YOU’RE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS The TOEFL tests your vocabulary with “vocabulary-in-context” questions in which you must determine the meaning of words as used in a specific sentence,
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Bonus Information
As you work your way through the book, keep your eyes on the margins to find the following:
NOTE
Notes highlight critical information about improving your vocabulary
TIP
Tips draw your attention to valuable concepts, advice, and shortcuts for tackling the harder vocabulary words
Summing It Up
The review chapter ends with a point-by-point summary that captures the most important concepts They are a convenient way to review the chapter’s key points
Practice Tests
The three practice tests, including the diagnostic test, are designed to help you prepare with little anxiety
YOU’RE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS
The TOEFL tests your vocabulary with “vocabulary-in-context” questions in which you must determine the meaning of words as used in a specific sentence, as well as indirectly through the use of reading comprehension passages and questions The more words you know, the better your chances of narrowing down the choices to the correct one
Peterson’s Master TOEFL Vocabulary will help you to fine tune your vocabulary skills.
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TOP 10 STRATEGIES TO RAISE YOUR SCORE
so you can begin work immediately.
choices) Try to keep these questions in mind during your reading
than one option remains, guess
if you have time
and the questions about it
sections of the test Your practice and hard work will help you
10 Relax the night before the exam.
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TOEFL VOCABULARY
BASICS
CHAPTER 1 All About TOEFL Vocabulary
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All About TOEFL
Vocabulary
OVERVIEW
• Vocabulary on the TOEFL
• Strategies for learning and remembering new words
• Summing it up VOCABULARY ON THE TOEFL
TOEFL vobabulary questions ask you to identify the meanings of words and phrases
that appear in the reading passages The words and phrases that are tested are
important to understanding the entire passage, and, for the most part, you will have
to figure out their meanings On the TOEFL iBT, however, if there are technical or
unusual words in the passage, you will see the definition presented in a box
STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING AND REMEMBERING NEW
WORDS
Read
Reading is probably the single best way to improve your vocabulary When you’re
preparing for the TOEFL, read materials that contain the words that you are
most likely to encounter
Use a Dictionary and Thesaurus
If you’re serious about improving your testworthy vocabulary, you must have
(and use!) a good dictionary (A good thesaurus also helps a lot, but more on that
later.) A dictionary is an alphabetical reference list of the words in the language.
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A dictionary entry always includes the following components:
An entry may also contain synonyms and antonyms of the word; prefixes, suffixes, and other elements in word formation; and abbreviations
Most people think that all dictionaries are the same After all, all dictionaries are chock full of words listed in alphabetical order They all have pronunciation guides, word
definitions, and word histories However, all dictionaries are not the same Different
types of dictionaries fit different needs
For example, dictionaries have been written just for scholars who research the history
of language The most famous scholarly dictionary is The Oxford English Dictionary An unabridged dictionary, the OED (as it’s often called) contains more than 500,000
entries Don’t rush right out to buy one to stash in your bookcase, however, because the
OED now contains about 60 million words in 20 volumes If shelf space is an issue and
you simply can’t live without an OED, however, online and CD-ROM versions are
available from www.oed.com
Dictionaries have been created just for adults, college students, high school students, and elementary school students, too The following list includes the bestselling general dictionaries and the Web addresses for the online versions, when available:
• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Houghton Mifflin Co.:
www.bartleby.com/61)
• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, Inc.: www.m-w.com/
dictionary.htm)
• Merriam-Webster’s Pocket Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, Inc.)
• The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, Inc.)
• The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, Inc.)
• Webster’s New World College Dictionary (Hungry Minds, Inc.)
Which dictionary should you purchase and use? Since more than 30,000 dictionaries are currently offered for sale online, you’ve got some shopping to do Here’s what you need:
standardized tests This will most likely be the same dictionary that you can use
in college, in your personal life, and in your professional life