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TOEFL Verbal Test # TOEFL/M6

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adj. cumbrous
(a) burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy
(b) lying flat on the back; inert; inactive; averse to taking action; indifferent; passive
(c) opposed; contrary
(d) understood by only a chosen few; confidential; private
 
adj. pedantic
(a) burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy
(b) emphasizing minutiae or form in scholarship or teaching; strict; meticulous
(c) equivalent to; equal to
(d) gentle; polite; agreeable; pleasant; kind; boring; apathetic
 
adj. dolorous
(a) extremely dry; parched; barren; unimaginative
(b) sarcastic; doubting the sincerity of others; pessimistic
(c) sorrowful; mournful; painful
(d) separate; individual
 
adj. disconsolate
(a) without hope; sad; dejected; depressed
(b) unpredictable; irregular; unsettled
(c) understood but not plainly stated; without doubt; indirectly suggested; implied; unconditional; contained within
(d) lack of feeling; impartial; calm; unbiased
 
adj. mottled
(a) smooth and slippery; speaking or spoken in a smooth manner; easily fluent; careless; insincere
(b) unidentified; disguised; concealed; anonymous; unknown
(c) spotted or streaked with varied colors
(d) friendly; good-natured; easy to talk to

 

n. jeopardy
(a) person who advocates extreme basic changes
(b) person skilled at telling stories
(c) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness
(d) danger; peril; hazard
 
adj. vicarious
(a) taking the place of another; felt, received or done in place of another; indirect
(b) suited; pleasant; agreeable; affable
(c) mentally distressed; distracted; crazed; bewildered; hysterical
(d) honest; truthful; sincere; frank; straightforward; open
 
adj. exotic
(a) unusual; striking; foreign; out of the ordinary
(b) changeable; fickle
(c) not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable
(d) insensitive; materialistic; rude; ill-mannered
 
adj. flagrant
(a) pertaining to or used in a court of law; rhetorical; argumentative
(b) constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes
(c) glaringly wrong; shameless; notorious; offensive
(d) deadly; causing distress or death; destructive
 
adj. sallow
(a) ill-natured; quarrelsome; contentious; irritable
(b) unequal; different; unlike; contrasting
(c) sick; having a sickly yellow coloring
(d) sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning; crafty

adj. cumbrous (a) burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy
adj. pedantic (b) emphasizing minutiae or form in scholarship or teaching; strict; meticulous
adj. dolorous (c) sorrowful; mournful; painful
adj. disconsolate (a) without hope; sad; dejected; depressed
adj. mottled (c) spotted or streaked with varied colors
n. jeopardy (d) danger; peril; hazard
adj. vicarious (a) taking the place of another; felt, received or done in place of another; indirect
adj. exotic (a) unusual; striking; foreign; out of the ordinary
adj. flagrant (c) glaringly wrong; shameless; notorious; offensive
adj. sallow (c) sick; having a sickly yellow coloring

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