Ch4 Part 2 TOEFL MAP Listening Intermediate Definitions

Question 1

pharmaceutical​

Answer 1

connected with making and selling medical drugs​

Question 2

property​

Answer 2

a thing or things that are owned by somebody​

Question 3

transfer​

Answer 3

to move something or somebody from one place to another​

Question 4

reap​

Answer 4

tocutandcollectagraincrop​

Question 5

religion​

Answer 5

thebeliefin andworshipof agodorgods, or any suchsystemofbeliefandworship​

Question 6

notion​

Answer 6

abelieforidea​

Question 7

acquire​

Answer 7

to get or obtain something​

Question 8

plow​

Answer 8

to dig and turn over a field or other area of land with a plow​

Question 9

accumulate​

Answer 9

to gradually get more and more of something over a period of time​

Question 10

proclaim​

Answer 10

toannouncesomethingpubliclyorofficially,especiallysomethingpositive​

Question 11

analogy​

Answer 11

acomparisonbetween things that havesimilarfeatures, often used tohelpexplainaprincipleoridea​

Question 12

contradiction​

Answer 12

a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.​

Question 13

barter​

Answer 13

an act of trading goods or services between two or more parties without the use of money​

Question 14

conflicting​

Answer 14

unable to exist together or both be true​

Question 15

encounter​

Answer 15

tomeetsomeoneunexpectedly​

Question 16

step​

Answer 16

astagein aprocess; an action in a series of actions taken for a particular purpose​

Question 17

react​

Answer 17

toactin aparticularway as adirectresultof somethingelse​

Question 18

master​

Answer 18

to learn how to do something well​

Question 19

airliner​

Answer 19

alargepassengeraircraft​

Question 20

oil tanker​

Answer 20

ashipthatcarriesalargeamountofoil​

Question 21

run aground​

Answer 21

to hit a coast​

Question 22

lace​

Answer 22

to add a small amount of alcohol, a drug, poison, etc. to a drink​

Question 23

public relations​

Answer 23

theactivityofkeepinggoodrelationshipsbetween anorganizationand thegeneralpublic​

Question 24

maintain​

Answer 24

tocontinueto have; tokeepinexistence, or notallowtobecomeless​

Question 25

restore ​

Answer 25

to return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position​

Question 26

stall ​

Answer 26

to try to avoid doing something or answering a question so that you have more time​

Question 27

cleanup ​

Answer 27

the process of removing dirt, pollution, or things that are considered bad or offensive from a place​

Question 28

compensate ​

Answer 28

to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to​

Question 29

go bankrupt ​

Answer 29

to be unable to pay one's debts​

Question 30

tamperproof ​

Answer 30

specially designed so that it cannot be easily changed or damaged​

Question 31

attitude ​

Answer 31

the way that you think and feel about​

Question 32

select ​

Answer 32

to choose a small number of things, or to choose by making careful decisions​

Question 33

résumé​

Answer 33

a written record of your education and the jobs you have done, that you send when you are applying for a job​

Question 34

enroll ​

Answer 34

to arrange for yourself or for somebody else to officially join a course, school, etc.​

Question 35

straightforward ​

Answer 35

not complicated​

Question 36

render ​

Answer 36

to cause to be or become; to make​

Question 37

payment ​

Answer 37

an amount of money paid​

Question 38

scope ​

Answer 38

the range of a subject covered by a book, programme, discussion, class, etc.​

Question 39

credit ​

Answer 39

praise, approval, or honour; a method of paying for goods or services at a later time​

Question 40

narrowly ​

Answer 40

only by a small amount​

Question 41

definition ​

Answer 41

a statement that explains the meaning of a word or phrase​

Question 42

flexible ​

Answer 42

able to change or be changed easily according to the situation​

Question 43

multilateral ​

Answer 43

involving or participated in by more than two groups, nations or parties​

Question 44

trustworthy ​

Answer 44

able to be trusted​

Question 45

taxation ​

Answer 45

the system of collecting taxes​

Question 46

value ​

Answer 46

the importance or worth of something for someone​

Question 47

enact ​

Answer 47

to pass a law​

Question 48

ideal​

Answer 48

perfect, or the best possible​

Question 49

technician ​

Answer 49

a person whose job is keeping a particular type of equipment or machine in good condition​

Question 50

fault ​

Answer 50

a mistake, especially something for which you are to blame​

Question 51

hopefully ​

Answer 51

in a hopeful way;​