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.
Want to test your TOEFL vocabulary skills by level? Vocabulary Test by Level
Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Action Panel
 Questions & Answers
Show  
 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.
Demo Test Sheet

averse
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The reporter was averse to revealing the sources of his information.
Select answer:
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
tame; accustomed to home life
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
relatively; in comparison
Don't select.
blizzard
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow.
Select answer:
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
unfriendliness; hatred; state of being hostile
desire to know or learn
snowstorm; storm
state of dishonor; bring shame or dishonor upon
Don't select.
confining
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Obviously you will travel in a confining ship with humans.
Select answer:
unbalanced; uneven
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
restricting scope or freedom of action; crowded
Don't select.
ecosystem
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. University of South Florida's Ernst Peebles said the oil on the floor is undermining the ecosystem from the bottom up.
Select answer:
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
sign posted in public place as an advertisement
spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
Don't select.
ferry
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The government's decision to impose restrictions on ferry sailings is intended to stop vessels from operating when the weather is at its most volatile.
Select answer:
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward
state of being emotionally aroused
Don't select.
hostile
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The authorities say negative reports on Zimbabwe are a false creation by what they term a hostile Western media.
Select answer:
thin in diameter; resembling a thread
unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise
Don't select.
nonfiction
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. There are three categories -- short story, poetry, and creative nonfiction -- and $60000 of prize money courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Select answer:
someone who tells a story
writing that is not fictional
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
transmission of heat or electricity or sound
tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
Don't select.
preoccupation
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. I did some research as a medical student, my main preoccupation was with becoming a physician who could serve in the armed forces.
Select answer:
state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
resources; money saved
silvery ductile metallic element
sculpture representing a human or animal
Don't select.
prospect
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Then they prepared to prospect from the Los Angeles suburbs, a tough area for any explorers.
Select answer:
work or act together toward a common end or purpose
unwrap; unfold; remove the contents of
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
Don't select.
scour
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Hollywood producers scour the globe desperate for TV show ideas, it's not just about Britain anymore.
Select answer:
weaken the consistency; purify or refine; lessen the density
unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
speak clearly and distinctly; utter a speech sound; be jointed; make clear or effective
Don't select.
spiral
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. This housing market is in a downward spiral and I've got to re-think my strategy.
Select answer:
rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
weak; lacking firmness
similar; in the same manner or to the same degree
trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
Don't select.
twist
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. It was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself.
Select answer:
show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
speculate; suppose; believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid
Don't select.
Create my Test Sheet