[TOEFL Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: exalt
a) glorify, elevate, elate b) increase, elevate, enhance
c) extreme, utmost. dark. eager d) striking, notable, conspicuous
Q.2: exceed
a) developmental b) surpass, go beyond
c) unceasing, boring d) grown-up, ripe. careful
Q.3: extravagant
a) great. rough. total b) extreme, utmost. dark. eager
c) abate, decrease d) exorbitant, lavish
Q.4: formative
a) excessive, intemperate b) abate, decrease
c) developmental d) potent, strong, mighty, effective
Q.5: immense
a) abate, decrease b) medium, temperate
c) enormous, huge, colossal. vast d) determined, decisive, firm
Q.6: lessen
a) general b) accurate, exact. stern, strict
c) determined, decisive, firm d) abate, decrease
Q.7: phenomenal
a) formidable, awesome, dreadful b) extraordinary, unusual, striking
c) trifling, petty, insignificant d) cruelty, brutality
Q.8: rudimentary
a) basic, elementary b) enmity, hostility, animosity
c) hostile, bellicose, warlike d) deceive, defraud
Q.9: zenith
a) summit, peak, climax. vertex b) deceive, defraud
c) scorn d) slander, libel, malign, backbite
Q.10: cajole
a) declining, degenerating b) deceive, defraud
c) deserted. negligent d) disadvantage, defect, fault, flaw
Q.11: degenerate
a) damaging, harmful, injurious b) repugnance, animosity, hostility
c) deceive, cajole. joke d) deprave
Q.12: fake
a) useless b) ruin, confusion
c) imitated, forged, counterfeit d) obstacle
Q.13: holocaust
a) obstacle b) harmless, innoxious
c) massacre, slaughter, disaster, catastrophe d) lewd, obscene
Q.14: intimidate
a) curse, insult, slander b) harmful, hostile, vicious
c) embezzle, usurp, misuse d) frighten, threaten
Q.15: misrepresent
a) obit b) describe incorrectly
c) trample, tread, annul d) tease, torment
Q.16: pernicious
a) harmful, destructive, lethal b) hostility, antagonism
c) demagoguery d) amaze, astonish, startle. knock unconscious
Q.17: strife
a) conflict, clash, collision, discord, feud b) excessive pride
c) charge d) examine, survey, stump
Q.18: canvass
a) seize, forfeit b) examine, survey, stump
c) become void, pass d) aid, patron
Q.19: proclaim
a) strike, leaving b) ancient, archaic
c) successive d) announce, declare, promulgate
Q.20: impending
a) tentative, temporary, intermediate b) slow, tardy
c) imminent d) child, kid, young, outcome