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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allegation
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The allegation has angered the Brazilian authorities and has been strongly denied.
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type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
wetness caused by water
state of having been made use of; the act of using
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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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any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
craft of making earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay
sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
self-propelled movement; power or ability to move
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dependence
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The power of either Russia or China to act independently from the United States is constrained by their economic dependence on the world's remaining superpower.
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spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally
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dramatically
 
 
(4)
ad.  E.g. Russia's economic situation has changed dramatically since a financial crisis in 1998.
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having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
very suddenly and noticeably
unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding
very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
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genre
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Considering this change in genre, is there room for Castlevania to move into other styles of game?
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a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
state of dishonor; bring shame or dishonor upon
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
violent rotating windstorm
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intact
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Ironically, the expensive technical equipment seems intact and the weather conditions are perfect.
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serving or acting as a means or aid; helpful; relating to musical instruments
without alteration or misrepresentation
undamaged in any way; integrated; whole
widespread; far-reaching; wide
strikingly; markedly; to a remarkable degree or extent
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membrane
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. This membrane is attached to the side of the nut, and the nut falls to the ground, when it is gathered for use.
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someone who tells a story
thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
taxonomic group that is a division of a species
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paraphrase
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. In 250 words or less, paraphrase this article.
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settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
remove the surface from
slip; move usually in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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ragged
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. They think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes and scanty food: poverty for me was synonymous with degradation.
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tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
resisting control or authority; discontented as toward authority
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sickness
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. It shivered in my heart, like a suffering child in a cold cradle; sickness and anguish had seized it.
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tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
terror; fear; intense dislike
state that precedes vomiting; disease
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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spinning
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Is there anyone who doesn't have a financial interest in spinning positive news on home sales and prices?
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showing a natural gift for something
without an equal; being the only one of its kind
unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
unintelligible; difficult to understand
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undermine
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. What we should not allow this moment to undermine, is our commitment to South Africa, to the constitution and the reconstruction.
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represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
spread or flow throughout; pervade
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