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.
Demo Test Sheet

arboreal
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Learn about the arboreal emblems that represent the provinces and territories of Canada.
Select answer:
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
uniform; brought into conformity with a standard
stated explicitly or in detail; definite
unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce
tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
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chafe
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The high collar used to chafe against my neck.
Select answer:
restrict; become stiff or stiffer
soak; make thoroughly wet
throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
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consistent
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. He's recently signed a new 120 million dollar contract with his British-based record company after more than five years of consistent album hits and number one singles.
Select answer:
being in agreement with itself; coherent; regular
restricting according to rules or principles
taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
unexpected; unforeseen
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exhausting
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Apart from me being stupid, New York in summer is warm and exhausting, which is a new experience for me.
Select answer:
taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
tending to exhaust, enfeeble, or drain the strength
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expertise
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields, she was hired for her particular expertise in computer programming.
Select answer:
specialized knowledge; expert skill
walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
woolen thread; thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
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identification
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest.
Select answer:
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
university student who has not yet received a first degree
act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
waste matter; drainage; waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
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mythology
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. They fear the blue, which, in mythology, is the color of purity and holiness.
Select answer:
washing; workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
study of myths; collection of myths
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
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passionate
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. 'Not like cats!' cried the Mouse, in a passionate voice. 'Would YOU like cats if you were me?'
Select answer:
uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
solidly; in a straight direct way; in a square shape
striking one object against another sharply
special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
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renaissance
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. But he will be remembered as the man who led Italy's industrial renaissance after the damage inflicted on the country during the Second World War.
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wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
state of being lower than or not as good as
three-part novel; a set of three works with related subject
revival; renewal; revival of learning and culture
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rod
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. The curtain rod is hung to low and is the wrong colour.
Select answer:
stick; a long thin implement made of metal or wood
deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
state of being public; information to attract public notice
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
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thorn
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. They flew over the lawn where an array of mighty old thorn trees, strong, knotty, and broad as oaks.
Select answer:
something that causes irritation; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
two words that can be interchanged in a context
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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vent
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. A small volume of air can be felt when the chin vent is open.
Select answer:
resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers
small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
treasure of unknown ownership found hidden
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