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.
Demo Test Sheet

abrasive
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Ash can also cause long-term abrasive damage to planes that could lead to later disasters if not dealt with.
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spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
traceable; possible to identify
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
rubbing away; tending to grind down
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briny
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Bobbing along, bobbing along, at the bottom of the beautiful briny sea.
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state of being held in high esteem and honor
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
salty; any very large body of salt water
unable to have children
widely spread or scattered; not concentrated
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derivative
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
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similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
unoriginal; derived from another source
traceable; possible to identify
urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
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disrupt
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. There's been some suggestion the cyclone could disrupt oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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weaken the consistency; purify or refine; lessen the density
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
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functional
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The estimated cost of staffing and maintaining a functional pest management center is approximately 1 million dollars per year.
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seizing the attention; visually attractive
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
useful; in good working order
without question; beyond doubt
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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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ultimately; in the final result or issue; in the end
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
the smallest possible quantity
unluckily; by bad luck
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
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mural
 
 
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n.  E.g. Another mural is also being developed by Doug Hall and deals with Native Americans during the first Newtonia Civil War battle.
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statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
result; end or consequence; result of a random trial
summit; apex; maximum; prime
subject of conversation or discussion; topic; essay
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
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photosynthesis
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy into chemical energy by living organisms.
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chemical combination brought about by the action of light
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump
small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers
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rarefy
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. It becomes necessary to place the terminal in a bulb and rarefy the air in the same time.
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weaken the consistency; purify or refine; lessen the density
set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
split into opposite extremes or camps
stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
travel with; be associated with
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rift
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Capello believes there will be no long-term rift between the fans and the Manchester United star.
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understanding; feeling; effect or product of perceiving
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
shell; outer covering; remove the husk from
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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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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slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb
the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
state or quality of being swift; speed; rapid motion; quickness; celerity
wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
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turbulence
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. They aim to protect assets rather than chase returns, so short-term turbulence has less of an effect.
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something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder
time sequence; arrangement of events in time
single-mast sailing boat
strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
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