Lesson 390 - Toeic Test Vocabulary

1) n. margin

(a) profit from the difference between costs and net sales
(b) shared characteristic; common feature; number below the line in a fraction (Mathematics)
(c) separation; dividing ridge between drainage areas; watershed; line of division
(d) competition

2) n. crowd

(a) emotional connection that exists between two people; connection; association; closeness; kinship
(b) public; large group of people; gathering; large number of objects grouped together
(c) intelligence; ability to think in a clever manner
(d) person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography

3) n. plug

(a) cork; stopper; electrical connector; obstruction; block; fire hydrant; advertisement
(b) post that is sharpened at one end for driving into the ground; post to which a person who is sentenced to death by burning is tied; execution by burning; wager; bet; investment; share
(c) structure in which horses and other animals are housed; racing establishment; race horses belonging to a racing establishment
(d) answer; response

4) n. season

(a) one of the four quarters of the year (winter, spring, summer, autumn); period of time characterized by a certain quality or event; time
(b) manufacture; assembly; output;, yield; process of publicizing a motion picture (or play, television program, etc.)
(c) option; selection; variety
(d) player positioned at the front of the offensive line (Sports)

5) n. development

(a) program used for viewing websites on the Internet
(b) something which is owed to a person or company; something which legally or rightfully belongs to an individual; payment; fee
(c) flat receptacle used to hold other items; platter
(d) evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression

6) n. credit risk

(a) metal cord with sharp projecting points placed at close intervals along its length (used in fencing etc.)
(b) the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make required debt payments
(c) minium amount of money and liquid assests set by the central banking system of the U.S.
(d) putting into words; phrase; word; look which conveys a certain feeling or emotion; manifestation; process of producing visible or measurable gentic traits

7) n. menu

(a) distribution; liberation; transference
(b) list of choices; list of commands or options which may be selected; list of foods that can or will be served at a meal
(c) number of people coming in and leaving (e.g. employees and customers); gross revenues; total business done; rate of selling or producing; change; reversal
(d) arrangement; plan; sketch; drawing; something which has been arranged

8) n. explanation

(a) rush; haste; urgency
(b) interpretation; something that clarifies; description; definition
(c) forward movement; progress; promotion
(d) person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography

9) n. semester

(a) person who travels back and forth between home and work
(b) organization; order; selection; range; assortment
(c) one of the two periods of an academic year (usually 15-18 weeks)
(d) head; leader; chairman; chief

10) n. sight

(a) tube; tube used for smoking tobacco; windpipe; trachea; flute; whistle; whistling sound; toot; character which instructs an operating system to direct output of one program to the input of another program (Computers)
(b) vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle; viewfinder; range of view; point of view; ridiculous appearance
(c) detention; imprisonment
(d) form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold

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