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400 Must-Have Words
for the TOEFL
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LESSON
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Passion
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Each chapter begins with a list of 10 target words. These words are
defined and used in sample sentences. Usage tips are given for many words,
as are any commonly used parts of speech related ... students
for the TOEFL test. Their selection of wordsfor this book was based on
extensive experience with the TOEFL test, information about the corpus
(body of words) that is used in creating the actual...
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New ... anyone else for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of
cause, in the work or for any damages resulting therefrom. McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the
content of any information ... the essential information of this passage?
a.
Preserved life-forms, including petrified matter and fossils, teach us
about ancient life.
b.
The primary function for preserved life-forms is scientific...
... Florida )
12. Forecast / [v,n]
/’fɔ:kɑ:st/
= Predict; foretell; prophesy
(Tiên đoán; nói trước; tiên tri )
Ex: Mr. Walsh gave a short vocabulary quiz today, as you had forecasted.
(Ông ... không khớp với.)
Ex: Since I was the one who nominated Bruce, it would be inappropriate for me to
vote for another candidate.
( Bởi vì tôi là người đã đề cử Bruce, nên việc tôi bầu cho 1 ứng ... [ n, adj ]
/ sə'vɪliən /
= A person who is not a member of the armed forces, or police, or fire-fighting
forces.
( Người không phải là thành phần của các lực lượng vũ trang, hoặc cảnh...
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exponentially adv.
At a ... Click here for terms of use.
Introduction
400 Must-Have Wordsfor the TOEFL® will help you improve your score on
the TOEFL test. In particular, this book will build your TOEFL vocabulary
for the ... classroom.
Each chapter begins with a list of 10 target words. These words are
defined and used in sample sentences. Usage tips are given for many words,
as are any commonly used parts of speech related...
... small-government views and their eagerness
for the government to allocate more money for roads into national forests.
The net result of these incursions into national forests is a tangible
infrastructure ... exchange
for the work he or she does
My pay doesn’t properly compensate me for my efforts, but my
other benefits, like health insurance, fill in the gap.
Usage tips
Compensate is often followed by a for ... very effective incentive for workers to
adapt to new conditions.
1.
Which sentence best expresses the essential information of this
passage?
a.
Most companies cannot afford to compensate their...
... invention, as the general level of infor-
mation in society increased. However, Gutenberg’s press was of limited
use for languages that used picture-like symbols for writing instead of
a phonetic ... the well-fed, art-loving people of fifteenth-
century Florence for being __________.
3.
During the 1970s, college students fought for one __________ after
another, from saving the whales to changing ... river cleanup effort would be more effective if someone famous
spoke out for the cause.
3.
conflict v.
To fit so poorly together that the differences cause a problem
A teenager’s need for security...
... memory formation, distortion can
occur. At the first stage, acquisition of memory, events are perceived and
bits of information are prepared for storage in the brain. However, it is
impossible for ... a phantom ship. Rather, most of their
sightings occur randomly, only later to bring forth information of a former
sea horror. Some say that ghosts aboard a phantom ship are trying to use
living ... Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use.
LESSON
Illness
Target Words
1.
aggravate
6.
persist
2.
decrepit
7.
prognosis
3.
disease
8.
terminal
4.
fatally
9.
vein
5.
forensics
10.
wound
Definitions...
... be prepared for humiliation if they dare to disagree
with the host’s views. The host controls whether the caller can speak, so
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Relationships
LESSON
Family Relationships
Target Words
1.
ancestral
6.
legitimate
2.
cohesion
7.
paternal
3.
descendant
8.
proximity
4.
inheritance
9.
sentiment
5.
kin
10.
sibling
Definitions ... modern car engine is too complex for most car owners to repair
by themselves.
Parts of speech
complexity
n
2.
despondent adj.
Extremely sad and without hope for the future
After his girlfriend ... the
blank.
despondent devotion to engender passion reciprocity
1.
In a good relationship, there is a lot of give and take.
2.
Mr. Foster’s strong love for teaching makes him suc-
cessful.
3.
Rhonda was extremely...