TOEIC REVISION

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1. ailment (noun) A minor bothersome illness.

2. antidote (noun) A medicine creating a countereffect on a harmful
substance.
3. capillary (noun) Blood vessels that form a network between arteries
and veins; a narrow, skinny tube.
4. cataract (noun) An eye disease that causes your vision to dim over
time.
5. contusion (noun) The act of bruising, often with discoloration and
broken blood vessels.
6. curable (adjective) Able to be healed or cured; capable of being
fixed.
7. curative (adjective) A medicine or treatment that can cure a dis-
ease.
8. heredity (noun) The process of transferring mental and physical
traits from parent to child through genetics.
9. immune (adjective) One who is protected or exempted from some-
thing harmful
10. impair (verb) To have a weakening effect on something.
11. infirmary (noun) A place where sick people are healed, usually
smaller than a hospital.
12. laxative (noun) A substance intended to clean out waste, often in
regards to bowel movements.
13. mutilate (verb) To cause unrecoverable injury on someone, such as
cutting off a limb.
14. peripheral (adjective) Relating to the outer part of the field of vision.
15. rep (noun) A repetition; one instance of doing an exercise.

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16. senile (adjective) Forgetful because of old age.

17. surrogate (noun) A woman who carries a child for another woman
who is unable to.
18. vaccinate (verb) To give a dose of something that will provide immu-
nity or protection from a disease, often as an injection.
19. vertigo (noun) A dizziness that comes from a fear of heights.
20. writhe (verb) To twist or move your body repeatedly, usually be-
cause you are in pain.
21. ailment Which word has the following synonyms?
ache, condition, disease, disorder, flu, illness, malady,
syndrome
22. antidote Which word has the following synonyms?
cure, remedy
23. contusion Which word has the following synonyms?
swelling, bruising
24. curable Which word has the following synonyms?
correctable, reparable, treatable, remediable, restorable
25. curative Which word has the following synonyms?
healing, medicinal, remedial
26. heredity Which word has the following synonyms?
ancestry, genetiscs, inheritance, genesiology
27. impair Which word has the following synonyms?
damage, debilitate, decrease, hurt
28. infirmary Which word has the following synonyms?
hospital, sickhouse, clinic
29. laxative Which word has the following synonyms?
aperient, cathartic, purgative

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30. mutilate Which word has the following synonyms?

maim, cripple, deface, disable, disfigure

31. peripheral Which word has the following synonyms?

exterior, external, perimetric

32. rep Which word has the following synonyms?

instance, iteration, repetition

33. senile Which word has the following synonyms?

forgetful

34. surrogate Which word has the following synonyms?

alternate, replacement, instead

35. vaccinate Which word has the following synonyms?

inoculate, protect, immunize

36. vertigo Which word has the following synonyms?

dizziness, nausea, wooziness

37. writhe Which word has the following synonyms?

twitch, jerk, twist

38. curable Which word has the following antonyms?

incurable, terminal, unhelpable

39. curative Which word has the following antonyms?

damaging, harmful, hurtful

40. heredity Which word has the following antonyms?

acquiirement

41. impair Which word has the following antonyms?

aid, assist, cure, help

42. mutilate Which word has the following antonyms?

cure, help, fix, heal, mend

43. peripheral

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Which word has the following antonyms?

interior, inside, internal

44. rep Which word has the following antonyms?

one-off

45. surrogate Which word has the following antonyms?

biological,

46. vaccinate Which word has the following antonyms?

jeopardize, expose, endanger

47. writhe Which word has the following antonyms?

relax, straighten, unwind

48. ailment Her troubled her so much that she was often unable
to leave her bed.

49. antidote After the patient was poisoned, he had to receive an

.

50. capillary A in my eye burst.

51. cataract My grandmother had surgery to improve her vision.

52. contusion I fell from my bike and got a very big .

53. curable The doctor assured her the condition was .

54. curative Some herbs have a powerful effect.

55. heredity Genetics is the brach of science that deals with the study
of genes and .

56. immune You are from testifying in this proceeding.

57. impair It was the ophthalmologist's fault - her mistakes caused

my vision to .

58. infirmary The wounded soldier was taken to the .

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59. laxatives She made sure that the weren't too strong before
buying them.

60. mutilated Did you hear about the hiker that was by the bear
in the woods nearby?

61. peripheral His vision has saved him fro that accident because
he somehow saw the vehicle coming at him.

62. rep One more of bench presses and I'll take a break.

63. senile My mother could not remember who I was.

64. surrogate She was unable to carry her own child, so she used a
to carry her child to term for her.

65. vaccinate The decision to yourself from the flu is a great way
to keep yourself and the people around you safe.

66. vertigo I had never felt until I had to drive across that narrow
bridge.

67. writhe My back injury caused me to in agony.

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