TOEFL Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your TOEFL vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level TOEFL vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
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Vocabulary is an essential asset in English skills. TOEFL test takers have to build a strong vocabulary in preparation; otherwise, they have no chance of getting a good score on the examination. In the TOEFL test, there is no exclusive section to test your vocabulary level. However, all test sections, reading, writing, listening, and speaking, actually test vocabulary skills in separate ways. As in all language tests, without good vocabulary, skills cannot get a good mark.

TOEFL is for non-native English speakers who are planning to apply for universities or other academic purposes in the USA, Canada, and other English-speaking countries. For most of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students, English vocabulary is a shortcoming, and as an academic-oriented test, the TOEFL vocabulary is quite large. If you want to get a high score on the test, your vocabulary should generally be as large as 10,000 or more.

Many TOEFL test takers spend lots of time on building a strong and test-friendly vocabulary. They may have various English vocabulary bases and different TOEFL score expectations. No matter what contents, methods, or tools they use to build TOEFL vocabulary, knowing the actual vocabulary level and progress is a prerequisite to scheduling a plan and adjusting the pace.

This app's basic functionality is to create TOEFL vocabulary test sheets in random order. It has a built-in basic-level word list to power the online test. Like many similar online practice tools, it also includes some auxiliary features, such as saving test results and comparing them with historical data or even comparing them with others' test results to improve performance.
Demo Test Sheet

arsenal
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. People are forbidden to smoke in the arsenal for fear that a stray spark might set off the munitions stored there.
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storage place for military equipment; stock of weapons
writer for newspapers and magazines
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
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braid
 
 
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v.  E.g. Have you ever wanted to braid your own hair or someone else's hair?
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take off; leave; set out
weave; interweave three or more strands
support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
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dawn
 
 
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n.  E.g. When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rush light or two burned in the room.
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act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
resources; money saved
something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
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dye
 
 
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n.  E.g. Did you know the dye is purple on your hair when you're doing it that color?
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similarity in form or character; agreement
summit; apex; maximum; prime
substance used to color materials
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
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harness
 
 
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n.  E.g. The biggest danger beside not wearing your harness is that you can't function properly.
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wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
vocal expression; power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
swamp; bog; low lying wet land with grassy vegetation
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instrumental
 
 
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a.  E.g. Scientists may have identified a region of the brain instrumental in the creation of dreams.
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unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
serving or acting as a means or aid; helpful; relating to musical instruments
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
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marvel
 
 
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n.  E.g. The marvel of Nature shaking off sleep and going to work unfolded itself to the musing boy.
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utmost height; highest point of a mountain
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
written instructions from doctor; written order; act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions
wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
status of a citizen with rights and duties
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obsession
 
 
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n.  E.g. This obsession is aimless and brainless and ends with your oblivion in American politics.
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tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit
compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
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privilege
 
 
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n.  E.g. David Beckham said it had been an honour and a privilege to have captained England.
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special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
state of being lower than or not as good as
state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
action of trying at something
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sentimentalism
 
 
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n.  E.g. Along with a new vision of love, sentimentalism presented a new view of human nature which prized feeling over thinking, passion over reason, and personal instincts over social duties.
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voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment; liking for sentimental things
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swallow
 
 
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v.  E.g. The government is expected to persuade the French to swallow their doubts on the EU Constitution and vote yes.
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write; create; make or create by putting together parts or elements
take back what one has said ; enclose or envelop completely
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
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unpack
 
 
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v.  E.g. I unpack the presents at birthday party.
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rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
unwrap; unfold; remove the contents of
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