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Recently, Rachel announced the release of the Magoosh TOEFL Vocabulary PDF<\/a>. The words in the PDF are divided into four difficulty levels: easy, common, medium, and hard. This post is the first part of a deeper study of the 49 hard words in the PDF.<\/p>\n

For each word, I\u2019ll show you the different forms of the word, with special attention to suffixes. Then I\u2019ll explain each word and its different forms. This series of posts is meant to support your use of the Vocabulary PDF. Be sure to look at definitions in the PDF itself<\/a> as you read this blog entry.
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Difficult words 1-8: Different suffixes, different word forms<\/h2>\n

Below is a list of the first 8 hard words from the Magoosh TOEFL Vocabulary PDF. The different forms of each word are also listed. You\u2019ll see that certain word forms are not actually TOEFL words. Studying these non-TOEFL forms is optional. Learning them is not necessary for TOEFL study, but may help your overall English skills.<\/em><\/p>\n

Suffixes that change the form of the words:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Nouns:<\/strong> -ation, -ity, -ment<\/p>\n

Verbs: <\/strong>-ate, -ment<\/p>\n

Adjectives<\/strong>: -ing, -ed, -ent<\/p>\n

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Explanations of the words in the chart<\/h2>\n

(Read the definitions from the original PDF<\/a> first)<\/p>\n