About TOEFL® vocabulary

[Ad33L786rules]

ok another question here
someone told me that to make my english better i have to use a good vocabulary? is it true
e.g you are talking fast.....instead of fast i had to use the word briskly.
will such vocabulary really raise my scores?

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture by a professor of History

[Yankee]

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Yes. The more words you not only understand, but also can use appropriately, the better your score is likely to be.

While it is true that people tend to use less of their total vocabulary in informal speech, that does not mean that the less often used words are not necessary or important. Your example ('briskly') is really not a particularly unusual or high-level word. In connection with speech, that word would probably be used more often to describe the manner in which someone said something rather than simply the speed of the words. Knowing how to use words appropriately is just as important as using the words themselves.
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[Englishuser]

Hi,

I think Amy's comment

[Lost_Soul]

[Yankee]

Hi Alex

Yes, those two little words can often be big problems.
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[Ad33L786rules]

Ok thank you for some guidence. i understand how to use it
thank you again