IELTS Vocabulary

Careful to avoid danger or mistakes

To shake involuntarily from fear or cold; a quiver or vibration

An unreasonable hostile opinion toward a group; to cause bias or harm

An official document certifying a fact or qualification; to issue such a document

To officially appoint or select for a purpose; appointed but not yet in office

Compassion and forgiveness shown toward others

The profession of caring for patients; breastfeeding

A roadside hotel for motorists with easy parking access

A straight line through the centre of a circle; its length

Very serious or severe; sharp and perceptive; (of illness) sudden and intense

A person or thing that came before another in a role or sequence

To persuade someone to do something; to cause or bring about

Young or immature; a young person below the age of legal responsibility

A long formal dress; an official robe for judges or academics

To show a mutual relationship between things; a related counterpart

To stop or cause to stop; a pause in movement

To inflict severe pain on someone; the act of doing so

Banishment from one's home country; to banish someone

A group of singers; the repeated part of a song; to say or sing together

A loud deep sound; to make such a sound

Funny or relating to comedy; a comedian or comic book

To return to life or activity; to restore something

An ornamental water feature shooting jets of water; a natural spring

Retaliation for a perceived wrong; to take retaliatory action

Having a sharp acidic taste; to become rancid or unpleasant

Based on observation or experiment rather than theory

Care taken to avoid danger; to warn someone of risk

To begin from a source; to create or initiate something

To entice or attract; something used to tempt

To gather information from various sources; to translate source code into machine code

To burst out suddenly and violently, as a volcano; to break out suddenly

To appear threatening or imminent; a weaving machine

Remarkable, worthy of attention; a distinguished person

A walking stick or plant stem; to beat with a cane

To shape metal by heating; to make a fraudulent copy; a metalworking furnace

To throw into disorder; to interrupt or disturb something

A major discovery or achievement; characterized by significant progress

Attractively thin; very small in amount; to lose weight

Worth having or choosing; pleasing and attractive

To claim something is true without full proof

A broad street; a means of approach or access

Rural land outside towns and cities

To achieve or reach a goal through effort

An organised group of singers, especially in a church

A flag or decorative strip of cloth; exceptionally good

Moving upward or increasing; a rebellion

To restrict within limits; a boundary or border

Conforming to established or traditional beliefs and practices