[TOEFL Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: oblique
a) peaceful, calm, tranquil, serene b) skew, indirect
c) distinguished, conspicuous, protruding d) unplanned, senseless, reckless
Q.2: obstinate
a) specious, likely b) wasteful, affluent
c) stubborn d) hasty, brash, precipitate, reckless, hardy
Q.3: outspread
a) extend, spread, stretch b) distinguished, conspicuous, protruding
c) proportionate, proportioned d) nervous, uneasy, fidgety
Q.4: perilous
a) vast, enormous, huge, amazing b) proportionate, proportioned
c) hasty, brash, precipitate, reckless, hardy d) dangerous, risky, hazardous, adventurous
Q.5: precarious
a) proportionate, proportioned b) mutual
c) loose, careless, slow d) insecure, unsteady, vulnerable
Q.6: prominent
a) distinguished, conspicuous, protruding b) motionless, slack
c) grand, magnificent, grandeur d) lucid, open
Q.7: rash
a) motionless, stagnant, silent, calm b) dormant, dull
c) hasty, brash, precipitate, reckless, hardy d) even, regular, invariable, consistent
Q.8: stationary
a) noisy, clamorous, excited b) immobile, static, immovable
c) omnipresent d) susceptible, susceptive
Q.9: tumultuous
a) insatiable, irresistible, uncontrollable b) noisy, clamorous, excited
c) exempt. release, pardon, remit d) conflicting feelings
Q.10: urinary
a) farming, agricultural, territorial b) oblivion
c) urinous d) ray, girder
Q.11: alternative
a) substitute, choice b) drink, drinkables
c) real, actual d) fool, simpleton, ass, donkey, goose
Q.12: beneficiary
a) anatomize, analyze b) resilience, flexibility
c) boredom, tedium, languor, lassitude d) recipient, receiver, payee
Q.13: elasticity
a) loyalty, faithfulness, observance b) color, shade
c) anonymous d) resilience, flexibility
Q.14: idiosyncrasy
a) peculiarity, property, feature, character b) disease, evil
c) purpose d) foreboding
Q.15: nocturnal
a) marked, notable, salient, decided b) rest, vacation, adjournment
c) night d) extent, ambit
Q.16: repercussion
a) snake b) impact, influence, effect
c) lukewarm, indifferent d) characteristic, character, feature, peculiarity
Q.17: tether
a) unguarded, untended, poorly attended b) rope
c) irritable, impatient d) formidable; commanding respect
Q.18: orotund
a) charming; attractive b) related to the Christian church as a whole
c) pompous; bombastic d) absorb; digest; incorporate
Q.19: exhortation
a)strong urging; call to do right b) change from one form or condition to another
c) hand down; pass on to another d) triumph; gain the advantage
Q.20: feasible
a) tendency; general course b) attribute
c) habitual; deep-rooted d) doable; possible