Lesson 520 - Toeic Test Vocabulary

1) n. bias

(a) opposition; act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of; quality of a conductor which resists an electrical current (Electricity); underground organization in an occupied country which fights against the occupying forces
(b) shopping center; variety of stores and businesses housed within a series of connected buildings or within a single building; pedestrian walkway; promenade
(c) innovativeness; inventiveness; ability to create
(d) prejudice; tendency; leaning

2) n. readiness

(a) reference point; geographical location
(b) preparedness; willingness; promptness; quickness
(c) parallelogram
(d) foundation; grounding

3) n. description

(a) sensitivity; susceptibility (to disease, etc.)
(b) explanation; illustration; instruction
(c) piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side; one's lodging (Slang); sanitary napkin; soft padded sections on the bottom of an animal's paw; sound of footsteps
(d) person living at about the same time as another person

4) n. equality

(a) sameness; uniformity
(b) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; lock that prevents accidental firi his own enng of a gun; any security device
(c) advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person who gives proffesional advice
(d) diligence; neatness

5) n. assistance

(a) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness
(b) aid; help, support; direction; upkeep
(c) prize; money that is offered in return for information leading to the arrent of a criminal (or the return of lost property); recompense; benefit received as payment for a service
(d) risky undertaking; enterprise whose results are not certain; business undertaking which promises to bring great profit but involves a good deal of risk; amount invested or wagered

6) n. barometer

(a) a word which is formed from the first letters of several words; i.e.: TOEIC
(b) commericial and market information that indicates overall economic trends
(c) setting appart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.)
(d) dividend; perk; monetary gift

7) n. ambiguity

(a) meeting; conference; set; group of people; congregation
(b) act of going around; avoidance; evasion
(c) vagueness; lack of clarity
(d) exit; means of relief (emotional, physical, etc.); electrical source for connecting appliances; store that sells products directly from the manufacturer (often at a discount); shop; joint; store

8) n. comfort

(a) relief; consolation; coziness
(b) license to market a company's goods or services; business which has been granted a license; right to vote
(c) certificate; entry pass; tag
(d) show; presentation; execution; act; deed; act of presenting an artistic work to an audience

9) n. arrest

(a) delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of another person or organization
(b) afternoon party where a light meal is served
(c) politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility
(d) detention; imprisonment

10) n. rescue

(a) heap, mound; wealth, fortune; group of buildings; dike; levee
(b) deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury; act of freeing from risk
(c) proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint
(d) enlisted soldier; frequent customer; repeat customer

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