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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atrophy
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12.
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theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
state of free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
fleshy fungi, having an umbrella-shaped cap borne on a stalk; one who rises rapidly from a low condition in life
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
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broaden
 
 
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v.  E.g. Its size, style and expression broaden the appeal of the car, making it more appropriate for a wider range of circumstances.
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remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
train by instruction and practice, especially to teach self-control to
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
widen; grow broad or broader
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concept
 
 
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n.  E.g. The local chain concept is simple: identify your customer, cater to their tastes and once successful, expand within a neighborhood.
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someone who intrudes without permission
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
summit; apex; maximum; prime
voting; survey; number of votes cast or recorded
someone who travels into little known regions
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employee
 
 
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n.  E.g. When Mr. Wolfowitz took over the presidency of the bank, his partner, Shaha Riza, was an employee.
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
worker; person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation
spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
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flavor
 
 
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n.  E.g. Burgers are the restaurant’s specialty, and I sampled a big, juicy Island Burger that got its flavor from grilled pineapple and onions with tomato.
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a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
silliness; words or signs having no intelligible meaning
tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
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jogging
 
 
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n.  E.g. People who have not been active for several months should not start their jogging program with a long or intense run.
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sequence; succession; continuous extent, succession, or whole
sports man; one who contended for prize in public games
running at the pace of a slow run for exercise
guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
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narrator
 
 
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n.  E.g. Rochester has been favored with the most lively and the most continuous? The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator.
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something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
summit; apex; maximum; prime
tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
someone who tells a story
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
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prevalent
 
 
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a.  E.g. A radical committed to social change, Reed had no patience with the conservative views prevalent in the America of his day.
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widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
understandable; clear to the mind
rubbing away; tending to grind down
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
wonderful; extraordinarily good
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refurbish
 
 
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v.  E.g. The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; we had to refurbish our belongings.
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support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
serve as an example of; embody
renovate; make bright by polishing
thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks of; add a touch of flavor to
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spangle
 
 
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n.  E.g. Each spangle on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
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compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; salt of silica acid
time sequence; arrangement of events in time
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
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synonymous
 
 
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a.  E.g. Even Motel 6, a name synonymous with low rates, has LCD TVs and Wi-Fi.
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surprising; shocking
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
respectful; worshipful; impressed with veneration or deep respect
strikingly; markedly; to a remarkable degree or extent
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turbulence
 
 
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n.  E.g. They aim to protect assets rather than chase returns, so short-term turbulence has less of an effect.
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stage; a raised horizontal surface
state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder
standard or scale of measurement; instrument for measuring or testing
renewal; growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
small section of filmed or filed material
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