TOEFL VOCABULARY EXERCISES 20

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TOEFL VOCABULARY EXERCISES 20 
 
1. Multiple-Choice Quiz 
 
1. persnickety (adj) 
a. fussy 
b. strict 
c. fastidious 
d. all of the above 
 
2. bent out of shape (adj) 
a. really happy 
b. really angry 
c. really sad 
d. really excited 
 
3. sort (n) 
a. address 
b. brand 
c. label 
d. type 
 
4. cross the Rubicon (id, v) 
a. to cross the point of no return 
b. to go too far 
c. to cross a very big line 
d. all of the above 
 
5. Neanderthal (n/adj) 
a. early cave man 
b. lacking culture 
c. brain-dead guy 
d. all of the above 
 
6. ascertain (v) 
a. to discover with certainty 
b. to learn with alarm 
c. to learn with resolution 
d. to learn nothing 
 
7. transgression (n) 
a. respect 
b. violation 
c. agreement 
d. trans-national 
 
8. multitude (n) 
a. many 
b. not much 
c. some 
d. all of the above 
 
9. accumulate (v) 
a. to intercept 
b. to collect 
c. to reject 
d. to suspect 
 
10. infringement (n) 
a. pressed into a small space 
b. measuring the space between two 
points 
c. being too far away 
d. too close without permission 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Sentence-Completion Quiz 
 
persnickety • bent out of shape • sort • cross the Rubicon • Neanderthal • 
ascertain • transgression • multitude •accumulate • infringement • 
 
 
1. Pedro’s grandmother is so _______________ . Whenever the family eats at her place, 
everyone has to sit in the exact same spot as the time before. 
2. The professor got really _______________ when he discovered that one of his 
students had plagiarized his latest research. 
3. Scientists have _______________ that there is water on the Moon. 
4. Barton is what I would call the enigmatic _______________. 
5. A series of patent _______________ by a competitor forced Apple to sue for 
protection. 
6. When you look up into the cosmos at night, you will see a _______________ of stars. 
7. Living on the frontier, cowboys had to _______________ a lot of experience quickly if 
they wanted to survive. 
8. The idiom “cross the Rubicon” originates in the Roman era when Julius Caesar was 
faced with a Catch-22: “Do I,” Caesar wondered, “cross the Rubicon River and enter Rome 
with my victorious army (which was wholly illegal at the time) or do I remain an obedient 
soldier and keep my army beyond the Rubicon, and never return to the city that I love?” In 
the end, Caesar _______________. 
9. If you ask me, she married a _______________. 
10. Cheating on a final exam is, without a doubt, a major academic _______________. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Multiple-Choice Quiz 
 
1. mosquito (n) 
a. two-winged insect that sucks blood 
b. four-winged insect that sucks blood 
c. six-winged insect that sucks blood 
d. all of the above 
 
2. virus (n) 
a. dangerous code that destroys PCs 
b. sub-microscopic parasite that causes 
disease 
c. pathogen 
d. all of the above 
 
3. tropical (adj) 
a. land with lots of sun and rain 
b. land in the equatorial zones 
c. land that is arid and arable 
d. lands that are hot and humid 
 
4. ensure (v) 
a. to make safe 
b. to make secure 
c. to protect 
d. all of the above 
 
5. nausea (n) 
a. feeling an ache in the head 
b. bone pain 
c. sick feeling in the stomach 
d. feeling discombobulated 
 
6. incubation (n) 
a. period of no growth 
b. period of cold-induced growth 
c. moment of realization 
d. period of heat-induced growth 
 
7. fever (n) 
a. high body temperature 
b. low body temperature 
c. normal body temperature 
d. decreasing body temperature 
 
8. toxic (adj) 
a. poisonous 
b. harmful 
c. deadly 
d. all of the above 
 
9. jaundiced (adj) 
a. skeptical 
b. cynical 
c. skin having turned yellow 
d. all of the above 
 
10. immunity (n) 
a. protection 
b. free from 
c. under no obligation 
d. all of the above
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Sentence-Completion Quiz 
 
mosquito • virus • tropical • ensure • nausea • 
incubation •fever • toxic • jaundiced • immunity • 
 
1. The witness requested _______________ from prosecution before he would 
agree to testify. 
2. When Joanne went for a cruise on her honeymoon, she got really seasick and 
suffered from _______________ . 
3. A manifestation of influenza is a high _______________ . 
4. _______________ breed profusely in stagnant water. 
5. There are a myriad of _______________ diseases for which there are no 
known vaccines. 
6. A flu vaccine does not _______________ immunity. 
7. The residents near that polluting factory are living in a _______________ 
environment. 
8. Henri is such a cynic. His view of the world is so ____________, he doesn't 
trust anyone anymore. 
9. Ironically, hackers who create dangerous computer _______________ are 
often hired by big companies to write security software to protect against 
future virus attacks. 
10. The _______________ period for a chicken egg is about twenty-one days. 
 
 
Answers 
 
1. 1. d; 2. b; 3. d; 4. d; 5. d; 6. a; 7. b; 8. a; 9. b; 10. d 
 
2. 1. persnickety; 2. bent out of shape; 3. ascertained; 4. sort; 5. infringements; 
6. multitude; 7. accumulate; 8. crossed the Rubicon; 9. Neanderthal; 10. transgression 
 
3. 1. a; 2. d; 3. b; 4. d; 5. c; 6. d; 7. a; 8. d; 9. d; 10. d 
 
4. 1. immunity; 2. nausea; 3. fever; 4. mosquitoes; 5. tropical; 6. ensure; 7. toxic; 
8. jaundiced; 9. viruses; 10. incubation