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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alteration
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Both sides are able to make a pretty plausible argument that the alteration is what they want it to be.
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student who continues studies after graduation
passage from one form or state to another; change
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
self-propelled movement; power or ability to move
revelation; indication of the existence, reality, or presence of something
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burrow
 
 
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n.  E.g. They will return to breed in the fall, and the male will reclaim his burrow, waiting to reconnect with his mate.
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tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
state of refreshing tranquility; act of making less strict
state of being unable to pay your debts
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
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dehydrated
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Fever resulted from becoming dehydrated.
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rich and superior in quality; lavish
suffering from excessive loss of water
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
skilled; experienced; having many social graces; polished or refined
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dreadful
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. 'No, no! The adventures first,' said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: 'explanations take such a dreadful time.'
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showing deference; respectful and considerate
thin in diameter; resembling a thread
without question; beyond doubt
suffering from excessive loss of water
very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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granite
 
 
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n.  E.g. What do you do if your suspect your granite is radioactive?
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underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
watery layer of the earth's surface
smash; collision; falling down or in pieces with a loud noise of breaking parts
common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance
single-mast sailing boat
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instruct
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. She had to instruct the students to work on their pronunciation.
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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
teach; make aware of
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
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nonfiction
 
 
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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.
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variation; act of changing forms or qualities
writing that is not fictional
slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
stage; a raised horizontal surface
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ounce
 
 
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n.  E.g. ORG provides you with fast loading charts of the current gold price per ounce, gram and kilogram in 23 major currencies.
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serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
ultimate goal; place to which one is going or directed
unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound
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provoke
 
 
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v.  E.g. Today, another American legend, Mark Twain, celebrated for the power of his language and his ability to delight and provoke, is also under attack.
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thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks of; add a touch of flavor to
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
remove a part from the whole
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rod
 
 
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n.  E.g. The curtain rod is hung to low and is the wrong colour.
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solid part of the earth consisting of the crust
small portable battery-powered electric lamp
weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing
sign; feature; mark indicating quality or excellence
stick; a long thin implement made of metal or wood
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succumb
 
 
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v.  E.g. President Zardari told the two US officials that Pakistan was fighting for its survival but would not succumb to the militants.
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
rise; increase in extent or intensity
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uninhabited
 
 
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a.  E.g. Ferndean then remained uninhabited and unfurnished, with the exception of some two or three rooms fitted up for the accommodation.
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resisting control or authority; discontented as toward authority
having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
now and then; from time to time; infrequently; irregularly
solitary; by oneself
unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
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