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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 Introduction
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.
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affective
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. It's fairly well known that "light therapy" is sometimes used to help those suffering from depression, especially seasonal affective disorder.
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unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
serving as model; outstanding; typical
seizing the attention; visually attractive
sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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barb
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. If you were a politician, would you prefer being caught on the barb of a fishhook?
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sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
sudden outburst of anger; state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity
unfriendliness; hatred; state of being hostile
the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
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curiosity
 
 
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n.  E.g. My main curiosity is how they’re going to explain how Captain Barbossa has returned from the dead.
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unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
successful ending of struggle or contest; defeat of an enemy or opponent
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
desire to know or learn
state of poor nutrition
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enormous
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
underwater; living in poverty or misery; having been hidden
successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
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explosive
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Edmonton police found what they describe as explosive devices in the car and on one of the suspects.
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large and impressive in size, scope, or extent
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
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implement
 
 
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n.  E.g. The problem devising a suitable implement is given to the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tennessee.
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tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory
talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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lyric
 
 
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n.  E.g. Please enjoy such a lyric poetry.
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short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
student who continues studies after graduation
small kernels of corn exploded by heat
sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
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outgoing
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. From the government's side, the outgoing Prime Minister, Ivan Kostov, admitted personal responsibility for his party's crushing defeat.
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scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
ultimate; occurring at an unspecified time in the future
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
sociable; going out or away; departing
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
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residue
 
 
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n.  E.g. The presence of plastic residue is nothing more than an indication of possible doping.
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complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of contract
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
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slender
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. She was slender as a willow - and equally graceful, equally erect.
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subject to question; admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry
restricting scope or freedom of action; crowded
having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
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stipulate
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Before agreeing to reduce American military forces in Europe, the president would stipulate that NATO inspection teams be allowed to inspect Soviet bases.
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remove the surface from
yield assent; accord; agree, or acquiesce; adapt one's self; fulfill; accomplish
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly
split into opposite extremes or camps
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unravel
 
 
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v.  E.g. The problem I am trying to unravel is more complex than any others.
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undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
remove flaws from; perfect or complete
support through finance; fund
take something off a container
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