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TOEFL pronunciation words

TOEFL draws its vocabulary from university lectures, so these are the words you must both recognise at speed and produce accurately. Most are Latin-derived with stress three syllables from the end. Listening to them repeatedly trains recognition as much as production.


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Browse every practice list or the word index, hear two accents back to back on Compare, or test your ear with the listening quiz.

To read the rules behind these words, see the pronunciation guides — including silent letters, word stress and American vs British. Or hear each accent on its own page: American, British, Australian.