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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abstract
 
 
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n.  E.g. The journal's web site hasn't been updated to the current issue, so not even the abstract is available at the moment.
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speech sound made with the vocal tract open
something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
summary; statement summarizing the important points of a text
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
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bark
 
 
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n.  E.g. He then showed us how to strip the bark from the logs in sheets, rather than just scraping it off in the usual way.
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scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell
someone paddling a canoe
tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees
slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
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current
 
 
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n.  E.g. The current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore.
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white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
surface where pictures can be projected for viewing ; examine; test
stream; flow; up-to-date; present
rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
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dreadfully
 
 
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ad.  E.g. "If it had grown up," she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think."
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shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
terribly; with alarm; fearfully
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
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explorer
 
 
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n.  E.g. Roald Amundsen went missing in June 1928 while searching for an explorer, an Italian member of an airship crew which had disappeared in the Arctic.
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tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
official approbation; endorsement; act of approving
someone who travels into little known regions
rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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iterate
 
 
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v.  E.g. The more you try, the more you learn, the faster you iterate, the better you get, and the more chances that you have of being productive.
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say, state, or perform again; repeat
save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
slip; move usually in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
speculate; suppose; believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
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navigation
 
 
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n.  E.g. Such frequencies can be extremely valuable to companies which provide wireless services such as mobile phone networks or satellite navigation systems.
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scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
reproduction by parents of different races
social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
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practically
 
 
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ad.  E.g. Eight years and billions of dollars later, we learned that the North Koreans were breaking their word practically from day one.
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separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
submarine; beneath the surface of the water
virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
serving to instruct of enlighten or inform; enlightening
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rebuke
 
 
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v.  E.g. No matter how sharply I rebuke Huck for his misconduct, he never talks back but just stand there like a stump.
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
restore from a depressed; renew
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
scold harshly; criticize severely
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scene
 
 
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n.  E.g. This rain scene is one of my all time favorite movie views.
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structure on which something is shown; part of theater where the acting is done; place, time, or circumstance in which anything occurs
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
vocal expression; power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
woolen thread; thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
first light of day; first advent or appearance
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spiral
 
 
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v.  E.g. Others fear that security is to spiral downward in a long-term because more brazen traffickers will fight for control.
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remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
travel with; be associated with
rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state
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unscrupulously
 
 
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ad.  E.g. She unscrupulously uses her charm to make men do what she wants.
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terribly; with alarm; fearfully
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
remote; secluded; placed or standing apart or alone
unprincipled; immoral; without scruples
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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