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TOEFL Words | Questions & Answers 22/44

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This page drills ten TOEFL vocabulary words through original context sentences. Read each sentence, choose the closest meaning for the bolded word, then check your answers against the key below.

TOEFL Words | Questions 211-220

  1. The editor consciously removed every adjective from the first paragraph to make the opening sentence hit harder.

The word "consciously" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) carelessly
  • (B) purposely
  • (C) easily
  • (D) periodically
  1. The band's early recordings were unadorned arrangements of folk songs, with no added harmony or studio effects.

The word "unadorned" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) lovely
  • (B) disorganized
  • (C) plain
  • (D) inexpensive
  1. A shared irrigation channel enabled neighboring farms to survive the dry season without competing for the same well.

The word "enabled" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) covered
  • (B) reminded
  • (C) isolated
  • (D) helped
  1. Restoring the mural required considerable patience, since every layer of grime had to be removed by hand.

The word "considerable" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) much
  • (B) planning
  • (C) physical
  • (D) new
  1. Local regulations limit the consumption of raw shellfish harvested from waters near the old industrial docks.

The word "consumption" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) decay
  • (B) eating
  • (C) planting
  • (D) conversion
  1. A single unseasonal frost turned into a disaster for growers who had not covered their tender seedlings.

The word "disaster" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) control
  • (B) avoidance
  • (C) catastrophe
  • (D) history
  1. Chemists identified several unexpected constituents in the sample, including trace amounts of a rare mineral.

The word "constituents" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) relatives
  • (B) causes
  • (C) targets
  • (D) components
  1. Rainfall totals vary sharply from one side of the mountain range to the other, even within a few kilometers.

The word "vary" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) change
  • (B) mean
  • (C) stretch
  • (D) include
  1. Engineers calculated the bridge's maximum load well before construction crews poured the first support pillar.

The word "calculated" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) ignored
  • (B) determined
  • (C) converted
  • (D) increased
  1. Production at the old mill ceased decades ago, though the brick building still stands at the edge of town.

The word "ceased" is closest in meaning to:

  • (A) extended
  • (B) performed
  • (C) stopped
  • (D) taken hold

Answers

  • 211 — B: consciously ≈ purposely — an act done consciously is done purposely.
  • 212 — C: unadorned ≈ plain — unadorned arrangements are plain, with no extras.
  • 213 — D: enabled ≈ helped — a channel that enables survival helps it happen.
  • 214 — A: considerable ≈ much — considerable patience is a great deal of patience.
  • 215 — B: consumption ≈ eating — consumption of shellfish means eating it.
  • 216 — C: disaster ≈ catastrophe — a frost that becomes a disaster is a catastrophe.
  • 217 — D: constituents ≈ components — constituents of a sample are its components.
  • 218 — A: vary ≈ change — totals that vary change from place to place.
  • 219 — B: calculated ≈ determined — a load that is calculated is determined by math.
  • 220 — C: ceased ≈ stopped — production that ceased has stopped entirely.

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