TOEFL Vocabulary about ART
Define CONTEMPORARY
MODERN
Two words, pronounced the same but with different meanings:
1. A section in a grocery store or a corridor on a plane
2. A small island
1. Aisle
2. Isle
āšš
Raining cats and dogs
New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 to ....
1790
What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
The letter "O"
Define Accessible
Available
These two words are pronounced THE SAME, but the spelling and the meanings are different:
1. Fundamental truth
2. Head of a school
1. Principle
2. Principal
šā”ļøš
Apple of my eyes
Original name of New York?
New Amsterdam
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
SHORT
Define Extraordinary
Huge/ Huge amount
Two words, pronounced the same:
1. A line of people waiting
2. A signal or hint
1. Queue
2. Cue
š«šš«š„
Don't cry over spilled milk!
Which game was once banned in NY?
Pinball
What begins with an āeā and only contains one letter?
Envelope
Define ECLECTIC
Varied/ Diverse
Two words, pronounced the same.
1. Something that completes another thing
2. A piece of praise (when you say something nice about someone)
1. Complement
2. Compliment
ā«ššŖ
Black sheep of the family
How many languages/dialects, etc. are spoken in New York?
More than 800!
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON
Define Surrealitsic
A combination of fact and fantasy in ART
Two words, pronounced the same, but different meanings
1. Get an answer out of someone
2. Illegal
1. Elicit
2.Illicit
š¦š¦ā”ļøš«
Butterflies in my stomach
Whose famous sceintist's EYEBALLS are stored in New York?
Albert Einstein
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago