Q. 토플이 왜 만들어졌죠?
토플은 비영어권 학생들이 영어권 대학(주로 미국)에 입학해서 공부할 수 있는 능력을 테스트하는 것입니다.
자연스레 토플은 미국 대학교에서 수업하는 내용이 주로 이루어져있습니다.
누구든지 토플을 공부할 때 만큼은 "난 지금 미국 대학에 교환학생으로 와있다~" 라는 마음으로 임해야됩니다.
따라서 토플을 잘 보려면 아카데믹(Academic) 영어에 익숙해져야만 한다는 결론이 나오죠.
그래서 준비했습니다.
가장 많이 쓰이는 Academic Words 리스트 100
(제가 뽑은 거 아니고, Arizona State University 에서 퍼온거에요^^)
| Acquisition | an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum |
| Adequate | satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity |
| Alternative | available as another possibility or choice |
| Analysis | detailed examination of the elements or structure of something |
| Approach | a way of dealing with a situation or problem |
| Appropriate | suitable or proper in the circumstances |
| Area | a space allocated for a specific use |
| Aspects | a particular part or feature of something |
| Assessment | the action of assessing someone or something |
| Authority | the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience |
| Categories | a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics |
| Commission | an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group |
| Complex | a group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way, a network |
| Components | a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle |
| Considerable | notably large in size, amount, or extent |
| Construction | the style or method used in the building of something |
| Consumer | a person who purchases goods and services for personal use |
| Core | the tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds |
| Corresponding | analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable |
| Cycle | a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order |
| Derived | being, possessing, or marked by a character (such as the large brain in humans) not present in the ancestral form |
| Dimensions | a measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height |
| Distinction | a difference or contrast between similar things or people |
| Distribution | the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients |
| Domestic | relating to the running of a home or to family relations |
| Dominant | having power and influence over others |
| Economic | relating to economics or the economy |
| Elements | an essential or characteristic part of something abstract |
| Emerged | move out of or away from something and become visible |
| Error | the state or condition of being wrong in conduct or judgement |
| Estimate | roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of |
| Evaluation | the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment |
| Evidence | the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid |
| Excluded | keep (something) out of a place |
| Export | spread or introduce (ideas and beliefs) to another country |
| Factors | a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result |
| Financial | relating to finance |
| Focus | the centre of interest or activity |
| Formula | a mathematical relationship or rule expressed in symbols |
| Framework | a basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text |
| Function | work or operate in a proper or particular way |
| Funds | financial resources |
| Goals | the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result |
| Granted |
admittedly; it is true (used to introduce a factor which is opposed to the main line of argument but is not regarded as so strong as to invalidate it)
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| Hypothesis |
a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
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| Identified | ecognize or distinguish (especially something considered worthy of attention) |
| Implications | the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated |
| Implies | suggest (something) as a logical consequence |
| Indicate | point out, show |
| Instance | an example or single occurrence of something |
| Institute |
an organization having a particular purpose, especially one that is involved with science, education, or a specific profession
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| Integration | the action or process of integrating |
| Interaction | communication or direct involvement with someone or something |
| Interpretation | the action of explaining the meaning of something |
| Involved | have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result |
| Issues | an important topic or problem for debate or discussion |
| Journal | a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity |
| Label | assign to a category, especially inaccurately or restrictively |
| Layer | a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body |
| Legislation | the process of making or enacting laws |
| Link | a relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other |
| Maintenance | the process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved |
| Major | important, serious, or significant |
| Maximum | the greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded |
| Mechanism | a natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about |
| Method | a particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one |
| Negative | expressing or implying denial, disagreement, or refusal |
| Normal | the usual, typical, or expected state or condition |
| Obtained | get, acquire, or secure (something) |
| Obvious | easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent |
| Occur | happen, take place |
| Outcomes | the way a thing turns out, a consequence |
| Overall | taken as a whole, in all |
| Parameters |
a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation
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| Partnership | an association of two or more people as partners |
| Percent | one part in a hundred, an amount that is equal to one one-hundredth of something |
| Phase | a distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development |
| Policy | a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual |
| Positive | expressing or implying affirmation, agreement, or permission |
| Potential | having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future |
| Predicted | say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something |
| Previous | existing or occurring before in time or order |
| Primary | earliest in time or order |
| Principle | a rule or belief governing one's behaviour |
| Procedure | an established or official way of doing something |
| Process | a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end |
| Proportion | a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole |
| Reaction | something done, felt, or thought in response to a situation or event |
| Registered | an official list or record of names or items |
| Relevant | appropriate to the current time, period, or circumstances; of contemporary interest |
| Required | need for a particular purpose |
| Research | discover or verify information for use in (a book, programme, etc.) |
| Resolution | a firm decision to do or not to do something |
| Resources |
a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively
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| Retained | continue to have (something), keep possession of |
| Scheme | a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object |
| Select | carefully choose as being the best or most suitable |
| Shift | move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance |
| Significant | sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention, noteworthy |
| Similar | having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical |
| Sought | attempt to find (something) |
| Specific | clearly defined or identified |
| Specified | identify clearly and definitely |
| Status | relative social or professional position, standing |
| Strategies | a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim |
| Structure | the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex |
| Subsequent | coming after something in time, following |
| Sufficient | enough, adequate |
| Sum | the total amount resulting from the addition of two or more numbers, amounts, or items |
| Task | a piece of work to be done or undertaken |
| Techniques | skill or ability in a particular field |
| Text | a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form |
| Theory | a set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based |
| Traditional | existing in or as part of a tradition, long-established |
| Transfer | move from one place to another |
| Undertaken | commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility), take on |
| Validity | the state of being legally or officially binding or acceptable |
| Variables | an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change |
| Volume | a book forming part of a work or series |