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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arsenal
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. People are forbidden to smoke in the arsenal for fear that a stray spark might set off the munitions stored there.
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storage place for military equipment; stock of weapons
skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of contract
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breathing
 
 
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n.  E.g. When we breathe normally we find the action caused by the breathing is at the centre of the body, and the respiratory muscles are energized.
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welfare; happiness; state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous
strong inclination; definite liking
state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
respiration; a single breath
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of contract
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conformity
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Their actions were in conformity with their declared intentions.
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unit of weight equal to 16 ounces
one who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures
tact; politics; negotiation between nations
similarity in form or character; agreement
short ax used to chop wood
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elixir
 
 
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n.  E.g. The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.
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tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
substance believed to cure all ills
act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
revival; renewal; revival of learning and culture
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fermentation
 
 
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n.  E.g. It provided services within research and manufacture of fermentation based pharmaceutical products.
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way; footway; course or track; route; passage
slender-bodied non-stinging insect
ribbon-like flatworms
conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
tree with 10 - 40 meters tall; hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees
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hoe
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. He is going to hoe the flower beds.
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spot; locate or identify with precision
seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
trade goods or services without the exchange of money
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
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mammal
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. North America Grizzly Bear: This is a mammal, that is 5 to 8 ft tall, weighs about 800 pounds, and lives to be 25 yrs old.
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specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
desire to know or learn
act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles
warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
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overhaul
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. He proposals to overhaul the health care system.
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represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
permit to enter; receive; provide the right or a means of entrance to
throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
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provision
 
 
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n.  E.g. For young people entering the workforce in a bad economy, this provision is a critical safety net.
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stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
wonder; state of extreme surprise or wonder; astonishment
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
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sect
 
 
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n.  E.g. A peculiar attribute of this sect is the character of many of its members: bankers, civil service officials, navy officers, army officers and others of the finest professions.
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separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
sickness; illness; affliction
subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
trait of being dependable or reliable
resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
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summit
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. I'm not totally convinced that the government or any certain summit is going to provide that, frankly.
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round; something shaped like such a ring; group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement
act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
utmost height; highest point of a mountain
sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
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unselfish
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Mary, you know me for your friend, and for your unselfish friend, too.
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supposed to be true; reasonable as a supposition
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
wonderful; extraordinarily good
selfless; self-forgetting; generous or altruistic
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