasture land for raising livestock
(d) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects; projection; rock ledge; sandbank
Q4 n. assortment
(a) variety; collection; selection; range; mixture
(b) business of sending or transporting cargo; sea voyage (Archaic)
(c) least possible amount; smallest possible size; lowest degree
(d) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride
Q5 n. accident
(a) setting; biography
(b) copying of data for safety purposes; substitute; reserve; spare
(c) casualty; misadventure; mishap; failure
(d) comfort; fitness or suitability for performing an action
Q6 n. lease
(a) shape; image; framework; document with blank spaces to be filled in; fitness; type
(b) attack; misdeed; insult; transgression
(c) need; want; shortage; absence
(d) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
Q7 n. effort
(a) thin and flat object
(b) physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt; organized operation
(c) large room used for lectures; talks, performances and other events
(d) area of fabric used to repair a hole; stain; bandage; lot
Q8 n. price
(a) greatest quantity or amount possible; highest capacity
(b) postal service; letters and other items that are sent via the postal service
(c) examination; money order; payment order; restaurant bill
(d) cost; value; worth; rate; measure
Q9 n. traffic
(a) elasticity; cheerfulness; quality of quickly recovering from sadness or failure; buoyancy
(b) movement of vehicles or persons; trade; commerce; load of messages in a communications network