TOEFL vocabulary
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Tepid means slightly warm. The passage describes a man named Ram who had extreme tastes in drinks, preferring his coffee boiling hot and tea ice cold. After developing a severe throat ache, the doctor advised Ram to only drink tepid or slightly warm liquids to avoid scalding or freezing his tongue.
TOEFL vocabulary
- 1. 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. Drink only tepid liquids. A) slightly warm B) slightly cool C) very hot D) very cold
- 3. Some people have peculiar tastes. Ram had extreme tastes. He loved to drink either very hot coffee or very cold tea. His coffee would be boiling hot and his tea would be ice cold or freezing .
- 4. Suddenly he had a severe throat ache. He consulted the doctor. The doctor told him that he should take only liquids. However he warned him that he should take only tepid or slightly warm drinks.
- 5. Neither scald your tongue nor freeze it. Sip your beverage, don’t gulp it. tepid means slightly warm