Lesson 278 - Toeic Test Vocabulary

1) n. picture

(a) photograph; drawing; painting; film; embodiment; incarnation
(b) bid; offer; overseer; supervisor; car attached to a locomotive for carrying fuel and water
(c) distant part of the sea visible from the shore; remote place far from the shore; high seas
(d) lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency

2) v. canvass

(a) to write or print a series of names or items according to a certain order; to make a list; to inscribe; to record
(b) to discolor; to lose color; to become dim; to wilt; to wither; to die out; to bleach; to become weaker; to disappear
(c) to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work)
(d) to examine; to debate; to scrutinize; to solicit votes or opinions

3) v. report

(a) to lock with a key; to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with an explanatory device; to type into a keyboard
(b) to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to descend
(c) to give an account; to provide a detailed statement about an occurrence or situation; to tell, inform; to present oneself; to collect information for a news story
(d) to separate into sections; to partition

4) adj. evasive

(a) annoyed; aggravated; exasperated
(b) avoiding; tending to shrink; elusive
(c) safe; free from danger; protected; strong; stable; closed; locked; confident; not worried or concerned; assured; certain
(d) non-transferable

5) n. department

(a) division of a company; section; area; domain; government office; district
(b) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction
(c) occasion which requires fancy dress (dance, ball, etc.); evening gown
(d) string; thin cord; spiral groove on a screw or bolt; chain of messages on a particular subject on the Interne t (Computers); execution procedure which is part of an application (Computers)

6) v. emulate

(a) to aim at something
(b) to locate; to place in a particular site
(c) to arrange in a line; to arrange in a row; to grade; to classify; to assign a rank
(d) to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after; to copy

7) n. subsidiary

(a) company that is owned or controlled by another company
(b) chance; probability of advancement or success; hope; promise; view; vista; scene; outlook; perspective; potential customer (Economics)
(c) external side
(d) act of assuming control of something (as in a government or business)

8) v. propose

(a) to behave; to manage; to transfer; to carry out; to transmit; to ensemble
(b) to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make an offer of marriage
(c) to grant a person or persons legal custodianship over property not belonging to them; to appoint a person or persons to administer an institution (Law)
(d) to take a risk in order to achieve a goal; to dare to express something (even in the face of possible opposition); to chance investing money in a risky but possibly lucrative business venture

9) v. suggest

(a) to work together; to cooperate
(b) to propose; to mention; to recommend as suitable; to imply; to hint; to evoke; to call to mind
(c) to desert; to abandon; to change sides
(d) to set free; to liberate; to emancipate; to loosen a hold; to unfasten; to make available to the general public; to surrender; to give up (Law)

10) n. nomination

(a) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)
(b) attainment; performance; operation; mission
(c) occasion which requires fancy dress (dance, ball, etc.); evening gown
(d) store which sells food and other household goods; goods sold at a grocery

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