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Contents
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How This Book Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Special Study Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
You’re Well on Your Way to Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Give Us Your Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Top 10 Strategies to Raise Your Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
PART I: TOEFL VOCABULARY BASICS
1 All About TOEFL Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Vocabulary on the TOEFL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Strategies for Learning and Remembering New Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Summing It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART II: DIAGNOSING STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
2 Practice Test 1: Diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Answer Key and Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PART III: TOEFL VOCABULARY REVIEW
3Words in Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Strategies for Defining Words from Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Summing It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4 Everyday and Specific Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Strategies for Learning Related Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How Thoughts Are Related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Summing It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5 All About Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Word Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Strategies for Learning Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
How Roots Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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