IELTS Vocabulary

An official who enforces rules in a sport; to act as a referee

Immediate understanding without conscious reasoning; a gut feeling

To calculate; to consider or believe something

Unusual or odd in behaviour; a person with unconventional habits

To accidentally hear a conversation not meant for you

Kind, polite, and warmly courteous; an exclamation of surprise

To remove a government by force; the forcible removal of a ruler

To complain in a discontented way; a surly complaint

Careless and rash, without regard for consequences

A disadvantage or problem

Goods transported commercially; the cost of transporting them

Harm inflicted in return for a wrong; revenge

To damage or spoil something; a blemish

A large tailless primate; to imitate someone clumsily

To run at full speed over a short distance; a short fast race

A large inflow of people or things

A disadvantage or disability; to place at a disadvantage

Half of the Earth or a sphere

A person learning a trade under a skilled master

To fill with great wonder or surprise

A heritable genetic change; any significant alteration

Less; reduced by; below zero; a disadvantage

A baby's rocking bed; place of origin; to hold gently

A suspenseful, exciting story, film, or play

Soft moist mass or fruit flesh; cheap sensational fiction; to reduce to pulp

Having a lot of space; large and roomy

To flow slowly through small openings; a spot where liquid oozes from the ground

To care for lovingly; to hold dear

To undo tangled threads; to clarify or solve; to fall apart

To import or export goods illegally; to bring something in secretly

Ordinary and unremarkable; a cliché or overused idea

To form a clear mental image of something

A place where coins are made; a large sum of money; an aromatic herb

By the way; as a secondary or minor matter

Not correct or exact; containing errors

To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or memorial

The body of myths of a culture; a collection of stories about a subject

Happening or done at exactly the same time

To postpone; to yield to another's opinion

To be greater in weight, importance, or value than something else

Sudden and unexpected; curt in manner

Widespread and uncontrolled; flourishing unchecked

A narrow torn strip; a tiny amount; to tear into strips

A device that produces heat to warm a room or water

Pleasantly invigorating or agreeably new and different

Able to do many things well; having many uses

Something or someone causing annoyance or inconvenience

Feeling or causing a spinning sensation; lightheaded