TOEFL Vocabulary and Connectors

Vocabulary and connectors to prepare for TOEFL exam.

Increase

To become greater

Decrease

To become smaller

Improve

To make better

Develop

To grow or create

Benefit

Advantage

Advantage

Positive aspect

Disadvantage

Negative aspect

Impact

Strong effect

Effect

Result

Result

Outcome

Cause

Reason

Reason

Explanation

Factor

Element

Influence

To affect

Create

To make

Provide

To give

Allow

To permit

Require

To need

Support

To help

Achieve

To accomplish

Maintain

To keep

Reduce

To lower

Lead

To result in

Prevent

To stop

Solve

To fix

Compare

To examine differences

Analyze

To study

Evaluate

To judge

Explain

To clarify

Describe

To detail

Suggest

To recommend

Recommend

To advise

Include

To contain

Contain

To hold

Represent

To show

Depend

To rely

Affect

To influence

Expand

To grow

Limit

To restrict

Focus

To concentrate

Concentrate

To focus

Gain

To get

Lose

To fail

Build

To create

Establish

To set up

Change

To modify

Continue

To keep going

Learn

To gain knowledge

Study

To review

Practice

To repeat

Teach

To instruct

Understand

To know

Remember

To recall

Forget

To lose memory

Apply

To use

However

Contrast

Therefore

Result

Moreover

Addition

In addition

Also

For example

Example

On the other hand

Contrast

As a result

Consequence

In conclusion

Ending

First

Order

Second

Order

Finally

Last

Although

Contrast

Even though

Contrast

Because

Cause

Since

Cause

While

Contrast

Unless

Condition

If

Condition

Then

Result

In contrast

Difference

Similarly

Comparison

Likewise

Same

Instead

Alternative

Otherwise

Consequence

Despite

Contrast

Because of

Cause

Due to

Cause

As well as

Addition

Not only… but also

Addition

In fact

Emphasis

Actually

Clarify

Basically

Simplify

Generally

Commonly

Usually

Habit

Often

Frequency

Sometimes

Frequency

Rarely

Rare

Never

None

Always

All time

Soon

Time

Later

Time

Recently

Time

Currently

Now

Eventually

Final

Immediately

Quickly