IELTS Vocabulary

Not religious; relating to worldly rather than sacred matters

A taxi; the driver's compartment of a truck or train

A formal test of knowledge or ability

Soft, gentle, or sensitive; a formal offer or bid; to formally present something

The scientific study of living organisms

Able to bend without breaking; able to adapt to different situations

A secret plan by a group to do something harmful or illegal

A person killed or injured in a war, accident, or disaster

The carrying out of a plan; putting someone to death as punishment

Extremely good; excellent; very great or intense

A natural inborn impulse or intuitive feeling

A jury's decision in court; any judgement or conclusion

To handle skillfully; to control or influence someone unfairly

An abnormal mass of tissue in the body

A circular or oval shape; to form into a ring

A person who actively works in a profession, especially medicine or law

Financial assistance or grant, especially from a government

To revise or correct content (v.); a change made to a text or file (n.)

A flexible instrument for striking; to strike or beat with a whip

To perplex or confuse; a game or problem requiring ingenuity to solve

An edible fungus; to grow or spread rapidly

The study of numbers, shapes, and quantities

To heat a liquid to boiling point; cook in boiling water; a pus-filled skin swelling

Forming a fundamental basis; implicit; situated beneath

The state of being separated from others; the act of isolating

A person who starts and runs a business, taking financial risks

A strong desire to achieve success or a specific goal

A light, gentle wind; something easy to do; to move casually

Expensive; involving great sacrifice or loss

Having a strong desire for success; requiring great effort

As one would reasonably suppose; probably

Relating to a large city; a senior bishop overseeing others

To melt into liquid; to disband; a gradual film scene transition

Relating to beauty and artistic taste (adj.); a style or sense of beauty (n.)

A small enclosed space or stall, such as a phone booth, voting booth, or market stall; a restaurant seating area with high-backed benches

To place something into another thing; something inserted

A hard protective head covering

Of or relating to a monarch or royal family; a member of a royal family

Sudden overwhelming fear or anxiety; to feel or cause such fear

To press with great force so as to break; a dense crowd; a romantic infatuation

A steep vertical rock face

As small or little as possible

An addictive stimulant drug derived from coca leaves

A false perception or belief; something that appears real but is not

Having an unknown or withheld identity

To make more attractive by adding ornaments; to award a medal or honor

Equal in value or effect; something equal to another

Having extensive knowledge or skill from practice