Vocabulary for TOEFL iBT

WORD ROOTS 53 HERE’S A HINT SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS Some TOEFL test questions ask you to find the synonym or antonym of a word. If ...

54 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT COMMON GREEK WORD ROOTS anthro, andro: man, human android (a very humanlike machine or robot, especi ...

WORD ROOTS 55 di, dia: apart, through diameter (a straight line passing through the center of a circle; thickness, width), digre ...

56 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT pan: all, everyone panorama (a complete view in every direction), pantheon (a temple dedicated to al ...

WORD ROOTS 57 word; for instance, she might grasp its meaning by associating the word’s prefix with that same prefix on another ...

58 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT ● Take the time to memorize as many Latin and Greek roots as you can. By memorizing these word bases ...

WORD ROOTS 59 3. A complacent person a. frequently makes mistakes, but does not accept responsibility. b. likes to pick fights. ...

60 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT 9. A noxious odor is a. harmful. b. unscented. c. tantalizing. d. refreshing. 10. A person with equa ...

D o you know when nail means something used with a hammer and when it means a part of your finger? When to use ensure instead of ...

62 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT A specific type of homonyms are called homographs —words that look alike but that sound different an ...

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS—HOMONYMS 63 FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS The following table lists some of the most frequently confused wor ...

64 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT CONFUSING WORDS QUICK DEFINITION breath (noun) respiration breathe (verb) to inhale and exhale bread ...

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS—HOMONYMS 65 CONFUSING WORDS QUICK DEFINITION personal individual personnel employees precede to go befor ...

66 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT Another important reason to review homonyms like team/teem and waive/wave is to avoid a “trap” somet ...

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS—HOMONYMS 67 HERE’S A HINT TRICKY VERBS These verbs confuse even native speakers of English. To keep them ...

68 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT ➥ ingenious : inventive ➥ ingenuous : unable to mask feelings Similarly, the difference between disi ...

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS—HOMONYMS 69 decent ('dee·se ̆nt) adj. 1. conforming to what is socially or morally suitable or correct. ...

70 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT incredible (in·'kred· ̆·be ̆l) adj. 1. implausible, beyond belief. 2. astonishing incredulous (in·' ...

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS—HOMONYMS 71 waive (wayv) v. 1. to give up (a right or claim) voluntarily, relinquish. 2. to refrain from ...

72 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT ● Use your ears for the commonly confused words that aren’t homophones, and use the difference in pr ...