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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athlete
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Our goal is to help the athlete get the best performance.
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stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
lack of trust or confidence
sports man; one who contended for prize in public games
wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
swamp; bog; low lying wet land with grassy vegetation
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bud
 
 
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n.  E.g. The first thing to be thought of is to pluck the disease in its bud, which is best done by injections.
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rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
renewal; growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
segment; fragment; a small proportion of
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deterrent
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. As Bush's view , North Korea is the main deterrent from a peaceful resolution.
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understanding; feeling; effect or product of perceiving
something that discourages; tending to deter
special group delegated to consider some matter
separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
silvery ductile metallic element
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diversification
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. We promote the development and diversification of the economy of Western Canada and advance the interests of the West in national economic policy.
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union; act of melting together by heat
stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
variation; act of changing forms or qualities
small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
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hallmark
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The government has said clean public toilets are the hallmark of a gracious society.
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something resembling a pool of liquid; a small body of standing water
theory of numerical calculations
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
sign; feature; mark indicating quality or excellence
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instrumental
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Scientists may have identified a region of the brain instrumental in the creation of dreams.
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serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
underwater; living in poverty or misery; having been hidden
serving or acting as a means or aid; helpful; relating to musical instruments
turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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loose
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. "Here, Bill! catch hold of this rope - Will the roof bear? - Mind that loose slate - Oh, it's coming down! Heads below!"
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very suddenly and noticeably
set down as a rule or guide; certain; stated
zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
unbound; untied; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined
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oral
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. But he was best known for his books which he called oral histories.
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following one after another without interruption; sequential
repeated; Returning again; repetitious
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
valiant; venturesome; inclined or willing to incur hazard or engage in adventures
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publicity
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. No one would be interested so the publicity is the only way to build a base of buyers.
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system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood; white ant
result; end or consequence; result of a random trial
state of being public; information to attract public notice
fleshy fungi, having an umbrella-shaped cap borne on a stalk; one who rises rapidly from a low condition in life
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save
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. AIDS organizations have hailed the drug pricing deal as a breakthrough, with the potential to save millions of lives.
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examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
rescue; preserve; make unnecessary; set aside for future use
mark with spots or lines, which are often colored; add notes to
restore to good condition; renew
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
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terminology
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The special terminology developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse the layman than to enlighten him.
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touchdown; act of coming down to the earth
vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole
strong feeling or emotion ; fervor
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
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venturesome
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. These venturesome butterflies are stronger fliers and reproduce more quickly compared to their less mobile relatives.
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willing to try new things and take risks; bold
straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; inferior to in rank; unworthy of
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
unable to help oneself; powerless or incompetent; powerless; weak
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