Online English Test

1) n. comparison

(a) pointing out of similarities and differences; similarity; likeness
(b) mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge
(c) symbol; sign; mark; remembrance; memento; keepsake; coin that has no true value except in particular instances (i.e. token for one subway ride)
(d) magazine; journal

2) n. special

(a) reduced price; sale on particular items; extra newspaper edition; something that is used for a particular purpose or occasion; television program focusing on a particular topic
(b) condition; influencing factor; situation
(c) caption beneath an illustration
(d) announcement; poster, sign; notification (often of termination of employment or a living situation); warning; attention; consideration

3) n. spy

(a) flowing in; inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows into another body of water
(b) small container for documents; tool for synchronizing files between two computers
(c) person who is employed by a government to gather information on other countries; secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people
(d) learning; field of learning; thorough investigation; report; analysis; room in which reading or studying is done

4) n. logistics

(a) suitcases; cases and bags carried by travellers
(b) device with a wide opening at the top which narrows as it reaches the bottom (used to conduct liquids into small openings)
(c) cut of meat; seal; trademark; blow of an axe
(d) planning and execution; management of a business or other operation; department of a company which oversees and maintains material and other recourses

5) n. preserve

(a) area of lan d set aside to protect natural resources and wildlife
(b) inducement; act of convincing
(c) disregard; inattention; forgetfulness; abandonment
(d) spending; disbursement; outlay (especially financial)

6) n. defect

(a) deficiency; flaw
(b) fusion; agglomeration; result of the collaboration of two or more corporations into a single corporaton
(c) device for electronically transmitting written material; document sent by fax
(d) manager; person or group of persons having administrative authority within an organization; branch of a government or organization which excutes laws and policy

7) n. stage

(a) a person who was unable to repay their debts
(b) property; financial means; assets; property; main city of a country of region (city where national or regional government is located, i.e.: London is the capital of the UK)
(c) raised platform; resting place on a journey; distance traveled between two resting places; phase; stage in development; stagecoach
(d) relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar; asphalt; throw; toss; slant; inclination; place of business; number of characters in an inch (Computers)

8) n. nurse

(a) medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor); caretaker of a baby or young children; nanny
(b) emotional link; emotional bond; connection; confiscation; court-ordered seizure of property or money; annexation; attached file; file that is sent along with an email message
(c) educator; teacher; trainer
(d) vagueness; lack of clarity

9) n. response

(a) location where sick and injured people receive medical treatment
(b) good deal; agreement; item that has been bought at a specially low price
(c) reply; answer; reaction
(d) employment; use of; putting to practical use

10) n. switchboard

(a) appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an office or an honor)
(b) entrance; permission to enter; confession
(c) panel containing buttons for connecting and disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits
(d) relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar; asphalt; throw; toss; slant; inclination; place of business; number of characters in an inch (Computers)