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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adventurous
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Tom's younger brother Sid was already through with his part of the work, for he was a quiet boy, and had no adventurous, troublesome ways.
Select answer:
valiant; venturesome; inclined or willing to incur hazard or engage in adventures
thorough; concentrated; tending to give force or emphasis
suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
relatively; in comparison
ultimate; occurring at an unspecified time in the future
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bud
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The first thing to be thought of is to pluck the disease in its bud, which is best done by injections.
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fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
song of praise or patriotism; song of devotion or loyalty
one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
soft edible body of such as mollusk
short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
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derivative
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
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unoriginal; derived from another source
stretch or force to the limit; tight
tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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endanger
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. He is trying to help them understand and gain perspective on human issues that continue to endanger species and threaten our global environment.
Select answer:
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
restore to good condition; renew
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exploitation
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. UNICEF defines child trafficking as the transportation and exploitation of unwilling or unknowing victims.
Select answer:
special group delegated to consider some matter
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
small and economical car; small cosmetics case
unfair use of someone’s work giving little in return
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
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laborer
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. In addition to the consumer, the laborer is essential to the culture of capitalism.
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way; footway; course or track; route; passage
smoothness or shininess of surface or finish; elegance of style or manners; refinement
upward slope or grade; movement upward
something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
worker; someone who works with their hands
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liberty
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Tom Sawyer stepped forward with confidence and soared into the indestructible "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
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complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection
state of free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers
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overturn
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. He is accused of an armed attempt to overturn the constitutional order; if he is convicted he could face life imprisonment.
Select answer:
reverse; overthrow; upset something
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
sink; immerse; put under water
give variety to; spread out activities or investments
stop motion; curb or restrain
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prospect
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Then they prepared to prospect from the Los Angeles suburbs, a tough area for any explorers.
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sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
serve as an example of; embody
sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state
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saturated
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. It recommends eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy and limiting fewer foods that are high in saturated fat, added sugars, cholesterol, salt.
Select answer:
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
similarly; as well; too
soaked; drenched; unable to hold or contain more; full
with reverence; in a reverent manner; in respectful regard
vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
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steady
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. She took a new needle, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand.
Select answer:
turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
wonderful; extraordinarily good
stretch or force to the limit; tight
securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle
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unbroken
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. We lived together in unbroken harmony for twenty years
Select answer:
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
continuous, without interruption; intact
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