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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 Introduction
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

alike
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Friends are generally alike in background and tastes.
Select answer:
similar; in the same manner or to the same degree
having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
repeated; recurring at intervals of time
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
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commuter
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Vancouver is increasingly becoming a commuter city.
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treasure of unknown ownership found hidden
process of making weaker or less concentrated; decrease in the equity position of a share of stock
someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; salt of silica acid
tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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confinement
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. After the verdict, his lawyers claimed he had a mental stress caused by confinement, and called for the court to suspend the appeals trial until improved.
Select answer:
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
treasure of unknown ownership found hidden
guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
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employ
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The only other variation we employ is buttered on both sides Texas Toast that's been grilled to golden glory.
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restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
give variety to; spread out activities or investments
engage the services of; put to work; apply
take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind
retire from military service
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fiction
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. It can be very inhibiting for an author if he or she knows that what happens in fiction is going to be taken so seriously.
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wood of a coniferous tree
toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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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.
Select answer:
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
too soon; too early; occurring before a state of readiness
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
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lyric
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Please enjoy such a lyric poetry.
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spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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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:
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
treat with fumes; apply smoke to; expose to smoke or vapor, especially to disinfect or eradicate pests
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
reverse; overthrow; upset something
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rehabilitate
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. We must rehabilitate those whom we send to prison.
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stop; impede; shut out from view
ratify; consider right or good; think or speak favorably of
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
retire from military service
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
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rift
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Capello believes there will be no long-term rift between the fans and the Manchester United star.
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successful ending of struggle or contest; defeat of an enemy or opponent
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
state of having been made use of; the act of using
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superficial
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. We give higher ratings to job applicants who are like us in superficial and irrelevant ways: as went to same school or share same religion.
Select answer:
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
unaffected; incapable of being affected
special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
having many small waves; rough with small waves
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utility
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. All were eager to get a slice of Hong Kong's first privatized utility - its underground Mass Transit Railway system.
Select answer:
very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
something useful; public service
destroyed person, object, or building; debris
study of nutrition as it relates to health
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