[TOEFL Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: famine
a) compensate, recompense, make amends b) scarcity, shortage, starvation
c) combine, unite, amalgamate d) part, share, allotment, apportionment
Q.2: fee
a) needy, hard up, destitute, penurious b) profitable, remunerative, paying
c) commission, charge, tuition fees, tip d) lavish, opulent, ample
Q.3: fire
a) dismiss, set fire, discharge b) combine, unite, amalgamate
c) per person d) pay back, indemnify, compensate
Q.4: gratuitous
a) poor, scanty, gaunt, lean b) per person
c) lavish, opulent, ample d) free, gratis
Q.5: indemnify
a) per person b) multiply, propagate, increase
c) liquidate, regain, offset d) compensate, recompense, make amends
Q.6: lucrative
a) profitable, remunerative, paying b) pay, reward
c) waste, dissipate, scatter d) support, assert, aver, maintain
Q.7: plethora
a) indirect, used b) hate, detest
c) excess, surplus d) warrant, approve, sanction
Q.8: remit
a) obedient, liable b) send, acquit
c) assert, aver, claim d) agreement, harmony
Q.9: abominate
a) blame, reproach, denounce, condemn, impugn b) abhor, hate
c) dispute, contention, argument d) disagreement, disharmony
Q.10: avouch
a) condemn, accuse b) difference, disparity, disagreement
c) assert, aver, claim d) praise, applause
Q.11: denounce
a) condemn, accuse b) deny
c) warm, cordial, hearty d) scorn, deride, imitate
Q.12: espouse
a) reluctant, unwilling b) irritate, offend, stimulate
c) reproach d) support, maintain, endorse, stand by
Q.13: ostracize
a) resist, oppose, stand against b) cave, cavern, hole, opening, aperture
c) deviate, diverge, wander d) shun, proscribe, expel, keep out
Q.14: burrow
a) den, cave, lair, hole b) underground
c) interchange, translate d) snowstorm, volley, volleyfire
Q.15: subterranean
a) upheaval b) dehydrate, enervate
c) underground d) mild, cheerful
Q.16: deluge
a) smoke, soot b) flood, inundation
c) clumsy, unskilled d) uneducated
Q.17: amateurish
a) beginner, tyro, greenhorn b) inexpert, unskilled, inexperienced
c) plump, fleshy, fat d) outer covering, mantle, gasbag
Q.18: chubby
a) pliable b) white-hot, ardent
c) plump, fleshy, fat d) slim, thin, slight, lean, lank
Q.19: obese
a) corpulent, plump, fat, stout b) glossy, lustrous, waxed
c) story d) quote, refer to, summon
Q.20: auditory
a) symbol b) exaggeration
c) exaggerate, magnify d) hearing, acoustic, aural, auricular