IELTS Vocabulary

A device producing an intense, focused beam of light; to cut or treat with a laser

Courageous and daring; visually striking; bold typeface

A high level of skill or knowledge in a particular field

Relating to the beginning of something; the act of beginning

Unwilling or hesitant to do something

Almost; in effect or in actuality

A public procession or display; to march or show off

An indirect suggestion or clue; to suggest indirectly

A kingdom; a sphere of knowledge or influence

To mix together; a mixture of things

To call off or annul something planned; to cross out or neutralize

A person who provides therapy professionally

The fundamental laws governing a country; a person's physical makeup

A person who receives something

The skin of a fruit or vegetable; to remove the outer layer

The system of recording and analyzing financial transactions; the accounting profession

To toss or turn over quickly; a quick rotating movement

An unfair preference or prejudice; to influence unfairly

A figure of speech implying similarity between two unlike things

A wax stick with a wick burned for light

Relating to courts of law and the justice system

A thing or organization with a distinct independent existence

Waste material; anything useless or worthless

A device that produces light, such as an electric bulb or oil lamp

Relating to diplomacy; tactful in dealing with people

Graceful and refined in appearance or style

A formal social gathering; the act of receiving; signal quality

The front part of the lower jaw below the mouth

To disappear suddenly or completely; to cease to exist

To admit to wrongdoing; to disclose sins to a priest

A device for starting an engine; a player in the starting lineup; a first course of a meal

The business of managing a bank or financial services

Relaxed and informal; happening by chance; a temporary worker

The force pulling objects toward the earth; the seriousness of a situation

To reduce in size or importance

The act of stopping something from happening

A purpose or aim; firmly focused on a goal

To separate or cut off from others; to place in quarantine

To cut with forceful strokes; a cut of meat with a rib bone

Producing a large amount; yielding useful results

A detailed list of goods in stock; to make such a list

Relating to a city or the duties of citizenship

The size, extent, or importance of something

A person held captive to force compliance; to hold someone as a hostage

Nearly vertical in slope; to soak in liquid; a steep slope

A foreigner or extraterrestrial being; foreign or unfamiliar

Energetic and constantly changing; a driving force or pattern

A mathematical statement that two expressions are equal; treating things as equivalent