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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antiquated
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. We are tolerably conversant with the early English poets; and can discover no resemblance whatever, except in antiquated spelling and a few obsolete words.
Select answer:
unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
utterly; definitely
thoughtful; marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate
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bulb
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The light bulb hasn't changed a whole lot in its 120 years -- the original design was just that good.
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unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness
rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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creek
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. There was a creek leading out of it on the other side that went miles away, I don't know where, but it didn't go to the river.
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
small stream, often a shallow tributary to a river; brook
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discipline
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The teachers discipline the pupils rather frequently in this school.
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
represent; embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
engage the services of; put to work; apply
train by instruction and practice, especially to teach self-control to
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
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fertile
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. It provides a fertile idea for a group of entrepreneurs.
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unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; extremely steep
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instrumentalist
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. A multi instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.
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slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb
someone who plays a musical instrument
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper
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leisurely
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. He looked at me before he proceeded: indeed, he seemed leisurely to read my face, as if its features and lines were characters on a page.
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unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; inferior to in rank; unworthy of
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passionate
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. 'Not like cats!' cried the Mouse, in a passionate voice. 'Would YOU like cats if you were me?'
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tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
underwater; living in poverty or misery; having been hidden
serving as model; outstanding; typical
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rage
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks.
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wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
written proposal or reminder
something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
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shipment
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. A second relief boat, the Isabella , has arrived on Tikopia, and with it the first major shipment of food, water and shelter.
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watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues; essential bodily fluid
tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
sending of cargo; act of sending off something
state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
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time-consuming
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. So as the legislation reaches its final stages, the Government is hoping the bill will go quietly without introducing time-consuming amendments.
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traceable; possible to identify
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
something which takes a long time to do
useful; in good working order
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
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uphold
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. We cannot project our values abroad unless we uphold them at home.
Select answer:
withdraw; take back; draw back or in
support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
say, state, or perform again; repeat
take on; embark on; assume
throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
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