IELTS Vocabulary

A short sharp sound; to press a mouse button; to suddenly make sense

Money or something given to make up for loss or service

To devote oneself or something to a purpose; to inscribe a work as a tribute

To shape wood or stone by cutting; to slice cooked meat

The abdomen or stomach; to swell outward

A case for documents; a collection of work samples; a minister's responsibilities

To travel back and forth between two places; a vehicle making such trips

Unable to be seen; not visible

An agreement to marry; a formal appointment; active involvement

A business deal or exchange; the act of conducting business

The joint connecting the foot to the leg

To save from danger or harm; an act of saving someone

A person or thing with the same role or function as another in a different context

Exactly alike in every detail; the very same

In the middle of or surrounded by

Exact and accurate in every detail

Relating to the structure or construction of something

To identify a disease or problem through analysis

A large printed notice or picture used for advertising or decoration

To move slowly on hands and knees; a slow pace; a swimming stroke

Attractive and good-looking; generous or considerable

On the condition that; only if

Showing signs of future success; likely to develop well

Awake and aware; deliberately aware of something

Firm resolve to achieve a goal; the act of deciding or finding out something

The act of obtaining something; something gained

A hole in the ground; a small hollow on a surface; to set in opposition against

To hold someone closely in one's arms; a warm embrace

Wild animals and other organisms living in their natural environment

Fairness and impartiality; ownership value in a company or property

Advice or direction to help someone

A mechanical device for carrying people or goods between floors of a building

A sculpted three-dimensional figure of a person or animal

The act of chasing; a regular hobby or activity

To fix something broken or damaged; the act of fixing something

Spoken rather than written; a spoken examination

A building or room for physical exercise; a gymnastics class

Appropriate, respectable, and morally acceptable; adequately good

A hand with fingers curled inward; to strike with the fist

The place set as the end point of a journey or route

To give official approval or support; to sign the back of a cheque

Willing to give freely; kind and magnanimous; larger than expected

Responses or comments on work; signal looped back into a system

The act of washing the body; a bathtub; to wash someone in a bath

By that means; as a result of that

Something that shows a condition or trend; a measuring gauge

A range of colours from light; a broad range of related things or ideas

The light and warmth from the sun