TOEIC REVISION

TEST OF ENGLISH FOR

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 TOEIC: Advanced Relationships Between Things or Ideas Vocabulary Set

1. akin (adjective) Similar to something else.

2. amalgamation (noun) A composition made by joining multiple parts into
one mass.
3. on behalf of (idiom/phrase) Speaking or doing things in the name of
someone else, usually in their interest.
4. corroborate (verb) To confirm a statement, often by using evidence.
5. dependence (noun) A state of requiring support or help from another
party.
6. disengage (verb) To separate someone or something who/which was
connected to something else.
7. disparate (adjective) Inability to be directly compared due to ex-
tremely different circumstances.
8. dissonant (adjective) Describes something that has a lack of coher-
ence and harmony.
9. emulate (verb) To act like something else, usually another person.
10. encompass (verb) To include a wide variety of something, such as
ideas, subjects, and numbers.
11. fuse (verb) To put the parts together to make a whole.
12. inversion (noun) A reversed or opposite state in comparison to
another entity.
13. monopolize (verb) To seize control of something with the intent to
prevent others from sharing in it.
14. offshoot (noun) Something that emerges from something else.
15. precedent (noun) A decision or event that occurred earlier and can
be used as a guide or example for similar circumstances
in the future.

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16. recollect (verb) To recall a thing or to generate an image or concept

from the past.
17. reliance (noun) State of dependence.
18. suggestive (adjective) Makes you think of something else that is sim-
ilar or related in some way.
19. tie-in (noun) A connection to something else.
20. akin Which word has the following synonyms?
analogous, comparable, similar
21. amalgamation Which word has the following synonyms?
union, merger, combination
22. on behalf of Which word has the following synonyms?
favor, side, account
23. corroborate Which word has the following synonyms?
confirm, justify, validate, verify
24. dependence Which word has the following synonyms?
reliance
25. disengage Which word has the following synonyms?
uncouple, sepparate, disconnect
26. disparate Which word has the following synonyms?
contrasting, dissimilar, divergent, discrepant
27. dissonant Which word has the following synonyms?
discordant, inharmonic, discrepant
28. emulate Which word has the following synonyms?
copy, imitate, mimic, mirror
29. encompass Which word has the following synonyms?
include, involve, contain

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30. fuse Which word has the following synonyms?

blend, coalesce, combine, dissolve, melt, merge

31. inversion Which word has the following synonyms?

contradiction, conversion, transposition

32. monopolize Which word has the following synonyms?

absorb, exclude, possess

33. offshoot Which word has the following synonyms?

development, product, branch

34. precedent Which word has the following synonyms?

example, model, exemplar, pattern, paradigm

35. recollect Which word has the following synonyms?

remember, remind, reminisce

36. reliance Which word has the following synonyms?

dependence, addiction, confidence

37. suggestive Which word has the following synonyms?

reminiscent, revealing

38. tie-in Which word has the following synonyms?

connection, addition, link parallel

39. akin Which word has the following antonyms?

dissimilar, unalike, unlike

40. amalgamation Which word has the following antonyms?

section, part

41. on behalf of Which word has the following antonyms?

disapproval, discouragement

42. corroborate Which word has the following antonyms?

disprove, invalidate, deny, contradict

43. dependence

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Which word has the following antonyms?

independence

44. disengage Which word has the following antonyms?

engage, couple, connect

45. disparate Which word has the following antonyms?

alike, like, similar

46. dissonant Which word has the following antonyms?

complementary, compatible, harmonious

47. emulate Which word has the following antonyms?

to neglect

48. encompass Which word has the following antonyms?

exclude, omit, leave out

49. fuse Which word has the following antonyms?

disconnect, divide, part, separate, coagulate

50. inversion Which word has the following antonyms?

accord, likeness, similarity

51. monopolize Which word has the following antonyms?

abstain, ignore, share

52. offshoot Which word has the following antonyms?

source, origin

53. recollect Which word has the following antonyms?

ignore, miss, forget

54. reliance Which word has the following antonyms?

independence, freedom, autonomy, self-sufficiency

55. akin Something to fear overcame her in the haunted

house.

56. amalgamation

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The of dirt on the boy's floor made his mother

realize she needed to persuade him to clean his room.

57. on behalf of Please accept the gift our entire company.

58. corroborated The research the theories.

59. dependence The failing company's financial on its parent has

been a bane to the latter's finances.

60. disengage Young people shoud not from studying.

61. disparate Despite their backgrounds, Arjun and Adriana felt

that they were meant for each other.

62. dissonant Check your instrument, I've heard tones.

63. emulate It's touching seeing your son your behavior.

64. encompass This review should all of the core principles of

psychology you need to know for the test.

65. fuse We the pieces to get a mosaic image.

66. inversion The experiment didn't go according to plan, as Saman-

tha's findings were an to what she initially expected
to happen.

67. monopolize Stories about high schools tend to young adult

fiction, to little surprise.

68. offshoot This factory is an of the well-known company X.

69. precedent The famous legal case set a for those that followed.

70. recollect She cannot if she switched off the air conditioner
before leaving the office.

71. reliance Your on cigarettes is starting to worry me about

your health.

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72. suggestive The dog being scared of men was of him having
been hurt by a man in the past.
73. tie-in The police noticed a with another case they were
working on.

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