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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angular
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Mr. Spock's features, though angular, were curiously attractive, in a Vulcan way.
Select answer:
tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
supposed to be true; reasonable as a supposition
sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
unintelligible; difficult to understand
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carat
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. He gave her a three carat diamond mounted in a gold band.
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supplying water to the land to help crops grow
similarity in form or character; agreement
unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
trait of being dependable or reliable
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
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corn
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The English apply the name corn to wheat, and the Scotch, to oats.
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representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
something produces a result; basis for an action or response; a reason
single seed of certain plants, as wheat; grain; small, hard particle
sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
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disastrous
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. The Haddan School was built in 1858 on the sloping banks of the Haddan River, a muddy location that had proven disastrous from the start.
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sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
substantially; significantly; to a degree worth considering
wide-ranging knowledge; complex; intellectually appealing
extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
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greedy
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. These people have good intentions to make a profit, but they are too greedy, which is why we have regulation.
Select answer:
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
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isolated
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. On their return, a long-term strategy to help these isolated communities get back to self-sufficiency will be considered.
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unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
slightly wet; damp or humid
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
repeated; recurring at intervals of time
remote; secluded; placed or standing apart or alone
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livelihood
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. When your livelihood is in a creative field, especially if you work for yourself, the work never ends.
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unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole
subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
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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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steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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reclamation
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. This site covers all issues associated with reclamation of mining sites worldwide.
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compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
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semiarid
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. You can't grow plants native to the semiarid Middle East in Florida.
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valiant; venturesome; inclined or willing to incur hazard or engage in adventures
in intricate manner; with elaboration; with perplexity
relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
used of armor; covered with scales, or scale like structures, as fish or reptile
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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talented
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. It aims to promote the sharing of information and ideas, for teachers and parents, on the education of the gifted and talented.
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showing a natural gift for something
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
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undo
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. 'A knot!' said Alice, always ready to make herself useful, and looking anxiously about her. 'Oh, do let me help to undo it!'
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release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
work or act together toward a common end or purpose
stop motion; curb or restrain
suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
renovate; make bright by polishing
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