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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avoid
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. If you are the press secretary to the President of the United States, the main thing to avoid is becoming the story yourself.
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respire; inhale and exhale air
supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
shield away from; prevent
show, make visible or apparent
relieve or cure; correct; repair
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cause
 
 
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n.  E.g. The main cause is not having enough fluids in your body to keep your core temperature down.
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taxonomic group that is a division of a species
something produces a result; basis for an action or response; a reason
sports man; one who contended for prize in public games
trip; usually short journey made for pleasure
scientist who studies living organisms
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dependence
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The power of either Russia or China to act independently from the United States is constrained by their economic dependence on the world's remaining superpower.
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reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
resolute adherence to your own ideas; being difficult to handle or overcome
society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
subject of conversation or discussion; topic; essay
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
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elaborate
 
 
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v.  E.g. If I might just kind of carefulness, may I ask you elaborate a little bit more though.
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scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly
seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
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eye-catching
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. He put up lights in the shape of an arrow pointing to the neighbor's eye-catching display.
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seizing the attention; visually attractive
unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
too soon; too early; occurring before a state of readiness
straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
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incessant
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. I read, discuss in incessant phone conferences and attempt to bring to the world media some of the world' s biggest humanitarian crises.
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uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
scarce; infrequently occurring; uncommon
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt
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minuscule
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?
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selling of goods to consumers
with elaboration; in elaborate manner; with elaboration; with nice regard to exactness
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
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prevalent
 
 
(8)
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
thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
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proficient
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. He is a proficient engineer.
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skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
unprincipled; lacking honesty
rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
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secular
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The church leaders decided not to interfere in secular matters.
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rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
stretch or force to the limit; tight
unusual; not typical; not normal
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
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symbiotic
 
 
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a.  E.g. Symbiotic relationships may involve an organism living on another, inside another, or organisms related by mutual stereotypic behaviors.
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relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
showing deference; respectful and considerate
used of organisms living together but not necessarily in a relationship beneficial to each
simple and healthful and close to nature
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undergraduate
 
 
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n.  E.g. In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education, not equal to the level of a bachelor's degree.
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of contract
state of being suitable
someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
university student who has not yet received a first degree
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