[TOEFL Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: crouch
a) secret, confidential, privy, concealing b) discriminate, descry
c) huddle, stoop d) emit, emanate, give off
Q.2: cryptic
a) analyze b) reveal, expose
c) hide, avert, duck, wad off d) secret, confidential, privy, concealing
Q.3: descry
a) discover, spot b) discern, discover, find, detect
c) loss, fall d) emit, eject, give forth
Q.4: disclose
a) reveal, expose b) loss, fall
c) draw forth, draw(pull, drag) out d) effuse, give off
Q.5: drain
a) pump, exhaust, deplete b) avoid, evade
c) carve in relief d) surround, encircle
Q.6: elude
a) emit, eject, give forth b) avoid, evade
c) surround, encircle d) develop, extend, emit
Q.7: enumerate
a) pronounce clearly, declare b) alienate
c) dig out, unearth d) list, specify, arrange
Q.8: evolve
a) dig out, unearth b) disclose, exhibit
c) develop, extend, emit d) unavoidable, unescapable
Q.9: fugitive
a) sprout, bud b) unavoidable, unescapable
c) runaway, refugee d) blur
Q.10: intimate
a) find, put, place b) thrust oneself, intrude
c) soak, penetrate, pass through d) insinuate
Q.11: proscribe
a) divulge, let on b) outlaw, ostracize, ban
c) increase, rush, stir d) boon
Q.12: affiliate
a) branch b) bargain, haggle, higgle, chat
c) scanty, defective d) commission, charge, tuition fees, tip
Q.13: famine
a) scarcity, shortage, starvation b) deferment, elegance
c) penniless, stone-broke, indigent d) stocktaking, catalogue, stock
Q.14: inventory
a) bill, handbill, handout, dodger b) stocktaking, catalogue, stock
c) excess, surplus d) allot, distribute
Q.15: redeem
a) send, acquit b) waste, dissipate, scatter
c) hate, detest d) liquidate, regain, offset
Q.16: assert
a) warrant, approve, sanction b) gap, crack, opening
c) affirm, declare d) condemn, accuse
Q.17: discord
a) difference, disparity, disagreement b) refute, contradict, confute, prove against
c) disagreement, disharmony d) congenerous, kindred
Q.18: indignant
a) reluctant, unwilling b) irritate, offend, stimulate
c) reproach d) angry, enraged, offended
Q.19: declivity
a) empty, forsaken, abandoned b) downward slope, descent, downhill
c) lee d) street, highway
Q.20: arid
a) dry, desiccated b) pollute, taint
c) flood, inundation d) misty, hazy