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.
Demo Test Sheet

bachelor
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.
Select answer:
unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges
something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection
strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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compact
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. I decide to buy a compact, because a small car helps to save gas.
Select answer:
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
sending of cargo; act of sending off something
small and economical car; small cosmetics case
something used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
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deign
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. Microsoft is accusing Google with regard to Google's new App Sync software, which allows Gmail users to tap into any records they might deign to keep in Outlook.
Select answer:
renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
fall apart; fold or collapse; crush together or press into wrinkles
train by instruction and practice, especially to teach self-control to
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
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ephemeral
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. The mayfly is an ephemeral creature: its adult life lasts little more than a day.
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the fewest; the least possible
thick; crowded closely together; compact
short-lived; enduring a very short time
lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle
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graphic
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Read the story, then enlarge the title graphic to see what its about.
Select answer:
soaked; drenched; unable to hold or contain more; full
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
widely spread or scattered; not concentrated
very suddenly and noticeably
under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
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horror
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. But then, prepared as my mind was for horror, shaken as my nerves were by agitation, I thought the swift darting beam was a vision from another world.
Select answer:
strain; pass liquid or gas through device that blocks some matter by particular criterion
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
terror; fear; intense dislike
system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
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landslide
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide.
Select answer:
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
variation; act of changing forms or qualities
sound made by a dog; harsh sound uttered by a dog
something useful; public service
resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
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organic
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Most of us like an organic lifestyle.
Select answer:
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
simple and healthful and close to nature
wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
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psychology
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. One of the things we always focus on in psychology is that you have to separate the behavior from the person.
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youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
science that deals with mental processes and behavior
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
storage place for military equipment; stock of weapons
study of myths; collection of myths
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shell
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. There are many jobs you can help, shell oysters or peas, please.
Select answer:
slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
surprise; shock
suppose; presume; take on; bear
remove from husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
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timid
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. She began, in a low, timid voice, 'If you please, sir -.'
Select answer:
uniform; brought into conformity with a standard
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
showing deference; respectful and considerate
relative; based on, or involving comparison
shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
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uphold
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. We cannot project our values abroad unless we uphold them at home.
Select answer:
support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
remember; call back; cause to be returned
strengthen; magnify; increase the contrast of
strike with or as if with a whip; beat or swing rapidly; drive or goad
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