We had previously discussed the TOEFL and some strategies to improve your score. Students who need to take the TOEFL tend to be nervous about the test. There are plenty of ways to help you feel less stressed about the test. One way to help you feel more prepared is to study vocabulary. There are many vocabulary words that are not commonly used in conversations but rather in academic settings like colleges and universities. Here are twenty common words that you might see while taking the TOEFL.
1. Adversely: in a harmful or negative way
2. Famine: Severe hunger or food shortage
3. Generation: A group of people born at about the same time
4. Constraint: Something that restricts thoughts or action
5. Reservoir: A palace where a liquid is collected and stored
6. Arbitrary: Chosen simply by whim or chance, not for any specific reason
7. Exponentially: At a very fast rate
8. Sequence: To organize or arrange in succession
9. Gut: To empty or hollow out
10. Seep: To pass slowly for a long time, usually as a liquid or gas
11. Derive: To come from, usually through a long or slow process
12. Expeditiously: Quickly and efficiently
13. Component: One part of a system or whole
14. Convey: To transport from one place to another
15. Permeate: To pass through or penetrate
16. Trigger: To set off or start
17. Anomaly: Something unusual or not normal
18. Degrade: To reduce in value or strength
19. Recede: To move back or away from
20. Intervene: To come between
Students in our TOEFL program learn new vocabulary every week. Students will then take a quiz on their vocabulary words for that week. For more information about our TOEFL program, email info@aels.edu.
Published on March 24, 2022
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