Lesson 554 - Toeic Test Vocabulary

1) n. mull

(a) violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts
(b) group of objects that are related to each other; selection; choice; assortment; accumulation
(c) incentive; drive; inspiration; state of being stirred to action
(d) thin muslin fabric (Hindi); beach cliff (Scottish)

2) n. income

(a) wages; living; livelihood; stronghold
(b) cost; price; payment
(c) emphasis; importance; accent; emphasis placed on a syllable of a word; strain; tension; pressure; condition caused by physical or emotional strain
(d) amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue; profits

3) n. staple

(a) something which stimulates or animates; stimulus; motivation; something inspired; revelation; insight; idea
(b) plentifulness; abundance; numerousness;, plurality; wasteful spending; squandering; lavishness; excess
(c) metal clip for binding papers; basic food item; essential element; main crop or product of a region; trade item that is constantly in demand; fiber (of wool, cotton, etc.)
(d) disturbance; disruption; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-off

4) n. grain

(a) rubbing out; deletion; eradication
(b) person who makes changes; person who introduces new methods or procedures; creative person
(c) act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; state of being reflected; image that is reflected; idea, concept; thought, notion; act of placing blame, accusation
(d) cereal; seed; granule; plants producing grain; particle; small portion of; texture; weave

5) n. attendance

(a) group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles
(b) division of a company; section; area; domain; government office; district
(c) income; return; gains; government income earned through taxation; government agency that collects tax monies; source of income
(d) being physically present; act of accompanying or serving

6) n. carpenter

(a) way; route; course; segment; section; piece; paragraph; excerpt; extract
(b) distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder (Mathematics)
(c) a person who makes things out of wood such as furniture
(d) short meeting; summarizing; giving and receiving instructions; reporting

7) n. skim

(a) act of removing matter floating on the surface of a liquid; act of removing from the top; film; thin layer
(b) way of life
(c) aircraft which flies by means of horizontally rotating blades
(d) attention; concern; caution; supervison; management

8) n. lifestyle

(a) way of life
(b) unexperienced person; person who is not a member of the clergy; member of the laity; person who does not belong to a particular profession
(c) debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument
(d) place where two surfaces meeet; angle

9) n. ship

(a) taxi; carriage; driver's compartment; extension for compressed files that are used by Microsoft Windows installation (set-up) programs
(b) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction
(c) large vessel made for sailing on the sea; aircraft; spacecraft
(d) collapse; crash; incident

10) n. inconvenience

(a) bother; disturbance; nuisance; discomfort
(b) temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a march or journey
(c) hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult; offense
(d) manager of a post office; mail manager, person responsible for managing electronic mail on a network (Computers)

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