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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ascent
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. A 30 minute hike up to the base of the ferrate is followed by an unforgettable 2 hour ascent up the cliff.
Select answer:
upward slope or grade; movement upward
works for an expert to learn a trade; beginner; learner
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
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cohesion
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. A firm believer in the maxim "Divide and conquer," the evil emperor sought to disrupt the cohesion of the federation of free nations.
Select answer:
tendency to keep together
something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
summary; statement summarizing the important points of a text
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consult
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. I will consult with our friends, but it's going to be what's in the interests of our country first and foremost.
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set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
see briefly; catch sight of
set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
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dreadfully
 
 
(4)
ad.  E.g. "If it had grown up," she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think."
Select answer:
stationary; incapable of moving or of being moved
usually; under normal circumstances, normally
upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
terribly; with alarm; fearfully
sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
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hatchet
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. We split the ball open with the hatchet, and there was a spool in it.
Select answer:
timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
short ax used to chop wood
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
study of origin and nature of ideas
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illustrate
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. The editor will illustrate the definition with an example sentence.
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make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
work or act together toward a common end or purpose
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
scold harshly; criticize severely
represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
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nonsense
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. 'Don't talk nonsense,' said Alice more boldly: 'you know you're growing too.'
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ritual; ceremony or rite
silliness; words or signs having no intelligible meaning
thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
shortage of food; starvation
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pane
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. According to Ms. Kozlowski, a glass door pane collapsed on her right leg, severing arteries and nerves.
Select answer:
framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
connection, whether of persons of things; union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose
someone who drives a herd
risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; act of laying something open
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reorient
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. These exercises are designed to help communities reorient their existing educational systems to address the concepts of sustainable development.
Select answer:
set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
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sculpture
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. A small urban park in the downtown area has been hosting innovative contemporary sculpture installations since 1981.
Select answer:
restraint; avoiding excesses
small cut; V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface
statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues; essential bodily fluid
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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submerged
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. They'd been pumping liquid air and nitrogen into the submerged tanks of the platform to try to stabilize it.
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
underwater; living in poverty or misery; having been hidden
showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost
uniform; brought into conformity with a standard
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unmatched
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. However, there are several opinions that remain unmatched.
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sticky; glutinous; tending to persist
self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
without equal or rival; unparalleled; peerless
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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