TOEFL词汇营疯狂自测-1

63. We can only speculate as to how high or low the inventors of true numerals were in the scribal hierarchy, but it stands to reason that this laborsaving innovation would have been thebrainchildof the lower-ranking types whose drudgery it eased. The word brainchild in the passage is closest in meaning to

88. The moral is that although using nonindigenous predators as biological controls can be effective, these species possess their own inherent dangers that must beassessedbefore they are released. They, too, can become alien invaders. The word assessed in the passage is closet in meaning to

98. Some information on diet can also be derived from fully fossilized teeth. Such information comes from the fine scratches on the surface of teeth caused by abrasive particles in the food, damage known as microwear. The phrase derived from in the passage is closest in meaning to

110.Eventually many of the immigrants moved to unsegregated areas in outer zones; the areas they left behind were promptly occupied by new waves of immigrants.The word “promptly” in the passage is closest in meaning to

119.The early explorers and settlers told of abundant deer in the early 1800s and yet almostin the same breathbemoaned the lack of this succulent game animal.The phrase in the same breath in the passage is closest in meaning to