TOEFL Vocabulary: Which Word Best Suited Exercise

Choose the correct word from the list of three words below, which is BEST suited for the word or expression in capital letters in each sentence:

1. They put on their red jackets and mounted their horses to go STALKING AND TRAPPING ANIMALS.

chasing

poaching

hunting

2. The disobedient children REFUSED TO OBEY their teacher.

confronted

ignored

defied

3. The SPECTATORS at the theatre enjoyed the show.

congregation

audience

assembly

4. She made the CHOICE to leave home when she was eighteen.

option

resolve

decision

5. The schoolgirl was HARASSED by the other children because she was foreign.

persecuted

annoyed

befriended

6. When Bill won his HUGE WINNINGS on the lottery, he bought himself a yacht.

fortune

cash

money

7. The parents failed to come to an ACCORDANCE about the children in their divorce settlement.

compatibility

agreement

arrangement

8. The MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SPECIALISING IN CHILDREN checked the newborn child for his general health.

doctor

nurse

paediatrician