Online English Test

1) n. rush

(a) speed; haste; sudden increase in activity or speed; any species of marsh grass from the genus Juncus
(b) person who designs and plans (machinery, roads, etc.)
(c) movement; journeying
(d) medical care; therapy; care; relation; attitude; behavior; handling; usage; artistic or stylistic handling

2) n. backup

(a) downward; descent; slope; ebb
(b) rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments
(c) copying of data for safety purposes; substitute; reserve; spare
(d) plan, scheme, program; task, assignment, activity

3) n. parentheses

(a) person or thing that is the same
(b) act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to good condition
(c) proprietor
(d) the characters ( ); text enclosed in parentheses; act of isolating by parentheses (Syntax)

4) n. prescription

(a) viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place; post, job; condition; situation; pose; stance; status of commitments on the market (Finance and Investment)
(b) duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement
(c) person who gives support to a superior; aide; helper
(d) written order for a medication; instruction; directive; order; command

5) n. boiler room

(a) cut of meat; seal; trademark; blow of an axe
(b) greater number or part; number greater than half of the total
(c) a fraud scheme involving cold calling
(d) fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember

6) n. temper

(a) disposition; mood
(b) vacation; time off; authorization to do something; permission to be absent (from work, etc.); parting; departure; farewell
(c) effort; nuisance
(d) offer; plan; theory; theorem (Mathematics); problem

7) n. bulk

(a) volume; mass; main part; most
(b) agreement; settling of a disagreement by making mutual concessions
(c) using up
(d) manager; person or group of persons having administrative authority within an organization; branch of a government or organization which excutes laws and policy

8) n. likelihood

(a) newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week
(b) certificate; entry pass; tag
(c) probability; chance; feasibility; possibility
(d) instrument for use in attack or defense in combat (i.e. sword, gun, claws, etc.); any means used to fight with (i.e. skill, wit, etc.)

9) n. fabric

(a) 12 dozen; 144
(b) delight; refreshment or entertainment given to its recipient without cost; the bearing of the cost of a treat
(c) unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an hour; moment; unspecified short amount of time; memo; protocol; memorandum
(d) cloth made of woven threads; textile; weave; structure; framework; construction

10) n. encounter

(a) chance meeting
(b) stability; consistency; continuousness; unbroken succession
(c) yard; law court; formal reception; are where basketball or tennis is played
(d) support; skeleton; structure; system