Test your basic knowledge |

TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -






2. A cabinet containing an automatic record player






3. Act before the appropriate time.






4. Unfounded fear of being unwell






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






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






7. Let us go outside and fight






8. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered






9. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled






10. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground






11. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid






12. Make someone bored or repelled.






13. Escape being caught; avoid






14. Getting too angry






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






16. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


17. 1. to work less hard or do something with less energy than before: Just relax and ......... a little. 2. to start doing something less - You should ......... on the whisky. 3. to improve or get less - The snow was .......






18. 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?






19. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained






20. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.






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






22. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside






23. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship






24. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak






25. Be completely at a loss as to what to do






26. Shocked






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






28. Adj. dangerous - risky






29. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment






30. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping






31. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.






32. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:






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






34. Tools to pull apart or twist






35. To make someone react less strongly to something by making them become used to it - ......... somebody to something - Does TV ........ people to violence? — d.........zation






36. Jobless






37. Not understand at all.






38. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time






39. Fighting alone






40. It is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it - or it makes you feel ill - The smell r........ him. 2. [transitive] to make someone who is attacking you go away - by fighting them: The army was ready to ....... an attack. 3. [transitive] to






41. Don't think too much about it






42. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare






43. Be noticed by someone.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


44. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension






45. Severe cold and fever






46. Seriously - really - without joking -






47. Large boses for household things






48. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.






49. A small dark shop or restaurant






50. Container used to hold water for washing oneself