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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analogy
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. This analogy is almost always noted without further comment, although in fact it may be taken further.
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supplying water to the land to help crops grow
similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
works for an expert to learn a trade; beginner; learner
something hinted at or suggested; act of implying; condition of being implied
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bundle
 
 
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v.  E.g. Remember to bundle children up in winter clothes
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stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
sink; immerse; put under water
tie, wrap, or gather together; hurry; hasten; dress oneself warmly
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concurrent
 
 
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a.  E.g. The Winter War fought between Finland and the Soviet Union, was a concurrent war to World War II, and thus is covered in its own main article.
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very cautious; on guard; watchful
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
robust; strong; energetic, and active in mind or body
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dim
 
 
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a.  E.g. Night vision declines as well; therefore, trying to read labels in dim lighting may lead to errors.
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tiny; extremely precise with great attention to details; of or relating to or used in microscopy
uneven; rough; very difficult
emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
self-indulgent; moral decay
tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
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flake
 
 
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n.  E.g. Do you remember a blue case that was on flake of storage?
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state of free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
established disposition of the mind or character; distinctive dress, especially of a religious order
stage for drying fish; rack for storing
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
someone who operates an aircraft
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homesick
 
 
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a.  E.g. After the meal they felt rusty, and a little homesick once more.
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unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
unusual; not typical; not normal
salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
of bluish-green colour; of pale blue to light greenish blue
yearly; each year; returning every year; year by year
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locomotion
 
 
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n.  E.g. Recent studies with modern cameras have shown that horse locomotion is actually very different to what we thought.
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timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
small and economical car; small cosmetics case
self-propelled movement; power or ability to move
structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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parachute
 
 
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n.  E.g. The plane that crashed into the side of a high-rise apartment comes equipped with a parachute.
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tenant; one that occupies a position or place
small and compactly built upright piano
situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
residence; place to live in; abode
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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refraction
 
 
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n.  E.g. When you look at a stick inserted in water, it looks bent because of the refraction of the light by the water.
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support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point or area farthest from the front
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
turning or bending of any wave, such as light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density
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rift
 
 
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n.  E.g. Capello believes there will be no long-term rift between the fans and the Manchester United star.
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stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space
lack of trust or confidence
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
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strain
 
 
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n.  E.g. The strain of flu is known as H2N2 and if caught by one person, could spread very easily to cause a global pandemic.
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term; half a year; a period of 6 months; one of two divisions of an academic year
slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb
group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
someone who tells a story
unjust act; practice of being unjust or unfair
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unanimous
 
 
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a.  E.g. At last we got the unanimous decision.
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superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
resembling or formed by the accumulation of sediment; form of rock made by the deposition and compression of small particles
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
uniform; in complete agreement
tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in
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