托福考试对于词汇量的要求还是比较高的。许多同学在托福阅读中做题速度慢，托福听力中反应不灵敏，都可能和词汇不熟悉有关。下面给大家整理了一些文化类的词汇，希望帮助大家在考到相关话题时，能灵活应对!
 
1. homogeneous 同质的
homo + gene +ous(<> heterogeneous)^ homosexual, heterosexual
2. mainstream 主流,主流的
3. dialect 方言 (v.s. accent)
4. discrepancy 差异
5. misconception 误解 (mis + concept + ion)= misunderstanding
6. barrier 障碍(物)~ bar, = barricade
7. discrimination 区别，歧视racial/sexual discrimination discriminate (+against)
8. hierarchy 等级制度heir + arch(govern) + y
9. insularity 岛国性质 ( insular, ^island)British industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity.
10. dietitian 饮食学家 (~ diet) entrée 主食
11. microcosm 小天地 micro + cosm(os)
12. nostalgia = homesickness
13. patriot 爱国者 (<> traitor)à patriotic, patriotism
14. compatriot 同胞 同胞的com + patriot
15. vernacular 本地的，本国的 本地话，本国话the vernacular languages of India
16. mediocre 平庸的
17. immigration 移入~ immigrant, immigratev.s. emigration (~ emigrant, emigrate)
18. connoisseur 行家，鉴赏家
19. permeate 渗透，弥漫 Smoke permeated the house.
20. entrepreneur 企业家 (~ enterprise)à entrepreneurship
21. practitioner 开业者，从业者praction(practice) + er
22. celebrity = a famous person= luminary, VIP
23. proxy 代理人
24. anecdote 轶事 (à anecdotal)
25. notoriety 恶名 ( notorious)
26. counterpart 对应人，对等物 counterculture, counterbalance
27. peer 同等的人 凝视，窥视(~ peep)
28. subordinate 下级 下级的<> superior
29. tactics 战术，技巧 v.s. strategy (战略，策略)marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics
30. bizarre 奇异的v.s. weird (怪异的)
31. benchmarking 类比分析
32. punctual 准时的，守时的 (à punctuality)
33. absenteeism 旷工 absent à absentee à absenteeism
34. flextime 弹性工作时间 flex(flexible) + time
35. harass 骚扰 (à harassment)Mary said that Gary had sexually harassed her.
36. redundancy 冗余，冗员 network redundancy
37. downsize 裁员 (~ lay off)
38. ballot 投票 (= vote)
39. impartial 不偏不倚的 (<> partial)
40. lobby 大堂(n.) 游说(v.)
41. shortlist (BE) a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen à (v.)
42. vogue 时尚 chic
43. equilibrium 平衡，均衡
44. questionnaire 调查表，问卷
45. quantitative 定量的 (<> qualitative)
46. contingency 偶然性，偶然事件
47. incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur
48. ethical 伦理的，符合伦理的~ ethics, <> unethical
49. dubious 疑惑的，可疑的 (~ doubt)People were dubious about the result.
50. manifestation 显示，证明 ( manifest)
51. subtitle 字幕，副标题
(sub + title)^ subsidiary, submarine, subway (BE: underground, tube), suburb(~ downtown, uptown, outskirts)
52. dubbing 配音录制