TOEFL Vocabulary: Best Word For Gap Exercise 4

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate word from the three choices provided.

1. When I saw that your car was on the drive I made the ______ that you were at home.

decision

opinion

presumption

2. I'm not sure that the information in this document is factual. The people who wrote it are as ______ as the rest of us.

uncertain

fallible

wrong

3. She was a great history teacher and as she was a good ______ too, her students enjoyed hearing her telling stories about history.

raconteur

talker

speaker

4. The family had a rather ______ history. Many of it's descendants were morally base and mercenary.

sordid

degenerate

grubby

5. The poor child looked hungry and weak. Her features were drawn and pinched and her complexion was ______.

glowing

blemished

sallow

6. Please don't bother me with these ______ matters that have little importance or value.

trivial

boring

ordinary

7. Americans ______ American democracy as a stellar model for the world.

perceive

vaunt

created

8. Visibility was almost down to zero in the ______ water so the diver had to use his sense of touch to guide him.

cold

murky

dark