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  • Word Smart for the

    TOEFLBy Vanessa Coggshall

    PrincetonReview.com

    RandomHouse,Inc.NewYork

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  • The Independent Education Consultants Association recognizes The Princeton Review as a valuable resource for high school and college students applying to college and graduate school.

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  • acknowledgmentsThankstotheentirestaffofThePrincetonReview,includingRobFranek,SeamusMullarkey,andespeciallyRebeccaLessem.Thanksalsotomyfriendsandfamilyfortheirunwaveringsupport(youllseeyournamesthroughoutthisbook).Finally,thankstomyheadresearcherandpivottablecreator,DanCoggshall.

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  • contents

    Introduction.................................................................................................1

    Chapter1ChangeYourTune........................................................................13

    Chapter2ExpressYourself..........................................................................33

    Chapter3ThinkItOver...............................................................................45

    Chapter4GrowingandShrinking.................................................................57

    Chapter5Extra,Extra,ReadAllAboutIt!.....................................................77

    Chapter6LookWhosTalking......................................................................89

    Chapter7PersonalityTraits.......................................................................109

    Chapter8TheUsualSuspects.................................................................... 121

    Chapter9CauseandEffect........................................................................ 141

    Chapter10CompareandContrast.............................................................. 153

    Chapter11LargeandinCharge.................................................................. 173

    Chapter12TheNaturalWorld.................................................................... 185

    Chapter13SeeingIsBelieving................................................................... 197

    Chapter14MakeYourCase....................................................................... 217

    Chapter15ActionsSpeakLouderthanWords.............................................229

    Chapter16DataandExperiments.............................................................. 241

    Chapter17ItsAboutTime........................................................................ 261

    Index.......................................................................................................273

    AbouttheAuthor...................................................................................... 277

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  • IntroductIon

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  • WordSmartfortheTOEFL

    AtThePrincetonReview,wevealwaystriedtomakethelearningprocessasenjoyableandinterestingaspossible.

    Theoretically,ifyouwantedtolearnvocabulary,youcouldreadadictionary.However,thatisntmuchfun,anditscertainlynotgoingtohelpyoudowellonaspecificstandardizedtest.

    So,wefiguredouthowtomakelearningenjoyableandapproachable.Weemploythismethodinourclasses,andwewriteourbookswiththeintentionthatlearn-ingshouldntbeachore.

    OurfirstWord Smartbook,whichwaspublishedin1988,showedthatlearningwordscanbeapleasantexperience.ThepopularityofthatbookleadtomanyotherWord Smarttitles:Word Smart II,Illustrated Word Smart,Word Smart for the GRE,andsoon.WealsoaddedGrammar Smart,Writing Smart,andMath Smarttothemix.

    Withthisbook,wevecombinedourWord SmartapproachtolearningwithourIl-lustrated Word Smartphilosophy:CreativesentencesandmemorableillustrationswillhelpyoutorememberwordsthatyouneedtoknowfortheTOEFL.

    Thisbookcontains50ofthewordsmostcommonlyseenontheTOEFL,eachac-companiedbyitspronunciation,partofspeech,definition,andacleversentencetohelpyourecallthewordsmeaningwhenyouretakingthetest.Manyofthewordsaresupplementedwithanillustrationtofurtheraidyourabilitytoremem-berthewordsdefinition.

    What Is the toEFL?TheTOEFLisatestthatassessesyourproficiencyinthetypeofEnglishusedinanacademicenvironment.ThetestisadministeredontheInternet.

    Theexamtakesaboutfourhourstocompleteandintegratesfouressentialskillsreading,listening,writing,andspeaking.Thismeansthatanygivenques-tionortaskmayrequireyoutouseoneormoreoftheseskills.Forexample,be-foreattemptingawritingtaskontheTOEFL,youmayfirsthavetoreadapassageandlistentoalectureonthetopic.

    Fortunately,becauseittestseachofthefourskillsinfairlyspecificways,theTOEFLisnotasdauntingasitmayseem.Tobecomemorecomfortablewiththetypeofwriting,speaking,reading,andlisteningskillsthatarerequiredtogetagoodscoreontheexam,pickupacopyofCracking the TOEFL iBT,whichoffersathoroughreviewoftheentiretest.

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  • Introduction

    the Structure of the testTheTOEFLisbrokendownintofourdistinctsections,oneforeachoftheskillspreviouslylisted.However,eachsectionmayrequireyoutousemorethanoneofthesefourskills.Thestructureofthetestisasfollows:

    OneReading section,consistingofthreetofivepassagesthatareroughly700wordseachEachpassagewillbefollowedby1to14multiple-choicequestionsaboutthecontentofthepassage.Mostofthesequestionswillbeworthonepointeach,thoughafewquestions,locatedtowardtheendofthesection,maybeworthmore.Youwillhave60to100minutestocompletetheentiresection.

    OneListening section,consistingofsixtonineaudioselections,eachofwhicharethreetofiveminuteslongTheselectionswillconsistofeitheracademiclecturesorcasualconversations.Aftereachselection,therewillbefivetosixmultiple-choicequestionsaboutthecontentofthelectureorconversation.Youwillhave60to90minutestocompletetheentiresection.

    OneSpeaking section,consistingofapproximatelysixspeak-ingtasksMostspeakingtaskswillalsorequiresomelisteningandsomereading.Youwillhavetospeakfor45or60seconds,dependingonthetask,andyouwillhave0minutestocompletetheentiresection.

    OneWritingsection,consistingoftwowritingassignmentsAswiththeSpeakingsection,theWritingsectionrequireslisteningandsomereading.Youwillhave50minutestocompletetheentiresection.

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  • 4 WordSmartfortheTOEFL

    How the test Is ScoredAfterfinishingtheTOEFL,youwillreceiveascoreoffrom0to0foreachofthefoursections.Youwillalsoreceiveatotalscoreonascaleof0to10.Eachscorecorrespondstoapercentileranking.Thisnumbershowshowyourscorecompareswiththescoresofothertesttakers.Forexample,atotalscoreof100wouldputyouinthe89thpercentile,meaningthatyouscoredhigherthan89outof100testtakers,whereasascoreof50wouldputyouinthe6thpercentile.TheaverageTOEFLscoreisaround68.

    Noticethatthe0to0scoresarescaledscores,meaningthatthe0to0numberdoesntrepresenthowmanyquestionsyouansweredcorrectlyorhowmanypointsyouressaywasawarded.Forexample,theReadingandListeningsectionseachcontainroughly40questions.Youwillgetapointforeachcorrectanswer(someReadingsectionquestionswillbeworthtwopoints)andapenaltyforeachincorrectanswer.Attheendofthesection,yourrawscore,whichrepresentshowmanypointsyouveearned,istalliedandconvertedtoanumberonthe0to0scale.

    TheWritingandSpeakingsectionsarescoredsomewhatdifferently.Eachwritingsamplereceivesascoreofbetween0and5.Theserawscoresarethenconvertedtothe0to0scale.Similarly,eachspeakingtaskreceivesascoreoffrom0to4.Thescoresfromallsixspeakingtasksareaveragedandconvertedtothe0to0scale.

    How Are the Scores used?CollegesanduniversitieswilllookatyourTOEFLscorewhenconsideringyourapplication.Ofcourse,yourTOEFLscoreisnottheonlyfactorthataffectsyourchanceofadmission.Collegesanduniversitiesalsolookatyouracademicperformance,lettersofrecommendation,applicationessays,andscoresonotherstandardizedtests.AlthoughahighTOEFLscorewillnotguaranteeadmissiontoaparticularprogram,alowtestscorecouldjeopardizeyourchances.

    SomeschoolsandprogramsmayrequirestudentswithTOEFLscoresbelowacertaincutoffscoretotakesupplementalEnglishclasses.Othersmayacceptonlythoseapplicantswhoscoreaboveaparticularcutoffscore.Makesureyoucheckwiththeprogramstowhichyouareapplyingforspecificinformation.

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  • Introduction 5

    the computer-Based Format used for Internet-Based testing (iBt)TheTOEFLisacomputer-basedtestthatisdeliveredtotestingcentersviatheInternet;therefore,theTOEFLcanbeofferedatlocationsthroughouttheworld.ThetestisadministeredbyEducationalTestingService(ETS),thesametest-ingorganizationthatadministerstheGRE,SAT,andotherstandardizedtests.AccordingtoETS,Internet-basedtesting(iBT)isaneasierandafairerwaytocapturespeechandtoscoreresponses.ItalsomakesitpossibleforETStogreatlyexpandaccesstotestcenters.

    TheiBTformatwillbenewtotheuntrainedeyeandmaybeintimidating,especiallyifyouhavenevertakenatestonacomputer.AbrieftutorialisofferedatthebeginningoftheTOEFL,inordertoallowtesttakerstimetofamiliarizethemselveswiththeformat.However,youshouldconsiderfirsttakingapracticetestatETSsTOEFLpracticetestwebsite,http://toeflpractice.ets.org,soyourenotsurprisedbytheInternetformatontestday.

    Clearly,youwouldntapproachacomputer-basedTOEFLreadingpassageinthesamewaythatyouwouldapproachapaper-basedtest.Foronething,youwontbeabletounderline,circle,orotherwisemakemarksonthetext.(Well,youcould,butthetestingcenterprobablywouldntbehappyifyouruineditscomputerscreens!)

    Also,onthecomputer-basedTOEFL,youllhavetotakeeachportionofthetestinitsentirety.Inotherwords,youcannotskippartoftheReadingsection,goontotheListeningsection,andthenreturntotheReadingsection;however,youcanskipquestionswithincertainsectionsoftheReadingsection.

    Theaudioportionsofthetestarealsocomputerbased,andthespeakingportionwillaskyoutospeakintoarecordingdevice.

    registering for the toEFLTheeasiestwaytoregisterfortheTOEFLisonlineatwww.ets.org/toefl/index.html. BecausethetestisInternetbased,manytestingtimesareavailable,althoughthisisntnecessarilytrueoverseas.Makesuretoregisterearlysothatyoureceiveatestingtimeandlocationwithwhichyouarecomfortable.

    YoumaytaketheTOEFLasmanytimesasyoulike.Manyprogramswillsimplytakeyourbestscore,butdontforgettocheckwithadmissionscounselorsfromtheschoolstowhichyouareapplyingforspecificinformation.

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  • 6 WordSmartfortheTOEFL

    Vocabulary and the toEFLMasteringvocabularyisanintegralpartofsucceedingontheTOEFL.OntheReadingsection,itcanaidincomprehensionofthepassage.Itcanalsohelpyoutoidentifythecorrectansweronvocabulary-in-contextquestions,whichgiveyouawordfromapassageandaskyoutoselectasynonymfromfouranswerchoices.

    OntheListeningsection,masteringvocabularywillallowyoutounderstandcon-versationsandlecturesmoreeasily.Also,knowingthedefinitionandspellingofwordsthatyouarewritingdownwillhelpyoutotakenotesquickly,asopposedtoponderingeveryunknownword.

    OntheSpeakingsection,yourresponsetothequestionwillbemoreimpressiveifyoucorrectlyusethesevocabularywords,includingaccuratepronunciation.Youwillbejudgedonyouruseofgrammarandvocabulary,aswellasotherfactors,suchasdelivery.Furthermore,partsoftheSpeakingsectionrequireyoutoreadandunderstandapassage,forwhichvocabularyisessential.

    OntheWritingsection,youwillagainhavetheluxuryofimpressingthegraderswithresponsesthatarerichinvocabulary.And,aswiththeSpeakingsection,youwillhavetoreadandunderstandpassages,whichmakelearningvocabularycrucial.

    Asyoucansee,everysectionontheTOEFLisimpactedbyvocabulary.Therefore,masteringthesewords,theirdefinitions,andthewaysinwhichtheyareusedandpronounced,isanessentialstepinTOEFLpreparation.

    How We chose these WordsWechosethe50wordsmostcommonlyseenontheTOEFL.Insomecases,thesearenotthehardestwordsthatyouwillfindontheTOEFL;thisisintentional.StudyingahardwordthatwasusedononlyoneTOEFLexamandmayneverbeusedagainwillnothelpyoutodobetteronthetest.Infact,youcanfindendlesslistsonlinethatcontainincrediblydifficultwordsthatappearedononlyoneTOEFLexam;however,youwillmostlikelynotseeanyofthesewordswhenyoutakethetest.Wewantyoutolearnwordsthatappearoften,sothatwhenyouseethem,youimmediatelyknowthem.Whybotherlearningwordsthatwontappearontheexam?Spendyourstudyingtimeandenergywisely.

    Furthermore,whenthetestwritersuseanincrediblydifficultword,oftentheywilladditsdefinition(eitherinparenthesesorafteracomma).Ifyouhavethedefinitioninfrontofyou,thereisnoneedtomasterthewordaheadoftime.WhenETSdoesntdefinedifficultwords,theyarenotoftenincludedintheques-tionsandare,thus,unimportantfordoingwellontheexam.Therefore,studyingthoseendlesslistsofincrediblychallengingwordswillbeawasteofyourtimeasfarasdoingwellonthetestgoes.

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  • Introduction 7

    However,studyingmedium-levelwordsthathavebeenusedonmorethanoneTOEFL,andwillverylikelybeusedagain,willhelpyoudobetteronthetest.

    Asyouflipthroughthisbook,youmaynoticethatsomeofthesemedium-levelwordslookfamiliar;youmayevenbelievethatyouknowthemeaning.However,beforecrossingoffthewordaslearned,youwillwanttobesurethatyoucandefinetheword,knowwhichpartofspeechitis,howtopronounceit,andhowtouseitinasentence.

    Forinstance,youvemostlikelyseenthewordadvice.Butmakesurethatyouhavetrulymasteredit,andthatyouknowhowitdiffersfromthewordadvise.Thespellingisthesame,exceptforoneletter,butthepartsofspeechandthemeaningsaredifferent.

    Trulymasteringeachwordinthisbook,nomatterhoweasysomemaylook,willmakeyoumorepreparedforallfoursectionsoftheTOEFLontestday.

    Whatweresayingisthatifsomeofthewordsinthisbooksoundsimple,itsintentional.Notonlyarethesethewordsthatyouwillencounteronthetest,theyarealsotrickierthantheymayseem.Thoughtheymaysoundsimple,thesewordsareoftenunknowinglyusedincorrectlybytesttakers.

    Wehavemadethedefinitionsasfundamentalaspossible:Theresnosenseinlearningawordifthedefinitionistoohardtounderstandandremember.Youcanfindmorecomplexdefinitionsinadictionary,butwefindthatthissimpleandstraightforwardapproachisbest,andthatitmakesthewordseasiertoremember.

    Mostwordshavesecondandthirddefinitions.Forthewordsinthisbook,wepickedonedefinitionthedefinitionthatismostcommonlyusedontheTOEFL.Whileyoucanlearnadditionaldefinitionsbyreferencingadictionary,wehavesavedyoutime,becausethemaindefinitionsthatwepresentaretheonesyouwillneedtoknowforthetest.

    Finally,mostwordshavemultipleforms;reducecanbereducing,reduced,andreduces.ThisbookpresentstheformsthataremostcommonlyfoundontheTOEFL.Ifreducedisrepeatedlyusedonthetest,wetestyouonthisformoftheword.

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  • 8 WordSmartfortheTOEFL

    How to use this BookThisbookisdividedinto17chaptersofrelatedwords.Forexample,thechaptertitledChangeYourTuneisaboutwordsthathavetodowithchangingandbeingdifferent,whilethechaptertitledExpressYourselfisaboutwordsthatrelatetogivingyouropinionandwinninganargument.Eachchapterrepresentsonemanageablesetofwordsthatcanbelearnedasachunk.

    Ifyoutrytomemorizeallofthesewordsinonesitting,itwontwork.Ittakestimetotransferknowledgefromyourshort-termmemorytoyourlong-termmemory,sotakeatleastthreetofourdaystoletyourmindabsorbthewordsbeforemovingontoanewchapter.Occasionally,comebacktochaptersyouvealreadyreadtotestyourmemoryandreviewthesewords.

    Attheendofeachchapter,youwillfinddrillsthatquizyouoneverywordinthechapter.Afterdoingthedrills,youcanconsulttheanswerkeytocheckyourwork.

    Somechaptershavedrillsthatwillhelpyoupracticeyourspeakingandwritingskills.Thesechapterswillaskyoutoansweraquestion(eitherbyspeakingorwriting)usingeverywordinthechapter.Whiletherearemanypossibleanswerstothesequestions,ananswerkeywithsampleresponseshasbeenprovidedforyou.Anotherwaytopracticeyourspeakingskillsistoreadthesampleresponsesaloud.Themoreyoupracticeusingthesewords,themoreconfidentyouarego-ingtofeelaboutthemontestday.

    Manyofthechapterscontainillustrations,whichwillhelpyoutorememberthemeaningofthevocabularywordspresented.Wehopeyouwillfindsomeoftheseillustrationsamusing,whichwillfurtherhelpyoutoremembereachwordsconnotation.

    Pleasenotethatbecauseofthewaythechaptersaredivided,theydonothavetobereadinorder.Youcanchoosethechapterthatyoufindmostappealingandstartthere!

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  • Introduction 9

    using notationsAswediscussedintheprevioussection,yourmissionistoreviewthesewordsuntilyouknowthembyheart.

    Onedevicethatcanhelpyouidentifythewordsyouvemasteredandthewordsyoustillneedtolearnistheuseofnotations.Everytimeyouencounterawordinthisbook,youcanmakeamarktoindicateyourfamiliaritywithitspronunciation,itspartofspeech,anditsmeaning;allpartsareequallyimportant.Ifyouknowawordsmeaningbutcantpronounceit,thatwillaffectyourscoreontheSpeak-ingsection.Likewise,ifyouknowawordspartofspeechbutnotitsmeaning,youruntheriskofusingitincorrectlyandlosingpointsontheWritingsection.

    So,toremindyourselfofyourfamiliaritywitheachofthesefactors,youcanmakemarksnexttoeachword.Forinstance:

    meansWithoutadoubt,Iknowthepronunciation,partofspeech,andmeaning.

    meansIdontknowthiswordoranyofitsotherparts. meansIknowoneortwothings,suchasthepronunciationorpartof

    speech,butIdontknowotherparts.

    Youcanconsiderthewordswithcheckmarksaswordsyouvemastered,andyoullonlyneedtoreviewthosewordsonceortwicebeforethetest.However,youllneedtocontinuetodrilltheothertwocategoriesuntiltheyfallintothecheckmarkcategory.Thisprocesswillsaveyoutimebecausethemajorityofyourstudyingwillberestrictedtothewordsthatyoustillneedtolearn.

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  • 10 WordSmartfortheTOEFL

    PronunciationWedontusestandarddictionaryphoneticsinourWord Smart books,forthesimplereasonthatmanypeopledontunderstandphonetics.Instead,weuseamodifiedphoneticapproachthatwebelieveislargelyintuitive.Thepronuncia-tionkeybelowshouldclearupanyquestionsyoumayhaveabouthowtouseourpronunciationguide:

    The letter(s) is (are) pronounced like the letter(s) in the word(s)

    a a bat,can ah o con,on aw aw paw,straw ay a skate,rake e e stem,hem,err ee ea steam,clean i i rim,chin,hint ing ing sing,ring oh o row,tow oo oo room,boom ow ow cow,brow oy oy boy,toy u,uh u run,bun y(ye,eye) i climb,time ch ch chair,chin f f,ph film,phony g g go,goon j j join,jungle k c cool,cat s s solid,wisp sh sh shoe,wish z z zoo,razor zh s measure

    Allotherconsonantsarepronouncedasyouwouldexpect.Capitalizedlettersarethepartofthewordthatyoupronouncewithemphasis,oraccent.

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  • Introduction 11

    other Ways to Boost Your VocabularyInadditiontoworkingwiththisbook,thereareotherwaysthatyoucanenhanceyourvocabularyonadailybasis;learningnewwordsandusingthemcorrectlywillbebeneficialtoyouoneverysectionoftheTOEFL(andinreallife!).

    Herearesomeotherwaysyoucanboostyourvocabulary:

    ReadmagazinessuchasTime, Discover, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated,andnewspaperssuchasUSA TodayorThe New York Times.Thiswillhelpyourcomprehensionaswellasyourvocabulary.

    Watchtelevisionandlistentotheradio.Theseareenjoyablewaystolearnthelanguage!Almostanyshoworprogramwillbehelpful.

    DoaquicksearchontheInternettofindanumberofhelpfulwebsiteswhicharedevotedtohelpingpeoplelearnEnglish.Youcanevenfindonlinedictionarieswithaudiothatwilldemonstratehowtopronouncenewwords.

    Makeanefforttoengageinconversationusingwordsthatyouarestillintheprocessoflearning.Youcanevenchatwithpeopleonlinetotryoutyournewvocabulary.

    Whenyouhearawordthatyoudontknow,writeitdownimmediately.Comebacktoitlateranddothreethings:(1) Lookupthewordinthedictionaryandwritedownonaflashcardits

    pronunciation,partofspeech,anddefinition.() Makeasentenceusingthatword.() Continuetoreviewtheflashcarduntilyouknowallthepartsofyour

    newwordandcanuseitinasentence.

    What Is the Princeton review?ThePrincetonReviewisthepremiertest-preparationcompany;wepreparetensofthousandsofstudentseachyearfortestssuchastheTOEFL,SAT,GMAT,GRE,LSAT,andMCAT.AtThePrincetonReview,wespendcountlesshoursresearchingtestsandfiguringoutexactlyhowtocrackthem.Weofferstudentsproven,high-poweredstrategiesandtechniquesthathelpthembeatthetestsandachievetheirbestscores.

    Inadditiontoourbooks,weofferbothliveclassroominstructionandonlinecourses.Ifyouwouldlikemoreinformationaboutourprograms,visitusatPrincetonReview.com.

    IfyouarelookingforinformationonPrincetonReviewcoursesofferedoutsidetheUnitedStates,gotowww.princetonreview.com/international-locations.aspx.

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