Online English Test

1) v. merchandise

(a) to uphold; to prop; to brace; to bear; to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to provide for; to substantiate; to corroborate; to affirm
(b) to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to maket goods
(c) to provide medical treatment; to take care of someone who is ill; to fix; to repair; to mend; to tamper with; to falsify; to alter
(d) to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer); to consider worthless; to make a reduction in a value for accounting purposes

2) v. circumvent

(a) to by-pass; to side-step; to evade
(b) to record the proceedings of a meeting; to make a memorandum
(c) to approve; to verify; to ascertain
(d) to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to portray; to elucidate

3) v. get

(a) to enter; to penetrate; to infiltrate; to pervade; to suffuse
(b) to perform; to put into effect; to carry out; to execute; to realize; to equip with tools
(c) to gather together; to put together; to collect; to converge; to get together; to arrange; to meet
(d) to receive; to obtain; to purchase; to take; to understand; to arrive; to come; to become; to cause; to bring; to persuade

4) v. run

(a) to grow older; to mature
(b) to jog or move at a pace faster than that of walking; to flee; to escape; to pass; to vanish; to operate; to activate; to manage; to direct; to become; to carry out; to fulfill; to continue; to last; to leak; to drip; to spread; to compete
(c) to appoint; to specify; to identify; to designate
(d) to supply with stock; to equip with supplies (esp. food)

5) v. age

(a) to grow older; to mature
(b) to adapt oneself; to host guests; to provide lodging
(c) to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to attract; to commit; to bind (to fulfill an obligation); to enter in a fight
(d) to avoid; to run away; to shrink

6) v. enlist

(a) to open; to extend; to apply a layer on; to scatter; to distribute; to stretch out; to set a table; to arrange dishes and utensils on a table; to flatten
(b) to treat someone new in a humiliating manner; to harass; to humiliate
(c) to set apart an additional amount of space or money for security
(d) to draft into military service; to voluntarily join a cause

7) v. award

(a) to express excitement; to motivate
(b) to narrate; to tell; to make a connection between; to have a connection with; to have a good relationship with
(c) to accept; to use; to include; to surround; to belief; to attempt to sway the opinion of a judge or jury through bribery or threats; to hug; to hold tight
(d) to give; to grant; to judge; to rule

8) v. decrease

(a) to reduce; to lessen; to decline
(b) to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to examine; to research
(c) to make rich; to improve; to make better
(d) can; to allow; to be possible; to wish

9) v. vacillate

(a) to sway to and fro; to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver
(b) to soften in force or severity; to lessen the impact or intensity of; to appease; to make easier; to sweeten; to be assuaged; to become less severe (about punishments, circumstances, emotions, etc.)
(c) to set free; to liberate; to emancipate; to loosen a hold; to unfasten; to make available to the general public; to surrender; to give up (Law)
(d) to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to advertise

10) v. assist

(a) to retain possession of; to hold onto; to save; to store; to watch over; to care for; to look after; to maintain; to observe; to obey; to adhere; to stay; to remain; to continue
(b) to aid; to help; to support; to guide; to direct
(c) to increase; to intensify; to improve; to raise the value of
(d) to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict