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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abnormal
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Fujitsu, Toshiba, HP and Lenovo all insist that their designs are sufficiently different to Dell and Apple, that there is no abnormal risk of fire.
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reluctant, irresolute; tending to wait, or proceed with caution or reservation
sensitive to visible light
tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
selling of goods to consumers
unusual; not typical; not normal
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biologist
 
 
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n.  E.g. A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, like to help the helpless.
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tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
distant view , especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood; white ant
someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
scientist who studies living organisms
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desalination
 
 
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n.  E.g. Canadian Clear Water has designed the most economical and efficient sea water desalination plants.
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very tall building with many stories
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
stick; a long thin implement made of metal or wood
ritual; ceremony or rite
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disastrous
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. The Haddan School was built in 1858 on the sloping banks of the Haddan River, a muddy location that had proven disastrous from the start.
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extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
required; responsible; under a moral obligation to someone
serving as an essential component
rich and superior in quality; lavish
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
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fruitless
 
 
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a.  E.g. It was believed that the search for the bodies had been a fruitless effort.
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subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
of soft and watery soil; ; low, wet, and spongy
remaining as a residue; surplus
without equal or rival; unparalleled; peerless
unproductive of success; producing no fruit
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husk
 
 
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n.  E.g. And I will give the missionary my energies, but not myself: that would be only adding the husk and shell to the kernel.
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framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
small section of filmed or filed material
shell; outer covering; remove the husk from
watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues; essential bodily fluid
touchdown; act of coming down to the earth
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luminous
 
 
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a.  E.g. The sun is a luminous body.
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unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
suitable for or reaching long distances; involving an extended span of time
successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle
with the side forward; to or from a side
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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preoccupation
 
 
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n.  E.g. I did some research as a medical student, my main preoccupation was with becoming a physician who could serve in the armed forces.
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small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area
state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
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ravel
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. A single thread pulled loose, and the entire scarf started to ravel.
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separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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sculpture
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. A small urban park in the downtown area has been hosting innovative contemporary sculpture installations since 1981.
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statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
swamp; bog; low lying wet land with grassy vegetation
stiffness; physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
something proposed; act of making a proposal; an offer of marriage
state of being absent; state of being away
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timber
 
 
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n.  E.g. The deer has been jumping the fence to go to the timber from the corn field.
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something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
very small; minute or insignificant spot
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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waterproof
 
 
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a.  E.g. The jacket no longer has a main waterproof zipper.
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
shocking; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in
robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
unoriginal; derived from another source
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