1700 Words For Toefl Test
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TOEFL iBT Exam Vocabulary List
Welcome to Michael Buckhoff’s TOEFL iBT Vocabulary List. After many years of teaching students how to prepare for the TOEFL iBT Exam, Michael noticed he was seeing the same words over and over again. He began to make a list of these words and did not find a repetition until he reached 1,700 total words. There are 1,700 words in this list divided into twocategories. The first category is 200 words of intermediate level reading. The second is 1,500 words of advanced level reading.
Instructions for Mastering Vocabulary Words
When you come across a word you do not know on the “TOEFL iBT Exam Vocabulary” list, quickly write it down onto a 3 x 5 inch note card (use one word on each note card). On the back of the note card, write down the meaning of theword and any other information (i.e., pronunciation, part of speech, sample sentence, origin of word) that might help you to remember that word.
You can build your vocabulary by studying your note cards regularly. Write sentences using the new words. Add synonyms and antonyms to your note cards everyday. Little by little you will begin to increase your knowledge of informal, formal, and academicvocabulary. Now let’s get started.
When reading passages for pleasure, for work, or for university coursework, you will encounter unfamiliar vocabulary. In these situations, you should try to understand the new word by looking at the context in which it is used. Examples, appositives, punctuation, the conjunction “or,” clauses, referents, “be” verb, contrasts, and other words in the sentenceare contextual clues which may help you to understand a new word.
EXAMPLE Examples in the form of a word or phrase may help to explain the meaning of a word: as, case in point, for instance, for example, in fact, like, specifically, such as, and to illustrate. This outcome is a reflection of strong sense of solidarity within the corporate peasant community; for instance, this solidarity isapparent in the tendency for almost every man to remain within his village over his lifetime. The meaning of solidarity is identified by the example that most men remain within their village during their lifetime; therefore, you can guess that solidarity means having an identity or coincidence of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a certain group.
APPOSITIVES In some cases, anappositive [a noun or noun phrase which is set off by commas and which modifies another noun] can help you to identify the meaning of an unknown word. Whether psychology should be classified as a biological or social science was a contentious issue among scholars until 1960, after which time it was increasingly described as a behavioral science; the science of the behavior of organisms. The meaning of“behavioral science” is identified by its appositive, “the science of the behavioral science.”
PUNCTUATION Punctuation marks can be used to set off a word which is used to identify another word. Some useful punctuation marks that might help you to understand the meaning of an unknown word are the following: brackets [ ]
commas , dashes – double quotation marks “ ” parentheses ( ) singlequotation marks ‘ ’ If the wire is bent into a coil, called a solenoid, the magnetic fields of the individual loops combine to produce a strong field through the core of the coil. The meaning of “solenoid” which is set off by commas is identified by the definition which precedes it: “wire is bent into a coil.”
THE CONJUNCTION “OR” Sometimes “or” and a synonym immediately comes after an unknownword or phrase. Haliaeetus leucocephalus, or the Bald Eagle, is one of two eagles in North America and the only exclusively North American eagle. The meaning of the words “Haliaeetus leucocephalus” are identified by the words “the Bald Eagle” following the word “or.”
CLAUSES Adjective clauses and their connectors (i.e., that, when, where, which, who, and whom) may be used to identify words....
Welcome to Michael Buckhoff’s TOEFL iBT Vocabulary List. After many years of teaching students how to prepare for the TOEFL iBT Exam, Michael noticed he was seeing the same words over and over again. He began to make a list of these words and did not find a repetition until he reached 1,700 total words. There are 1,700 words in this list divided into twocategories. The first category is 200 words of intermediate level reading. The second is 1,500 words of advanced level reading.
Instructions for Mastering Vocabulary Words
When you come across a word you do not know on the “TOEFL iBT Exam Vocabulary” list, quickly write it down onto a 3 x 5 inch note card (use one word on each note card). On the back of the note card, write down the meaning of theword and any other information (i.e., pronunciation, part of speech, sample sentence, origin of word) that might help you to remember that word.
You can build your vocabulary by studying your note cards regularly. Write sentences using the new words. Add synonyms and antonyms to your note cards everyday. Little by little you will begin to increase your knowledge of informal, formal, and academicvocabulary. Now let’s get started.
When reading passages for pleasure, for work, or for university coursework, you will encounter unfamiliar vocabulary. In these situations, you should try to understand the new word by looking at the context in which it is used. Examples, appositives, punctuation, the conjunction “or,” clauses, referents, “be” verb, contrasts, and other words in the sentenceare contextual clues which may help you to understand a new word.
EXAMPLE Examples in the form of a word or phrase may help to explain the meaning of a word: as, case in point, for instance, for example, in fact, like, specifically, such as, and to illustrate. This outcome is a reflection of strong sense of solidarity within the corporate peasant community; for instance, this solidarity isapparent in the tendency for almost every man to remain within his village over his lifetime. The meaning of solidarity is identified by the example that most men remain within their village during their lifetime; therefore, you can guess that solidarity means having an identity or coincidence of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a certain group.
APPOSITIVES In some cases, anappositive [a noun or noun phrase which is set off by commas and which modifies another noun] can help you to identify the meaning of an unknown word. Whether psychology should be classified as a biological or social science was a contentious issue among scholars until 1960, after which time it was increasingly described as a behavioral science; the science of the behavior of organisms. The meaning of“behavioral science” is identified by its appositive, “the science of the behavioral science.”
PUNCTUATION Punctuation marks can be used to set off a word which is used to identify another word. Some useful punctuation marks that might help you to understand the meaning of an unknown word are the following: brackets [ ]
commas , dashes – double quotation marks “ ” parentheses ( ) singlequotation marks ‘ ’ If the wire is bent into a coil, called a solenoid, the magnetic fields of the individual loops combine to produce a strong field through the core of the coil. The meaning of “solenoid” which is set off by commas is identified by the definition which precedes it: “wire is bent into a coil.”
THE CONJUNCTION “OR” Sometimes “or” and a synonym immediately comes after an unknownword or phrase. Haliaeetus leucocephalus, or the Bald Eagle, is one of two eagles in North America and the only exclusively North American eagle. The meaning of the words “Haliaeetus leucocephalus” are identified by the words “the Bald Eagle” following the word “or.”
CLAUSES Adjective clauses and their connectors (i.e., that, when, where, which, who, and whom) may be used to identify words....
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