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.
Want to test your TOEFL vocabulary skills by level? Vocabulary Test by Level
Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 Action Panel
 Questions & Answers
Show  
 Introduction
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

axis
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Then Tehran was bracketed, along with its old enemy Iraq, and North Korea, in President Bush's axis of evil.
Select answer:
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
sharp and bitter manner
scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
the center around which something rotates; pivot
Don't select.
bankruptcy
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. That holding company has been in bankruptcy proceedings since last June.
Select answer:
struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
state of being unable to pay your debts
ribbon-like flatworms
Don't select.
desirable
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. A number of other factors coincide to make a June election desirable for the government.
Select answer:
remote from civilization; left desolate or empty; abandoned
unintelligible; difficult to understand
weak; lacking firmness
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
Don't select.
dietetics
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. I have forwarded it to the dietetics program I attended at my university as it would be beneficial for the nutrition students to review it.
Select answer:
union; act of melting together by heat
study of nutrition as it relates to health
something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
Don't select.
frugal
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Just keep in mind that being frugal is not a bad thing, but being cheap is not so attractive.
Select answer:
wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
Don't select.
incandescent
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. If you leave on an incandescent light bulb, it quickly grows too hot to touch.
Select answer:
steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
throughout the year; constantly; repeatedly
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
Don't select.
methodically
 
 
(7)
ad.  E.g. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he would act swiftly but methodically to carry out the plan.
Select answer:
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
stated explicitly or in detail; definite
systematically; according to a method; with method or order
unproductive of success; producing no fruit
unintelligible; difficult to understand
Don't select.
overhaul
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. He proposals to overhaul the health care system.
Select answer:
withdraw; take back; draw back or in
say, state, or perform again; repeat
examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn
Don't select.
rear
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. His room was toward the rear of the hotel.
Select answer:
bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
reproduction by parents of different races
type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives
side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point or area farthest from the front
Don't select.
siege
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. To me the most alarming feature of the siege is short rations.
Select answer:
strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
Don't select.
symbolize
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
Select answer:
strengthen; magnify; increase the contrast of
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
weave; interweave three or more strands
speak clearly and distinctly; utter a speech sound; be jointed; make clear or effective
represent; signify; stand for
Don't select.
vestige
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. We discovered a vestige of early Indian life in the cave.
Select answer:
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
settle down or stay; sit, as on a branch; perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
someone who tells a story
synthetic silk like fabric
Don't select.
Create my Test Sheet