Web www.kienthuc.com [ Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters] [ Words Differentiation | Songs ] Prev Toefl vocabulary Next TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms     1.   causing or given to shedding tears; depressed; weepy; mournful.     (A) condign       (B) lachrymose       (C) cryptic       (D) fallacious   2.   V.delineate.     (A) to ruin; to decay; to destroy       (B) to speak out against; to condemn; to accuse; to censure       (C) to purify of offensive material; to censor       (D) to outline; to describe; to sketch; to draw   3.   n. fiasco.     (A) setting forth facts; public exhibition; show; clarification       (B) party slogan       (C) ludicrous and complete failure; disaster       (D) faithfulness; loyalty   4.   v. paraphrase.     (A) to attack with words; to question the truthfulness or integrity; to challenge       (B) to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer       (C) to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel       (D) to restate the meaning of a passage in other words   5.   v. exploit.     (A) to deprive or leave desolate by loss; to suffer loss       (B) to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock       (C) to push away; to repel; to reject       (D) to use for one's selfish purpose   6.   adj. sanctimonious.     (A) contemptible; degrading; humiliating; ignoble; contempt; base; mean       (B) wise; prudent; sensible; discreet       (C) pretending to be religious; self-righteous       (D) inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon; naive; gullible; deceivable   7.   adj. amiable.     (A) friendly; genial; pleasant       (B) pertaining or relating to a church       (C) unconquerable; unbeatable; invulnerable; indisputable       (D) understood but not plainly stated; without doubt; indirectly suggested; implied; unconditional; contained within   8.   n. craven.     (A) person who abandons something, as a religion, cause or movement; traitor       (B) mass departure; emigration       (C) esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation       (D) coward; abject person   9.   adj. captious.     (A) having the power to influence or convince; persuasive; influential       (B) disposed to find fault; picky; narrow-minded       (C) equivalent to; equal to       (D) thoughtful; contemplative; meditative; musing   10.   n. misnomer.     (A) similarity; correlation; parallelism; comparability       (B) name or term that describes wrongly       (C) regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience       (D) principle accepted as authoritative; belief     Common English mistakes         Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions   Prev Next