Online English Test

1) n. board

(a) managment committee (i.e.: board of directors); printed board which connects to a slot in a computer; food
(b) inventory of legal investments for savings banks and trust funds
(c) direct or incidental reference; recognition of an achievement
(d) length of time that a person or organism has bee alive; length of time that an object has existed; period; era; generation

2) adj. favorable

(a) difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff
(b) of general expenses; general; positioned or directed over the head
(c) positive; approving; likable; helpful; encouraging; promising; desirable
(d) continual

3) v. authorize

(a) to cite, to repeat the words of another person; to offer as evidence to support a claim; to state a price, to offer a price; to enclose in quotation marks
(b) to join with; to connect to; to become attached to
(c) to permit; to approve; to empower
(d) to give a heading or name to (i.e. a book, painting, etc.); to grant a right; to claim something

4) n. occupation

(a) casing; skeleton; structure; body structure; mood; picture in a film
(b) competition; equal opponent; partner; something similar; counterweight; game
(c) act of forcefully taking possession of an area; seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of land
(d) criterion; measure; point of reference for comparison

5) v. link

(a) to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to
(b) to call off; to repeal; to revoke; to annul; to terminate; to stop
(c) to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce; to institute
(d) to support; to assist; to strengthen; to move backwards

6) v. cook

(a) to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to barter; to make an exchange or trade
(b) to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal; to show in an ostentatious manner
(c) to increase; to enlarge; to enhance; to multiply
(d) to prepare food by heating; to falsify account records

7) adj. capital

(a) main; major; chief; principal
(b) of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding
(c) pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt
(d) honest; sincere; straightforward; open; candid

8) v. participate

(a) to exemplify; to clarify; to explain; to depict; to elucidate
(b) to be concerned with; to look out for; to watch over; to like; to be fond of
(c) to dress; to put on clothes
(d) to be involved; to join in

9) adj. serious

(a) solemn; grave; acute; critical; important; requiring much consideration; humorless; grim
(b) quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless
(c) strained; taut; rigid; nervous; stressful
(d) cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous

10) adj. slantwise

(a) arranged in a particular way; prepared for reading and writing
(b) optional; uncertain; changeable; open; unrestricted
(c) fearful; worried; worrisome; eager; keen
(d) sloping; inclined