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.
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aggravate
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Ridiculous, offensive comments like this do nothing but aggravate the situation.
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throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
speak or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
terminate; make a break in
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
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chafe
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The high collar used to chafe against my neck.
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restore to good condition; renew
rest or sleep on or as if on a perch; come back home
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
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conformity
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Their actions were in conformity with their declared intentions.
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small and economical car; small cosmetics case
separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
similarity in form or character; agreement
touchdown; act of coming down to the earth
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distort
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of the riots because of the way some reporters distort and exaggerate the actual events.
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indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
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glowing
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. While others see this man in glowing honesty, I find him to be disingenuous.
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unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
stretch or force to the limit; tight
act or state of giving out intense heat and light; luminous
rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
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inspiration
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The theme of the ceremony is Isles of Wonder and draws much of its inspiration from Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
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sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
study of origin and nature of ideas
state that precedes vomiting; disease
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lithosphere
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The lithosphere is the more or less stable crust of the earth, which may have been, to begin with, about fifty miles in thickness.
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rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
trespasser; someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
solid part of the earth consisting of the crust
treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
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permeate
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. The odor of frying onions permeate the air.
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release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
stimulate by shock; stir up; stimulate to action
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
uphold; retain; maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm
spread or flow throughout; pervade
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rear
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. His room was toward the rear of the hotel.
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sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit
task or assignment undertaken; career
treasure of unknown ownership found hidden
side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point or area farthest from the front
substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
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spangle
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Each spangle on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants
welfare; happiness; state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous
thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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steady
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. She took a new needle, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand.
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securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
under the level of the ground; buried
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
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whim
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. We shouldn't be changing our constitution to suit a short-term whim or agenda.
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variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy; capricious notion
tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
short thin stick of wood used in making matches
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