toefl 3

Question 1

stealthy

Answer 1

actions or movements are performed quietly and carefully, so that no one will notice what you are doing.

Question 2

imperil

Answer 2

to put sth/sb in danger

Question 3

filament

Answer 3

very thin piece or thread of something.
EX:
The light of an electric lamp comes from an incandescent filament.

Question 4

appendages

Answer 4

a smaller or less important part of sth larger
EX: Upon marriage, a woman automatically lost most of her legal rights and became an appendage of her husband.

Question 5

ubiquity

Answer 5

If you talk about the ubiquity of something, you mean that it seems to be everywhere.

Question 6

scout

Answer 6

a person, an aircraft, etc. sent ahead to get information about the enemy’s position, strength

Question 7

haphazard

Answer 7

with no particular order or plan; not organized well

Question 8

estranged with

Answer 8

with no particular order or plan; not organized well EX: alienated from

Question 9

stakes

Answer 9

If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.

Question 10

natal

Answer 10

relating to the place where or the time when sb was born

Question 11

prowess

Answer 11

great skill at doing sth

Question 12

pasture

Answer 12

land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on

Question 13

enflame

Answer 13

to excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling

Question 14

undue

Answer 14

more than you think is necessary or reasonable

Question 15

breadth

Answer 15

The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides.

Question 16

barbed

Answer 16

meant to hurt sb’s feelings

Question 17

clearance

Answer 17

the removal of things that are not wanted

official permission that is given to sb before they can work somewhere, have particular information, or do sth they want to do

Question 18

envision

Answer 18

to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards

Question 19

haphazard

Answer 19

with no particular order or plan; not organized well.
EX: The process of clearance and burning may have seemed haphazard to the uninformed eye, but it was not.

Question 20

inundated

Answer 20

If an area of land is inundated, it becomes covered with water.
EX:

Question 21

live off

Answer 21

If you live off another person, you rely on them to provide you with money.

Question 22

fringe

Answer 22

the outer edge of an area or a group

Question 23

fidelity

Answer 23

the quality of being accurate
the quality of being loyal to sb/sth

Question 24

swarm

Answer 24

a large group of insects, especially bees , moving together in the same direction

Question 25

disperse

Answer 25

to move apart and go away in different directions.

Question 26

cometary

Answer 26

adjective of comet.

Question 27

provided

Answer 27

used to say what must happen or be done to make it possible for sth else to happen

Question 28

rowdiness

Answer 28

My favorite memory of him: the night I hosted a book party in his honor (his prolific output, all banged out on typewriter, made this a frequent occurrence), when he dragged in his co-author, Captain Lou Albano, and a passel of other pro wrestlers, for a night of rowdiness and grappling stories.

Question 29

immortalize

Answer 29

to prevent sb/sth from being forgotten in the future, especially by mentioning them in literature, making films/movies about them, painting them,

Question 30

touch off

Answer 30

trigger

Question 31

batter

Answer 31

to hit sb/sth hard many times, especially in a way that causes serious damage

Question 32

gouge

Answer 32

to make a hole or cut in sth with a sharp object in a rough or violent way

Question 33

colossal

Answer 33

extremely large

Question 34

tremor

Answer 34

a small earthquake in which the ground shakes slightly

Question 35

curvature

Answer 35

the state of being curved; the amount that sth is curved

Question 35

penchant

Answer 35

a special likely for sth.

Question 36

autonomous

Answer 36

able to govern itself or control its own affairs