Online English Test

1) n. fine

(a) container devoid of contents; empty container
(b) consequence; outcome; result; act of implying; something implied; indirect suggestion; connotation; hint; state of being involved in an action or event
(c) inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude; special trait; distinct trait
(d) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money

2) n. convention

(a) conference; routine; custom; treaty
(b) public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder (eBay is a very popular auction site)
(c) influence; abilility to affect or alter people or cirumstance; use of borrowed money to increase the return on an investment
(d) distribution; liberation; transference

3) n. novel

(a) short written reminder; memo; brief informal letter; official message; notice; comment; musical sound; single key; sign of emotion; hint; trace; paper currency; bill of money
(b) pausing; stammering; faltering
(c) expenditure; pardon
(d) piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story

4) n. onus

(a) display; layout; clothing; arrangement of data elements (in computing); menu
(b) tool; instrument; piece of equipment
(c) responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame
(d) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law)

5) n. attendant

(a) legal right of possession
(b) monetary penalty; punishment which involves the payment of specified sum of money
(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) servant; steward; stewardess; person who serves others; person who accompanies others

6) n. incentive

(a) working together; cooperation
(b) back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet, etc.)
(c) preciseness; exactness
(d) stimulus; inducement; enticement; encouragement

7) n. source

(a) access; method; system; procedure
(b) tendency; character; nature; trait; arrangement; placement
(c) origin; starting point
(d) pact; treaty; connection; relationship

8) n. period

(a) place where an event occurs; vista; view; outburst of excited emotion; division in a play; scenery; backdrop; setting; locale; episode of a story; sphere of activity; situation; personal preference (Slang)
(b) person or thing that is the same
(c) punctuation mark resembling a small dot placed at the end of a sentence; end; pause at end of a phrase; full sentence; age; era; season; lesson; length of time
(d) something which annoys or aggravates

9) n. raise

(a) 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)
(b) increase in salary; wage increase
(c) pledge; vow; declaration of intention; source of hope; basis for expectations
(d) machine which supplies force and motion; motor; truck; locomotive; part of a program which handles certain types of date (as in a search engine)

10) n. potential

(a) possibility; ability; capability of being; possible energy (Electricity)
(b) caution; warning; admonition; suspension of proceedings (law)
(c) position; place where a person or thing is usually found; place where vehicles regularly stop; headquarters; radio or television studio; broadcast frequency; position in society; military post
(d) readiness; agreeableness; state or condition of being willing