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.
Demo Test Sheet

backbone
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The people will have to put the bone back in backbone for state leaders.
Select answer:
support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
someone who has given long service
resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly
time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
sequence; succession; continuous extent, succession, or whole
Don't select.
commerce
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The underlying objective is to make international commerce easier and cheaper and to boost incomes around the world.
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sequence; succession; continuous extent, succession, or whole
destroyed person, object, or building; debris
trade; business; intellectual exchange or social interaction
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
surface where pictures can be projected for viewing ; examine; test
Don't select.
dehydrated
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Fever resulted from becoming dehydrated.
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showing respect for the rights of others; open-minded; showing capacity for endurance
sound as if echoing in a empty space; void; vain; not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
suffering from excessive loss of water
unreachable; not available; unattainable
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elaborately
 
 
(4)
ad.  E.g. Before the trial, he mailed off all his court documents to family members in elaborately decorated envelopes.
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
without an equal; being the only one of its kind
with elaboration; in elaborate manner; with elaboration; with nice regard to exactness
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
significant; having meaning, function, or purpose
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filter
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. This filter is able to detect invalid clicks in real-time, with the goal of removing them before they ever show up in the AdWords console.
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strain; pass liquid or gas through device that blocks some matter by particular criterion
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
scenery; expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
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inaugurate
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. The airline decided to inaugurate its new route to the Far East with a special reduced fare offer.
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start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
reverse; overthrow; upset something
remember; call back; cause to be returned
migrate to and settle in; plant
rest or sleep on or as if on a perch; come back home
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literally
 
 
(7)
ad.  E.g. The word literally translates to 'dispeller of darkness,' or 'one who brings light.'
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thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
with meaning; word for word; letter by letter
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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pound
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. But fifty cents a pound is a thousand dollars a ton.
Select answer:
unit of weight equal to 16 ounces
tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance
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residue
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The presence of plastic residue is nothing more than an indication of possible doping.
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weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing
someone who drives a herd
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Don't select.
solemn
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Finally, his expression solemn, he replied, You are a complex woman, Annabel, despite the fact that you sometimes behave like an impulsive child.
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weak; lacking firmness
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
without equal or rival; unparalleled; peerless
unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
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squarely
 
 
(11)
ad.  E.g. We should learn to face a problem squarely if we hope to solve it quickly.
Select answer:
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
solidly; in a straight direct way; in a square shape
superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
Don't select.
unfortunately
 
 
(12)
ad.  E.g. I want a smoke, Jane, to comfort me under all this; and unfortunately I have neither my cigar-case, nor my snuff-box.
Select answer:
without any clear results or proof
unluckily; by bad luck
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
Don't select.
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