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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adversity
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. A young boy who's strength in adversity is an inspiration to all who know him.
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subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
strong feeling or emotion ; fervor
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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clip
 
 
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n.  E.g. Phil's job at Fox Sports involved selecting the most important clip of the day's sporting highlights for later broadcast.
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symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
passage from one form or state to another; change
small section of filmed or filed material
stick; a long thin implement made of metal or wood
union; act of melting together by heat
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dense
 
 
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a.  E.g. It's mountainous country, just a few kilometers from the border with Serbia; dense woodland surrounds the site.
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unintelligible; difficult to understand
unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
ultimate; occurring at an unspecified time in the future
tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
thick; crowded closely together; compact
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exemplify
 
 
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v.  E.g. For a generation of ballet goers, Rudolf Nureyev might exemplify the ideal of masculine grace.
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suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
serve as an example of; embody
seclude; set apart or cut off from others
split into opposite extremes or camps
stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
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global
 
 
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a.  E.g. President Putin has said that Russia has not yet decided whether to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty aimed at reducing global warming.
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worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
wide-ranging knowledge; complex; intellectually appealing
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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instruct
 
 
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v.  E.g. She had to instruct the students to work on their pronunciation.
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stimulate by shock; stir up; stimulate to action
stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands
scold harshly; criticize severely
teach; make aware of
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match
 
 
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n.  E.g. That tie makes a good match with your jacket.
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study of origin and nature of ideas
someone who writes plays
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
something that resembles or harmonizes with
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
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pauper
 
 
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n.  E.g. Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income, she was by no means a pauper.
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trip; usually short journey made for pleasure
turning or bending of any wave, such as light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
something that causes irritation; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; salt of silica acid
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quarry
 
 
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n.  E.g. You mention you intend to start hunting, but you didn't say whether your quarry is small game or medium game.
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ritual; ceremony or rite
wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to store water for community use
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sedimentary
 
 
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a.  E.g. Fossils preserved in sedimentary rocks will display that era's primary forms, reflective of that era's ecology and life's adaptations to best exploit it.
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having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
resembling or formed by the accumulation of sediment; form of rock made by the deposition and compression of small particles
striking one object against another sharply
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
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succumb
 
 
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v.  E.g. President Zardari told the two US officials that Pakistan was fighting for its survival but would not succumb to the militants.
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submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
treat with fumes; apply smoke to; expose to smoke or vapor, especially to disinfect or eradicate pests
stimulate by shock; stir up; stimulate to action
replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
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unselfish
 
 
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a.  E.g. Mary, you know me for your friend, and for your unselfish friend, too.
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uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
rich and superior in quality; lavish
selfless; self-forgetting; generous or altruistic
therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently
tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
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