The Only TOEFL Vocabulary You Actually NEED To Know
I have stated numerous times in my group and private sessions, and have written in different blog posts, that One does not need to study Vocabulary for The TOEFL iBT Exam. And this is still true… However, there is a certain amount of Vocabulary that One absolutely NEEDS to know, to be able to successfully navigate his or her way through The Exam, and to be able to do well on all of the different sections of The Exam.
Further-more this Vocabulary has nothing to do with the different topics that will be presented in the Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing Sections. Instead — the Vocabulary I’m referring to is the Functional Vocabulary which is needed in-order-to comprehend the directions of the different tasks; the Vocabulary which is that of a person who has, at at-least, an Intermediate Level of English Skills (B1, B2 Level), in-order-to fulfill the Speaking and Writing tasks.
All words in the lists below are linked to its entry on The Pronunciation Portal Of GiveMeSomeEnglish!!! — And there, each word is linked to its entry on Wiktionary.org… (the only on-line dictionary that I recommend.)
(Not every word in the lists will actually be found within The Exam, but may appear In The Directions, as they are of a level of vocabulary which is expected at the University Level… See This Post for further explanation.)
. Face . Faced . Facilitate . Facilitator . Facility . Fact . Factor . Factory . Factual . Faculty . Fahrenheit . Fail . Failure . Faint . Fair . Fairly . Faith . Faithful . Faithfully . Fall . False . Fame . Familiar . Familiarize . Family . Famine . Famous . Fan . Fancy . Far . Farm . Farmer . Farther . Farthest . Fascinate . Fascinated . Fascinating . Fashion . Fashionable . Fashioned . Fast . Fasten . Faster . Fastidious . Fat . Father . Fathom . Fatigue . Fatten . Faucet . Fault . Favor . Favorite . Fear . Feather . Feature . February . Federal . Fee . Feed . Feedback . Feel . Feet . Fellow . Felon . Felony . Felt . Female . Feminine . Fence . Ferry . Fertile . Fertility . Fervent . Fervently . Festival . Fetch . Fever . Feverish . Few . Fewer . Fewest . Fidelity . Field . Fifteen . Fifty . Fight . Fighter . Figure . Figures . File . Filing . Filipino . Fill . Final . Finally . Finance . Financial . Financier . Financing . Find . Fine . Finely . Finger . Finish . Finished . Finland . Finn . Fire . Fireworks . Firm . Firmly . First . Firstly . Fish . Fishing . Fit . Five . Fix . Fixed . Flag . Flame . Flare . Flared . Flash . Flat . Flavor . Flaw . Flawed . Fleeting . Flesh . Flex . Flexibility . Flexible . Flight . Float . Flood . Floor . Flour . Flow . Flower . Flu . Fluctuate . Fluency . Fluent . Fly . Flying . Focus . Fog . Foggy . Fold . Folk . Follow . Following . Food . Foot . For . Force . Forced . Forecast . Foreclosure . Foreign . Forest . Forever . Forget . Forgive . Fork . Form . Formal . Format . Formation . Former . Formerly . Forming . Formula . Fort . Fortunate . Fortunately . Fortune . Forty . Forward . Found . Foundation . Four . Fourteen . Fourth . Forty . Fox . Fracture . Fragrance . Frame . Framed . France . Frankly . Fraud . Fraudulent . Free . Freedom . Freely . Freeway . Freeze . French . Frequent . Frequently . Fresh . Freshly . Fret . Friday . Fridge . Friend . Friendliness . Friendly . Friendship . Fright . Frighten . Frightening . From . Front . Frozen . Fruit . Frustrated . Frustrating . Fry . Fuel . Fugitive . Fulfill . Fulfilling . Full . Fully . Fun . Function . Fund . Funding . Fundamental . Funeral . Funny . Fur . Furnish . Furnished . Furniture . Further . Furthermore . Fusion . Future . Fuzzy .
. Gadget . Gain . Galactic . Gallon . Game . Gang . Gap . Garage . Garbage . Garden . Garlic . Gas . Gasoline . Gate . Gather . Gauge . Gave . Gear . Geese . Gender . General . Generalize . Generally . Generate . Generation . Generous . Genre . Gentle . Gentleman . Gently . Genuine . Geography . Geological . Geology . German . Germany . Gerund . Gesture . Get . Giant . Gift . Gifted . Gigantic . Gin . Girl . Gist . Give . Given . Glad . Glaringly . Glass . Glazed . Global . Globalization . Globalized . Gloomy . Glove . Glue . Go . Goal . God . Gold . Good . Goodbye . Goods . Goose . Gopher . Gorgeous . Gorge . Gossip . Gossiping . Govern . Government . Governor . Grab . Grade . Gradual . Gradually . Graduate (noun) . Graduate (verb) . Grain . Gram . Grammar . Grand . Grandchild . Granddaughter . Grandfather . Grandmother . Grandparent . Grandson . Granite . Grant . Grass . Grateful . Grave . Great . Greatest . Greatly . Greece . Greed . Greedy . Green . Gregarious . Greek . Grenade . Grey . Grim . Grime . Grind . Grocery . Groom . Groomed . Ground . Group . Grow . Growth . Grudge . Grudgingly . Guarantee . Guard . Guardian . Guess . Guest . Guidance . Guide . Guilt . Guilty . Guitar . Gun . Guy . Gym . Gymnasium .
. Habit . Habitat . Habit . Hacker . Had . Hail . Hair . Haircut . Hairdresser . Haiti . Haitian . Half . Hall . Halloween . Hammer . Hand . Handle . Handsome . Hang . Happen . Happiest . Happily . Happiness . Happy . Harangue . Harass . Harassment . Hard . Hardly . Hard-Working . Harsh . Harm . Harmful . Harmless . Harried . Harvest . Has . Haste . Hat . Hate . Hatred . Haunt . Haunted . Have . Haven . Havoc . He . Head . Headache . Headlines . Headquarters . Heal . Health . Healthier . Healthily . Healthy . Hear . Hearing . Heart . Hearty . Heat . Heater . Heating . Heaven . Heavily . Heavy . Hectic . Heel . Height . Helicopter . Hell . Hello . Helmet . Help . Helpful . Helpfulness . Hemisphere . Hence . Her . Herd . Here . Hero . Heroic . Heroine . Herself . Hesitant . Hesitate . Hi . Hibernate . Hidden . Hide . Hierarchical . Hierarchy . High . High-School . Higher . Highest . Highlight . Highly . Highway . Hike . Hiking . Hilarious . Hill . Him . Himalayan . Himself . Hinder . Hip . Hire . His . Historic . Historical . History . Hit . Hitch . Hits . Hobby . Hold . Hole . Holiday . Hollow . Holy . Home . Homework . Honest . Honestly . Honor . Honors . Hook . Hooked . Hope . Hopeful . Hopefully . Horizontal . Hormone . Horn . Horrible . Horrified . Horror . Horse . Hospitable . Hospital . Hospitality . Host . Hosted . Hostile . Hot . Hotel . Hour . House . Household . Housing . Housekeeper . How . However . Hug . Huge . Hugely . Human . Humidity . Humiliation . Humor . Humorous . Hundred . Hundredth . Hungarian . Hungary . Hunger . Hungry . Hunt . Hunting . Hurry . Hurt . Husband . Hyphenate . Hypocrisy . Hypocrite . Hypocritical . Hypothesize . Hypothetical .
. I . Ice . Idea . Ideal . Idealistic . Identify . Identity . Ideology . Idiom . Idiot . Idolize . If . Ignorance . Ignorant . Ignore . Ill . Illegal . Illness . Illustrate . Illustration . Image . Imaginary . Imagination . Imaginative . Imagine . Imitate . Immediately . Immerse . Immersion . Immoral . Immune . Impact (noun) . Impact (verb) . Impatience . Impatient . Implement . Implementation . Implication . Imply . Import (noun) . Import (verb) . Importance . Important . Impose . Impossible . Impress . Impressed . Impression . Impressive . Impromptu . Improve . Improvement . Impulse . Impulsive . In . Inability . Inadequate . Inappropriate . Inc. . Incentive . Inch . Incident . Include . Including . Income . Inconvenience . Inconvenience . Incorporate . Incorporated . Increase . Increasing . Increasingly . Indeed . Independence . Independent . Index . India . Indian . Indicate . Indication . Indicator . Indirect . Individual . Individuality . Indonesia . Indonesian . Indoor . Indoors . Induce . Induction . Inductive . Industrial . Industrial . Industrialization . Industry . Ineffective . Inefficient . Inequality . Inescapable . Inevitable . Inexpensive . Infant . Infantile . Infect . Infected . Infection . Infectious . Infer . Inference . Infinitive . Inflict . Influence . Influenced . Inform . Informal . Information . Infrastructure . Ingredient . Inhabitant . Inherent . Inherit . Inheritance . Inherited . Initial . Initially . Initiate . Initiative . Injure . Injury . Ink . Inlet . Innate . Inner . Innocent . Innovate . Innovation . Innovative . Insect . Inseparable . Insert (noun) . Insert (verb) . Insertion . Inside . Insight . Insist . Inspiration . Inspired . Inspiring . Install . Instance . Instant . Instead . Instigate . Institute . Institution . Institutionalized . Instruct . Instruction . Instructor . Instrument . Insult . Insulting . Insurance . Integral . Integrate . Integrated . Integrity . Intellectual . Intelligence . Intelligent . Intend . Intent . Intention . Interact . Interactive . Interest . Interested . Interesting . Interfere . Interior . Intermediate . Intern . Internal . International . Internet . Internship . Interpersonal . Interpret . Interpretation . Interrupt . Interruption . Intersect . Intersection . Intertwined . Interval . Intervening . Interview . Interviewee . Intimate . Intimidating . Into . Intonation . Intranet . Intransigence . Intrigue . Intriguing . Intrinsic . Intro . Introduce . Introduced . Introduction . Intrusive . Intuit . Intuition . Invent . Invention . Inventor . Inventory . Invest . Investigate . Investigation . Investment . Investor . Invitation . Invite . Invoices . Involve . Involved . Involvement . IQ . Irate . Iron . Ironed . Ironically . Ironing . Irregularity . Irrelevant . Irritate . Irritated . Irritating . Is . Islam . Island . Isolated . Isolating . Isolation . Issue . It . Italian . Italy . Italicized . Italics . Item . Its . It’s . Itself .
. Lab . Label . Labor . Laboratory . Lack . Ladder . Lady . Lake . Lamp . Landscape . Landslide . Lane . Language . Languish . Laptop . Large . Largely . Larger . Largest . Last . Late . Lately . Later . Latest . Latitude . Latter . Laugh . Laughter . Launch . Law . Lawsuit . Lawyer . Lay . Layer . Layman . Layoff . Layout . Lazy . Lead . Leader . Leadership . Leading . Leaf . League . Leak . Leakage . . Leaked . Lean . Leap . Learn . Lease . Least . Leather . Leave . Lecture . Left . Leg . Legend . Legendary . Legislation . Leisure . Lemon . Lend . Length . Less . Lesson . Let . Letter . Level . Levy . Liable . Liability . Libel . Liberty . Library . Libya . Libyan . License . Lid . Lie . Life . Lifeless . Lift . Light . Lightly . Lighting . Lightweight . Likable . Like . Liked . Likelihood . Likely . Limit . Limited . Line . Link . Linkage . Linked . Lip . Liquid . List . Listen . Liter . Literally . Literary . Literature . Litter . Little . Live . Lively . Load . Loan . Lobby . Lobbyist . Lobes . Local . Locally . Locate . Location . Lock . Logic . Logical . Logistic . Lonely . Long . Longer . Longitude . Look . Loose . Loosely . Loosen . Lord . Lose . Losing . Loss . Lost . Lot . Loud . Loudly . Love . Lovely . Lover . Low . lower . Lowest . Loyal . Luck . Luckily . Lucky . Lucrative . Luggage . Lump . Lunch . Lung . Lunge . Lure . Luxury .
. Machine . Machinery . Mad . Made . Magazine . Magic . Magnify Mail . Mailing . Main . Mainly . Maintain . Maintained . Maintenance . Majestic . Majority . Make . Makeshift . Malaysia . Malaysian . Maldives . Maldivan . Male . Mall . Man . Manage . Manageable . Management . Manager . Managerial . Managing . Mandatory . Manipulate . Manipulation . Mankind . Manner . Manual . Manufacture . Manufacturer . Manufacturing . Manure . Many . Map . March . Marginalize . Marijuana . Marital . Mark . Market . Marketing . Marriage . Married . Marry . Marvelous . Mask . Mass . Massacre . Massage . Massive . Master . Match . Matching . Mate . Material . Materials . Maternal . Maternity . Math . Mathematics . Matrix . Matter . Maximum . May . Maybe . Mayor . Me . Meal . Mean . Meaning . Means . Meant . Meanwhile . Measure . Measurement . Meat . Mechanic . Mechanical . Media . Mediator . Medical . Medication . Medicine . Medieval . Meditating . Mediterranean . Medium . Meet . Meeting . Meld . Melodic . Melt . Member . Membership . Memoir . Memorandum . Memorial . Memory . Mental . Mentality . Mentally . Mention . Menu . Mere . Merely . Merge . Merger . Mesh . Mesmerizing . Mess . Message . Messaging . Messy . Met . Metal . Metaphor . Meter . Meteor . Method . Methodical . Metric . Metrics . Metropolis . Metropolitan . Mexican . Mexico . Mic . Mice . Micro- . Microphone . Mid- . Mid-Day . Middle . Midnight . Might . Migraine . Mild . Mile . Milestone . Military . Milk . Milligram . Millimeter . Million . Millionaire . Mind . Mindset . Mine . Mineral . Minimize . Minimum . Minister . Ministry . Minor . Minority . Minute (adjective) . Minute (noun) . Miracle . Miraculous . Mirror . Misbehave . Miscalculate . Misdemeanor . Miserable . Mislead . Misnomer . Miss . Missed . Missing . Mistake . Mistaken . Mix . Mixed . Mixture . Mobile . Model . Modern . Modest . Moisture . Moisturize . Mom . Moment . Momentous . Momentum . Mommy . Monday . Money . Monitor . Monopoly . Monotonous . Month . Monthly . Mood . Moon . Moose . Moral . Morale . Morally . Moratorium . More . Moreover . Morning . Mortality . Mortgage . Mosque . Most . Mostly . Mother . Motion . Motivate . Motivated . Motivating . Motivation . Motor . Motorbike . Motorcycle . Mount . Mountain . Mouse . Mouth . Mouse . Move . Moved . Movement . Movie . Moving . Mr. . Mrs. . Ms. . Much . Mud . Mug . Mugged . Muggy . Multi- . Multi-Media . Multi-National . Multiple . Multiply . Mum . Mundane . Municipality . Mural . Murder . Muscle . Muscular . Museum . Music . Musical . Musician . Muslim . Mussel . Must . Mustard . Mutation . Mutual . My . Myriad . Myself . Mysterious . Mystery . Myth .
. Nag . Nail . Naive . Naked . Name . Narrow . Nation . National . Native . Natural . Naturalistic . Naturally . Nature . Naughty . Navy . Near . Nearby . Nearly . Neat . Necessarily . Necessary . Necessitate . Necessity . Neck . Necklace . Need . Needle . Negate . Negative . Negatively . Negligible . Negotiation . Neighbor . Neighborhood . Neither . Nephew . Nerve . Nervous . Nest . Nestle . Net . Network . Networking . Neutral . Never . Nevertheless . New . Newly . News . Next . Newspaper . Nice . Nicely . Niche . Niece . Night . Nine . Nineteen . Ninety . Ninth . No . Nobody . Nod . Noise . Noisy . None . Non-Sense . Noodle . Nor . Normal . Normally . North . Northern . Nose . Nostalgia . Not . Note . Notes . Nothing . Notice . Noticeable . Notified . Noun . Novel . November . Now . Nowhere . Nuclear . Number . Numerous . Nurse . Nursing . Nurture . Nut . Nutrition .
. Obey . Object (noun) . Object (verb) . Objective . Objectivity . Oblige . Obliged . Obligatory . Obscene . Observation . Observe . Obsessed . Obstacle . Obtain . Obvious . Obviously . Occasion . Occasionally . Occupancy . Occupied . Occupy . Occur . Ocean . October . Octopus . Odd . Oddly . Of . Off . Offence . Offend . Offense . Offensive . Offer . Office . Officer . Official . Officially . Often . Oh . Oil . OK . Okay . Old . On . Once . One . Onion . On-line . Onion . Only . Onto . Open . Openly . Opera . Operate . Operation . Operator . Opinion . Opponent . Opportunity . Oppose . Opposite . Opposition . Optimism . Optimist . Optimistic . Optimize . Option . Or . Orange . Order . Ordinary . Organ . Organization . Organize . Organizer . Organization . Origin . Original . Originally . Other . Otherwise . Ought . Ounce . Our . Ours . Ourselves . Out . Outbreak . Outdoor . Outdoors . Outer . Outfit . Outgoing . Outline . Output . Outrage . Outraged . Outside . Outstanding . Outstandingly . Oven . Over . Overall . Overcome . Overdrawn . Overdue . Oversight . Overview . Overwhelmed . Owe . Own . Owner . Ownership . Oxygen . Oxymoron .
. Pace . Pack . Package . Packaging . Packet . Page . Pain . Painful . Paint . Painter . Painting . Pair . Palace . Pale . Pan . Panel . Pants . Paper . Paradox . Paraguay . Paraguayan . Parallel . Paragraph . Parameter . Paraphrase . Parent . Parental . Park . Parliament . Part . Partake . Participant . Participle . Particular . Particularly . Partly . Partner . Partnership . Parts . Party . Pass . Passage . Passenger . Passing . Passion . Passionate . Passport . Past . Pasta . Paste . Pastries . Pasture . Patch . Patent . Path . Patience . Patient . Patio . Patriot . Patriotism . Patron . Pattern . Pause . Pavilion . Pay . Payment . Peace . Peaceful . Peak . Pear . Peasant . Peasantry . Pebble . Peculiar . Pedestrian . Pedigree . Peel . Pen . Pencil . Pendulum . Penny . Pension . People . Pepper . Percent . Percentage . Perceptive . Percentile . Perfect (adjective) . Perfect (verb) . Perfectionist . Perfectly . Perform . Performance . Performer . Perfume . Perhaps . Period . Periodically . Peripheral . Perish . Permanent . Permission . Permit (noun) . Permit (verb) . Perpetrator . Persevere . Person . Personal . Personality . Personally . Personnel . Perspective . Persuade . Persuasion . Persuasive . Peru . Peruvian . Pessimist . Pet . Petrol . Petroleum . Pharmaceutical . Phase . Philippines . Philosophy . Phobia . Phone . Photo . Photocopy . Photograph . Photographer . Photographic . Photography . Phrase . Physical . Physically . Physician . Physics . Pianist . Piano . Pick . Picked . Picnic . Picture . Pie . Piece . Pig . Pile . Pilgrimage . Pill . Pilot . Pin . Pineapple . Pink . Pint . Pipe . Piracy . Pitch . Pitfall . Pity . Pivot . Place . Plain . Plan . Plane . Planet . Plant . Plastic . Plate . Platform . Play . Player . Pleasant . Please . Pleased . Pleasure . Plenty . Plot . Plug . Plumber . Plummet . Plunge . Plural . Plus . Podcast . Pocket . Podium . Poem . Poet . Poetry . Point . Pointed . Pointer . Poise . Poison . Poisonous . Poke . Pole . Police . Policy . Polish (adjective) . Polish (verb) . Polished . Polite . Politely . Political . Politically . Politician . Politics . Pollution . Pool . Poor . Pop . Popular . Populated . Population . Populous . Porch . Port . Portable . Portfolio . Portugal . Portuguese . Pose . Poser . Posh . Position . Positive . Possess . Possession . Possibility . Possible . Post . Posted . Poster . Post-Graduate . Postmark . Postpone . Posture . Pot . Potato . Potential . Pound . Pour . Poverty . Powder . Power . Powerful . Practical . Practically . Practice . Pragmatic . Praise . Prance . Pray . Prayer . Precious . Precise . Precisely . Precipice . Predict . Predictability . Predicts . Predominantly . Preemptively . Prefabricated . Prefer . Preferable . Preference . Preferred . Pregnancy . Pregnant . Prejudice . Preliminary . Premature . Premises . Preparation . Prepare . Preparedness . Preposition . Presence . Present (adjective/noun) . Present (verb) . Presentation . Presenting . Presently . Presents (noun) . Preserve . Presidency . President . Presidential . Press . Pressure . Prestige . Prestigious . Presumably . Pretend . Pretexts . Pretty . Prevail . Prevalent . Prevent . Previous . Price . Pricey . Pride . Priest . Primarily . Primary . Prime . Prince . Princess . Principle . Print . Printer . Prior . Prioritize . Prioritization . Priority . Prison . Prisoner . Privacy . Private . Prize . Proactive . Probable . Probability . Probably . Problem . Procedure . Proceed . Process . Procession . Procrastinate . Procrastinator . Produce (noun) . Produce (verb) . Produced . Producer . Product . Production . Productivity . Products . Profession . Professional . Professionalism . Professor . Proficiency . Proficient . Proficiently . Profile . Profit . Profitable . Profitability . Program . Progress (noun) . Progress (verb) . Prohibit . Prohibition . Project (noun) . Project (verb) . Projector . Prolific . Prominent . Promise . Promote . Promotion . Prompt . Promptly . Pronoun . Pronounce . Pronunciation . Proof . Propaganda . Proper . Properly . Property . Proportion . Proposal . Propose . Proposed . Prospect . Prospective . Prosperity . Prosperous . Protect . Protection . Protest . Prototype . Proud . Proudest . Proudly . Prove . Proven . Provide . Provision . Provocative . Proximity . Proxy . Pry . Psychiatrist . Psychological . Psychologist . Psychology . Pub . Public . Publication . Publicity . Publicly . Publish . Pull . Pulse . Pulverize . Pump . Punch . Punctual . Punctuation . Punish . Punishment . Pupil . Puppy . Purchase . Pure . Purely . Purify . Purity . Purple . Purpose . Pursue . Push . Pushy . Put . Puzzle . Pyramid .
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