Toefl Vocabulary
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TOEFL iBT Exam Vocabulary List 1700 Words
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 are1,700 words in this list divided into two categories. 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 ofthe note card, write down the meaning of the word 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 increaseyour knowledge of informal, formal, and academic vocabulary. 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 sentence are 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 peasantcommunity; for instance, this solidarity is apparent 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 acertain group.
APPOSITIVES In some cases, an appositive [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; thescience 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 – doublequotation marks “ ” parentheses ( ) single quotation 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 asynonym immediately comes after an unknown word 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,...
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 are1,700 words in this list divided into two categories. 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 ofthe note card, write down the meaning of the word 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 increaseyour knowledge of informal, formal, and academic vocabulary. 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 sentence are 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 peasantcommunity; for instance, this solidarity is apparent 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 acertain group.
APPOSITIVES In some cases, an appositive [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; thescience 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 – doublequotation marks “ ” parentheses ( ) single quotation 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 asynonym immediately comes after an unknown word 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,...
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