TOEFL LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY FOR NON-
ENGLISH SPEAKERS WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
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blasé (adj) - ANSWER-1. uninterested or showing a lack of
excitement or interest in something especially because it
is very familiar
( Quincy has traveled so much that he speaks of exotic
places such as Borneo in a totally blasé manner.)
,paucity (n) - ANSWER-scarcity, smallness of supply or
quantity. shortage; scarceness
a. There was no paucity of courage in the Marine group.
b. The critics referred to the paucity of dancing talent in
the show.
parvenu (n - adj) - ANSWER-a person who has suddenly
risen to a higher social or economic status but has not
been socially accepted by others in that class; an
upstart.
(the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to
people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived)
blasphemy (n) - ANSWER-great disrespect shown to God
or to something holy .
(If you committed blasphemy during the Inquisition, you
would be tortured and killed.)
blatant (adj) , blatantly (adv) - ANSWER-rude, shameless,
sassy , very obvious and offensive
,(He showed a blatant disregard for the safety of other
drivers.)
blight (n) , blighted (adj) - ANSWER-1. a disease that
makes plants dry up and die , 2. something that causes
harm or damage like a disease . 3.a damaged condition.
( They still do not know what caused the blight that
destroyed half of the trees in the orchard.)
boisterous (adj) , boisterously (adv) , boisterousness (n) -
ANSWER-1. loud, noisy, and lacking restraint, raucous. 2.
stormy and rough.
(A large and boisterous crowd attended the concert.)
boor (n) - ANSWER-a crude, offensive, ill-mannered
person, churl, clown, swab, plug-ugly
(I can't invite a boor like him to dinner! He'd offend the
other guests.)
broach (v) , broacher (n) - ANSWER-1. to bring up,
introduce, in order to begin a discussion of.
, 2. to tap or pierce, as in to draw off liquid.
(It was hard for Sarah to broach the subject of her
mother's weight gain.)
buoyant (Adj) , buoyantly (adv) - ANSWER-1. able to
float. 2. light-hearted, cheerful , blithe, blithesome,
bright.
(The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the
evening's performance.)
censor (v) ,censorial (adj) - ANSWER-a person who
examines books, movies, letters, etc., and removes
things that are considered to be offensive, immoral,
harmful to society, etc
a. Some governments, national and local, censor books.
b. . Any mention of the former prime minister was
outlawed* by the
censor.)
chauvinist (n) - ANSWER-a person who believes in the
superiority of his or her own kind; an extreme nationalist.
