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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antiquity
 
 
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n.  E.g. There have been many republics in the past, both in what we call antiquity and in what we call the Middle Ages.
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appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness
someone who has given long service
vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
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complement
 
 
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n.  E.g. I think we show complement each other on the court because we're both extremely positive.
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understanding; knowledge; range of vision
rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection
surface where pictures can be projected for viewing ; examine; test
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constraint
 
 
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n.  E.g. Given the budget constraint, it was impossible to accomplish my goals.
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state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
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dissipate
 
 
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v.  E.g. He is a fine artist, but I fear he may dissipate his gifts if he keeps wasting his time playing games.
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set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
step on; mate with; place the foot
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hatchet
 
 
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n.  E.g. We split the ball open with the hatchet, and there was a spool in it.
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something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
standard or scale of measurement; instrument for measuring or testing
short ax used to chop wood
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inflexible
 
 
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a.  E.g. This brings me to the issue of organized labor in South Africa, which has been described as inflexible and a barrier to investment in some quarters.
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thick; crowded closely together; compact
rigid; stiff; incapable of being changed
violent; not restrained or controlled
soaked; drenched; unable to hold or contain more; full
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
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luminous
 
 
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a.  E.g. The sun is a luminous body.
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unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
headstrong; rash; indifferent to or disregardful of consequences
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
repeated; recurring at intervals of time
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plagiarism
 
 
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n.  E.g. The editor recognized the plagiarism and rebuked the culprit who had presented the manuscript as original.
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theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
task given to students; job; distribution; appointment
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
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ramble
 
 
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v.  E.g. As always, his inner need to ramble is overridden by the need to work.
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swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
wander aimlessly; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure
steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through
rise; increase in extent or intensity
restore to good condition; renew
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sharply
 
 
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ad.  E.g. Immigration, which census figures show declined sharply from the Depression through the 1960s, reached a historic low point this year.
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steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
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subspecies
 
 
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n.  E.g. DNA tests have shown that this giant creature belonged to a subspecies of tortoise found on an island that the British explorer never visited.
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state of poor nutrition
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
taxonomic group that is a division of a species
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
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vertical
 
 
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a.  E.g. They saw a column still vertical amid the ruins.
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tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
continuous, without interruption; intact
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