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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adventure
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. I can't even decide which step of this adventure is the most aggravating.
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usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family
something happens without design; chance; hazard; risk; danger
someone who drives a herd
separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
young plant or tree grown from seed; produced from seed
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characteristic
 
 
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n.  E.g. Treating people differently based on a certain characteristic is called discrimination.
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weather condition; atmosphere; environment
feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively
tax on goods coming into a country
physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
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contiguous
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The two houses had contiguous yards so the families shared the landscaping expenses.
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
without equal or rival; unparalleled; peerless
very cautious; on guard; watchful
rich and superior in quality; lavish
shocking; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
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encompass
 
 
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v.  E.g. Although enemy forces encompass us, we are cheerful for we are well stocked and can withstand a siege until our allies join us.
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shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly
restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
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forge
 
 
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n.  E.g. All the metal parts will be made in their forge.
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workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
lack of trust or confidence
device for measuring and recording graphically
special group delegated to consider some matter
residue; something not used up
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inhabitant
 
 
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n.  E.g. The local animal welfare department has been called in to care for the inhabitant of the zoo.
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scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
small stream, often a shallow tributary to a river; brook
written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
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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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official approbation; endorsement; act of approving
unfriendliness; hatred; state of being hostile
something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
thickness; quantity of something per unit measure, especially per unit length, area, or volume
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perpendicular
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The axes are perpendicular to each other.
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varied; miscellaneous
similar; in the same manner or to the same degree
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; extremely steep
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
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prosperous
 
 
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a.  E.g. The earthquake has struck one of India's most prosperous and economically significant states.
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successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
solitary; by oneself
subject to question; admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry
terribly; with alarm; fearfully
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sour
 
 
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a.  E.g. The incident now appears to be closed but it has left a sour taste among senior Italian diplomats responsible for relations with the Arab world.
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therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently
taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
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stubbornness
 
 
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n.  E.g. Bush's stubbornness on issues such as tax cuts, education policy and the creation of a medicare prescription-drug benefit has served him well.
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resolute adherence to your own ideas; being difficult to handle or overcome
system of methods followed in a particular discipline
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
spectacles that are darkened to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
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unanimous
 
 
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a.  E.g. At last we got the unanimous decision.
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steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently
uniform; in complete agreement
self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
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