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Toefl Vocabulary in Context practice 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is inevitable that smoking will damage your health.

a)

invading

b)

unhealthy

c)

unavoidable

d)

intriguing

2.

What you need after a hard week’s work is a little frivolity over the weekend.

a)

luxury

b)

harmony

c)

fireworks

d)

triviality

3.

The general planned a new stratagem to conquer the rebel forces.

a)

strafing

b)

scheme

c)

bomb

d)

headquarters

4.

Only a quack would recommend a lettuce diet to an athlete.

a)

charlatan

b)

duck

c)

coach

d)

doctor

5.

The expression “out of the frying pan and into the fire” means to go from one dilemma to a worse one.

a)

situation

b)

predicament

c)

embarrassment

d)

aura

6.

He made one last futile effort to convince her and left the house.

a)

difficult

b)

favorable

c)

firm

d)

ineffectual

7.

After climbing to the zenith, he slowly worked his way down the mountain.

a)

zero

b)

top

c)

cabin

d)

mountain

8.

A glib answer will not serve for a serious question.

a)

gross

b)

capable

c)

facile

d)

ignorant

9.

Mary set off on her vacation with the intention of finding a tall, dark, handsome, debonair companion.

a)

doleful

b)

decent

c)

urbane

d)

mercenary

10.

Ponce de Leon searched in vain for a means of rejuvenating the aged.

a)

making young again

b)

making weary again

c)

making wealthy again

d)

making merry again