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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architect
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Simon Conder, a British architect, is responsible for this beautiful conversion of a group of farm.
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small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
one who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures
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coin
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. While it has been lightly dipped and lightly cleaned, the overall look of the coin is appealing.
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bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
stream; flow; up-to-date; present
small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
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derivative
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
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selfless; self-forgetting; generous or altruistic
without alteration or misrepresentation
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
unoriginal; derived from another source
sound of a sudden heavy fall; well-rounded and full in form
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draft
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Now governments are re-writing the EU's governing treaty and the draft version is considered by the EU's leaders in Brussels.
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target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
restraint; avoiding excesses
seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
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expertise
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields, she was hired for her particular expertise in computer programming.
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small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something
specialized knowledge; expert skill
theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
ultimate goal; place to which one is going or directed
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insight
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. This insight is then applied to three prominent proposals.
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destroyed person, object, or building; debris
complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
something that resembles or harmonizes with
state of being public; information to attract public notice
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laundry
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. During the gold rush era, our town's laundry seemed innocent enough.
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washing; workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
two words that can be interchanged in a context
utmost height; highest point of a mountain
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
distant view , especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
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ozone
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. These gases - we now know - affect something called the ozone layer, which protects the earth from the heating of the Sun's radiation.
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unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
lack of trust or confidence
action of trying at something
toll highway; an expressway on which tolls are collected
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proposal
 
 
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n.  E.g. The argument that the proposal is an anti-poor measure is both in contradiction to the evident facts and extremely insulting.
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taxi; one-horse vehicle for public hire
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
something proposed; act of making a proposal; an offer of marriage
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slender
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. She was slender as a willow - and equally graceful, equally erect.
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very cautious; on guard; watchful
remote from civilization; left desolate or empty; abandoned
having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
undamaged in any way; integrated; whole
respectful; worshipful; impressed with veneration or deep respect
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tedious
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Truckers say a ban would slow deliveries and make what they call a tedious job worse.
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steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
sound as if echoing in a empty space; void; vain; not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion
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tuition
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Edmunds spent more than $10,000 in tuition and testing licensing fees.
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teaching pupils individually; fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts
state of being absent; state of being away
written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
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