Vocabulary for TOEFL iBT
Everyone has three vocabularies in every language he or she speaks: a
reading vocabulary, a listening vocabulary, and a speaking vocabulary.
You’ve read words you have never heard, and heard words you’ve never read. Your
speaking vocabulary may ignore many words you...
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, CONTENTS
Introduction v
1 About TOEFL iBT 1
2 Vocabulary in Context 12
3 Using Prefixes and Suffixes 31
4 Word Roots 45
5 Commonly Confused Words—Homonyms 61
6 Idioms and Vocabulary Variations 74
Practice Test 1 81
Practice Test 2 99
Appendix A: Word List 117
Appendix B: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots 174
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