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TOEFL Words # TOEFL/M52

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adj. mercenary
(a) deserving blame; guilty
(b) having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness; stylish; merry
(c) working or done for payment only; hired for service
(d) frightened; quivering
 
adj. apprehensive
(a) dead; vanished; gone
(b) very short-lived; lasting only a short time; transitory
(c) fearful; aware; conscious; worried; concerned
(d) arrogant; pushy; self-assertive
 
adj. discrete
(a) separate; individual
(b) entertaining; distracting; deflecting; amusing
(c) sounding jarring; discordant
(d) happening accidentally; by chance
 
adj. bellicose
(a) materially or practically useful; applicable
(b) burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy
(c) quarrelsome; warlike
(d) objectionable; may be protested
 
adj. murky
(a) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked
(b) worthy of belief; trustworthy; reliable; dependable
(c) dark; cloudy; gloomy
(d) taking the place of another; felt, received or done in place of another; indirect

 

adj. tangible
(a) appropriate; fitting
(b) willfully bent on doing the wrong thing; distorted; deviant
(c) real; actual; substantial
(d) gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing; biting
 
adj. itinerant
(a) traveling about; wandering
(b) having a wide knowledge acquired through reading; learned; knowledgeable; educated
(c) happening accidentally; by chance
(d) calm; peaceful; quiet
 
adj. truculent
(a) sparing in use of food or drinks; satisfied with little; moderate
(b) fierce; savage; cruel; destructive; harsh; barbaric
(c) unpredictable; irregular; unsettled
(d) spontaneous; impromptu; improvised
 
adj. ubiquitous
(a) flimsy and cheap; shabby; cheap
(b) moody; despondent; bitter; irritable
(c) not allowing anything to pass through; unaffected; susceptible to harm or injury; impossible to influence
(d) omnipresent; present everywhere
 
adj. sporadic
(a) opposed; contrary
(b) rarely occurring or appearing; intermittent; occasional; irregular; infrequent
(c) likely to happen without delay; forthcoming; impending
(d) barring future action; that cannot be denied, changed, etc.; aggressive

adj. mercenary (c) working or done for payment only; hired for service
adj. apprehensive (c) fearful; aware; conscious; worried; concerned
adj. discrete (a) separate; individual
adj. bellicose (c) quarrelsome; warlike
adj. murky (c) dark; cloudy; gloomy
adj. tangible (c) real; actual; substantial
adj. itinerant (a) traveling about; wandering
adj. truculent (b) fierce; savage; cruel; destructive; harsh; barbaric
adj. ubiquitous (d) omnipresent; present everywhere
adj. sporadic (b) rarely occurring or appearing; intermittent; occasional; irregular; infrequent


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