Online English Test

1) v. admonish

(a) to grind the teeth together; to abrade; to grind; to make a harsh grinding noise
(b) to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive for; to continue; to carry on; to persist in; to work at
(c) to warn; to scold; to reprove
(d) to weigh; to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to estimate; to allocate

2) v. adhere

(a) to stick to; to cling to; to be devoted to (an idea, group, organization etc.)
(b) to devise; to invent; to dream up; to design (often in a negative way)
(c) to suck up; take up; take in
(d) to accomplish; to put into action; to execute; to do

3) v. trouble

(a) to meet by chance; to face; to meet with (difficulties, hardships, etc.)
(b) to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother; to cause discomfort; to disturb
(c) to reclose with a cap; to replace a cap; to put new treads onto a tire; to recapitulate; to summarize; to review with a short summary
(d) to display; to demonstrate; to bestow; to grant; to give; to offer; to serve; to hold out; to show; to exhibit

4) v. adjourn

(a) to postpone; to delay; to end a meeting; to move to another place
(b) to improve; to raise the quality of; to exchange something for another of better quality
(c) to mix while cooking (usually about eggs); to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to clamber; to climb on all fours; to struggle; to bustle; to hasten; to collect in a disorderly fashion
(d) to certify; to recognize; to assign; to license

5) v. margin

(a) to fly at a great height; to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to rise
(b) to shape with skill
(c) to display; to begin to pursue a certain goal or direction; to undertake; to attempt; to begin a journey; to lay out in a systematical fashion; to arrange; to plant
(d) to set apart an additional amount of space or money for security

6) v. reclaim

(a) to demand the return of property; to regain possession; to repossess
(b) to move heavily or awkwardly; to make a rumbling sound; to accumulate; to collect; to clutter with useless objects; to chop down trees and saw them into rough planks and boards
(c) to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to discover; to request; to try to obtain; to pursue; to try; to strive; to attempt
(d) to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to obtain; to make smaller; to reduce; to become smaller

7) v. handle

(a) to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct
(b) to affect; to impact; to impel; to control
(c) to estimate; to appraise; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure; to establish the level of something
(d) to manage; to process; to deal in; to do business with; to treat; to feel; to touch with the hands

8) v. alternate

(a) to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to substitute
(b) to store in a large building
(c) to separate from others; to segregate
(d) to display; to begin to pursue a certain goal or direction; to undertake; to attempt; to begin a journey; to lay out in a systematical fashion; to arrange; to plant

9) v. scale

(a) to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo; to excel
(b) to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to a particular ratio; to remove flakes or scales; to become covered in limescale; to change the size of something; to adjust the size of a picture; to resize a picture (Computers)
(c) to control; to dominate; to hold; to have as a quality; to own; to have as property
(d) to provide; to supply (food, etc.); to care for

10) v. wrench

(a) 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
(b) to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble
(c) to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to free from risk
(d) to pull by force; to bend forcefully; to twist; to hurt by twisting; to cut off; to distort; to pervert