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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alternation
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Now go back to the diagram at the top of the page and trace through the cycle of the alternation of generations.
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specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees
victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
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bankruptcy
 
 
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n.  E.g. That holding company has been in bankruptcy proceedings since last June.
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theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
token; figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
small and compactly built upright piano
state of being unable to pay your debts
specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
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condition
 
 
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n.  E.g. The Organization Man survives as a modern classic because it captures a permanent part of our social condition.
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mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
action of trying at something
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
someone who drives a herd
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elliptical
 
 
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a.  E.g. What resulted was system of planets orbiting in elliptical, not circular, orbits described by three laws.
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reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
unbound; untied; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined
tiny; extremely precise with great attention to details; of or relating to or used in microscopy
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granite
 
 
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n.  E.g. What do you do if your suspect your granite is radioactive?
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place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; storage; entire range of skills or aptitudes
tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance
wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood
compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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issue
 
 
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n.  E.g. The issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone.
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someone who travels into little known regions
touchdown; act of coming down to the earth
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
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lash
 
 
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v.  E.g. The alligators lash their tails in the water.
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stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
strike with or as if with a whip; beat or swing rapidly; drive or goad
slip; move usually in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
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pigment
 
 
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n.  E.g. Van Gogh mixed more than one pigment with linseed oil to create his paints.
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result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
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rampant
 
 
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a.  E.g. The reporter exposed details about rampant corruption in city government.
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unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
supposed to be true; reasonable as a supposition
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
unluckily; by bad luck
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spangle
 
 
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n.  E.g. Each spangle on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
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something happens without design; chance; hazard; risk; danger
relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
trousers; underwear; garment extending from waist to knee or ankle
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
structure erected to commemorate persons or events; memorial
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tolerant
 
 
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a.  E.g. I'm easy going and tolerant too, but I would definitely not agree that I am liberal.
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showing respect for the rights of others; open-minded; showing capacity for endurance
having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
unoriginal; derived from another source
widely spread or scattered; not concentrated
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vegetarian
 
 
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n.  E.g. Some evidence also suggests that vegetarian diets can improve mood and mental ability.
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state or quality of being swift; speed; rapid motion; quickness; celerity
written proposal or reminder
someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
resolute adherence to your own ideas; being difficult to handle or overcome
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