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

acidic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The chart below categorizes a food as either acidic or alkaline based on the effect consumption of the food has on urine pH.
Select answer:
following one after another without interruption; sequential
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
tasting sour like acid; being or containing an acid
unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
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bound
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Supreme Court ended a term bound to affect our lives in significant ways in the months ahead.
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vacation spot; act of turning to for assistance
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump
space between two objects; length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
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constraint
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Given the budget constraint, it was impossible to accomplish my goals.
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someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
similarity in form or character; agreement
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diplomacy
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Chinese diplomats have been engaging in shuttle diplomacy to try to narrow the differences between Washington and Pyongyang.
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smash; collision; falling down or in pieces with a loud noise of breaking parts
substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
tact; politics; negotiation between nations
stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
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harsh
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. This was a harsh blow for the families of missing people who'd waited for decades for news of them.
Select answer:
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce
sea-dwelling; maritime; naval
rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
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irrigation
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. In recent times, it's been badly affected by excessive irrigation and a lack of rain.
Select answer:
whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood; white ant
supplying water to the land to help crops grow
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
seasoning; something used to give relish to food; something used to enhance the flavor of food, as salt or pepper
group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
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naturalistic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. After all, people with a naturalistic worldview make philosophical inferences about the world supposedly based on the scientific evidence.
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
sociable; going out or away; departing
with meaning; word for word; letter by letter
remote; secluded; placed or standing apart or alone
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; producing the effect or appearance of nature
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pane
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. According to Ms. Kozlowski, a glass door pane collapsed on her right leg, severing arteries and nerves.
Select answer:
road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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renovate
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. They claim that they can renovate worn shoes so that they look like new ones.
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represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to; consider; suppose
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
restore to good condition; renew
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sophisticated
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. We could have secured our homeland -- investing in sophisticated new protection for our ports, our trains and our power plants.
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now and then; from time to time; infrequently; irregularly
clumsy or awkward; heavy, slow and laborious
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
wide-ranging knowledge; complex; intellectually appealing
thinly; in a scattered or sparse manner; scantily; widely apart, as regards population
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torque
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. In physics, a torque is a vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about some axis.
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work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
turning or twisting force
a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
renewal; growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
state of poor nutrition
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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.
Select answer:
teach; make aware of
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
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