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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accomplished
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. More poems should tell stories in accomplished ways.
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skilled; experienced; having many social graces; polished or refined
resembling or formed by the accumulation of sediment; form of rock made by the deposition and compression of small particles
worthy of notice; extraordinary
the smallest possible quantity
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
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bolster
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments.
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tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse strongly and violently
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
slip; move usually in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
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comprehensive
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Mr. Skubel has since completed what he describes as a comprehensive two-week training program and is now setting up his franchise in his hometown.
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under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
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emigrant
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. They want to check the databases of passenger lists and emigrant ships.
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sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
time of animals sleep through the winter
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage
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fleeting
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Sometimes, for a fleeting moment, I thought I caught a glance, heard a tone, beheld a form, which announced the realization of my dream.
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
true; real; being, existing, or acting at the present moment; current
striking one object against another sharply
transient; brief; temporary; passing quickly
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
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justly
 
 
(6)
ad.  E.g. We ask you to govern fairly and justly, fight corruption and fulfill human rights.
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with honesty; rightfully; fairly
uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
very cautious; on guard; watchful
unusual; not typical; not normal
slightly wet; damp or humid
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medium
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Certainly Shostakovich was lucky to work in a wordless abstract medium, where interpretation is strongly subjective.
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type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
very tall building with many stories
state that is intermediate between extremes
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polarize
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. The abortion issue will polarize the country into pro-choice and anti-abortion camps.
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strengthen; magnify; increase the contrast of
tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse strongly and violently
examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
split into opposite extremes or camps
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
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reed
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reed.
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ruler or tape that is three feet long; measure or standard used for comparison
utmost height; highest point of a mountain
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
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solitude
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. She learns that she can feel happiness in solitude, at least for a period of time.
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removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
speech sound made with the vocal tract open
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
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stem
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. They all hoped that he managed to stem the rebellion in two weeks.
Select answer:
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
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violin
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. The violin string snapped because it was fastened too tight.
Select answer:
summary; statement summarizing the important points of a text
toll highway; an expressway on which tolls are collected
small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives
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