TOEFL Vocabulary Quiz: Words

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shuttle ____
distill ____
reward ____
prototype ____
proportionately ____
entrepreneurial ____
tangible ____
subsidy ____
merchant ____
extract ____
regulate ____
allocate ____
intrepid ____
per capita ____
haggle ____
commodity ____
net ____
inflation ____
equity ____
decline ____

Name: ______________
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obviously real because it can be seen, touched

to get something valuable from a confusing mix
to give out different amounts for different purposes
to move back and forth often between two places
something one gets for having done well
a thing that can be bought and sold
the first one made of a machine or system
money given by a government or other organization to
support an activity
in an amount appropriate to each of several recipients
control according to a set of rules
a person who makes a living by selling things
for each person
fearless
after all costs have been subtracted from an amount
to argue back and forth about a price
a situation in which prices for many items rise quite fast
to take out
the value of ones share in an investment
to decrease in power or amount
able to create business opportunities from a wide
variety of circumstances

21. The budget _____________ $58 billion to the military and only about $2 million to
education.
22. Tulip bulbs were one of the most valuable _____________ in seventeenth-century
Holland.
23. Americas railroads _____________ because the automobile dominated American
life.
24. Barnards _____________ in the business was one-third, or about $350,000.
25. During the rapid _____________ of the 1970s, prices for food and fuel rose 20% in
one month.
26. My gross salary is around $35,000, but my _____________ pay is closer to $29,000.
27. Research shows were likely to sell 15 light bulbs _____________ per year in
medium-sized cities.
28. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange is _____________ by officials and federal
law.
29. Federal _____________ to farmers have helped them stay in business despite recent
bad weather.
30. One _____________ benefit of putting electrical cables underground is a clearer
view of the sky.
31. Most students are confused by her lectures, but Joe can always _____________ her
main idea.
32. Many engineers of the 1970s made great computers, but only a few were
_____________ enough to see the business possibilities in the new machines.
33. International mining companies came to the peninsula to _____________ the
regions tin deposits.
34. The customer and shopkeeper _____________ over the silver plate for over an hour.
35. For nearly 200 years, only the most _____________ colonists would cross the
mountains.
36. The spice _____________ of the Eastern markets charged top prices to the British
sailors.
37. The food aid was distributed _____________ per family, with larger families
receiving more.
38. The airplane manufacturer uses robots to test every _____________, just in case of
problems.
39. The greatest _____________ of being a parent is to see your child make a wise
decision.
40. The small jet _____________ between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore every two
hours.

In groups of 2-3 students, narrow down the vocabulary words until you have
solved the paragraph puzzle. Compete to be the first team to complete the
puzzle correctly.

TOEFL Vocabulary Paragraph #21

The great unsettled question of economics is: How much should the
government _______________ business? Conservatives generally argue
for a _______________ in government involvement, but they favor certain
_______________ to farmers, steelmakers, or airplane manufacturers.
Some conservatives also see no conflict between their smallgovernment views and their eagerness for the government to
_______________ more money for roads into national forests. The
_______________ result of these incursions into national forests is a
_______________ infrastructure that helps some companies but not the
public. Publicly owned trees, land, and oil become _______________ from
which a few private companies (many owned by small-government
conservatives) profit. No _______________ benefit goes to the American
people, aside perhaps from the brief anti-_______________ effect that
comes with new oil exploration.

TOEFL Vocabulary Paragraph #22

Tomatoes, potatoes, and hot peppers, all originally from South or
Central America, are among several plants that have _______________
influenced cooking around the world. This happened only after a few
_______________ eaters got beyond common fears about potatoes,
tomatoes, and other products. _______________ hunters for new food
products hardly knew what they were _______________ for when they
tried to _______________ from foreign markets goods that would sell well
at home. _______________ between Europe and exotic lands, Italians,
Spaniards, and Britons in particular brought back food _______________
that were not obviously good things to eatcinnamon bark, cousins of
the dreaded nightshade (tomatoes), and even the pollen from a crocus
flower (saffron). As a glance at international cookbooks will show,
many creative _______________ were well _______________ not just with
financial success, but with culture-changing influence.
*Words Not Used: Equity, Distill