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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acidic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The chart below categorizes a food as either acidic or alkaline based on the effect consumption of the food has on urine pH.
Select answer:
serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
tasting sour like acid; being or containing an acid
steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
short-lived; enduring a very short time
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cabal
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The number of Republicans who support this man and his cabal is astonishing, but nothing will change the minds of that percentage.
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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family
synthetic chemical compound or material; compound made artificially by chemical reactions
two words that can be interchanged in a context
tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
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cube
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Luckily, my cube is in the corner so no one noticed!
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wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
something that causes irritation; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
watchfulness; wakefulness; process of paying close and continuous attention
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
very small; minute or insignificant spot
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exalted
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. In the King George, his jockey feels, horse and rider proved they belong on this exalted stage.
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serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
yearly; each year; returning every year; year by year
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gear
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. We are getting word that the nose gear has been lowered, but the main one is not down.
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someone who drives a herd
single seed of certain plants, as wheat; grain; small, hard particle
transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
sudden mass fear and anxiety
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horror
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. But then, prepared as my mind was for horror, shaken as my nerves were by agitation, I thought the swift darting beam was a vision from another world.
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watery layer of the earth's surface
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
terror; fear; intense dislike
framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood; white ant
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layman
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. His is just the layman's view of medicine.
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appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
study of nutrition as it relates to health
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permeate
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. The odor of frying onions permeate the air.
Select answer:
spread or flow throughout; pervade
rise; increase in extent or intensity
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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reiterate
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. He will reiterate the warning to make sure everyone understood it.
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remove the cover from; expose; disclose
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
withdraw; take back; draw back or in
show a reaction to something favorably or as hoped
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
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secular
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The church leaders decided not to interfere in secular matters.
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unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
unexpected; unforeseen
self-indulgent; moral decay
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
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submarine
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Without British help it's clear the Russian submarine would have perished at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
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unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound
submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
repetition of beginning sound in poetry
restraint; avoiding excesses
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triumph
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. I am influenced; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win.
Select answer:
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
victory; win; expressing great joy
thickness; quantity of something per unit measure, especially per unit length, area, or volume
renewal; growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
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