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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accomplished
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. More poems should tell stories in accomplished ways.
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terribly; with alarm; fearfully
skilled; experienced; having many social graces; polished or refined
striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
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circulation
 
 
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n.  E.g. We have studied the statistical mechanics of money circulation in a closed economic system.
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spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
stage; a raised horizontal surface
warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
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desperately
 
 
(3)
ad.  E.g. What a night it was for Germany: a desperately close race between the two candidates for Chancellor, declarations of victory by both, then the figures turned slightly in favor of Gerhard Schroeder and the Greens.
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subject to question; admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
with great urgency; seriously; severely
steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
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diplomacy
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Chinese diplomats have been engaging in shuttle diplomacy to try to narrow the differences between Washington and Pyongyang.
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something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
tact; politics; negotiation between nations
someone who plays a musical instrument
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framework
 
 
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n.  E.g. If they're given a draft framework for such a body, the rebels say they are willing to resume negotiations.
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study of myths; collection of myths
speech sound made with the vocal tract open
writer for newspapers and magazines
fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
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implication
 
 
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n.  E.g. They might be important, they innovate, they're flexible, but the implication is they don't need to be regulated to the extent of the banking system.
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state of disorder involving group violence; rebellion
something hinted at or suggested; act of implying; condition of being implied
a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way
sudden mass fear and anxiety
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miracle
 
 
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n.  E.g. "The main miracle is that with money or no money, we have life," said Yadira Rivera.
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trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
tenant; one that occupies a position or place
first light of day; first advent or appearance
wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
subject of conversation or discussion; topic; essay
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ounce
 
 
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n.  E.g. ORG provides you with fast loading charts of the current gold price per ounce, gram and kilogram in 23 major currencies.
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something made by people; vessel
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound
understanding; knowledge; range of vision
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resist
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The food that I can't resist is never the healthy stuff.
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shrivel; decay; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; loss of moisture
stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
stand up or offer resistance; refuse to comply; withstand the force of something
shut eyes briefly; wink
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
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softwood
 
 
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n.  E.g. There's also the question of why softwood was used for external fire exit doors originally?
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something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
state of being public; information to attract public notice
state of being unable to pay your debts
wood of a coniferous tree
warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
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sturdy
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. More than 3,600 Filipinos rode out the typhoon in sturdy school buildings, town halls, and churches.
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
subject to punishment by law
robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
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ultraviolet
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Glass is almost perfectly opaque to deep ultraviolet, which is why it's hard to get a tan through a window.
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under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; inferior to in rank; unworthy of
widely spread or scattered; not concentrated
shocking; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
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