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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atrophy
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12.
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rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
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cabal
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The number of Republicans who support this man and his cabal is astonishing, but nothing will change the minds of that percentage.
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unjust act; practice of being unjust or unfair
waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
written instructions from doctor; written order; act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions
silvery ductile metallic element
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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deficiency
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. It has been demonstrated that a blood protein deficiency is the cause of this inherited illness.
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state of being absent; state of being away
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly
someone who plays a musical instrument
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escalate
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The Allies are planning to escalate the bombing.
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take away a vital or essential part of
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
rise; increase in extent or intensity
stimulate by shock; stir up; stimulate to action
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grateful
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. He said he was feeling well and was very grateful to be there.
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sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
unprincipled; lacking honesty
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
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itinerant
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Since the storm, the city had also been attracting a new kind of itinerant idealist.
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unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
without equal or rival; unparalleled; peerless
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
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mend
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. It took Libyan authorities almost three decades to mend relations with the west.
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make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
terminate; make a break in
represent; signify; stand for
teach; make aware of
turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
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premature
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. I think the industry has been entirely premature in putting this kind of food onto shelves in our supermarkets.
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not wanting to take some action; averse
serving as an essential component
too soon; too early; occurring before a state of readiness
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
unable to have children
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reinforce
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The laws will reinforce authority to turn boats away from Australia and impose prison sentences on the crews of boats which do cross the border.
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shut eyes briefly; wink
give variety to; spread out activities or investments
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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routine
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. I believe she was happy in her way: this routine sufficed for her.
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repetition of beginning sound in poetry
unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees
space between two objects; length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate
unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
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suburbanite
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Your last book was about a contemporary Italian-American suburbanite and his multi-ethnic family.
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unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of contract
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
resident of suburb; who lives in a suburb
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
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unbearable
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. I wouldn't be sitting there because I'm in unbearable pain.
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solid; heavy and compact in form
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
shocking; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
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