TOEIC VOCABULARY TEST 1
(From lesson 1 to lesson 8)
Part 5 Incomplete Sentences
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
- The two sides were no closer to a final _______ at midnight than they were at noon.
(A) agreement
(B) agreeable
(C) agree
(D) agreed - Our union representative _______ members that our rights would be defended.
(A) assured
(B) assurance
(C) assuredly
(D) assure - If you _______ your reservation 48 hours in advance, you will not be billed.
(A) will cancel
(B) cancel
(C) cancellation
(D) canceled - Marketing specialists have conducted extensive studies of what _______ customers to a particular product.
(A) attractive
(B) attraction
(C) attracts
(D) attracting - Smart shoppers will _______ similar brands of an item before making a decision.
(A) compare
(B) comparison
(C) comparable
(D) comparing - If our work isn’t to your _______, please notify us within 60 days.
(A) satisfy
(B) satisfactory
(C) satisfaction
(D) satisfied - The timing belt _______ shows signs of wear after about 180,000 miles.
(A) character
(B) characteristic
(C) characterize
(D) characteristically - Jacques and Louisa will only _______ purchasing appliances that come with a money-back guarantee.
(A) consideration
(B) consider
(C) considering
(D) considerable - If there is any _______ of the director’s involvement, we need to follow up swiftly and thoroughly.
(A) imply
(B) implicit
(C) implicated
(D) implication - I don’t feel any _______ to give my boss more than two weeks notice when I leave.
(A) oblige
(B) obligatory
(C) obliged
(D) obligation - The _______ for terminating the contract were not discussed.
(A) provide
(B) provisions
(C) provider
(D) provisioning - The contract calls for the union to _______ their bargaining representative will be.
(A) specific
(B) specification
(C) specifying
(D) specify - Manufacturers like to know what features _______ find useful.
(A) consumers
(B) consume
(C) consumption
(D) consumable - Without good _______, good products can go unsold.
(A) market
(B) marketable
(C) marketed
(D) marketing - A careful analysis of the _______ products on the market indicated that our product lacked innovation and optional features.
(A) compete
(B) competing
(C) competed
(D) competition - The level of _______ implied by the warranty was misleading.
(A) protect
(B) protective
(C) protection
(D) protector - It can be very helpful to consider the _______ of the manufacturer and the merchant when making a major purchase.
(A) reputation
(B) reputable
(C) reputing
(D) reputed - If the appliance breaks down within two years of purchase, the manufacturer is _______ you a replacement at no charge.
(A) requiring
(B) requisite
(C) requirement
(D) required - You cannot _______ learning how to use the new software as it will be needed in daily operations from now on.
(A) avoid
(B) avoided
(C) avoiding
(D) avoidance - I don’t want to intrude, but would you like me to _______ how to use that machine?
(A) demonstrate
(B) demonstration
(C) demonstrative
(D) demonstrator - While you are _______ your business plan, it is a good idea to keep a resource library of valuable materials.
(A) develop
(B) development
(C) developing
(D) developer - The banquet room could _______ up to 750 for dinner.
(A) accommodated
(B) accommodate
(C) accommodation
(D) accommodating - Helen made the final _______ for use of the conference room with the hotel’s general manager.
(A) arranging
(B) arrange
(C) arrangement
(D) arranged - For most people, Samco is _______ with computer chip production.
(A) associate
(B) associated
(C) associating
(D) association - In order to _______ your e-mail messages, you must type in your password.
(A) access
(B) accessible
(C) accessed
(D) accessibility - After reviewing the schedule, I realized we had not _______ enough time for the software training.
(A) allocate
(B) allocated
(C) allocating
(D) allocation - The computer staff is responsible for making sure all system files are _______
(A) duplication
(B) duplicated
(C) duplicator
(D) duplicate - After you turn in your business plan, you will receive a written _______ of your work within two weeks.
(A) evaluator
(B) evaluative
(C) evaluate
(D) evaluation - If we think _______, we can come up with a plan that promises success.
(A) strategize
(B) strategic
(C) strategically
(D) strategist - It is now legal to _______ a generic brand drug for a prescription medicine if you have the patient’s consent.
(A) substitute
(B) substituted
(C) substituting
(D) substitution - We expect that fewer guests will _______ the evening gala.
(A) attend
(B) attending
(C) attention
(D) attendance - The association’s members were asked to _______ for the special session well in advance because space in the lecture hall was limited.
(A) register
(B) registration
(C) registering
(D) registrar - By adding more class _______, the staff was able to please more members.
(A) select
(B) selective
(C) selecting
(D) selections - _______ to examine the capabilities of the computer carefully has cost us a lot of time and money.
(A) Fall
(B) Failure
(C) Failed
(D) Fallible - She the warning that the hard drive was full, and consequently they were unable to save the test data.
(A) ignore
(B) ignored
(C) ignoring
(D) ignorant - The computer will _______ you to save your work before quitting.
(A) warning
(B) warned
(C) warn
(D) warns - _______ is still a major concern for inner-city schools that want to install computers.
(A) Afford
(B) Affording
(C) Affordable
(D) Affordability - Hoping to repeat the success of the previous year’s sales _______, the vice president held a meeting of all the managers.
(A) Initiated
(B) Initiating
(C) Initiative
(D) Initiation - The athlete’s extraordinary _______ distracted customers from the auto itself.
(A) physique
(B) physical
(C) physicality
(D) physically - Ms. Handa was unable to express her _______ for all that her colleagues had done for her.
(A) appreciation
(B) appreciated
(C) appreciating
(D) appreciates - The programmer is _______ the message so that it’s not accessible to everyone.
(A) code
(B) coding
(C) coded
(D) coder - It looks like this disk was _______ to intense heat, because it’s warped and pocked.
(A) expose
(B) exposed
(C) exposing
(D) exposure - As promised in our last meeting, this contract _______ you with the best prices.
(A) provide
(B) provides
(C) provision
(D) provider - When a problem _______ frequently, it is time to reexamine the process.
(A) recur
(B) recurrence
(C) recurring
(D) recurs - The employee preferred to have a _______ in salary than to have to continue working with her outdated computer.
(A) reducing
(B) reduction
(C) reduce
(D) reduces - The _______ of answering each telephone call on the third ring requires a dedicated receptionist.
(A) practices
(B) practical
(C) practiced
(D) practice - Human Resources tries to _______ employees’ understanding by offering workshops twice a year.
(A) reinforce
(B) reinforcing
(C) reinforced
(D) reinforcement - Senior employees are often asked to _______ office procedures.
(A) verbally
(B) verbalize
(C) verbal
(D) verbalizing
