IELTS Vocabulary: 500 AWL and Practice

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500 IELTS Vocabulary

IELTS Vocabulary: 500 AWL

The 500 IELTS vocabulary is so-called AWL (Academic Word List), which was rooted from a popular webpage of HONG KONG Univ. We re-organized it with new definitions and examples. As we know, students should learn at least 5000 IELTS vocabulary before taking academic test. These 500 words cannot replace hardworking of 5000 or more IELTS vocabulary, but is the first step to open the door of building vocabulary efficiently.

Firstly, it is a high frequent word list in IELTS test papers.Two types of students may be interested in the vocabulary.The first is to just start to build vocabulary.They want to get the big picture of IELTS academic vocabulary quickly.The second is in a very narrow time frame to prepare their tests, this list contains the most common words and is a proven short-cut to pass IELTS test.

English is foreign language for most of IELTS test takers.Leverage mother language's knowledge to learn new English words is a normal way for them. This IELTS vocabulary encloses definitions of 20 languages that cover most population of the world. It's a big save for ESL (English as Second Language) students.

In addition to original Chinese explanation of HONG KONG Univ, more local language explanations are appended to help ESL test takers.Open the register form page; you will see there are 20 languages available. Select your mother language; then, IELTS vocabulary will show explanations with English and your mother language together.

Each word in this IELTS academic vocabulary is demonstrated with example sentence, which plays a key part to understand and use new word in right way. Memorize words alone are usually boring, and even if you get them you won’t be very confident to use them.However, if connect a word with an example sentence, the situation will be changed, these words and sentences will enhance your both reading and writing skill.

At last, please notice this AWL is from Hong Kong. It means these words are targeted to IELTS academic test and are for students who live in English speaking areas.Lots of fundamental words are filtered because they are assumed to be known in daily activities.So this IELTS vocabulary may not be an ideal choice for test takers who are in non-English countries.

This IELTS vocabulary is too short to hunt top score. Obviously, high level students need a more powerful vocabulary to work. IELTS Academic Words List, the largest IELTS vocabulary in the website, reflects the essential vocabulary level of IELTS academic test. It's a good option for serious test takers.

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IELTS 1200 Words in 30 Days (basic level)
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4000 IELTS Words (basic,middle, and high level)
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IELTS vocabulary is the foundation to pass the test. Before your starting, you should clean all questions, such as how many words to learn, how long to spend, and by what way or tool to study. If you cannot set your goal or doubt your plan, google and research some online resources may help you out, e.g.:

IELTS Official Website
English Language Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

accommodate:

/ə'kɒmədeɪt/ v. Syn. adapt; oblige
do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
As for the stage in the public auditorium, it can easily be adjusted to accommodate from a full-scale musical production to one by a solo vocalist.

accumulate:

/ə'kju:mjʊleɪt/ v. Syn. collect
pile up; collect; mount up; increase
The tendency of Capital to accumulate is a big threat to the free market.

achieve:

/ə'tʃi:v/ v. Syn. accomplish; fulfill
gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
Water, energy, health, agriculture, and biodiversity, require the world's scientific community to come up with the means to achieve sustainable development.

acquire:

/ə'kwaɪə(r)/ v. Syn. obtain; gain
gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system
As Norman Mailer once said to me, "One of the hardest things to acquire is a persona, and you've got one."

adequate:

/'ædɪkwət/ a. Syn. sufficient; enough
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
England missed key players through injury, lacked adequate preparation and was unable to match Australia's skill.

adjust:

/ə'dʒʌst/ v. Syn. adapt; regulate
adapt; regulate
The opera house was handed over by the builders nearly a year ago, but it's taken many months to install new stage machinery and to adjust the acoustics.

Vocabulary List - View all words by list

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Words of List 3 (Part of words, select list to view all.):

evident

evolve

exceed

exclude

exhibit

expand

expert

explicit

exploit

export

expose

external

extract

facilitate

factor

feature

federal

fee

file

final

finance

finite

flexible

fluctuate

focus

format

formula

forthcoming

foundation

framework

function

fund

fundamental

furthermore

gender

generate

generation

globe

goal

grade

grant

guarantee

guideline

hence

hierarchy

highlight

hypothesis

identical

identify

ideology

ignorant

illustrate

image

immigrate

impact

implement

implicate

implicit

imply

impose

incentive

incidence

incline

income

incorporate

index

indicate

individual

induce

inevitable

infer

infrastructure

inherent

inhibit

initial

initiate

injure

innovate

insert

insight

inspect

instance

institute

instruct

integral

integrate

integrity

intelligence

intense

interact

intermediate

internal

interpret

interpretation

interval

intervene

intrinsic

invest

investigate

invoke

involve

isolate

issue

item

journal

justify

label

labour

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Word Meaning Matching - Test how many words you know

access

	resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for purpose of examination of each separately
	change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors
	jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
	approach; entry; entrance

acknowledge

	quote; adduce as an instance
	appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly
	declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
	link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty

aggregate

	gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	assign; distribute according to plan
	make amends for; reimburse
	appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly

alternative

	situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
	occur at the same time as; correspond
	convenient for use or disposal; not busy, free; obtainable; accessible
	one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

amend

	division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
	gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
	have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors

append

	situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
	advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	estimate value; judge worth of something
	attach; add as supplement or appendix

area

	plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range
	beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
	link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
	jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government

assemble

	fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
	group; class; collection of things sharing a common attribute

authority

	jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
	study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
	stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
	advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

benefit

	study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
	acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
	appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly
	advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain

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/'æbstrækt/ a. Syn. theoretical; abstruse
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
To him, hunger was an [___] concept; he had never missed a meal.

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/ə'kɒmədeɪt/ v. Syn. adapt; oblige
do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
As for the stage in the public auditorium, it can easily be adjusted to [___] from a full-scale musical production to one by a solo vocalist.

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/ə'kju:mjʊleɪt/ v. Syn. collect
pile up; collect; mount up; increase
The tendency of Capital to [___] is a big threat to the free market.

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/əd'mɪnɪstreɪt/ v.
administer; supply; supervise or be in charge of
Remember that Democrats want to increase spending and create more laws which in turn create more government to [___] and enforce.

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/ə'nælədʒɪ/ n. Syn. similarity; parallelism
similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
This [___] is almost always noted without further comment, although in fact it may be taken further.

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/'ænjʊəl/ a.
occurring or payable every year
It says that the Queen's role in the [___] state opening of parliament should be changed.

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/ə'pɛnd/ v. Syn. attach
attach; add as supplement or appendix
When you [___] a bibliography to a text, you have just created an supplementary material.

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/ə'proʊprɪət/ v. Syn. acquire; allocate
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
The ranch owners [___] the lands that have originally been set aside for the Indians' use.

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/'ætɪtju:d/;/'ætɪtud/ n.
posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue
One of the major reasons for this change in [___] is that there's more money around.

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/bɒnd/ n. Syn. link; tie; connection
link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
Last year, the average short-term [___] fund gained about 9%, according to Morningstar.