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The TOEFL tests your vocabulary with "vocabulary-in-context" questions in which you must determine the meaning of words as usedin a specific sentence, as well as indirectly through the use of reading comprehension passages and questions. | Chapter 3 Words in Context 51 11. Having planned our weekends to watch football we found the news of the players strike most disconcerting. A pleasing B activating C refreshing D debilitating 12. A frightening number of illiterate students are graduating from college. A able to read and write B able to enjoy intramural sports C unable to pass an examination in reading and writing D inflexible 13. John was so insubordinate that he lost his job within a week. A fresh B understanding C indiscreet D obedient 14. I cannot stand professors who think they are infallible. A imperfect B inexorable C inept D inflexible 15. My brother-in-law talks incessantly. A indiscreetly B inevitably C seldom D sensibly www.petersons.com 52 PART III TOEFL Vocabulary Review EXERCISES MEANING FROM CONTEXT Directions Select a word from the list below that best completes the following sentences. compete chagrin innovation amenities apathy 1. The use of audiovisual materials in foreign language teaching was one of the most important s in recent years. 2. Middle Easterners have been buying some of England s ancient estates. 3. Wearing his ten-gallon hat the Texan has become the of the Ameri- can Westerner. 4. Doing volunteer work at the hospital is not a very pastime. 5. You have made a n improve-ment in your handwriting since you took that calligraphy course. vast affluent lucrative rejuvenated stereotype 6. In order to in today s market we are going to lower our prices. 7. Mrs. Golightly had cosmetic surgery and appears much. 8. Imagine his when he discov- ered he had forgotten to pay his electric bill and the company turned off his power. 9. The automatic washing machine is one of the without which I cannot live. 10. Many a crime has gone unpunished because of the of bystanders. www.petersons.com 53 Chapter 3 Words in Context EXERCISES SYNONYMS Directions Choose the best synonym for the underlined word. 1. She was overcome by chagrin at the checkout counter when she discovered she had left .