The document discusses a TOEFL reading comprehension and vocabulary exercise. The exercise presents a sentence with an underlined word and four options to choose from that best matches the meaning of the underlined word. An example is given with the sentence "Few countries today enjoy prosperous economies" and the correct answer choice being "flourishing" to match the meaning of "prosperous". The document explains that the exercise is to test understanding of vocabulary in context through similar examples.

1. TOEFL
VOCABULARY
READINNG
COMPREHENSION
AND
VOCABULARY
SYNONYMS
GATE

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.
Few countries today enjoy prosperous economies.
A) static B) stable C) flourishing D) poor

3. Each country has its own problems. The world is
now globalised.
Life can never be static.
The economy of a nation can never be stable.
The economic conditions of the poor have to be
raised.
It is important to have a flourishing or prosperous
economy.
prosperous means flourishing
flourishiflourishing