Online English Test

1) v. limit

(a) to take a risk in order to achieve a goal; to dare to express something (even in the face of possible opposition); to chance investing money in a risky but possibly lucrative business venture
(b) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border
(c) to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study; to measure and record the characteristics of a plot of land; to map
(d) to exhibit; to present; to display emotion; to display public opinion (through a protest march, meeting or any other action); to show or illustrate something through example, or physical demonstrations

2) v. unlock

(a) to open; to free from restraints; to release
(b) to restore to health; to make well; to corrrect a bad habit; to preserve food
(c) to compel; to force; to reinforce; to oblige; to coerce; to emphasis; to stress
(d) to take a picture; to produce an image using a photographic process

3) v. cushion

(a) to show; to point out; to mark; to signify; to imply; to exhibit; to reveal; to suggest
(b) to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to have need for; to order; to command; to necessitate; to compel
(c) to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster
(d) to separate from others; to segregate

4) v. excel

(a) to make a call; to ring
(b) to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do better than
(c) to sway to and fro; to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver
(d) to learn; to educate oneself; to think about; to ponder; to examine; to investigate; to observe; to memorize

5) v. catalog

(a) to predict; to prophesy; to foretell
(b) to gain; to obtain; to earn a point (in a game, etc.); to record points; to tally; to grade a test; to cut; to make a notch
(c) to smooth wood; to make smooth; to remove rough areas
(d) to make an itemized list; to index; to classify

6) v. levy

(a) to influence; to affect strongly; to press against; to collide; to crash; to pack in; to squeeze in
(b) to investigate
(c) to impose a tax or fine; to conscript troops
(d) to hide; to keep secret; to cover up

7) v. look forward to

(a) to anticipate gladly
(b) to invite; to speak loudly; to shout; to visit; to speak over the telephone
(c) to punish
(d) to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story etc.) to someone

8) v. reprove

(a) to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border
(b) to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered
(c) to cut with a sharp quick stroke; to wound; to reduce; to lower; to make sharp quick strokes; to criticize strongly; to create a way by cutting
(d) to accuse; to admonish

9) v. would

(a) to establish; to found; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to start
(b) to bring from another place; to bring goods from a foreign country; to signify; to imply; to be important; to be significant
(c) to make level; to smooth; to balance
(d) helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire (used to make the statement more polite)

10) v. entrust

(a) to insert written information into the gaps on a form
(b) to require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; to specify; to require; to promise; to guarantee (regarding a contract)
(c) to try; to live through; to feel; to endure
(d) to give to for safekeeping; to empower someone with a responsibility or duty