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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asymmetrical
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The attraction of asymmetrical balance to artists is its lack of a formula.
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repeated; Returning again; repetitious
violent; not restrained or controlled
unbalanced; uneven
acting or done without or against one's will
sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
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clam
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Up here in clam and lobster country, some of our best BBQ joints do fried catfish, and it's always a treat.
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seasoning; something used to give relish to food; something used to enhance the flavor of food, as salt or pepper
scenery; expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
renewal; growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
soft edible body of such as mollusk
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debris
 
 
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n.  E.g. A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, they were still carting away the debris.
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someone who intrudes without permission
sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
device for measuring and recording graphically
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
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discard
 
 
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v.  E.g. Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume.
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take back what one has said ; enclose or envelop completely
turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
scold harshly; criticize severely
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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hallmark
 
 
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n.  E.g. The government has said clean public toilets are the hallmark of a gracious society.
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soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
one of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart; major transit corridor
sign; feature; mark indicating quality or excellence
supplying water to the land to help crops grow
something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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indicative
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. There are numerous examples, but the most indicative is probably in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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selfless; self-forgetting; generous or altruistic
scarce; infrequently occurring; uncommon
suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
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limestone
 
 
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n.  E.g. This recently completed new Gothic church in roughly Texas limestone is located in the Spring Branch section of Houston.
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watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues; essential bodily fluid
small toy with human figure, normally for little child
wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood
society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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playwright
 
 
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n.  E.g. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama.
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tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
tool; one used by another to accomplish a purpose; device used to produce music; legal document
unfair treatment; lack of discrimination or judgment
slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb
someone who writes plays
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proficiency
 
 
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n.  E.g. Practice greatly improves proficiency.
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technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
sculpture representing a human or animal
small branch or division of a branch
tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to store water for community use
skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
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sedimentary
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Fossils preserved in sedimentary rocks will display that era's primary forms, reflective of that era's ecology and life's adaptations to best exploit it.
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resembling or formed by the accumulation of sediment; form of rock made by the deposition and compression of small particles
relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
strikingly; markedly; to a remarkable degree or extent
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stylized
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The design of his animated figures here recalls the stylized outlines of children's books, perhaps purposefully.
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
surprising; shocking
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
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unmatched
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. However, there are several opinions that remain unmatched.
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uneven; rough; very difficult
without equal or rival; unparalleled; peerless
steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
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