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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acid
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. There is a barrage of acid comments in today's newspapers.
Select answer:
sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
shortage of food; starvation
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cling
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Boys cling to the rope to keep from falling.
Select answer:
renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
hold fast or adhere to something; stick together and resist separation; remain emotionally
seclude; set apart or cut off from others
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defend
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The union said that they would take action to defend their member's jobs.
Select answer:
gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
train by instruction and practice, especially to teach self-control to
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
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elaborate
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. If I might just kind of carefulness, may I ask you elaborate a little bit more though.
Select answer:
sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly
show off oneself; speak of with excessive pride
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
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fluctuate
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. The water pressure in our shower does fluctuate wildly.
Select answer:
terminate; make a break in
split into opposite extremes or camps
widen; grow broad or broader
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
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ineligible
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Some farmers have said the system is unfair because many families are ineligible for help if a wife or son has taken up work in a nearby town.
Select answer:
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
unsuitable; disqualified by law, rule, or provision; unworthy of being chosen
understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
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lave
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. The waves lave the shore day and night.
Select answer:
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands
set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
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prescribed
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. There is no prescribed order in which assertions must be checked.
Select answer:
temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
set down as a rule or guide; certain; stated
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
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ration
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Because of food shortage, the city began to ration out flour and sugar from yesterday.
Select answer:
restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime; allot; distribute
shrivel; decay; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; loss of moisture
sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
support through finance; fund
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siege
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. To me the most alarming feature of the siege is short rations.
Select answer:
waste matter; drainage; waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
university student who has not yet received a first degree
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
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transcontinental
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. British Columbia joined Canada in 1871, only with the promise that a transcontinental railway be built within 10 years to physically link east and west.
Select answer:
rich and superior in quality; lavish
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
subject to question; admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry
rubbing away; tending to grind down
spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
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violent
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Significantly, he never used the word terrorism, but he hit hard on what he called violent extremism and its consequences.
Select answer:
sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
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