TOEFL Vocabulary List 7

This sublist (from the Academic Word List) contains important words from the Academic Corpus.

Definition Related Words

access (n) a way of entering or reaching a place | (n) the opportunity or right to use something or to accessible (adj)
/ˈækˌsɛs/ see someone/something | (trans. v) to reach, enter or use something accessed (past part.)

apparent (adj) easy to see or understand | (adj) seeming to be real or true but may not be apparently (adv)
/əˈpɛrənt/

attribute (trans. v, often with “to”) to say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing |
attribution (n)
(n) /ˈætrəˌbjut/ (trans. v) to say or believe that someone is responsible for doing something, especially for
attributed (past part.)
(v) /əˈtrɪˌbjut/ saying, writing or painting something

(trans. v) to do something wrong or illegal | (trans. v) to promise sincerely that you will
commit commitment (n)
definitely do something, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc. | (reflex. v, with “to”) to
/kəˈmɪt/ committed (past part.)
give an opinion or make a decision openly so that it is then difficult to change

emergence (n)
emerge (intrans. v) to come out of a dark, confined or hidden place | (v) to become known | (intrans.
emerged (past part.)
/ɪˈmɜrʤ/ v) to start to exist; to appear or become known
emergent (adj)

(trans. v) to agree to give somebody what they ask for, especially formal or legal permission
grant to do something | (v) to admit that something is true, although you may not like or agree granted (past part.)
/grænt/ with it

implement implementation (n)

(trans. v) to make something that has been officially decided start to happen or be used
/ˈɪmpləˌmɛnt/ implemented (past part.)

(trans. v) introduce a new law, rule, tax, etc.; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used |
impose (trans. v) to force somebody/something to have to deal with something that is difficult or
imposition (n)
/ɪmˈpoʊz/ imposed (past part.)
unpleasant

(n) a piece of paper, etc. attached to something that gives information about it | (n) a word/
label phrase to describe someone/something in a way that seems too general or unfair | (trans. v)
labeled (past part.)
/ˈleɪbəl/ to fix a label on something | (trans. v) to describe someone/something in a particular way,
especially unfairly

output (n) the amount of something that a person, a machine or an organization produces | (n) the
/ˈaʊtˌpʊt/ power, energy, etc. produced by a piece of equipment

prediction (n)
predict (trans. v) to say that something will happen in the future predicted (past part.)
/prɪˈdɪkt/ predictor (n)

retain (trans. v) to keep something; to continue to have something | (trans. v) to continue to hold retention (n)
/rɪˈteɪn/ or contain something retained (past part.)

(trans. v) to emphasize a fact, an idea, etc. | (trans. v) to give extra force to a word or syllable
stress when saying it | (n) pressure or worry caused by the problems in someone’s life | (n) special stressed (past part.)
/strɛs/ importance given to something

subsequent (adj) happening or coming after something else subsequently (adv)

/ˈsʌbsəkwənt/

undertook (past tense)

undertake (trans. v) to make yourself responsible for something and start doing it undertaken (past part.)
/ˈʌndərˌteɪk/ undertaker (n)

Vocabulary choices adapted from the Academic Word List, Dr. Averil Coxhead (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ)
Definitions adapted from the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary (http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com)