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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ascent
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. A 30 minute hike up to the base of the ferrate is followed by an unforgettable 2 hour ascent up the cliff.
Select answer:
small and compactly built upright piano
upward slope or grade; movement upward
unfair treatment; lack of discrimination or judgment
waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews
strike; act of leaving or quitting a meeting, company, or organization, especially as a sign of protest
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buggy
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. A fine way to travel through Quebec City in Canada is by a horse buggy.
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small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
someone who drives a herd
Don't select.
convention
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Moreover, following this convention is our friend's normal behavior when in such a mood.
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unconcern; disinterest; lack of enthusiasm
season of growth; season of spring
scratch; friction
study of myths; collection of myths
social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
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digression
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. This was the path to digression, as this is where I began to become slightly jaded.
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a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly
result; end or consequence; result of a random trial
someone who bears the blame for others
wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
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gregarious
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Natural selection in gregarious animals operates upon groups rather than upon individuals.
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skilled; experienced; having many social graces; polished or refined
sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
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itinerant
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Since the storm, the city had also been attracting a new kind of itinerant idealist.
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varied; miscellaneous
striking one object against another sharply
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
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moat
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. A moat separates the animals in the zoo from the spectators
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shell; outer covering; remove the husk from
ritual; ceremony or rite
deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
Don't select.
postgraduate
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Humber's postgraduate programs are offered in an accelerated, intensive format, ordinarily two semesters long.
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supply; provision; piece of equipment necessary or useful for comfort or convenience
connection, whether of persons of things; union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose
restoration; activity of constructing something again
framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
student who continues studies after graduation
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receptionist
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. I have over 15 years experience in this field as receptionist and administrative assistant.
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representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
someone who operates an aircraft
secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
Don't select.
secular
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The church leaders decided not to interfere in secular matters.
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throughout the year; constantly; repeatedly
required; responsible; under a moral obligation to someone
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
thin in diameter; resembling a thread
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stitch
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Three hours she gave to stitch, with gold thread, the border of a square crimson cloth, almost large enough for a carpet.
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sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
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withdraw
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. The four Southern African countries which had been calling for a limited trade in elephant tusks said that they had agreed to withdraw their request.
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unite a shoot or bud with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact; join plants by such union; join or unite closely
turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
Don't select.
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