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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state of being public; information to attract public notice
state of being present; current existence
similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
round; something shaped like such a ring; group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement
special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
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compensatory
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Can a compensatory education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?
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serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
the smallest possible quantity
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
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considerate
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. I thanked her for her considerate choice, and as I really felt fatigued with my long journey, expressed my readiness to retire.
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very obviously, noticeably
therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently
sticky; glutinous; tending to persist
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
thoughtful; marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate
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distort
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of the riots because of the way some reporters distort and exaggerate the actual events.
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relieve or cure; correct; repair
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
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exploration
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The international conservation organization has accused the Norwegian government of endangering a rare area of the Arctic sea by oil exploration.
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single-mast sailing boat
travel for the purpose of discovery
society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper
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instinctive
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. As for him, offering to help is as instinctive as breathing.
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unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
very cautious; on guard; watchful
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; extremely steep
something which takes a long time to do
thoughtful; marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate
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mend
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. It took Libyan authorities almost three decades to mend relations with the west.
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substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
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obligated
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The rest of that money is obligated, meaning that it's supporting projects that are under contract but are not yet completed.
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temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
required; responsible; under a moral obligation to someone
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
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remnant
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. I suggest that you wait until the store places the remnant of that big fish on sale.
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someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
established disposition of the mind or character; distinctive dress, especially of a religious order
unfriendliness; hatred; state of being hostile
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separate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. It was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.
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set or keep apart; disunite; divide; disconnect
see briefly; catch sight of
stop; stand in doubt; hesitate
revoke; call off; omit or delete
suppose; presume; take on; bear
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terrace
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. In agriculture, a terrace is a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed as a method of soil conservation.
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unconcern; disinterest; lack of enthusiasm
someone who drives a herd
state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
row of houses built in a similar style; level shelf of land with steep slopes
short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
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unpack
 
 
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v.  E.g. I unpack the presents at birthday party.
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turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
unwrap; unfold; remove the contents of
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