IELTS Vocabulary

To decay or decompose; the process of rotting; nonsense

Strong-smelling or harmful gas; to emit smoke or be very angry

A guarantee that a product will meet certain standards or be repaired

Of or relating to the Earth; living on land

To spread through or penetrate every part of something

Relating to the sea, navigation, or shipping; coastal

The act or system of imposing taxes; tax revenue

To make someone familiar with a person or subject

To cause someone to suffer pain or distress

To look through casually; to navigate web pages

A poor, run-down urban neighborhood; to visit such an area

To travel across or pass through; a crossing route

An instrument for measuring temperature

A feeling of contempt or scorn; to regard with contempt

To move rapidly back and forth; to resonate

Having an end or limit; not infinite

To give or pass on knowledge, a quality, or information

A fabric device that slows a fall from an aircraft; to descend by parachute

To entertain or make someone laugh; to keep pleasantly occupied

Total distance in miles; fuel efficiency; practical benefit

To draw a line under text; to emphasize; a line drawn beneath text

To force someone out of a position or place

To divide into parts; a wall dividing a space; a hard disk section

To completely destroy a building; to thoroughly defeat or disprove

A sleeping bunk on a ship or train; a docking space for a ship

Soft tissue inside bones; a large green vegetable

A loop of thread in sewing; a sharp side pain; to sew

To indicate or be a sign of; to mean literally

Made up of various different kinds; mixed

The difference in electrical potential between two points

To feel or cause deep sorrow, especially over a loss

A title at the top of a document or section; a direction of travel

Straps fitted to an animal or person; to control and make use of something

To scatter and disappear; to squander; to live dissolutely

A person of lower rank; of lesser importance or authority

To swell or protrude outward; a rounded protrusion on a surface

A compound of oxygen with another element

A site for extracting stone; a hunted animal or person; to mine stone

Offensive to decency or morality; indecent or lewd

Characterized by disorder and violent disturbance; moving in an irregular way

Animal dung used as fertilizer; to spread fertilizer on land

To make a bad situation worse; to annoy or irritate

A cloak or covering; a symbol of authority; to cover or conceal

A state of continuous change; flow; a chemical agent for cleaning metal

Dark and depressing; sad and pessimistic

To irritate or bother someone

In the middle of or surrounded by

Individually separate and distinct; not continuous