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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accidental
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Its curves are arbitrary, and what we call accidental, but one after another follows it as if he were guided by a chart on which it was laid down.
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unexpected; unforeseen
varied; distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of objects
truly; really; in fact
smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
sticky; glutinous; tending to persist
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compact
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. I decide to buy a compact, because a small car helps to save gas.
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seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
small and economical car; small cosmetics case
trespasser; someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
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content
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The brain is hungry not for method but for content, especially the latter which contains generalizations that are powerful, precise, and explicit.
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travel for the purpose of discovery
separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
status of being a champion; position or title of a winner
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
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emblem
 
 
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n.  E.g. The only solution is a third emblem, a red diamond on a white background, it has no cultural or religious significance.
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sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of small water; worn stones and pebbles
short ax used to chop wood
slender-bodied non-stinging insect
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fossilized
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. You have to follow these obsolete fossilized ways.
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having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
used of armor; covered with scales, or scale like structures, as fish or reptile
lacking education or knowledge; unaware
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
without question; beyond doubt
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inspiring
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. This is an inspiring campaign and I would do anything to support this.
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subject to punishment by law
not wanting to take some action; averse
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
stimulating or exalting to the spirit
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mock
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. What we mock is his using that as a catchall excuse for any personal failing or ridiculous policy proposal.
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turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
restore to good condition; renew
show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
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photosynthesis
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy into chemical energy by living organisms.
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seasoning; something used to give relish to food; something used to enhance the flavor of food, as salt or pepper
chemical combination brought about by the action of light
supply; provision; piece of equipment necessary or useful for comfort or convenience
unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound
secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
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regulatory
 
 
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a.  E.g. We recognize that this project will impact communities off the route and we are committed to involving them in regulatory processes and capacity building.
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restricting according to rules or principles
stationary; incapable of moving or of being moved
urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost
without question; beyond doubt
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slide
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. We slide until the bottom of the hill.
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retire from military service
slip; move usually in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
seclude; set apart or cut off from others
renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
migrate to and settle in; plant
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symbiotic
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Symbiotic relationships may involve an organism living on another, inside another, or organisms related by mutual stereotypic behaviors.
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lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
with meaning; word for word; letter by letter
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
used of organisms living together but not necessarily in a relationship beneficial to each
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vestige
 
 
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n.  E.g. We discovered a vestige of early Indian life in the cave.
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small toy with human figure, normally for little child
settle down or stay; sit, as on a branch; perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
supply; provision; piece of equipment necessary or useful for comfort or convenience
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
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