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.
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susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt
at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving
serving to instruct of enlighten or inform; enlightening
sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
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carat
 
 
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n.  E.g. He gave her a three carat diamond mounted in a gold band.
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turning or bending of any wave, such as light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density
something useful; public service
sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
writer for newspapers and magazines
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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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single seed of certain plants, as wheat; grain; small, hard particle
struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
someone who flies a balloon
terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
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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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worthy of notice; extraordinary
typical; mean; achieve or reach on average
unprincipled; immoral; without scruples
self-indulgent; moral decay
extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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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.
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stately; royal; relating to a monarch
wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
treated against rusting; resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion
usually; under normal circumstances, normally
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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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tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
remote; secluded; placed or standing apart or alone
unprincipled; immoral; without scruples
striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
separately; individually; in the order given
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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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vacation spot; act of turning to for assistance
critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
first light of day; first advent or appearance
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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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under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
unexpected; unforeseen
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reclamation
 
 
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n.  E.g. This site covers all issues associated with reclamation of mining sites worldwide.
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process of making weaker or less concentrated; decrease in the equity position of a share of stock
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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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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uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
unreachable; not available; unattainable
relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
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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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scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
showing a natural gift for something
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
uneven; rough; very difficult
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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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supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid
spot; locate or identify with precision
release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
swallow; utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
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