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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abrasion
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Dust also, is a significant cause of abrasion of book papers and covers.
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statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
scratch; friction
wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
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bulb
 
 
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n.  E.g. The light bulb hasn't changed a whole lot in its 120 years -- the original design was just that good.
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sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
song of praise or patriotism; song of devotion or loyalty
strong feeling or emotion ; fervor
something that propels or drives forward
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desalination
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Canadian Clear Water has designed the most economical and efficient sea water desalination plants.
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wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
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dramatically
 
 
(4)
ad.  E.g. Russia's economic situation has changed dramatically since a financial crisis in 1998.
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subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
with great urgency; seriously; severely
very suddenly and noticeably
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
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exhilarate
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. If this is true, that wine and strong drink have such virtue to expel fear and sorrow, and to exhilarate the mind, let's drink and be merry.
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slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
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inhibit
 
 
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v.  E.g. Only two things inhibit him from taking a punch at Mike Tyson: Tyson's left hook, and Tyson's right jab.
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strike with or as if with a whip; beat or swing rapidly; drive or goad
make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
take something off a container
take away a vital or essential part of
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mistrust
 
 
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n.  E.g. In this climate of mistrust, efforts by the European Union are an uphill struggle.
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lack of trust or confidence
small section of filmed or filed material
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
state of being unable to pay your debts
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preponderance
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. There is a preponderance of Blacks in our city.
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spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
superiority in numbers or amount
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rehabilitate
 
 
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v.  E.g. We must rehabilitate those whom we send to prison.
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wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands
scold harshly; criticize severely
strike with or as if with a whip; beat or swing rapidly; drive or goad
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
sudden outburst of emotion; glare; shine; shine with sudden light
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slumber
 
 
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n.  E.g. He is calm as a child in dreamless slumber.
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strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
three-part novel; a set of three works with related subject
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
shell; outer covering; remove the husk from
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toxin
 
 
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n.  E.g. They don't have a distinct taste or smell, and the toxin is not destroyed by cooking.
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waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump
small and compactly built upright piano
toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
space between two objects; length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate
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undermine
 
 
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v.  E.g. What we should not allow this moment to undermine, is our commitment to South Africa, to the constitution and the reconstruction.
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
retire from military service
weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
revoke; call off; omit or delete
suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
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