Online English Test

1) n. infancy

(a) messenger; person who carries a message or goes an errand; company that delivers messages, documents, parcels, etc.
(b) beginning phase of a project; babyhood
(c) survey; review; news reparting; insurance
(d) person who represents people in a court or advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister

2) adj. sharp

(a) concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior
(b) typical; distinctive
(c) having a thin edge intended for cutting; not blunt; pointed; sudden; having a strong pungent taste or smell; shrill; high-pitched; caustic; biting; clear; smart; pitched half a step higher (Music)
(d) pertinent; related; connected to the current subject

3) v. underestimate

(a) to assign too low a value to
(b) to attach; to connect; to unite; to combine; to be connected; to become a member; to meet up with
(c) to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume
(d) to calculate; to think; to assume; to portray; to depict; to express verbally; to adorn with figures or patterns; to express in numercial digits; to embellish

4) n. announcement

(a) decleration; notice; statement; the act of informing the public
(b) something which makes up for a deficiency; addition; extra added part
(c) system of knowledge gained by systematic research and organized into general laws; specific field of systematic knowledge; skill; proficiency
(d) sameness; uniformity

5) conj. though

(a) conj. up to the time which
(b) conj. despite; in spite of
(c) conj. if; 'if' used to introduce two possibilities the second of which is usually preceded by 'or'
(d) conj. since; inasmuch as; while; while on the contrary

6) adj. fueled

(a) not guilty; free from sin or wrongdoing; pure; simple; naive; unsophisticated; harmless
(b) inclusive; of all things
(c) filled with petrol, gas or another substance that produces energy
(d) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

7) v. conjure

(a) to appeal; to summon; to invoke; to impore
(b) to glide; to move smoothly and easily; to sneak; to move quietly; to slide; to move slowly from one position to another; to decline; to deteriorate; to make a mistake; to err; to remove or put on quickly (of clothes); to escape; to avoid
(c) to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to donate
(d) to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprision

8) v. encourage

(a) to support; to inspire; to give hope
(b) to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to process; to succeed; to cause; to manage; to solve; to advance with difficulty
(c) to enter
(d) to be indebted to; to be under obligation to pay or repay; to feel that a certain thing is deserved; to have an emotion or attitude toward someone or something

9) n. grant

(a) inside; inside a building; inland section of a country
(b) right to live in a country; condition of being a member of a country
(c) model; pattern; something which serves as an illustration
(d) award; gift; present; contribution; donation

10) v. take

(a) to get into one's possession; to seize; to capture; to possess; to grasp with the hands; to contract; to be affected with; to carry away; to captivate; to charm; to subtract; to minus; to do; to occupy; to ingest; to ride; to accept; to feel; to study
(b) to confirm; to license; to authorize
(c) to progress; to move forward; to promote; to propose; to suggest; to make a payment before it is due
(d) to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to publicize; to advertise