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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avoid
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. If you are the press secretary to the President of the United States, the main thing to avoid is becoming the story yourself.
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rescue; preserve; make unnecessary; set aside for future use
spot; locate or identify with precision
reprocess; use again after processing
shield away from; prevent
retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
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barrel
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. With the oil price soaring above thirty dollars a barrel and the pumps going nearly at full capacity, Gulf Arab coffers are overflowing with unforeseen wealth.
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vessel; large cylindrical container
snowstorm; storm
watch worn on a band that fastens about the wrist
unjust act; practice of being unjust or unfair
state of being unable to pay your debts
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desirable
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. A number of other factors coincide to make a June election desirable for the government.
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with elaboration; in elaborate manner; with elaboration; with nice regard to exactness
seizing the attention; visually attractive
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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disgust
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. “I was surprised," said Stillman, who yelled in disgust from the penalty box.
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sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
restoration; activity of constructing something again
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
snowstorm; storm
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haunted
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. I remain haunted by a book called the Gammage Cup which I read decades ago.
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repeated; Returning again; repetitious
with great urgency; seriously; severely
showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
soaked; drenched; unable to hold or contain more; full
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hostile
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The authorities say negative reports on Zimbabwe are a false creation by what they term a hostile Western media.
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subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
traceable; possible to identify
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medieval
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Pat Wallace, the director of the National Museum of Ireland, called the first discovery of an early medieval document in two centuries "a miracle find".
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uneven; rough; very difficult
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
continuous, without interruption; intact
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permanent
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The five permanent members of the Security Council will now share the task of making an early assessment of the declaration.
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remaining without essential change
uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
valiant; venturesome; inclined or willing to incur hazard or engage in adventures
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
stationary; incapable of moving or of being moved
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reject
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. He would reject the idea of starting a war.
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stop motion; curb or restrain
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
reverse; overthrow; upset something
show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
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segment
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. At the end of this year they will finish the final segment of the road.
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tact; politics; negotiation between nations
state of having been made use of; the act of using
repetition of beginning sound in poetry
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
terror; fear; intense dislike
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subversive
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. In the meantime, Nigerian security agencies have been investigating what they call subversive activities by some foreign correspondents.
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unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
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volatile
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Increases in volatile weather have alarming impact on business resources and insurance markets.
Select answer:
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
varied; miscellaneous
uniform; brought into conformity with a standard
solitary; by oneself
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