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.

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

acknowledge:

/ək'nɒlɪdʒ/ v. Syn. recognize; admit
declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
Although I acknowledge that the Beatles' tunes sound pretty dated today, I still prefer them to the songs my brothers play.

adapt:

/ə'dæpt/ v. Syn. alter; modify
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
One way to adapt is to become smaller, generation by generation.

adjacent:

/ə'dʒeɪsənt/ a. Syn. adjoining; neighboring
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
Philip's best friend Jason lived only four houses down the block, close but not immediately adjacent.

administrate:

/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 administrate and enforce.

advocate:

/'ædvəkət/ v. Syn. urge; support
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
The some doctors advocate a smoking ban in the entire house.

aggregate:

/'ægrɪgət/ v. Syn. gather; accumulate
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time.

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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

accompany

	resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for purpose of examination of each separately
	distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind
	suppose; presume; take on; bear
	travel with; be associated with

acquire

	advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
	make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
	gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system
	fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

adult

	work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; creation of the highest excellence
	sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
	one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
	gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

alter

	sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
	even though; although; notwithstanding
	modify; cause to change; make different; convert
	send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly

annual

	attach; add as supplement or appendix
	occurring or payable every year
	do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists

anticipate

	represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
	act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
	thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
	send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly

apparent

	capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
	occurring or payable every year
	complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
	pile up; collect; mount up; increase

approach

	sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
	fellow worker; associate; co-worker
	fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	access; method

author

	send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly
	beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
	approach; come near
	form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way

commission

	posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue
	sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
	fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
	even though; although; notwithstanding

Interactive Spelling - Check your spelling skill online

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/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 [___] sustainable development.

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

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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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/ə'sɛs/ v. Syn. estimate; judge
estimate value; judge worth of something
They say that they lack both the money and the resources to deploy officials across the country to [___] the safety of each and every ferry.

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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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/'ɔ:təmeɪt/ v.
replace or enhance human labor with machines
The other reason to [___] is to get people out of the dangerous circumstance.

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/bri:f/ a.
short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise
When my [___] career as a pop star ended, I found I had done fairly well.

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/'keɪpəb(ə)l/ a. Syn. competent
having the ability required for a specific task
Canadian politicians have been in [___] of ending this primitive practice.

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/'tʃælɪndʒ/ v.
assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
Nowadays no one will [___] the fact that the earth is round.

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/kə'mɛns/ v. Syn. originate; start; begin
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
Mrs. Fairfax swallowed her breakfast and hastened away to [___] operations.