Common words used in the TOEFL iBT® exam

A

Abandon
Abduction
Abhor
Absent
Absorb
Abstain
Abstract
Abundant
Accelerate
Accompany
Adjacent
Adjust
Advent
Adversely
Advocate
Affluence
Attitude
Attribute

B

Banal
Battle
Beguile
Behavior
Belligerent
Beneficial
Benevolence
Benign
Bias
Bond
Breed
Bribery
Bridge
Brief
Buoyant
Burden

C

Candidate
Capable
Capacity
Capricious
Catastrophic
Cease
Challenge
Chiefly
Circulate
Circumspect
Circumstance
Clandestine
Compare
Compatible
Compensate
Complement
Complex
Consume
Contamination
Content

D

Data
Debris
Decade
Declare
Decline
Decrease
Demonstrate
Denote
Deteriorate
Determine
Detract
Deviate
Device
Devise
Devote
Digress
Discriminate
Distill
Distinctive
Distort

E

Edit
Efficient
Election
Elegant
Elements
Eligible
Emerge
Emission
Emphasis
Enable
Enclave
Enterprising
Epiphany
Epitome
Equality
Eruption
Evaluate
Eventually
Exploit

F

Fervor
Finance
Fluctuate
Focus
Formidable
Formulate
Fossil
Foster
Foundation
Fraction
Frugal
Frustration
Function
Fundamental





G

Garrulous
Gender
Generate
Generation
Genre
Global
Gradual
Gratify
Graze
Gregarious
Guarantee
Guilty

I

Identical
Ideology
Ignorant
Ignore
Illiterate
Illustrate
Implicate
Imply
Import
Improve
Impudent
Impulse
Inaugurate
Inborn
Intellectual
Intense
Isolated

L

Labor
Lack
Laconic
Languish
Latent
Lease
Lecture
Leeway
Legal
Legislation
Leisurely
Liable
Likewise
Location
Locomotion
Logic
Loose
Lucid
Lucrative

M

Majority
Makeshift
Mandatory
Manifest
Manipulate
Merit
Method
Meticulous
Milieu
Minimum
Miniscule
Motivate
Mundane
Mutual

N

Negotiate
Net
Neutral
Nevertheless
Nonchalant
Notion
Noxious
Nucleus
Nullify

O

Obese
Objective
Obtain
Obtrusive
Odious
Offense
Omnipotent
Onset
Opportunity
Oppress
Option
Organize
Outcome
Outgrow
Outlet
Outward
Outwit
Overall

P

Paradigm
Parallel
Partial
Participate
Passion
Passive
Per se
Perceive
Permit
Perpetuate
Persevere
Persist
Perspective
Persuade
Proficiency
Proportion
Propulsion
Prosperous
Provide
Publication
Purchase
Purge
Pursue

Q

Query
Quid pro quo

R

Readily
Recede
Recognize
Regimental
Region
Regulate
Relic
Repress
Repudiate
Resent
Retain
Retract

S

Sedimentary
Seep
Segment
Seize
Semi subsistence
Sentiment
Sibling
Simulation
Skilled
Sophisticated
Source
Spearhead
Specialize
Spectacle
Spectator
Spectrum
Suspect
Suspend
Symbolic
Syndrome

T

Tactic
Talent
Tank
Target
Temporary
Tenacious
Terminal
Terminate
Text
Thereby
Thrive
Timorous
Transmit
Trend
Trigger

U

Ultimate
Umbrageous
Umbrageous
Undergo
Underlie
Undermine
Undertake
Unify
Unique
Universal
Utilize