{"id":3038,"date":"2016-04-05T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:43:50","slug":"the-toefl-academic-word-list-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/the-toefl-academic-word-list-research\/","title":{"rendered":"The TOEFL Academic Word List: Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Academic Word List: Research<\/h2>\n

Magoosh is dedicated to helping you with your English vocabulary. And we want to make sure you have the words you need for the TOEFL and for your future studies. This is why the Magoosh TOEFL Blog provides both a TOEFL Vocabulary PDF<\/a> and tutorials on vocabulary from the Academic Word List. What is the Academic Word List? Glad you asked!<\/p>\n

The Academic Word List<\/a> is a collection of the English words you\u2019ll hear or read the most often at colleges and universities. In the TOEFL Blog\u2019s last two academic word list studies, we looked at words from two fields that are very popular with international students: business<\/a> and world affairs.<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019re going to look at more general set of words. The words in the chart below are used in English language research across many different subjects. These words are used to describe research methods and study results.<\/p>\n

As usual, I\u2019ve arranged these words in a chart so that you can see the different grammar forms of each word. I\u2019ve also included a list of the different suffixes that are used to change the grammar of the words. Study these suffixes carefully, and look up the words on Vocabulary.com<\/a>. (I\u2019ve also provided footnotes on the meanings of a few very similar words on the chart.) Once you\u2019ve mastered these words, you can take a vocabulary quiz on them. The quiz will be posted later this week.<\/p>\n

Nouns:<\/strong> -ation, -cation, -is, -age, -ence, -sion, -phy, -ity, -tion, -ization<\/p>\n

Verbs: <\/strong>-ate, -ize, -tion, -ian, -ence<\/p>\n

Adjectives: <\/strong>-ible, -ate, -able, -ual, -ive, -ic, -al, -ical<\/p>\n

Adverbs<\/strong>: -ibly, -ately, -ably, -ually, -ively, -ically, -ally<\/p>\n

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* \u201cCivility\u201d is the condition of being polite (Do not be so rude! Show some civility!) \u201cCivilian\u201d refers to an ordinary citizen with no special government responsibilities. (He is not a president or a soldier. He is just a civilian.) \u201cCivilization\u201d refers to an organized nation or society (The ancient Egyptian civilization built the pyramids.)<\/p>\n

** \u201cConfer\u201d means to meet with someone and have a discussion or get information (The doctor conferred with the family about how to be healthier.) \u201cConference\u201d means to hold a meeting (The professors in the department conference in the meeting room once a week.)<\/p>\n

*** \u201cLink\u201d and \u201clinkage\u201d have the same meaning. The only difference is that \u201clinkage\u201d cannot also be a verb, and is somewhat more formal in use.<\/p>\n

**** \u201cMaximal\u201d means done in the best or most productive way. (The car works as well as possible; engine performance is maximal.) \u201cMaximum\u201d means the highest number or biggest amount possible. (The car\u2019s trunk can carry a maximum of 250 kg of weight.)<\/p>\n

***** \u201cRegiment\u201d is a small organized unit of something, usually people (My army regiment contains 10 soldiers.) \u201cRegime\u201d refers to a government, especially a government directed by one leader or group of leaders. (In America, one president\u2019s regime can last a maximum of 8 years.)<\/p>\n

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