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

averse
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The reporter was averse to revealing the sources of his information.
Select answer:
under the level of the ground; buried
with elaboration; in elaborate manner; with elaboration; with nice regard to exactness
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
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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:
idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment; liking for sentimental things
snowstorm; storm
someone who intrudes without permission
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
state of being present; current existence
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confining
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Obviously you will travel in a confining ship with humans.
Select answer:
repeated; Returning again; repetitious
thin in diameter; resembling a thread
uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
strikingly; markedly; to a remarkable degree or extent
restricting scope or freedom of action; crowded
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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:
guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
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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:
small and economical car; small cosmetics case
place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; storage; entire range of skills or aptitudes
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
someone who writes plays
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:
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
in intricate manner; with elaboration; with perplexity
unavoidably; in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
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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:
result; end or consequence; result of a random trial
sports man; one who contended for prize in public games
act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
writing that is not fictional
very tall building with many stories
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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
substance having the consistency of semi-solid foods
substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
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prospect
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Then they prepared to prospect from the Los Angeles suburbs, a tough area for any explorers.
Select answer:
urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
remember; call back; cause to be returned
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
uphold; retain; maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm
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scour
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Hollywood producers scour the globe desperate for TV show ideas, it's not just about Britain anymore.
Select answer:
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
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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
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
varied; miscellaneous
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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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:
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
Don't select.
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