TOEFL Vocabulary: Media Chapter One

5 Written Questions

1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
2. find or declare guilty
3. officially make a complaint in a court of law
4. control and refrain from showing
5. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

5 Matching Questions

1. hail
2. ordeal
3. charged
4. despise
5. sheriff

1. a a severe or trying experience
2. b file a formal charge against
3. c the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
4. d praise vociferously
5. e look down on with disdain

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
   1. tearful
   2. centennial
   3. ordeal
   4. besieged
2. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
   1. plea
   2. deputy
   3. debate
   4. despise
3. look at with fixed eyes
   1. debate
   2. hail
   3. stare
   4. charged
4. to officially declare the innocence of a suspect
   1. wrong-doing
   2. besieged
   3. clear someone's name
   4. centennial
5. a humble request for help from someone in authority
   1. arrest
   2. plea
   3. hail
   4. ordeal

5 True/False Questions

1. in tears → crying

   True        False

2. wrong-doing → aimed or directed at

   True        False

3. spread the word → crying

   True        False

4. trained on → aimed or directed at

   True        False

5. nightmare → look at with fixed eyes

   True        False