Vocabulary for TOEFL iBT

118 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT

If you have only 30 days until the test day, you can learn 300 new words, by

studying only ten new words each day! And, remember, some of these words may

already be familiar to you.

PRONUNCIATION KEY

Before you review the word list, here a list of the pronunciation symbols used in the

definitions. Next to each pronunciation symbol are words chosen to illustrate how

the symbols are said aloud. You may want to photocopy the next few pages so that

you will be able to refer to this list easily.

a hat, carry, fact

a ̆ ago, dependable, pedal

ah palm, father

ahr car, chart, farm

air bare, scare, fair

aw ball, walk, draw

ay stage, blame, day

b bat, rabbit, crib

ch church, preacher

d day, puddle, bed

e egg, head, cherry

e ̆ shaken, trickle

ee eat, treat, tree

eer ear, clear, cheer

f fan, stuffy, relief

 go, regular, fog

h heed, heaven, unhappy

hw whether, nowhere

i it, live, middle

̆ stencil, edible

̄ icy, tire, sky

j jug, tragic, hedge

k kitten, shaken, track

l lost, trolley, toll

m more, summon, slim

n no, dinner, man

n sing, finger, frank

o odd, fox, trot

o ̆ salmon, advisor

oh oak, boat, sew

ohr aboard, score, coarse

oi oil, coin, coy

oo ooze, noodle, super

oor pour, cure, sure

or for, scorn, horse

ow out, house, how

p pan, paper, pop

r rain, marry, dear

s sun, listen, rice

sh share, fishing, cash

t tip, mutter, pot

th three, strengthen, breath

th this, father, breathe

u cup, come, shut

u ̆ delicious, measure

ur her, turn, worry

uu cook, put, pull

v vail, sliver, live

w want, aware, quaint

y you, yarn, yesterday

z zebra, hazy, please

zh division, treasure