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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attempt
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. I also want to claim that this attempt is a romantic one.
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any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
watchfulness; wakefulness; process of paying close and continuous attention
critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature
action of trying at something
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breathtaking
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Beneath the curious mixture is the kind of breathtaking skyscraper shell, balanced in space, that modern technology makes possible.
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theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
very surprising or shocking
significant; having meaning, function, or purpose
unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
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current
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore.
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stream; flow; up-to-date; present
transmission of heat or electricity or sound
skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
trade; business; intellectual exchange or social interaction
state of having been made use of; the act of using
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elliptical
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. What resulted was system of planets orbiting in elliptical, not circular, orbits described by three laws.
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sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
tiny; extremely precise with great attention to details; of or relating to or used in microscopy
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explorer
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Roald Amundsen went missing in June 1928 while searching for an explorer, an Italian member of an airship crew which had disappeared in the Arctic.
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unfair treatment; lack of discrimination or judgment
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
someone who travels into little known regions
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
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inhibit
 
 
(6)
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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restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
stop; impede; shut out from view
stand up or offer resistance; refuse to comply; withstand the force of something
work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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nonfiction
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. There are three categories -- short story, poetry, and creative nonfiction -- and $60000 of prize money courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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writing that is not fictional
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
ribbon-like flatworms
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pound
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. But fifty cents a pound is a thousand dollars a ton.
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unit of weight equal to 16 ounces
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
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recall
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. This part of the brain doesn't develop fully until about the age of four, which could explain why memories of early childhood are difficult to recall.
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set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
represent; embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
weaken the consistency; purify or refine; lessen the density
remember; call back; cause to be returned
remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
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rigidity
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. With such a supple, sensitive and compassionate mind, rigidity is something you need never worry about.
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sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
stiffness; physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
token; figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
scientist who studies living organisms
any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
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tedious
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Truckers say a ban would slow deliveries and make what they call a tedious job worse.
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zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
act or state of giving out intense heat and light; luminous
unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
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trespasser
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. If the trespasser is a child, you face a greater risk of liability, especially if the child was drawn to your property by an attractive nuisance, such as a pond.
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separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
vessel; large cylindrical container
strike; act of leaving or quitting a meeting, company, or organization, especially as a sign of protest
someone who intrudes without permission
weapons considered collectively; official symbols of a family
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