0:02 I need to score 30 out of 30 on the too
0:05 reading and listening sections but I
0:07 have no idea how to do it in my
0:09 one-on-one sessions I have lots of
0:11 students who struggle with the toal of
0:13 reading and listening tests and I've
0:16 noticed that one of the reasons they can
0:18 get high scores is that their vocabulary
0:21 is limited one thing you can do is study
0:24 subject specific vocabulary for topics
0:27 like biology psychology physics
0:29 astronomy and more this will definitely
0:30 help you understand understand the text
0:34 and lectures better but is that all not
0:37 really after studying tons of total
0:39 practice tests I've noticed that there
0:42 are certain words that appear very often
0:44 in Reading passages and lectures and
0:46 they don't belong to any specific
0:48 subject these are the words that you
0:50 will often find in academic articles and
0:53 texts and these are the words you'll
0:55 usually need to answer questions on the
0:57 TOEFL reading and listening sections so
1:01 in this video I have collected 57 of the
1:03 most common words you'll see on the
1:05 total reading and listening sections
1:06 that will help you get the score you
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1:18 out let's see how ready you are for the
1:20 toal test take a piece of paper and make
1:24 two columns in one column put a plus for
1:26 the words you know in the second column
1:29 put a minus and write the word itself to
1:31 Mark the words you don't know at the end
1:33 of this video write winner in the
1:36 comments if you know all the words or
1:37 tell us how many words from the list you
1:43 know for example 26 out of 57 or 50 out
1:48 of 57 let's get started one
1:50 commodity this word is super popular on
1:53 the TOEFL and I often see it in the
1:56 reading passages what's more important
1:58 it's often necessary to answer the
2:01 questions so a commodity is any useful
2:03 or valuable thing especially something
2:07 that you can buy or sell like food
2:11 clothes or Electronics so coffee grains
2:14 or precious metals are all examples of
2:16 Commodities I've just seen this word
2:19 mentioned a few times in two random
2:21 reading passages so it's really common
2:25 for the total reading two exploit if you
2:28 use someone or something usually
2:31 selfishly or for profit you'll exploit
2:34 them Factory owners can exploit their
2:38 employees making them work over time so
2:40 to exploit is to use something or
2:43 somewhat unfairly for your own benefit
2:46 on the tol however you'll often see this
2:49 word used in a slightly different sense
2:52 it usually means to make good use of
2:55 something for example to exploit natural
2:58 resources the next word in our list is cultivate
3:00 cultivate
3:02 the original meaning of this word is to
3:04 prepare and use land for crops or
3:07 gardening so you'll often see it used in
3:09 text and lectures about agriculture
3:13 people can cultivate Fields Gardens or
3:16 land this word can also mean to develop
3:19 or improve something such as a skill or
3:23 relationship four demise demise is the
3:25 end of something it can be the end of a
3:29 person's life or anything else we often
3:31 use this word in medical or legal
3:34 language or one would want to sound
3:37 formal on the tol you'll often see this
3:39 word used to describe the final stage of
3:42 something for example the demise of a
3:44 company or the demise of a
3:48 relationship five Prosperity another
3:51 Super popular word on the tol test that
3:54 I see all the time Prosperity usually
3:57 means being successful especially
4:00 financially in the US the decades after
4:02 World War II were characterized by
4:05 Rising Prosperity with large numbers of
4:08 people moving into the middle class the
4:11 adjective prosperous is also very
4:13 typical for the tful reading and
4:15 listening sections it means financially
4:17 successful speaking of the word decade
4:19 from the example I just gave this is our
4:22 next word A decade is a period of 10
4:26 years we have a decade 10 years a
4:30 century 100 years and a millennium
4:33 1,000 years we actually have an entire
4:35 course dedicated to toal preparation
4:37 where we teach you all the words you
4:39 need to know to score consistently high
4:42 on each section of the test we have
4:44 lists of words organized by topic
4:46 templates for Effective speaking and
4:48 writing responses strategies for each
4:51 question type and more I'll leave the
4:53 link to the course below another
4:56 important word to know is alteration
5:00 alteration means a change or
5:03 ification the verb to alter means to
5:05 make something different or to change
5:08 something such as altering plan or
5:11 altering a law remember three words with
5:15 a similar meaning to alter to modify to
5:17 change you'll often need them for the
5:20 total reading eight
5:23 intermittently I can tell you how many
5:26 times they see this word it's a fancy
5:28 way of saying from time to time
5:32 periodically the adverb intermittently
5:34 describes something that starts then
5:37 stops and then starts up again if you
5:40 studied intermittently last night it
5:42 means that sometimes you studied but
5:44 sometimes you took breaks to do other
5:46 things a phrase with a similar meaning
5:50 is off and on we came across it just
5:52 recently in one of our reading videos
5:55 this phrase means that something happens
5:58 periodically like working off and on or
6:01 visiting off and on on so remember off
6:05 and on or intermittently mean at
6:09 intervals not continuously 10 extensive
6:12 for some reason this is one of the
6:14 favorite words of the toal creators they
6:16 use it in practically every reading
6:19 passage or lecture I've ever worked with
6:22 and believe me there have been many the
6:25 first and the most popular reading is
6:29 covering a large area for example if
6:33 extensive Road repairs extensive grounds
6:36 or extensive agriculture so imagine
6:39 something that covers a large area that's
6:40 that's
6:43 extensive extensive can also mean having
6:46 a great range if you knowledge of the
6:49 toal test is extensive you know a lot
6:51 about it if an event gets extensive
6:54 coverage in the newspapers it means many
6:57 people are writing about it next is the word
6:58 word
6:59 sophisticated when something is
7:02 sophisticated it's complicated and
7:04 intricate the inner workings of a
7:07 computer are sophisticated it's
7:08 difficult to understand them unless
7:11 you're a computer expert high school
7:13 math is a lot more sophisticated than
7:16 grammar school math driving a car is
7:18 more sophisticated than riding a bike on
7:21 the TOEFL you'll often find mentions of
7:23 sophisticated computer models
7:25 sophisticated systems or sophisticated
7:30 tools used by Asian people 12 diverse
7:33 various very different it's another
7:37 common word that pops up in almost every
7:39 passage diverse means that something has
7:43 many different parts or elements such as
7:47 diverse culture or diverse Wildlife 13
7:53 abruptly subtly or without warning 14
7:56 result in to cause something to happen
8:00 for example High economic growth results
8:01 in higher
8:07 inflation 15 mild not severe or intense
8:09 we often use mild when talking about the
8:12 weather or climate mild weather isn't
8:15 too cold or too hot this is the meeting
8:18 that's most popular on the tofl test
8:20 however this word can also be used in
8:25 other areas for example mild criticism
8:29 not severe a mild heart attack not too
8:31 serious ious the next group of words
8:34 have similar meanings they are
8:37 drastically dramatically and
8:39 spectacularly I see all three of them
8:42 all the time both in the reading and
8:44 listening on the toofold they usually
8:49 mean extremely or a lot for example
8:51 their budget has been drastically
8:54 reduced reduced a lot the nature of
8:58 conflict has changed dramatically has
8:59 changed a lot
9:01 this attempt failed
9:06 spectacularly significantly failed 19
9:09 tolerate to accept or put up with
9:12 something you can tolerate noise or a
9:15 person some people don't tolerate rude
9:19 Behavior 20 threat an impending danger
9:20 that has the potential to cause serious
9:23 harm toll for reading passages usually
9:26 have many examples of threats such as
9:29 enemy threats Health threats death
9:33 threats and so on a popular cocation is
9:36 imminent threat it's a synonym for
9:38 impending danger one more very common
9:40 word on both the reading and listening
9:43 sections of the toal is decline to
9:46 decline means to decrease or diminish in
9:49 quantity or quality we use it when
9:51 something is getting smaller or worse
9:55 for example decline of a business or the
9:59 decline of a population 22 coers to
10:01 Force someone to do something against
10:04 their will you can coer a person to do
10:07 something or coer a decision or a
10:10 confession from a person again just
10:12 recently I saw this word in one of the
10:14 reading passages we were doing in a
10:17 one-onone session with my student 23
10:20 Retreat to go away from a place or
10:24 person to escape from fighting or danger
10:26 the tol likes to use this word in a
10:28 variety of contexts you can find
10:31 information about lizards retreating
10:35 into the shade or retreating shares of a
10:38 company we can even find it in the
10:40 integrated speaking questions for
10:42 example question three may be about a
10:46 psychological term in which the speaker
10:48 understands that their proposals were
10:50 clearly unreasonable and is forced to
10:53 retreat so expect to see this word in
10:57 many contexts 24 initially in the
11:02 beginning at first 25 eventually in the
11:05 end especially after a long time or a
11:08 lot of effort a similar word that is
11:10 often given as a paraphrase for the word
11:13 eventually is ultimately it means
11:16 finally after a series of things have
11:19 happened for example the company
11:21 ultimately succeeded or the company
11:26 ultimately failed 27 rival a few days
11:28 ago one of my students made a mistake in
11:30 the reading passage because she didn't
11:33 know this word so I decided to include
11:36 it in today's list arrival is a person
11:39 or thing that competes with another so
11:42 it's a synony for the word competitor
11:43 the question she had was the sentence
11:46 simplification question about
11:48 terrestrial plans that had the
11:51 advantages of not having rivals in the
11:54 text there was a line about the land of
11:56 opportunity free of
11:58 competitors because she didn't know the
12:01 word r R she couldn't find the right
12:04 answer this is a typical example of why
12:06 you should know synonyms otherwise
12:08 you'll waste time when answering the
12:11 questions and you may make mistakes 28
12:16 data information 29 conventional usual
12:18 traditional ordinary it's a super
12:21 popular word that I've also seen used in
12:24 vocabulary questions I also see it a lot
12:26 in the toal reading passages you can
12:28 find information about conventional
12:30 explanation of something conventional
12:32 farming conventional
12:38 medicine or weapons 30 suede to replace
12:42 or surpass something some common cations
12:46 are suped a law supered a record let's
12:48 look at a typical sentence you might see
12:51 on the TOEFL test they still used stone
12:55 tools similar to those superseded in
12:58 Europe by metal tools thousands of years
13:03 ago superseded replaced as you can see
13:05 the most effective way to remember all
13:07 these new and difficult words is to
13:09 think of simpler synonyms for them that
13:12 you already know that way the next time
13:14 you see the word supersede you'll
13:17 remember the word replace and we know
13:20 what it means another Super popular word
13:22 I decided to include in this list is
13:26 fossils this word means remains or
13:30 impressions of ancient plants or animals
13:33 fossils look like this you'll often find
13:35 lectures and texts about fossils of
13:38 dinosaurs again I see this word all the
13:42 time and you just have to know it 32
13:45 flourish to grow or develop successfully
13:47 just as your Tomatoes can flourish in
13:50 the summer countries companies cultural
13:54 life the ship building industry computer
13:56 technology and lots of other things and
13:59 spheres can flourish people can also
14:01 flourish which means that they are
14:03 successful remember we talked about the
14:07 word Prosperity earlier well a ctive for
14:10 to flourish is to prosper another
14:12 synonym for this word we have on our
14:16 list is to thrive your business or your
14:19 relationships can Thrive so remember
14:22 these three words to thrive to prosper to
14:23 to
14:25 flourish all of them mean to be
14:30 successful 34 disruption an interruption
14:34 or disturbance 35 decay in other words
14:37 TOEFL creators love and use all the time
14:41 to Decay means to rot or become weaker
14:44 for example a building or a relationship
14:47 can both Decay I recently had a text
14:50 about how venice's role as a storage and
14:53 distribution center for spices silk and
14:56 gold decayed which means it became
14:59 weaker and ultimately the city lost its
15:02 Monopoly if you've taken at least a few
15:04 total practice tests you've probably
15:06 also come across the idea that carbon
15:09 decays in living things because carbon
15:13 is radioactive it decays over time which
15:16 means the older artifacts have less
15:19 carbon than younger ones this is why so
15:22 many readings and lectures mention
15:25 radiocarbon dating which is a method
15:27 that uses the decay of carbon to
15:30 determine the age of organic materials
15:35 36 rigid stiff or fixed something that
15:39 can be moved or bent 37 preserve to keep
15:42 something from Decay or destruction
15:45 simply put to keep something safe you
15:47 can preserve a culture or preserve a
15:50 historical site by the way site is a
15:55 place 38 depletion the act of reducing
15:57 or using something up some common
16:00 locations with this word are depletion
16:03 of resources soil depletion or depletion
16:07 of a population 39
16:10 estimate to guess or calculate the cost
16:14 size or value of something as a verb
16:17 this word is pronounced estimate it can
16:20 also be used as a noun in this case we'
16:24 say an estimate an estimate is a
16:27 judgment or calculation of approximately
16:31 how large or or how great something is
16:33 if the mechanics bill is much higher
16:35 than the estimate they gave you for
16:39 example you have a right to be angry 40
16:41 impact the effect or influence of
16:44 something on something else remember
16:48 these three words an impact an influence
16:51 an effect they are often used as
16:54 paraphrase on toofold the word impact
16:56 can also mean the force or action of one
17:00 object hitting another for example the
17:02 moment two comments Collide is called
17:06 the moment of impact 41 inhibit to
17:10 prevent or stop something from happening
17:13 you can inhibit a process or inhibit a
17:16 reaction for example this is the main
17:19 factor inhibiting online access
17:22 preventing online access 42
17:25 hibernation this word is extremely
17:28 common in academic lectures hibernation
17:31 is the type of deep sleep that some
17:34 animals such as bears for example go
17:37 into during the winter so simply put
17:41 hibernation is like taking a long nap 43
17:44 divert the verb to divert means to
17:46 change the direction or course of
17:49 something the police will divert traffic
17:51 if there has been an accident which is
17:54 blocking the road and it's a good idea
17:55 to divert some of your income into a
17:58 savings account so you don't spend it
18:01 all on the toofold you may find mentions
18:04 of diverted traffic information diverted
18:09 public attention or investigation 44
18:13 tremendous extremely large for example
18:16 tremendous success or a tremendous
18:19 failure a similar word is
18:23 enormous this word also means very big
18:26 an animal can be of an enormous size or
18:28 your parents can have an enormous
18:32 influence on your life 46 emerge to
18:36 appear to come out many different things
18:41 can emerge for example details patterns
18:45 Trends differences or theories a person
18:48 can emerge from the crowd or plans often
18:52 emerge from the ground 47
18:55 expand this word comes up all the time
18:59 on the TOEFL to expand means to increase
19:01 in size or scope you'll find texts about
19:04 the universe economy business or
19:08 Industries expanding markets or cities
19:12 can also expand 48
19:15 proliferation the act of increasing or
19:19 spreading rapidly 49 escalate to become
19:22 greater or more serious the situation
19:25 started to escalate around noon the
19:29 credit crisis is escalating as expected
19:33 50 Surplus a surplus is something extra
19:37 or left over if your tree produces more
19:39 apples than you can eat you can make
19:42 applesauce with the surplus of apples
19:44 you will often come across texts about
19:48 surplus food surplus money Surplus
19:51 supplies 51
19:54 eliminate this word is a must on the
19:55 reading and listening sections of the
19:59 TOEFL to eliminate means to REM move or
20:02 get rid of something this is what you do
20:05 with the four answer options you get
20:08 first you eliminate two options that are
20:10 definitely wrong you can also eliminate
20:15 a problem a possibility or a risk 52
20:19 purchase to buy something for example
20:25 purchase a house or a car 53 obtain to
20:28 get something you can obtain a degree
20:31 obtain information permission approval
20:34 or obtain a job the next three words on
20:39 our list have similar meetings they are
20:43 obligatory mandatory and compulsory if
20:45 something is obligatory mandatory or
20:49 compulsory you must do it because of a
20:53 rule or law for example this is
20:57 mandatory to help prevent fraud
20:59 registration was obl obligatory but
21:02 voting was optional the study skills
21:06 courses were almost always compulsory
21:08 you'll see these words all the time so
21:10 be sure to write them down if you don't
21:13 know them 57
21:16 predominant more noticeable or important
21:18 or greater number than others the
21:21 predominant colors however were black
21:24 and yellow we did it
21:27 congratulations these were the 57 words
21:29 you'll definitely need to to tackle the
21:31 tol reading and listening sections as
21:33 you've already noticed many of them can
21:35 also be used in your writing and
21:38 speaking responses thanks for watching
21:40 please note below how many words you
21:42 already knew if you want to master all
21:45 four sections of the toal exam and get a
21:48 great score on test day click on the
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21:57 remember scoring 100 plus on the TOEFL
21:59 isn't rocket science it's the little
22:00 things you do that make all the
22:03 difference as always I wish you all a
