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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ailment
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. And the number closely matches a finding of an earlier international study that estimated some 10.1 per cent of people globally suffer from the ailment.
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sickness; illness; affliction
connection, whether of persons of things; union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
unfair treatment; lack of discrimination or judgment
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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cabin
 
 
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n.  E.g. British Airways says passengers reported a slight smell of petrol in the cabin of BA flight 003 bound for New York.
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sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
review; look back upon; remember
side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point or area farthest from the front
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
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desperately
 
 
(3)
ad.  E.g. What a night it was for Germany: a desperately close race between the two candidates for Chancellor, declarations of victory by both, then the figures turned slightly in favor of Gerhard Schroeder and the Greens.
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restricting according to rules or principles
thoughtful; marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate
suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt
relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
with great urgency; seriously; severely
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excavate
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The mining company wants to excavate the hill site.
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suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
speculate; suppose; believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between
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framework
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. If they're given a draft framework for such a body, the rebels say they are willing to resume negotiations.
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feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
task or assignment undertaken; career
trade; business; intellectual exchange or social interaction
surface where pictures can be projected for viewing ; examine; test
fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton
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insist
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. Since you insist, I must amend the letter of credit.
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set or keep apart; disunite; divide; disconnect
sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
stand or rest; find support; take a stand and refuse to give way; be persistent
restrict; become stiff or stiffer
widen; grow broad or broader
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minimal
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. In order to make it work, you need a certain minimal area of collective surface.
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understandable; clear to the mind
worthy of notice; extraordinary
with great urgency; seriously; severely
the fewest; the least possible
worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
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outcome
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. South Africa praised the outcome of the election as another indication of Africa's growing commitment to multi-party democracy.
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something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
trait of being well behaved ; act of punishing ; system of rules of conduct or method of practice
result; end or consequence; result of a random trial
sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
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residue
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The presence of plastic residue is nothing more than an indication of possible doping.
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small portable battery-powered electric lamp
framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
system that provides quantitative information about finances
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rigor
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Many settlers could not stand the rigor of the New England winters.
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struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
watch worn on a band that fastens about the wrist
very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
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symbol
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Often the destruction takes place in public, as a visible symbol of peace replacing war.
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way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
short thin stick of wood used in making matches
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vent
 
 
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n.  E.g. A small volume of air can be felt when the chin vent is open.
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something that propels or drives forward
small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
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