IELTS Vocabulary

The application of science to design and build structures or systems; to design or arrange skillfully

Unchanging or persistent (adj.); a fixed value in mathematics (n.)

A medical facility for outpatient treatment and diagnosis

A person with long experience; a former member of the armed forces

Feeling anxious or easily agitated; relating to the nervous system

A person who travels for pleasure

To throw lightly upward; a casual throw or coin flip

Extremely important or decisive for an outcome

A case that does not follow the general rule

A shortage or lack; excess of spending over revenue

A room with a bathtub or shower and usually a toilet

A goal or target; not influenced by personal bias; based on facts

Operating by means of electrons in circuits; relating to electronics

A person or country united with another for a common purpose; to form such a union

The general opinion people have about someone or something

A tall narrow structure; to rise much higher than surroundings

A combination of different substances or elements mixed together

Visible gases from burning material; a cigarette; to inhale tobacco smoke

To face a difficult situation or person directly; to challenge face to face

Free from contamination or imperfection; morally clean

A measurable extent such as length or width; an aspect of a situation

Having an even surface; free from problems; to make even or flat

To look carefully at something; a person of equal standing; a British nobleman

The people employed in an organization; the human resources department

A person who designs things professionally; made by a famous designer

To go with someone; to occur alongside; to play musical accompaniment

A shiny white precious metal; made of or resembling silver

The act or state of permanently leaving one's job or career

A cloth symbol of a country or organization; to mark for attention

Lower in rank or younger in age; a third-year student

To move back and forth around a fixed point; a swinging seat; a shift or change

The front of the neck; the passage for food and air inside the neck

A fixed regular payment from employer to employee

The act of publishing; a printed work made available to the public

Lasting indefinitely without change; not temporary

An observable event or fact; something extraordinary

A feeling of worry or nervousness about something uncertain

Exactly as stated; used to emphasize that something is really true

A large formal meeting; an accepted social practice; an international agreement

To hold someone in one's arms; to eagerly accept an idea

A large public display of objects or artworks

A professional who gives expert advice in a particular field

A person who manages an organization or computer system

A pale red colour; having a pale red colour

Famous or significant in history

A male deer or similar animal; (informal) a dollar; to resist or oppose

To tie or restrict; a difficult situation

Coming after the fourth; one of five equal parts