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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avoid
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. If you are the press secretary to the President of the United States, the main thing to avoid is becoming the story yourself.
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shield away from; prevent
mark with spots or lines, which are often colored; add notes to
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
hold fast or adhere to something; stick together and resist separation; remain emotionally
seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
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comparable
 
 
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a.  E.g. People whose jobs are comparable in difficulty should receive similar pay.
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slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost
serving as an essential component
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
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declare
 
 
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v.  E.g. A distinct and near voice said, "The marriage cannot go on: I declare the existence of an impediment."
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withdraw; take back; draw back or in
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
state clearly; make known formally or officially
remove from husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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dot
 
 
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n.  E.g. Financial markets haven't seen anything like this since the dot com boom of the late 1990s, which was followed by an equally dramatic crash.
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way; footway; course or track; route; passage
something that propels or drives forward
state that precedes vomiting; disease
something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
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fluctuate
 
 
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v.  E.g. The water pressure in our shower does fluctuate wildly.
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yield assent; accord; agree, or acquiesce; adapt one's self; fulfill; accomplish
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
stop motion; curb or restrain
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
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isolate
 
 
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v.  E.g. That research will isolate a large number of antibodies from humans and animals.
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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
seclude; set apart or cut off from others
press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
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majority
 
 
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n.  E.g. He is not planning to expel foreign companies, but he does want majority control of all ventures and a greater share of the profits.
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unit of weight equal to 16 ounces
thorough physical examination
state of refreshing tranquility; act of making less strict
place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; storage; entire range of skills or aptitudes
greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
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painstaking
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The truth is, I didn’t want to have to call any parents, so by outlining everything in painstaking detail in my newsletters, I could avoid it.
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zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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renunciation
 
 
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n.  E.g. According to the Buddhist point of view, monks and nuns are supposed to hold renunciation vows.
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warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
two crossed bones used as a symbol danger or death
structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
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span
 
 
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v.  E.g. We can expect his career in football field will span at least 10 years.
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retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
rest or sleep on or as if on a perch; come back home
rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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spontaneously
 
 
(11)
ad.  E.g. A celebration with roots in history, that has developed and spread spontaneously, is preferable to picking the birthday of a single man.
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without advance preparation; naturally
rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
unprincipled; lacking honesty
stimulating or exalting to the spirit
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tread
 
 
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v.  E.g. If the track we tread nowadays is smooth and easy, that is because of the pioneers who have gone before us.
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request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
mark with spots or lines, which are often colored; add notes to
step on; mate with; place the foot
give variety to; spread out activities or investments
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