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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anthropology
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The strength of anthropology is its diversity of approach and perspective, unified by a common theme: the study of human variation and adaptability.
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stage; a raised horizontal surface
unfriendliness; hatred; state of being hostile
social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
distant view , especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
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bowl
 
 
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v.  E.g. We were now outside Thornfield gates, to bowl lightly along the smooth road to Millcote, where the dust was well laid by the thunderstorm.
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submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
relieve or cure; correct; repair
stand up or offer resistance; refuse to comply; withstand the force of something
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conservative
 
 
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a.  E.g. It's still far from clear whether he can persuade his more conservative colleagues in the regime to support the process.
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skilled; experienced; having many social graces; polished or refined
lacking education or knowledge; unaware
without advance preparation; naturally
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
act or state of giving out intense heat and light; luminous
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dwelling
 
 
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n.  E.g. Census questions include: how many people live at the address; whether the dwelling is owned or rented.
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something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
residence; place to live in; abode
status of a citizen with rights and duties
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
system of methods followed in a particular discipline
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exposure
 
 
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n.  E.g. Peterson's investment has paid off both in exposure from the media and, more importantly, attention from many members of Congress.
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usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family
risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; act of laying something open
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
study of origin and nature of ideas
spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
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hydrosphere
 
 
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n.  E.g. A hydrosphere in physical geography describes the collective mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet.
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watery layer of the earth's surface
woolen thread; thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants
two words that can be interchanged in a context
something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection
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molecule
 
 
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n.  E.g. The protein molecule is made up of a number of organic units known as amino acids.
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place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; storage; entire range of skills or aptitudes
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
desire to know or learn
upward slope or grade; movement upward
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pebble
 
 
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n.  E.g. For the next moment a shower of little pebble came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face.
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state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
sign posted in public place as an advertisement
small smooth rounded rock
welfare; happiness; state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous
work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
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remaining
 
 
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n.  E.g. Our basic and urgent job is to simply collect and protect the remaining fragments of the statues.
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property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
someone who tells a story
time of animals sleep through the winter
residue; something not used up
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solitude
 
 
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n.  E.g. She learns that she can feel happiness in solitude, at least for a period of time.
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act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
young plant or tree grown from seed; produced from seed
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
superiority in numbers or amount
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studio
 
 
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n.  E.g. The Disney corporation in the United States has announced that it's buying Pixar film studio for more than seven-billion dollars.
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workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
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vulnerable
 
 
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a.  E.g. His opponents could not harm Achilles, who was vulnerable only in his heel.
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useful; in good working order
susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt
slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
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