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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.






2. Jobless






3. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance






4. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......






5. Cheaply - inexpensively






6. A small dark shop or restaurant






7. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower






8. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship






9. Shocked






10. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -






11. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'






12. Be absent from school without permission






13. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry






14. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess






15. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.






16. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____






17. Sense of right and wrong






18. Making claims without any backup






19. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure






20. Confused - bewildered - perplexed






21. Be noticed by someone.

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22. Unfounded fear of being unwell






23. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof






24. To quarrel






25. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer






26. Partially melted snow






27. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student






28. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid






29. A large piece of something without definite shape






30. Depart; set off to sea






31. Get the ball rolling






32. Pay a high price - pay too much






33. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment






34. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek






35. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.






36. To be good enough to do a particular job or to reach a particular standard: We'll give you a week's trial in the job to see how you ........... - .......... to - How will the Secretary General ......... to his new responsibilities?






37. Getting too angry






38. Become or cause to become soft or liquid






39. If insects - rats etc ..... a place - there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage - be ............ with something - The kitchen was ......with cockroaches.






40. Make way through a narrow path






41. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive






42. Silence






43. Not understand at all.






44. Boast - exaggerate about oneself






45. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts






46. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably






47. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant






48. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information






49. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]






50. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted