TOEFL PRACTICE - VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

The _____________ president differs from the past president on healthcare

reform issues.

• talkative

• accomplished

• artificial

• incumbent

The _____________ data supports the belief that there has been an increase

in population in the county.

• nominal

• demographic

• practical

• nocturnal

The _____________ collected from real estate taxes helped to balance the

town budget.

• domain

• remainder

• revenue

• assessment

She pretended to be _____________ about the new job opportunity, but

secretly she was very excited.

• dedicated

• receptive

• candid

• blasé

We were tired when we reached the _____________, but the spectacular

view of the valley below was worth the hike.

• circumference

• summit

• fulcrum

• nadir

The suit had a(n) _____________ odor, as if it had been stored in a trunk for

a long time.

• aged

• scented

• musty

• decrepit

Because his workplace was so busy and noisy, he longed most of all for

_____________.

• solitude

• association

• loneliness

• irrelevancy

The teacher put the crayons on the bottom shelf to make them

_____________ to the young children.

• accessible

• receptive

• eloquent

• ambiguous

My computer was state-of-the-art when I bought it three years ago, but

now it is _____________.

• current

• dedicated

• unnecessary

• outmoded

Visiting all the tea shops in the city, they were on a _____________ to find

the perfect cup of tea.

• surge

• quest

• discovery

• cadence