Online English Test

1) v. encroach

(a) to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe
(b) to oppose; to retaliate; to react; to strike back
(c) to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire; to become liable for (generally pertaining to something unpleasant or undesirable)
(d) to draw out to the full length; to extend; to elongate; to be extended; to reach out; to pull; to make taut; to strain; to be pulled; to be elongated; to lie down; to extend over a certain period of time; to span

2) n. news

(a) report of recent events; information about previously unknown facts; people or events that are currently of interest
(b) opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback; misfortune; defeat; gear or mechanism that drives movement in a direction opposite to the normal direction; ar ea printed with a light design on a dark background (Printing)
(c) guidebook; library; catalog; subdivision of a disk in which files are stored (Computers); web portal site
(d) group of objects that are related to each other; selection; choice; assortment; accumulation

3) adj. simple

(a) not mixed with anything; easy; uncomplicated; modest; unaffected; ordinary; plain; not elaborate; unadorned; stupid; dumb; not intelligent
(b) strong; healthy
(c) small; of a pouch
(d) defective; imperfect; cracked

4) v. name

(a) to appoint; to specify; to identify; to designate
(b) to ascend; to to up; to slope upward; to move upward gradually
(c) to extend; to lengthen
(d) to hit; to collide with; to attack; to assault; to afflict with a disease; to injure by biting; to impress; to produce a spark; to stamp; to eliminate; to arrive at; to reach; to instill; to temporarily cease working as a protest; to make

5) adj. lasting

(a) inferior; of secondary importance; under the authority of another
(b) capable of existing together in harmony; congruous; able to be used with other machines without alternation; able to be used on or with other computers without being changed
(c) main; major; chief; principal
(d) continuing; enduring; remaining for a long time; durable

6) adv. regardless

(a) four times a year, once every three months
(b) without consideration for possible problems; without regard to potential difficulties; anyway; in any case
(c) chiefly; principally; mainly; in the first place; initially
(d) to the rear; to the past

7) n. stress

(a) routine; protocol; course of action; subroutine; sequence of instructions (Computers)
(b) automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride
(c) emphasis; importance; accent; emphasis placed on a syllable of a word; strain; tension; pressure; condition caused by physical or emotional strain
(d) small purse used to carry money and personal documents; billfold; handbag; program for on-line shopping that enables one to buy products and pay for them over the Internet (Computers)

8) v. incur

(a) to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to need; to want
(b) to fight with fists; to put crates
(c) to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take liberties; to permit oneself
(d) to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire; to become liable for (generally pertaining to something unpleasant or undesirable)

9) n. feedback

(a) response; critique; critical analysis; information about the results of a certain procedure or performance; return of part of the output (of a ciruit, an amplifier, etc.)
(b) length; distance; duration; period of time; section between two bridge supports; wing span; distance between the tip of an outstretched thumb and little finger; unit of length equal to the space between thumb and little finger
(c) competition
(d) tax; charge; levy; grievous price; act or sound of ringing a bell

10) n. factor

(a) cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender; number which is multiplied with another to produce a given result
(b) setting; biography
(c) ethic; lesson; principle
(d) gift; contribution