Online English Test

1) n. substitute

(a) person or company that ships things; aircraft carrier; shipping company; truck
(b) chamber; bureau; role; incumbency; agency; authority
(c) replacement; person or thing that takes the place of another
(d) development; progress

2) n. ad

(a) informal word for a commericial announcement
(b) examination of financial accounts; internal investigation
(c) place where one can borrow books
(d) study of the statistical characteristics of a population

3) n. copy

(a) duplicate; photostat
(b) portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance; entryway; number of spectators at a show or event; passageway through which passengers board (a train, plane, boat, etc.)
(c) amount that is determined by adding two or more numbers; whole amount; entire quantity; unspecified amount; essence; gist; group of numbers to be added up; summary
(d) process of producing and distributing printed material; any printed material that has been produced and distributed (such as journals, pamphlets, etc.); act of publicizing, act of advertising

4) n. locksmith

(a) person who who makes and fixes keys and fasting mechanisms
(b) update; installation of a newer version of a program or the replacing of a system component with a newer component (Computers); hill; acclivity
(c) place where vessels are built and repaired
(d) devotion to a certain habit; dependency

5) n. drop

(a) easement; alleviation; liberation; support provided to the needy; embossment; sculpture in which the forms project outward from the surface; aid; assistance
(b) money invested to acquire or upgrade physical assets
(c) small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant; piece of candy; lozenge; act of dropping supplies from a plane; sudden descent; fall
(d) statement which denies responsibility or affiliation; act of disclaiming; repudiation; renouncing of a claim; denial

6) n. recognition

(a) acknowledgment; identification
(b) person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.); person who received a doctor's degree from a university (Ph.D.)
(c) hold; understanding; knowledge; realization
(d) person who puts money into a project; person or organization that invests

7) n. posting

(a) freedom from danger; quality of not causing injury or loss; lock that prevents accidental firi his own enng of a gun; any security device
(b) devotion to a certain habit; dependency
(c) spoken or written words with which people communicate thoughts and feelings; specialized vocabulary; manner in which a person writes or speaks
(d) message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Internet)

8) n. vegetable

(a) plant; edible fruit of a plant; person having little or no brain activity (usually due to an injury)
(b) fracture; pause; rest; intermission; crack; opportunity; alteration
(c) emptiness; available space; room; available position; job opening
(d) yearly date commemorating a special event; birthday

9) n. journalist

(a) reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or magazine; correspondent
(b) trade; business; transactions; exchange of products/services and money
(c) swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery; embezzlement; cheat; swindler
(d) person who installs or maintains wiring systems

10) n. branch

(a) the characters ( ); text enclosed in parentheses; act of isolating by parentheses (Syntax)
(b) flat surface at the bottom of the room on which you walk; story; level of a building; ground surface; area in a conference room from which the members speak; permission to speak
(c) central stalk of a plant; petiole; slender part which connects or supports; main part of a word to which affixes are added (Grammar); family line of descent; ancestry
(d) affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit