IELTS 頻出英単語

To thoroughly defeat or overcome an opponent

打ち負かす、征服する；克服する

The state of feeling very sleepy

眠気

Relating to birth

出生の、誕生の

Lacking flavor or interest; dull

味のない；退屈な、面白みのない

Compensation for loss or damage; protection from liability

補償、賠償金；損害保障

A thin thread-like strand; dietary roughage; moral character (British spelling of fiber)

繊維；食物繊維；気質、根性

Journalism that tells stories primarily through photographs

報道写真、フォトジャーナリズム

To copy another's work and pass it off as one's own

盗用する、剽窃する

A circular current of water or air; to swirl in circles

渦、渦巻き；渦を巻く

Dull, monotonous, and lacking variety

単調な、退屈な

The punctuation mark ('); a rhetorical address to an absent person

アポストロフィ；頓呼法

To triple in amount; the highest musical voice or part; three times as much

3倍にする；3倍の；最高音部、トレブル

Waste material left after smelting metal; to produce slag

鉱滓（こうさい）、スラグ

Arriving or acting exactly on time

時間を守る、時間どおりの

A public official who certifies documents and witnesses signatures

公証人

Willing and happy to help others

親切な、快く手を貸す

A diagram showing relationships between quantities; to plot such a diagram

グラフ、図表；グラフにする

A device that tells time using a shadow cast by sunlight

日時計

To walk unsteadily like a small child; a tottering gait

よちよち歩く；よちよち歩き

Either of the two latitude lines bounding the tropics; of or relating to the tropics

回帰線；熱帯の

An optical instrument for viewing from a concealed position, as used in submarines

潜望鏡

Calm and peaceful; the Pacific Ocean

平和な、穏やかな；太平洋

Pieces of furniture for sleeping; plots for plants; rock layers

ベッド；花壇；地層

To shorten a text while keeping essential content; to curtail

（本などを）要約する、短縮する；削減する

Silly, pointless, and self-satisfied; vacuously stupid

愚かな、間の抜けた

Able to be logically defended or justified; well-founded

筋の通った、支持できる

Abundant or excessive in quantity

豊富な、おびただしい

A student absent without permission; to play truant; absent without leave

無断欠席者；ずる休みする；無断欠席の

Currently existing; having real being

存在する、現存の

To ask someone earnestly; to beg or plead

懇願する、嘆願する

To walk slowly while dragging the feet; a shuffling gait

よろよろ歩く、足を引きずって歩く

A grammar word linking a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence

前置詞

A ceremonial low-level flight; an overpass road or bridge

儀礼飛行、低空飛行；高架道路、陸橋

Prudent, shrewd, and tactful in managing affairs

賢明な、如才ない

A kind act or goodwill; to prefer or support someone

親切な行為、好意；好む、支持する

To grow or expand rapidly; a new bud or shoot

急成長する、芽を出す；新芽

Recorded on film; covered with a thin layer

撮影された；薄膜に覆われた

To swell or expand due to internal pressure

膨張させる、ふくらむ

A farming tool for breaking soil; to turn over soil for planting

すき；耕す

To ask for information or investigate something

尋ねる、問い合わせる；調査する

To isolate or keep apart from others

引き離す、隔離する

An official permit; official permission

免許、許可証；許可

Infectious or contagious; attractively appealing

伝染性の、うつりやすい；魅力的な

The right to occupy property by paying rent; the period of such occupation

借用、賃借；賃借期間

To confuse or perplex someone greatly

当惑させる、まごつかせる

Preventing sound from passing through; to make resistant to sound

防音の；防音にする

Extremely nervous or upset; overly elaborate

ひどく興奮した、神経が高ぶった；凝りすぎた

A showy display of wealth or ability intended to impress others

見せびらかし、誇示