IELTS ACADEMIC VOCABULARY EXPOSED
| Word | Meaning | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| abandon | to leave somebody especially somebody you are responsible with no intention of returning. | ||
| accommodate | to provide with a place to live or to be stored in | ||
| accumulate | to gather or collect something over time | ||
| accurate | correct in all details/exact | ||
| adequate | enough in quantity of a good enough standard for a particular purpose. | ||
| ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning | ||
| analyze | to examine something carefully and in detail in order to understand it | ||
| anticipate | to expect that something will happen and be ready for it | ||
| appropriate | suitable/acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS | |
| aspect | one part of a situation or problem | ||
| assert | to state firmly that something is true | ||
| assess | to judge or decide the amount/value/quality | ||
| assign | to give somebody something that they can use or or some work or responsibility | ||
| assume | to accept something to be true without question or proof | ||
| attain | to achieve something or especially after a lot of effort | ||
| attribute | to say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing | ||
| authorize | to give official permission for something | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| beneficial | helpful/advantageous | ||
| comprehensive | including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something | ||
| consequently | as a result/ therefore | ||
| consistent | always behaving or happening in a similar way especially positive | ||
| contrary | opposite in nature or direction | ||
| cooperate | to work together with someone in order to achieve something | ||
| correspond | have a close similarity or match or agree almost exactly | ||
| demonstrate | to show something clearly by giving proof or evidence | ||
| derive | to obtain something from a specified source | ||
| deviate | to depart from an established course | ||
| dispute | to argue or disagree with someone about something | ||
| elaborate | involving many carefully arranged parts or details | detailed and complicated in design and planning | |
| empirical | based on/concerned with | or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic | |
| equivalent | equal in value | amount/function | |
| estimate | to form an approximate judgement or calculation regarding something | ||
| evaluate | to assess or judge the value | importance or quality of something | |
| evident | clearly seen or understood | obvious | |
| exceed | to be greater in number or size than something | ||
| explicit | stated clearly and in detail | leaving no room for confusion or doubt | |
| Word | Meaning | ||
| feasible | possible | practical | or likely |
| fluctuate | to vary irregularly | especially in amount or value | |
| generate | to produce or create something/ideas | especially energy | |
| hypothesis | a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation | ||
| implement | to put a decision | plan/agreement | |
| incentive | a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something | ||
| infer | to deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements | ||
| innovative | featuring new methods | advanced and original | |
| integrate | to combine one thing with another so that they become a whole | ||
| interpret | to explain the meaning of something | ||
| justify | to show or prove to be right or reasonable | ||
| manipulate | to handle or control in a skillful manner | ||
| modify | to make partial or minor changes to something | ||
| notion | a conception of or belief about something | ||
| objective | (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts | agreement | |
| omit | to leave out or exclude something or someone | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS | |
| participate | to take part in something | ||
| perspective | a particular attitude or way of viewing something | ||
| precise | marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail | ||
| predominant | main or most important | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| prevalent | widespread in a particular area or at a particular time | ||
| principle | a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior | ||
| prohibit | to formally forbid something by law | rule or other authority | |
| proportion | the relationship of one thing to another in size | amount | etc. |
| qualitative | related to the qualities of something rather than its quantity | ||
| random | chosen or happening without method or conscious decision | done | |
| reinforce | to strengthen or support especially with additional personnel or material | ||
| reliance | dependence on or trust in someone or something | ||
| resolve | to settle or find a solution to a problem or dispute | ||
| retain | to continue to have (something) | keep possession of | |
| sufficient | enough | adequate | |
| valid | legally or officially acceptable | ||
| variable | able to be changed or adapted | ||
| alternative | available as another possibility or choice | ||
| assumption | a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen | without proof | |
| capacity | the maximum amount that something can contain or produce | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS | |
| comply | act in accordance with a wish or command | ||
| conduct | the manner in which a person behaves | especially in a particular place or situation | |
| constant | occurring continuously over a period of time | ||
| criteria | a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| cumulative | increasing or increased in quantity | degree or force by successive additions | |
| deduce | to arrive at a conclusion by reasoning | draw as a logical conclusion | |
| demonstrate | to show clearly and deliberately | indicate | |
| deviation | the action of departing from an established course or accepted standard | ||
| dilemma | a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives | especially equally undesirable ones | |
| discrepancy | a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts | ||
| dispose | to get rid of by throwing away or giving or selling to someone else | ||
| distort | to pull or twist out of shape | ||
| diverse | showing a great deal of variety | very different | |
| dominant | most important or influential | powerful | |
| draft | a preliminary version of a piece of writing | ||
| duration | the time during which something continues | ||
| elaborate | detailed and complicated in design and planning | ||
| encounter | to unexpectedly experience or be faced with | ||
| endeavor | an attempt to achieve a goal | an enterprise or undertaking | |
| enhance | to intensify or further improve the quality | increase | |
| envisage | to contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event | ||
| epoch | a period of time in history or a person’s life | typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics | |
| equivalent | equal in value or amount/function | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| ethic | a set of moral principles | especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group field | |
| exceed | to be greater in number or size than something | ||
| excerpt | a short extract from a film broadcast | or piece of music or writing | |
| exploit | to make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource) | ||
| facilitate | to make an action or process easy or easier | ||
| feasible | possible to do easily or conveniently | ||
| flexibility | the quality of bending easily without breaking | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS | |
| forthcoming | about to happen or appear | ||
| framework | an essential supporting structure of a building | vehicle or object | |
| frequent | occurring or done on many occasions | in many cases or in quick succession | |
| generate | produce or create (something) | especially when creatively or economically | |
| guideline | a general rule | principle or piece of advice | |
| highlight | to emphasize or draw attention to | ||
| illustrate | to provide (a book | newspaper etc.) with pictures | |
| immigrate | to come to live permanently in a foreign country | ||
| implication | the conclusion that can be drawn from something | although it is not explicitly stated | |
| impose | to force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place | ||
| incentive | a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something | ||
| inclusive | including or covering all the services | facilities or items normally expected or required | |
| incompatible | (of two things) so opposed in character as to be incapable of existing together | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| inevitable | certain to happen | unavoidable | |
| infer | to deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS | |
| infrastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise | ||
| inherent | existing in something as a permanent | essential or characteristic attribute | |
| integral | necessary to make a whole complete | essential or fundamental | |
| integrate | to combine one thing with another so that they become a whole | ||
| intervene | to come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events | ||
| intrinsic | belonging naturally | essential | |
| isolate | to cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others | ||
| justify | to show or prove to be right or reasonable | ||
| legislate | to make or enact laws | ||
| levy | an imposed tax | fee or fine | |
| likewise | in the same way | also | |
| maintain | to cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue | ||
| mediate | to intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation | ||
| method | a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something | especially a systematic or established one | |
| migrate | to move from one region or habitat to another | especially regularly according to the seasons | |
| minimize | to reduce (something | especially something unwanted or unpleasant) to the smallest possible amount or degree | |
| modify | to make partial or minor changes to (something) | typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS |
| negate | to nullify | make ineffective | |
| notion | a conception of or belief about something | ||
| obtain | to get or secure something | acquire | |
| occupy | to reside or have one’s place of business in a building | ||
| offset | to counteract something by having an equal and opposite force or effect | ||
| ongoing | continuing | still in progress | |
| orient | to align or position something relative to a known point or landmark | ||
| outcome | the way a thing turns out | a consequence | |
| parameter | a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation | ||
| perspective | a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something | a point of view | |
| phenomenon | a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen | especially one whose cause or explanation is in question | |
| precede | come before something in time | ||
| predict | say or estimate that a specified thing will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something | What are the IELTS band 9 vocabulary? | |
| preliminary | preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important | ||
| presume | to suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability | ||
| prevail | to prove more powerful than opposing forces | be victorious | |
| principal | first in order of importance | main | |
| priority | a thing that is regarded as more important than another | ||
| prohibit | formally forbid something by law or rule | or other authority | |
| proportion | a part/share | or number considered in comparative relation to a whole | |
| protocol | the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| quantitative | relating to measuring | or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality | |
| range | the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale | ||
| ratio | the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other | ||
| rationale | a set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS | |
| recurrent | occurring often or repeatedly | ||
| regime | a government | especially an authoritarian one | |
| reinforce | strengthen or support (an object or substance) | especially with additional material | |
| relevant | closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered | ||
| rely | depend on with full trust or confidence | ||
| require | need for a particular purpose | ||
| reside | have one’s permanent home in a particular place | ||
| resource | a stock or supply of money | materials | staff |
| restrict | put a limit on | keep under control | |
| reveal | make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others | ||
| revenue | income | especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature | |
| rigorous | extremely thorough | exhaustive | or accurate |
| scenario | a written outline of a movie | novel | or stage work giving details of the plot and individual scenes |
| scheme | a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect | ||
| sequence | a particular order in which related events | movements | or things follow each other |
| significant | sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention | noteworthy | |
| simulate | imitate the appearance or character of | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| sophisticated | developed to a high degree of complexity | ||
| specify | identify clearly and definitely | ||
| statistic | a fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of numerical data | ||
| strategy | a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim | ||
| subsequent | coming after something in time | following | |
| substitute | a person or thing acting or serving in place of another | ||
| sufficient | enough | adequate | |
| summary | a brief statement or account of the main points of something | ||
| supplement | something that completes or enhances something else when added to it | ||
| survey | examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map | plan or description | |
| suspend | temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect | What are the IELTS band 9 vocabulary? | |
| sustain | strengthen or support physically or mentally | ||
| symbolic | serving as a symbol | ||
| technique | a way of carrying out a particular task | especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure | |
| theory | a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something | ||
| transfer | move from one place to another | ||
| transit | the carrying of people | goods or materials from one place to another | |
| ultimate | being or happening at the end of a process | final | |
| underlie | be the cause or basis of (something) | ||
| undertake | commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility) | take on | |
| utilize | make practical and effective use of | ||
| validity | the quality of being logically or factually sound | ||
| variation | a change or difference in condition | amount or level | |
| widespread | found or distributed over a large area or number of people | ||
| Word | Meaning | ||
| welfare | the health | happiness and fortunes of a person or group | |
| whereas | in contrast or comparison with the fact that | ||
| widespread | found or distributed over a large area or number of people | ||
| yield | to produce or provide (a natural | agricultural or industrial product) | |
| abundant | existing or available in large quantities | plentiful | |
| advocate | a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy | ||
| allocate | distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose | ||
| amend | make minor changes to (a text | piece of legislation etc.) in order to make it fairer | IELTS PREP MASTERCLASS |
| apprehensive | anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen | ||
| articulate | having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently | ||
| assertive | having or showing a confident and forceful personality | ||
| assimilate | take in (information ideas or culture) and understand fully | ||
| attain | succeed in achieving (something that one desires and has worked for) | ||
| attribute | regard something as being caused by (someone or something) | ||
| autonomous | having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs | ||
| bias | prejudice in favor of or against one thing person or group compared with another | ||
| coherent | (of an argument theory or policy) logical and consistent | What are the IELTS band 9 vocabulary? | |
| commence | begin start | ||
| compensate | give (someone) something typically money in recognition of loss | ||
| compile | produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources | ||
| comprise | consist of | be made up of | |
| concede | admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it | ||
| concise | giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words | brief but comprehensive |
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