Toefl reading 1995 aug 1-9

inaccessible

(adj)

very difficult or impossible to travel to

ko tới gần dc

one of the most inaccessible places in the world
Some of the houses on the hillside are inaccessible to cars.

hostile

(adj)

unfriendly and not liking or agreeing with something

thù địch

a hostile crowd
The President had a hostile reception in Ohio this morning.
I'm not hostile to (= against) the idea of change as such.

void

(n)

a large hole or empty space

nơibỏ trống, ko ng ở

She stood at the edge of the chasm and stared into the void.
Before Einstein, space was regarded as a formless void.

sediment

(n)

a soft substance that is like a wet powder and consists of very small pieces of a solid material which have fallen to the bottom of a liquid

trầm tích

There was a brown sediment in the bottom of the bottle.

seebed

(n)

the solid surface of the Earth which lies under the sea

The ship has been lying on the seabed for more than 50 years.

yield

(v)

to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to

chịu thua

They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.
Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.

isolate

(v)

to separate something or someone from other things or people with which they are joined or mixed, or to keep them separate

cô lập

He was isolated from all the other prisoners.
A high wall isolated the house from the rest of the village.
They tried to isolate (= find) the cause of the problem.
SPECIALIZED Virus particles were eventually isolated from the tissue.