TOEFL Vocabulary
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The document provides vocabulary words and definitions to help with reading comprehension and vocabulary for the TOEFL test. It includes sample sentences with underlined words and four options to choose from to best suit the meaning of the original word. The underlined words include trivial, unusual, and uncertain. The sentences provide context clues to help determine which option best matches the meaning of the underlined word in the given context.
TOEFL Vocabulary
- 2. READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY The sentence has an underlined word or phrase . There are four options under the sentence. Choose the option that best suits the meaning of the original word. Psychologists encourage their patients not to get upset about trivial matters. A) unexpected B) unusual C) unimportant D) uncertain
- 3. The king was very disturbed. His darling princess, the apple of his eyes was behaving in an unusual manner. It was very unusual for her to be quiet or silent even for a moment. Her emotional outbursts and sudden fits of temper occurred at the most unexpected times.
- 4. The king was in a state of great uncertainty regarding the treatment to be given. The Royal Physician said that she just required some counseling and that she would be fine. It was just a passing phase.
- 5. She would start weeping or crying at the most trivial or unimportant things. Trivial means small, unimportant or insignificant .