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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anticipation
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Please hold your breath in anticipation of that event.
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a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
watery layer of the earth's surface
state of being absent; state of being away
separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
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check
 
 
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v.  E.g. "Young man," she said, "you'd better check your temper.".
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surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
tire excessively; fatigue to exhaustion
grip; take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand
stop motion; curb or restrain
restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime; allot; distribute
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dependent
 
 
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a.  E.g. Some U.S. officials believe Pakistan wants the U.S. to remain dependent on the ISI for that intelligence.
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representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; producing the effect or appearance of nature
relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
separately; individually; in the order given
set down as a rule or guide; certain; stated
unprincipled; immoral; without scruples
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discipline
 
 
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n.  E.g. Here in the heart of conservative Texas, young criminals, murderers are forced to confront military style discipline.
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turning or twisting force
snowstorm; storm
trait of being well behaved ; act of punishing ; system of rules of conduct or method of practice
sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit
device for measuring and recording graphically
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gauge
 
 
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n.  E.g. Even the consumer price index, the government's main gauge of inflation, stomped the average stock fund.
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standard or scale of measurement; instrument for measuring or testing
shortening something by omitting parts of it
works for an expert to learn a trade; beginner; learner
something that causes irritation; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
violent rotating windstorm
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image
 
 
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n.  E.g. The emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone.
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sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
time sequence; arrangement of events in time
swamp; bog; low lying wet land with grassy vegetation
visual representation; representation of a person
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mournful
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. He gazed round the table; he saw they were all waiting for his explanation, and his expression grew mournful.
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employing or showing humor; funny; amusing
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
without consideration; in spite of everything; anyway
unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
resisting control or authority; discontented as toward authority
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plain
 
 
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n.  E.g. They live what they call plain lives, of course, as you well know, not using electricity.
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substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
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raid
 
 
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n.  E.g. Mr. Lebedev is referring to a raid last year on his father's bank, National Reserve Bank in Moscow, by masked Russian police.
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vehicle that can fly, such as an airplane, helicopter, balloon
someone who sees an event and reports what happened; observe; watch
search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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savings
 
 
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n.  E.g. The BBC says the efficiency savings are vital for it to respond to rapid changes in technology.
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state of being present; current existence
state of refreshing tranquility; act of making less strict
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
resources; money saved
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
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sponge
 
 
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n.  E.g. Capable of holding 100 times its own weight in water, the structural sponge is realized by adding a hardening agent, which creates a shell on the surface.
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status of being a champion; position or title of a winner
soaking up; small absorbent contraceptive pad, used for bathing or cleaning
talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
snowstorm; storm
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
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unscrupulously
 
 
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ad.  E.g. She unscrupulously uses her charm to make men do what she wants.
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unprincipled; immoral; without scruples
conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion
relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
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