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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alliteration
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. "The furrow followed free" is an example of alliteration.
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something used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
state or quality of being swift; speed; rapid motion; quickness; celerity
repetition of beginning sound in poetry
state of being suitable
usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family
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competition
 
 
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n.  E.g. There she's against tough competition such as Meryl Streep but this award will give her extra momentum towards what's undoubtedly the bigger prize in movies.
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struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
smoke or odor produced by the burning of such a substance; pleasant smell
shortage of food; starvation
any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
residence; place to live in; abode
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dependable
 
 
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a.  E.g. Your dependable dog team will glide along the forested trails and frozen lakes in this winter wonderland north of Whitehorse.
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reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
serving or acting as a means or aid; helpful; relating to musical instruments
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
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dissipate
 
 
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v.  E.g. He is a fine artist, but I fear he may dissipate his gifts if he keeps wasting his time playing games.
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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind
supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
spot; locate or identify with precision
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extensive
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The expedition worked in extensive cave systems as much as two kilometers long.
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stimulating or exalting to the spirit
widespread; far-reaching; wide
extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
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laborer
 
 
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n.  E.g. In addition to the consumer, the laborer is essential to the culture of capitalism.
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substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
seasoning; something used to give relish to food; something used to enhance the flavor of food, as salt or pepper
writing that is not fictional
complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
worker; someone who works with their hands
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microcosm
 
 
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n.  E.g. The small village community that Jane Austen depicts serves as a microcosm of English society in her time.
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any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
someone who travels into little known regions
transmission of heat or electricity or sound
small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something
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notch
 
 
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n.  E.g. There was one notch in the handle of his revolver.
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something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
very tall building with many stories
renewal; growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
small cut; V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface
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prod
 
 
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v.  E.g. If you prod him hard enough, he'll eventually clean his room.
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stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
reverse; overthrow; upset something
make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
give variety to; spread out activities or investments
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span
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. We can expect his career in football field will span at least 10 years.
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seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
reprocess; use again after processing
take off; leave; set out
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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steady
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. She took a new needle, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand.
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with meaning; word for word; letter by letter
stated explicitly or in detail; definite
unable to have children
securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
unbalanced; uneven
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tundra
 
 
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n.  E.g. Underneath the tundra is the active layer, a coat of peaty, semi-decomposed organic matter that passes for soil.
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someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area
tenant; one that occupies a position or place
shortening something by omitting parts of it
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
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