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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acid
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. There is a barrage of acid comments in today's newspapers.
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smash; collision; falling down or in pieces with a loud noise of breaking parts
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
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caricature
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The caricature he drew yesterday emphasized a personal weakness of the people he burlesqued.
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tact; politics; negotiation between nations
white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
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defend
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The union said that they would take action to defend their member's jobs.
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supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid
split into opposite extremes or camps
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
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diplomacy
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Chinese diplomats have been engaging in shuttle diplomacy to try to narrow the differences between Washington and Pyongyang.
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something produces a result; basis for an action or response; a reason
tact; politics; negotiation between nations
something that resembles or harmonizes with
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
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flavoring
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. This highly concentrated flavoring is available for home and professional use.
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someone who drives a herd
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
vacation spot; act of turning to for assistance
ultimate goal; place to which one is going or directed
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inaugurate
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. The airline decided to inaugurate its new route to the Far East with a special reduced fare offer.
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sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
travel with; be associated with
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state
turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
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millennium
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The ritual, which has taken place for more than half a millennium, is believed to make the children grow up healthy and strong.
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separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
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photosynthesis
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy into chemical energy by living organisms.
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state that is intermediate between extremes
substance believed to cure all ills
toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
chemical combination brought about by the action of light
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
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reorient
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. These exercises are designed to help communities reorient their existing educational systems to address the concepts of sustainable development.
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work or act together toward a common end or purpose
tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
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sentimentalism
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Along with a new vision of love, sentimentalism presented a new view of human nature which prized feeling over thinking, passion over reason, and personal instincts over social duties.
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smoke or odor produced by the burning of such a substance; pleasant smell
season of growth; season of spring
idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment; liking for sentimental things
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
written proposal or reminder
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squarely
 
 
(11)
ad.  E.g. We should learn to face a problem squarely if we hope to solve it quickly.
Select answer:
understandable; clear to the mind
serving to instruct of enlighten or inform; enlightening
of soft and watery soil; ; low, wet, and spongy
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
solidly; in a straight direct way; in a square shape
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uncover
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. We could have Mandarin uncover some secret, magic thing which makes him all powerful.
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respire; inhale and exhale air
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between
swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
trade goods or services without the exchange of money
remove the cover from; expose; disclose
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