Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary TOEFL Multiple Choice Vocabulary in Context

1. TOEFL VOCABULARY
A storm in the mountain.

2. READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
The sentence has an underlined word or phrase. There are four
options under the sentence. Choose the option that best suits the
meaning of the original word.
The storm in the mountains obliterated not only the
villages, but also the highways.
A) Endangered B) Effaced
C) Blocked D) Transformed

3. Natural calamities can be disastrous.
Earthquakes and floods transform or change lives and the
geography of an area.
Floods destroy crops and disrupt or disturb normal life.
A tsunami results in animals also becoming endangered
or losing their lives.
A storm in the mountains destroys, obliterates or effaces
not only the villages, but also the highways.

4. Obliterates or effaces means total removal or
destruction.
All traces of habitation were completely lost or
destroyed.