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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something happens without design; chance; hazard; risk; danger
touchdown; act of coming down to the earth
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
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community
 
 
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n.  E.g. Where governments manage public life, human freedom in community is compromised.
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society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
vessel; large cylindrical container
remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature
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devastate
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. She says the disease has the potential to devastate Sudan, as HIV spreads quickly among the nation's youth.
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represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
tie, wrap, or gather together; hurry; hasten; dress oneself warmly
restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime; allot; distribute
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
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divide
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. It would be some relief to unseal his tongue for a little while; to divide his burden of distress with another sufferer.
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see briefly; catch sight of
state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
run or ride at a steady slow trot; give a push or shake to
weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
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habitat
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. So if you destroy the habitat in which these fish feed and breed then you're going to destroy sustainability of that fishery.
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a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
trousers; underwear; garment extending from waist to knee or ankle
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instructive
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. You get 30 chapters with instructive illustrations, including an easy-to-follow, step-by-step, six-week basic training program.
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steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
serving to instruct of enlighten or inform; enlightening
successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle
uneven; rough; very difficult
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naturalistic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. After all, people with a naturalistic worldview make philosophical inferences about the world supposedly based on the scientific evidence.
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unable to have children
unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
very small; model that represents something in a greatly reduced size
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; producing the effect or appearance of nature
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pore
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. The diameter of the pore is so small that it corresponds to that of a single ion.
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trousers; underwear; garment extending from waist to knee or ankle
watery layer of the earth's surface
soiled or discolored; symbol of disgrace or infamy; natural spot of a color different from the gound
round; something shaped like such a ring; group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement
tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
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reluctant
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Economists say the unemployment rate could climb as high as 10.5 percent next year because employers remain reluctant to hire.
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usually; under normal circumstances, normally
not wanting to take some action; averse
wonderful; extraordinarily good
spoken; unwritten; relating to the mouth
unluckily; by bad luck
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scatter
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Still, it’s kind of hilarious to watch them scatter from the light.
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sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind
weaken the consistency; purify or refine; lessen the density
scold harshly; criticize severely
stop; bring to an end or halt
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spiral
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Others fear that security is to spiral downward in a long-term because more brazen traffickers will fight for control.
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ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to; consider; suppose
rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
stop motion; curb or restrain
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
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viscous
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Melted tar is a viscous substance.
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under the level of the ground; buried
now and then; from time to time; infrequently; irregularly
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
valiant; venturesome; inclined or willing to incur hazard or engage in adventures
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