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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anthropology
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The strength of anthropology is its diversity of approach and perspective, unified by a common theme: the study of human variation and adaptability.
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subject of conversation or discussion; topic; essay
social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
university student who has not yet received a first degree
time sequence; arrangement of events in time
soiled or discolored; symbol of disgrace or infamy; natural spot of a color different from the gound
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coincidence
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Was it just a coincidence that John and she had chanced to meet at the market, or was he deliberately trying to seek her out?
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freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
weapons considered collectively; official symbols of a family
secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
reverberation; having the character of a loud deep sound; quality of being resonant
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consult
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. I will consult with our friends, but it's going to be what's in the interests of our country first and foremost.
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seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
stop motion; curb or restrain
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
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discard
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume.
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unite a shoot or bud with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact; join plants by such union; join or unite closely
spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter
throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
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harness
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The biggest danger beside not wearing your harness is that you can't function properly.
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something resembling a pool of liquid; a small body of standing water
toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; salt of silica acid
something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
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irrevocable
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. As Sue dropped the "Dear John" letter into the mailbox, she suddenly wanted to take it back, but she could not: her action was irrevocable.
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systematically; according to a method; with method or order
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
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methodically
 
 
(7)
ad.  E.g. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he would act swiftly but methodically to carry out the plan.
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systematically; according to a method; with method or order
too soon; too early; occurring before a state of readiness
stately; royal; relating to a monarch
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
resembling or formed by the accumulation of sediment; form of rock made by the deposition and compression of small particles
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presence
 
 
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n.  E.g. Your presence is a gift, your being with us a joy.
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state of being present; current existence
struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
something used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
remnant; remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age
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rare
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The organization has accused the Norwegian government of endangering a rare area of the Arctic sea by contemplating oil exploration there.
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uniform; brought into conformity with a standard
scarce; infrequently occurring; uncommon
unbalanced; uneven
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
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spacious
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The apartment was spacious, in other words, and elegantly decorated, but it wasn't clear anyone actually lived there.
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unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
rich and superior in quality; lavish
serving as an essential component
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steak
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Vegetables are not normally served with steak in this manner, but a green salad may follow.
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virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
young plant or tree grown from seed; produced from seed
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
transmission of heat or electricity or sound
small stream, often a shallow tributary to a river; brook
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unrestrained
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Tens of thousands of car accidents are believed caused every year by unrestrained pets, though no one has solid numbers.
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straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; producing the effect or appearance of nature
at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving
unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
usually; under normal circumstances, normally
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