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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anticipation
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Please hold your breath in anticipation of that event.
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something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
smash; collision; falling down or in pieces with a loud noise of breaking parts
soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, used as a drawing implement
very small; minute or insignificant spot
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clam
 
 
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n.  E.g. Up here in clam and lobster country, some of our best BBQ joints do fried catfish, and it's always a treat.
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secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
soft edible body of such as mollusk
passage from one form or state to another; change
something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
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dart
 
 
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n.  E.g. The spear-like wooden dart was found in 2007, but the University of Colorado didn't announce it until Tuesday.
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smoothness or shininess of surface or finish; elegance of style or manners; refinement
teaching; art of education; science of teaching
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
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escalator
 
 
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n.  E.g. Occasionally when you come up the stair or escalator of station you're also met by a ticket inspector.
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shortening something by omitting parts of it
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
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hatchet
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. We split the ball open with the hatchet, and there was a spool in it.
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warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
short ax used to chop wood
connection, whether of persons of things; union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose
science that deals with mental processes and behavior
theory of numerical calculations
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hydrosphere
 
 
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n.  E.g. A hydrosphere in physical geography describes the collective mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet.
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religious image; idol; important and enduring symbol
solid part of the earth consisting of the crust
watery layer of the earth's surface
step; pace; significant progress
technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
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layman
 
 
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n.  E.g. His is just the layman's view of medicine.
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unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
summary; statement summarizing the important points of a text
small and compactly built upright piano
sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
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pollination
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Flowering plants have several different parts that are important in pollination.
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remnant; remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
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primal
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. He is a primal member in our team.
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suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt
showing deference; respectful and considerate
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding
serving as an essential component
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spangle
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Each spangle on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
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small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
resident of suburb; who lives in a suburb
tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
action of trying at something
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supposedly
 
 
(11)
ad.  E.g. That sort of private payment, and the two-tiered medicine it implies, is becoming common in supposedly universal systems.
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very small; tiny; lowercase letter
seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
very obviously, noticeably
solitary; by oneself
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
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unanimous
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. At last we got the unanimous decision.
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uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
clumsy or awkward; heavy, slow and laborious
uniform; in complete agreement
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
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