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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avenue
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The procession moved along the main avenue some three-quarters of a mile.
Select answer:
teaching pupils individually; fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
stream; flow; up-to-date; present
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beat
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Speak roughly to your little boy; And beat him when he sneezes; He only does it to annoy; Because he knows it teases.
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tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse strongly and violently
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
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dependent
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Some U.S. officials believe Pakistan wants the U.S. to remain dependent on the ISI for that intelligence.
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relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
without an equal; being the only one of its kind
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exemplify
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. For a generation of ballet goers, Rudolf Nureyev might exemplify the ideal of masculine grace.
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submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
serve as an example of; embody
make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
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explosive
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Most potentially explosive is the announced intention of two major conferences, the Big Ten and Pacific-10, to explore expansion.
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tree with 10 - 40 meters tall; hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees
sickness; illness; affliction
substance, especially a prepared chemical material, which explodes or causes explosion
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
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inferiority
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The cause of this estimate of her inferiority was her lack of education.
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state of being lower than or not as good as
upward slope or grade; movement upward
spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
sports man; one who contended for prize in public games
type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives
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miniature
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Want to see some great architecture in miniature size?
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surprising; shocking
transient; brief; temporary; passing quickly
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
very small; model that represents something in a greatly reduced size
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pressure
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Spain's biggest fashion retailers have bowed to Government pressure to standardize their sizes.
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submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
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refurbish
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; we had to refurbish our belongings.
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
renovate; make bright by polishing
shrivel; decay; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; loss of moisture
slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
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severe
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident; it only gave my nerves a shock of which I feel the reverberation to this day.
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unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
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subtle
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. His whole attitude had undergone a subtle change.
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submarine; beneath the surface of the water
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
short-lived; enduring a very short time
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upheaval
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. However, if a compromise cannot be found soon, political upheaval is unavoidable.
Select answer:
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
specialized knowledge; expert skill
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
sending of cargo; act of sending off something
ruler or tape that is three feet long; measure or standard used for comparison
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