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

abort
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. However, most women say that the decision to abort is a difficult one.
Select answer:
solidify; guarantee; convince
turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse strongly and violently
Don't select.
barrel
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. With the oil price soaring above thirty dollars a barrel and the pumps going nearly at full capacity, Gulf Arab coffers are overflowing with unforeseen wealth.
Select answer:
situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
ritual; ceremony or rite
ruler or tape that is three feet long; measure or standard used for comparison
someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
vessel; large cylindrical container
Don't select.
consistent
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. He's recently signed a new 120 million dollar contract with his British-based record company after more than five years of consistent album hits and number one singles.
Select answer:
set down as a rule or guide; certain; stated
skilled; experienced; having many social graces; polished or refined
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
being in agreement with itself; coherent; regular
Don't select.
escalate
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The Allies are planning to escalate the bombing.
Select answer:
throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn
speak clearly and distinctly; utter a speech sound; be jointed; make clear or effective
rise; increase in extent or intensity
set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
Don't select.
functional
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The estimated cost of staffing and maintaining a functional pest management center is approximately 1 million dollars per year.
Select answer:
very suddenly and noticeably
stationary; incapable of moving or of being moved
useful; in good working order
having the same quantity, measure, or value as another; identical
understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
Don't select.
indefinite
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The indefinite, which is born from the human and divine combination of the infinite and the finite, escapes them.
Select answer:
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
showing deference; respectful and considerate
unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
used of armor; covered with scales, or scale like structures, as fish or reptile
unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
Don't select.
miracle
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. "The main miracle is that with money or no money, we have life," said Yadira Rivera.
Select answer:
wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
wood of a coniferous tree
state of being present; current existence
Don't select.
plump
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. A New York City Ballet dancer says a newspaper critic needn't apologize for calling her plump in a performance of "The Nutcracker.
Select answer:
sound of a sudden heavy fall; well-rounded and full in form
tame; accustomed to home life
under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt
Don't select.
prod
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. If you prod him hard enough, he'll eventually clean his room.
Select answer:
throw with great force; cast; toss
set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn
slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
move suddenly and rapidly
Don't select.
seaport
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. The Halifax seaport is an exciting new waterfront development.
Select answer:
sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
utmost height; highest point of a mountain
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
Don't select.
stocky
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Challenging the England goalkeeper for the ball, the short and stocky Maradona raised his left arm into the air to fist the ball into the net.
Select answer:
varied; distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of objects
being in agreement with itself; coherent; regular
rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
submarine; beneath the surface of the water
solid; heavy and compact in form
Don't select.
venue
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Will you stay at the Olympic village if your venue is an hour away?
Select answer:
scene of any event or action; locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs
property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
tact; politics; negotiation between nations
university student who has not yet received a first degree
timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
Don't select.
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