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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written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection
naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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bark
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. She set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance.
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ruler or tape that is three feet long; measure or standard used for comparison
reproduction by parents of different races
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
sound made by a dog; harsh sound uttered by a dog
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conservative
 
 
(3)
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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favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
sound as if echoing in a empty space; void; vain; not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
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diffuse
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Hamilton wished to concentrate power; Jefferson to diffuse power.
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supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
stop; impede; shut out from view
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
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explosive
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Edmonton police found what they describe as explosive devices in the car and on one of the suspects.
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usually; under normal circumstances, normally
tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
remaining without essential change
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; producing the effect or appearance of nature
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
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laborer
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. In addition to the consumer, the laborer is essential to the culture of capitalism.
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university student who has not yet received a first degree
shortage of food; starvation
worker; someone who works with their hands
revolution; act of rotating as if on an axis
sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy; capricious notion
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marvel
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The marvel of Nature shaking off sleep and going to work unfolded itself to the musing boy.
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wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
religious zeal; willingness to serve God
repetition of beginning sound in poetry
storage place for military equipment; stock of weapons
vessel; large cylindrical container
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occupant
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. All the rescuers found in the mountains of Venezuela was the scattered wreckage of the plane and the charred corpse of its occupant.
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tenant; one that occupies a position or place
silvery ductile metallic element
submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound
sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
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pungent
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. I'm bracing myself to be met by heat, humidity and what Kerry describes as a pungent odor.
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solitary; by oneself
substantially; significantly; to a degree worth considering
resulting; following as a logical conclusion
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
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shrivel
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Leaves die, fall, and shrivel.
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swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
remove the cover from; expose; disclose
set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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subsidiary
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.
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rich and superior in quality; lavish
self-indulgent; moral decay
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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undoubtedly
 
 
(12)
ad.  E.g. She's against tough competition, but this award will give her undoubtedly.
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satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
causing someone to be physically disabled, especially unable to walk; causing severe damage or problems
very surprising or shocking
unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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