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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abstract
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The journal's web site hasn't been updated to the current issue, so not even the abstract is available at the moment.
Select answer:
summary; statement summarizing the important points of a text
distant view , especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
writing that is not fictional
something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
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blink
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The TV announcer never seems to blink.
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restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime; allot; distribute
speculate; suppose; believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
shut eyes briefly; wink
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
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denote
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The word “sex” is simply that—a word to denote whether a person is male or female.
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spot; locate or identify with precision
travel with; be associated with
indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically
twist; squeeze; compress, especially so as to extract liquid
search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
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distend
 
 
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v.  E.g. I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.
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steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through
sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
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glowing
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. While others see this man in glowing honesty, I find him to be disingenuous.
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very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
act or state of giving out intense heat and light; luminous
round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
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hunger
 
 
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n.  E.g. East Asia should meet its target of halving hunger by 2015, and Latin America and the Caribbean are not far behind.
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strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
someone who bears the blame for others
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leisurely
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. He looked at me before he proceeded: indeed, he seemed leisurely to read my face, as if its features and lines were characters on a page.
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having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
suffering from excessive loss of water
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
repulsed; having a strong distaste; irritated and out of patience
sound as if echoing in a empty space; void; vain; not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
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occur
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. Global warming can occur from a variety of causes, both natural and human induced.
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restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly
cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind
gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
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qualm
 
 
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n.  E.g. My main qualm is the lack of consistency and logical plotting.
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a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
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solidarity
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. In the name of solidarity, Europeans are being asked to subsidize irresponsible behavior, in reckless violation of the EU's treaties.
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union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees
state of being emotionally aroused
summit; apex; maximum; prime
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subtract
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. This selection will show you how to subtract two numbers.
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split into opposite extremes or camps
show, make visible or apparent
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
engage the services of; put to work; apply
remove a part from the whole
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underneath
 
 
(12)
ad.  E.g. The skin underneath is constantly breaking down and is very painful.
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sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
unsuitable; improper; not suitable for a particular occasion
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
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