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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affective
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. It's fairly well known that "light therapy" is sometimes used to help those suffering from depression, especially seasonal affective disorder.
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tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
sound of a sudden heavy fall; well-rounded and full in form
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
suitable for or reaching long distances; involving an extended span of time
sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
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boredom
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The cure for boredom is curiosity, but there is no known cure for curiosity.
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common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance
strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
tedium; dullness; state of being a bore, or the tendency to become tiresome and uninteresting
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
wetness caused by water
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critical
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. He says the international community has reached what he calls a critical time in the overall effort to bring stability to Afghanistan.
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saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
showing a natural gift for something
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eminent
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. After his appointment to this eminent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.
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salty; any very large body of salt water
steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
typical; mean; achieve or reach on average
thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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feeble
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. General Anderson, who is in feeble health, has been superseded in command of the Federal forces in Kentucky by General Sherman.
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under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
similar; in the same manner or to the same degree
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ineligible
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Some farmers have said the system is unfair because many families are ineligible for help if a wife or son has taken up work in a nearby town.
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unsuitable; disqualified by law, rule, or provision; unworthy of being chosen
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; producing the effect or appearance of nature
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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liberty
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Tom Sawyer stepped forward with confidence and soared into the indestructible "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
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a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
state of free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
status of a citizen with rights and duties
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parachute
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. The plane that crashed into the side of a high-rise apartment comes equipped with a parachute.
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university student who has not yet received a first degree
work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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renew
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. In his speech today, Mr. Arafat is expected to renew his call for an end to suicide bomb attacks.
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gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
engage the services of; put to work; apply
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sentimentalism
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Along with a new vision of love, sentimentalism presented a new view of human nature which prized feeling over thinking, passion over reason, and personal instincts over social duties.
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idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment; liking for sentimental things
stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
small kernels of corn exploded by heat
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subtract
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. This selection will show you how to subtract two numbers.
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remove a part from the whole
work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly
permit to enter; receive; provide the right or a means of entrance to
whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
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undo
 
 
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v.  E.g. 'A knot!' said Alice, always ready to make herself useful, and looking anxiously about her. 'Oh, do let me help to undo it!'
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tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse strongly and violently
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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