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TOEFL Test Of English as a Foreign Language(Educational Testing Service) Question 165 (page: 232)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Competitive crude oil prices, after wide ________ related to the war in Iraq, are now only slightly elevated from a year ago, and where spot markets for natural gas exist, prices exhibit little change from a year ago.

  1. gyrations
  2. peregrinations
  3. undulations
  4. vacillations

Answer(s): A



v. to twist about (usually with pain)

  1. ingratiate
  2. rue
  3. writhe
  4. denounce

Answer(s): C



n. tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true

  1. armistice
  2. deference
  3. paradox
  4. exposition

Answer(s): C



adj. ecclesiastic

  1. proud of oneself and scornful of others; snobbish; arrogant; disdainful
  2. fond of the company of others; sociable
  3. pertaining or relating to a church
  4. unimportant; small; worthless; minor

Answer(s): C



adj. inordinate

  1. describing school and university activities; educated; scholastic
  2. flimsy and cheap; shabby; cheap
  3. unusual; striking; foreign; out of the ordinary
  4. excessive; immoderate

Answer(s): D



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