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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astonish
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story.
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show, make visible or apparent
surprise; shock
make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
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clip
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Phil's job at Fox Sports involved selecting the most important clip of the day's sporting highlights for later broadcast.
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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants
small section of filmed or filed material
someone paddling a canoe
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
structure erected to commemorate persons or events; memorial
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customarily
 
 
(3)
ad.  E.g. Yet until well into this century, men customarily gathered in pubs, cafes, parks and village greens.
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seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
usually; under normal circumstances, normally
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exalted
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. In the King George, his jockey feels, horse and rider proved they belong on this exalted stage.
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rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in
superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
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herder
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. They were found with the help of a sheep herder from the region.
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greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
watch worn on a band that fastens about the wrist
tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
someone who drives a herd
structure on which something is shown; part of theater where the acting is done; place, time, or circumstance in which anything occurs
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jolt
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.
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washing; workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
state of being present; current existence
sign posted in public place as an advertisement
warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
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majestic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. And above it all the great man sat and beamed a majestic judicial smile upon the entire house, and warmed himself in the sun of his own grandeur.
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solitary; by oneself
relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
very small; model that represents something in a greatly reduced size
stately; royal; relating to a monarch
stretch or force to the limit; tight
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oral
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. But he was best known for his books which he called oral histories.
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with meaning; word for word; letter by letter
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
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resort
 
 
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n.  E.g. "We lied in the morning, we lied in the evening and we lied at night", he made a speech in the resort town.
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something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
vacation spot; act of turning to for assistance
sound made by a dog; harsh sound uttered by a dog
substance having the consistency of semi-solid foods
specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
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separate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. It was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.
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set or keep apart; disunite; divide; disconnect
take something off a container
restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime; allot; distribute
widen; grow broad or broader
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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studio
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The Disney corporation in the United States has announced that it's buying Pixar film studio for more than seven-billion dollars.
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three-part novel; a set of three works with related subject
distant view , especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
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trivial
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Mr Madhi escaped from Iran in February 2008 after being sentenced to 73 years in jail for what he described as a trivial charge.
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usually; as a rule; regularly; according to a rule
ultimately; in the final result or issue; in the end
of soft and watery soil; ; low, wet, and spongy
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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