TOEFL Sample Question

Choose the word or pharase closet in meaning to the underlines part of each sentence.

 

 

1. Because of the widespread damage done to the area by the earthquake, the goverment declared a state of emergency.

 

(A) impressive

(B) complementary

(C) extensive

(D) prolonged

 

 

2. The dentist administered laughing gas to her patient in order ease his discomfort. 

 

(A) alleviate

(B) integrate

(C) devastate

(D) generate

 

 

3. It was time for the accused to give her version of event that occurred on the night of the robbery. 

 

(A) incidence

(B) account

(C) emission

(D) avenue

 

 

4. In many western cultures, the white lily is a folower that is representative of purity and sweetness. 

 

(A) verbatim

(B) universal

(C) advantageous

(D) symbolic