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【TOEFL Words | Questions 431-440】 431. Glass fibers were little more than a novelty until the 1930's, when their thermal and electrical insulating properties were appreciated and methods for producing continuous filaments were develope...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 421-430】 421. The downtown business district did not grow apace with the city as a whole, and the rapid transit system designed to link the center with outlying areas withered away from disuse. The phrase "apac...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 411-420】 411. This new technology enabled them to build factories in the Nation's largest cities, taking advantage of urban concentrations of inexpensive labor, Good transportation networks, and eager customers...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 401-410】 401. At the heart of a comer's coma lies a nucleus of solid material, typically no more than 10 kilometers across. The word "heart" is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) center (B) edge (C) ...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 391-400】 391. In 1903 the members of the governing board of the University of Washington, in Seattle, engaged a firm of landscape architects, specialists in the design of outdoor environments --- Olmsted Brothe...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 381-390】 381. The simple of these is the carbon dioxide from the respiration of an ant cluster, a chemical that acts pheromone to promote aggregation. The word "cluster" is closest in meaning to which of follow...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 371-380】 371. One of the best-known examples of mass extinction occurred 65 million years ago with the demise of dinosaurs and many other forms of life. The word "demise" is closest in meaning to which of follo...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 361-370】 361. When water is scarce (as is often the case on a mountain) , lichens may become dormant and remain in that condition for prolonged periods of time. The word "prolonged" is closest in meaning to whi...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 351-360】 351. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluct...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 341-350】 341. Its peoples became great traders, bartering jewellery, pottery, animal pelts, tools, and other goods along extensive trading networks that stretched up and down eastern North America and as far we...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 331-340】 331. Air currents move and lift droplets so that the net downward displacement is zero, even though the droplets are in constant motion.The word "motion" is closest in meaning to which of following? (A...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 321-330】 321. A third process by which salinity may be altered is associated with the formation and melting of sea ice. When seawater is frozen, the dissolved materials are left behind. The word "altered" is cl...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 311-320】 311. Puritan town councils expected widows and unattached women to be selfsupporting and for a long time provided needy spinsters with parcels of land. The phrase "unattached women" is closest in meani...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 301-310】 301. She also photographs away from her studio at various architectural sites, bringing camera, lights, mirrors, and a crew of assistants to transform the site into her own abstract image. The word "tr...

【TOEFL Words | Questions 291-300】 291. Next, the pertinent considerations that will be affected by each decision are listed, and the relative importance of each consideration or consequence is determined. The word "pertinent" is closes...