Here are some techniques, with the help of which you can absorb, comprehend and memorize new vocabulary. It is possible to apply these methods in your TOEFL test preparation program.

The first step toward acquiring a general academic English vocabulary is to define the word “science”. While you will be looking for this definition in different kinds of reference books and dictionaries, it is possible that you will find various definitions for this word. Here what is taken from the Cambridge Online Dictionaries:

1. Science – knowledge, which is obtained from some systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical word, especially by observing, experimenting and measuring, and the development of theories to describe the results of the activities, mentioned below:
- Recent developments in science and technology.
- Pure or applied science.
2. Some particular subject, which is studied with the help of the application of the following methods:
- Advances in medical science.
- Economics is no an exact science.
- Physical sciences
3. The study of science:
- A science graduate or teacher.
- A science course or lesson.

 In accordance to Napoleon Hill, science is considered to be the art of classifying facts into several categories. Therefore, what are these categories, all facts can possibly be classified into? Here comes a concise structure of some of the sciences, which can be studied at any modern university:
Category 1:
Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Category 2:
Applied Arts and Sciences
Category 3:
Social Sciences and Philosophy

Now you can see that all sciences can be divided into three main categories. So, which of them can be considered your favourite one? Maybe, it would be useful for you to take a closer look on them, in order to see some particular sciences, which are in these categories. Here comes a more detailed consideration:

Category 1 - Mathematical and Natural Sciences:
• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer science
• Earth science
• Ecology
• Health science
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Statistics