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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adhesive
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Today adhesive binding is the most popular approach for industrial booklet production.
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tame; accustomed to home life
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
stretch or force to the limit; tight
sticky; glutinous; tending to persist
temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
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cab
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. I was supposed to meet Mrs. Girard at the building in five minutes, she was calling a cab to drive me to the station.
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sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
tool; one used by another to accomplish a purpose; device used to produce music; legal document
taxi; one-horse vehicle for public hire
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
small cut; V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface
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depart
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. I too have some to see and ask after in England, before I depart for ever.
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set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between
fall apart; fold or collapse; crush together or press into wrinkles
slip; move usually in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
take off; leave; set out
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dye
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Did you know the dye is purple on your hair when you're doing it that color?
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scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
substance used to color materials
shortage of food; starvation
tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
two crossed bones used as a symbol danger or death
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facet
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The stonecutter decided to improve the rough diamond by providing it one bigger facet among several sides.
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small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
scene; site; place where something is or could be located
trees having usually narrow leaves
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
resident of suburb; who lives in a suburb
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incredible
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. It was an amazing year for female performances and to be nominated amongst them was really incredible.
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unbalanced; uneven
requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
having many small waves; rough with small waves
treated against rusting; resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion
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maize
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Their task was to carry the maize from the field to our courtyard.
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undesirable or troublesome plant, especially growing where it is not wanted as in a garden.
religious image; idol; important and enduring symbol
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; act of laying something open
three-part novel; a set of three works with related subject
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polish
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. These boys polish their piano techniques for years.
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walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
remove flaws from; perfect or complete
retire from military service
support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically
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proceeding
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Moreover the recent decisions from the Judiciary also reflect their reluctance in proceeding with the case.
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study of language; investigation of language and its literature
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
row of houses built in a similar style; level shelf of land with steep slopes
self-propelled movement; power or ability to move
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
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scramble
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. He also has the ability to recover quickly in scramble situations and control rebounds.
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substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
small and economical car; small cosmetics case
unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way
specialized knowledge; expert skill
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staple
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Rice is the main staple food for more than half the world’s population.
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state of free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
something hinted at or suggested; act of implying; condition of being implied
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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waterproof
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. The jacket no longer has a main waterproof zipper.
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varied; miscellaneous
tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in
under the level of the ground; buried
strikingly; markedly; to a remarkable degree or extent
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
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