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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alone
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Alice cried with a sudden burst of tears, 'I do wish they WOULD put their heads down! I am so VERY tired of being all alone here!'
Select answer:
solitary; by oneself
uniform; in complete agreement
relying on another for support
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
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breathe
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Even the air you breathe is micro-filtered for outside contaminants.
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
respire; inhale and exhale air
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
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crumple
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. It's weird watching your leg to crumple in directions it's not natural to go in.
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trade goods or services without the exchange of money
solidify; guarantee; convince
strike with or as if with a whip; beat or swing rapidly; drive or goad
fall apart; fold or collapse; crush together or press into wrinkles
show, make visible or apparent
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escalator
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Occasionally when you come up the stair or escalator of station you're also met by a ticket inspector.
Select answer:
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
one who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures
trees having usually narrow leaves
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
study of how objects move through the air or water
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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?
Select answer:
standard or scale of measurement; instrument for measuring or testing
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
study of nutrition as it relates to health
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hunger
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. East Asia should meet its target of halving hunger by 2015, and Latin America and the Caribbean are not far behind.
Select answer:
sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature
technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction
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miniature
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Want to see some great architecture in miniature size?
Select answer:
true; real; being, existing, or acting at the present moment; current
slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
very small; model that represents something in a greatly reduced size
conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion
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overtire
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. To walk at a pace that does not overtire you.
Select answer:
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
tire excessively; fatigue to exhaustion
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reign
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. 51-year-old Tuheitia Paki is the eldest son of the previous monarch, who died last week at the age of 75, after a reign of 40 years.
Select answer:
physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
task given to students; job; distribution; appointment
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scramble
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. He also has the ability to recover quickly in scramble situations and control rebounds.
Select answer:
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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time-consuming
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. So as the legislation reaches its final stages, the Government is hoping the bill will go quietly without introducing time-consuming amendments.
Select answer:
stately; royal; relating to a monarch
something which takes a long time to do
suffering from excessive loss of water
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
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vie
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. Politicians vie with one another, competing for donations and votes.
Select answer:
rest or sleep on or as if on a perch; come back home
tie, wrap, or gather together; hurry; hasten; dress oneself warmly
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
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