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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similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
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blizzard
 
 
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n.  E.g. A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow.
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short ax used to chop wood
rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
snowstorm; storm
very small; minute or insignificant spot
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debris
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, they were still carting away the debris.
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shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
terror; fear; intense dislike
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
skill; gift; marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment
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distort
 
 
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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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examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
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fossilized
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. You have to follow these obsolete fossilized ways.
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respectful; worshipful; impressed with veneration or deep respect
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
unbound; untied; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined
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ideology
 
 
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n.  E.g. For people who had grown up believing in the communist ideology, it was hard to adjust to capitalism.
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trousers; underwear; garment extending from waist to knee or ankle
various edible seeds; small oval or roundish seed, berry, nut, or lump
study of origin and nature of ideas
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
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majestic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. And above it all the great man sat and beamed a majestic judicial smile upon the entire house, and warmed himself in the sun of his own grandeur.
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very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
stately; royal; relating to a monarch
worthy of notice; extraordinary
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passion
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. In a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and shouting 'Off with his head!' or 'Off with her head!' about once in a minute.
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strong feeling or emotion ; fervor
substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
short ax used to chop wood
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
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rendition
 
 
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n.  E.g. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she completed her rendition of the aria.
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vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
status of being a champion; position or title of a winner
translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
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rugged
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. At last he passed the rugged competitive examination.
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wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
uneven; rough; very difficult
causing someone to be physically disabled, especially unable to walk; causing severe damage or problems
systematically; according to a method; with method or order
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totter
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. One witness saw the drunk totter down the hill to the nearest bar on unsteady feet,.
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sink; immerse; put under water
see briefly; catch sight of
engage the services of; put to work; apply
walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
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unique
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. You have to face a problem unique to coastal areas.
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headstrong; rash; indifferent to or disregardful of consequences
without an equal; being the only one of its kind
tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
sea-dwelling; maritime; naval
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