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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abstract
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.
Select answer:
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
widely spread or scattered; not concentrated
wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled
without any clear results or proof
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chronology
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. You can access a chronology of important dates in the development of mathematics.
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time sequence; arrangement of events in time
sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
unjust act; practice of being unjust or unfair
short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
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dearth
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.
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successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
strain; pass liquid or gas through device that blocks some matter by particular criterion
wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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dissipated
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. I have myself - I tell it you without parable - been a worldly, dissipated, restless man.
Select answer:
salty; any very large body of salt water
arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
slightly wet; damp or humid
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fossilized
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. You have to follow these obsolete fossilized ways.
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
used of armor; covered with scales, or scale like structures, as fish or reptile
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
stimulating or exalting to the spirit
slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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illiterate
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The children are musically illiterate in that village.
Select answer:
showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost
upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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methodically
 
 
(7)
ad.  E.g. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he would act swiftly but methodically to carry out the plan.
Select answer:
tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
systematically; according to a method; with method or order
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
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polarize
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. The abortion issue will polarize the country into pro-choice and anti-abortion camps.
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state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
split into opposite extremes or camps
restore to good condition; renew
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radiation
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. At least forty nine people were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
Select answer:
weapons considered collectively; official symbols of a family
term; half a year; a period of 6 months; one of two divisions of an academic year
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants
act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
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roost
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. I'm surprised that you didn't hear any gobbles from the roost.
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settle down or stay; sit, as on a branch; perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
vocal expression; power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
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tapeworm
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Adult tapeworm infection is the infection of the digestive tract by parasitic flatworms.
Select answer:
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
severe trial; form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; difficult or painful experience
ribbon-like flatworms
something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
small branch or division of a branch
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unbridled
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. They observed that, throughout history, experiments in unbridled democracy led to chaos.
Select answer:
violent; not restrained or controlled
following one after another without interruption; sequential
relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
restricting according to rules or principles
virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
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