TOEFL Vocabulary List 3
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 974
Practice with a vocabulary set using the prefixes: ambi/amphi, ep/epi,hypo/hyp, poly,and dis
Questions and Answers
- 1.The oil continues to leak into the Gulf of Mexico at a high rate. The ecology officials believe that the large layer of oil on top of the water will _____________ in a few weeks.
- A.
Dissension
- B.
Diffraction
- C.
Dissipate
- 2.The art museum director said that the art show is not _____________. She explains that “Some of the paintings are visually exciting, some decorative, and some socially critical.”
- A.
Homogeneous
- B.
Homonym
- C.
Polychromatic
- 3.The fireman pulled a man out of the half-frozen lake. "The water is very cold--it wouldn't take long for _______________ to set in him. He's lucky to be alive," said the fireman.
- A.
Homophone
- B.
Hypocrisy
- C.
Hypothermia
- 4.I have the most vivid and real dreams. Everything I see is _____________ unlike some people who only dream in black and white
- A.
Ephemeral
- B.
Diffraction
- C.
Polychromatic
- 5.The ________________ nature of flowers reminds us of Buddha's teaching that all things are impermanent, and we should value what we have now, and live in the present.
- A.
Epiphyte
- B.
Ephemeral
- C.
Polychromatic
- 6.The new video by Drake has been released and it's amazing. Still, the ending is somewhat _________________. I won't spoil it, but after you watch it, tell us who you think gets killed?
- A.
Ambiguous
- B.
Ephemeral
- C.
Hypocrisy
- 7.Instructors and staff members at the university asked at the University board members about pay cuts. There was ____________________ and dissatisfaction by the instructors and staff after the meeting. Many instructors were upset.
- A.
Dissipate
- B.
Diffraction
- C.
Dissension
- 8.Chicago is a _______________ city. You can buy gas speaking only Polish, order in restaurants with Italian and buy Mexican food speaking Spanish.
- A.
Polyglot
- B.
Polyphony
- C.
Polymer
- 9.The crying woman bent and read the ______________ on her husband's gravestone:"Earth has no sorrow that heaven can not heal."
- A.
Epithet
- B.
Epitaph
- C.
Epiphyte
- 10.Some famous ___________ are: Catherine the Great, Ivan the Terrible, John the Baptist, Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Richard the Lionhearted and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
- A.
Epiphytes
- B.
Epitaphs
- C.
Epithets
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