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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backbone
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The people will have to put the bone back in backbone for state leaders.
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small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
turning or twisting force
sign; feature; mark indicating quality or excellence
support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
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bud
 
 
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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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weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing
one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
young plant or tree grown from seed; produced from seed
someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
status of a citizen with rights and duties
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consequence
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Another consequence is the generation of distrust between the grassroots and the leadership.
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profession or occupation; individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan
state of refreshing tranquility; act of making less strict
a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
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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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extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
showing respect for the rights of others; open-minded; showing capacity for endurance
having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
thinly; in a scattered or sparse manner; scantily; widely apart, as regards population
slightly wet; damp or humid
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glazed
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. And I worked in the back with the bakers; I used to put the glazed cherries on top of the cookies.
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having a shiny surface or coating; lacking liveliness, used of eyes; fitted or covered with glass
unreachable; not available; unattainable
uniform; brought into conformity with a standard
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
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horror
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. But then, prepared as my mind was for horror, shaken as my nerves were by agitation, I thought the swift darting beam was a vision from another world.
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terror; fear; intense dislike
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage
transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
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lyric
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Please enjoy such a lyric poetry.
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social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
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penetrating
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The cold winter wind was so penetrating that further out-door exercise was now out of the question.
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uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
relatively; in comparison
relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
sharp; having the power of entering or piercing
showing a natural gift for something
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reckless
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. This time, the killer appeared to have been much more reckless about being seen.
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headstrong; rash; indifferent to or disregardful of consequences
widespread; far-reaching; wide
uneven; rough; very difficult
treated against rusting; resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion
done or undertaken of one's own free will; unforced
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shrivel
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Leaves die, fall, and shrivel.
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surround with armed forces; harass with requests
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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staple
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Rice is the main staple food for more than half the world’s population.
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type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection
shortage of food; starvation
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
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vowel
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. A vowel is a type of sound for which there is no closure of the throat or mouth at any point.
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shortening something by omitting parts of it
sudden mass fear and anxiety
shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
understanding; feeling; effect or product of perceiving
speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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