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 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

albeit:

/ɔ:l'bi:ɪt/ ad.
even though; although; notwithstanding
This question bothers me, albeit from a different perspective.

alter:

/'ɔ:ltə(r)/ v. Syn. modify; change; convert
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
In public neither Mr. Blair's visit nor the regional summit in Nepal has done anything to alter India's position on dialogue with Pakistan.

ambiguous:

/æm'bɪgjʊəs/ a.
unclear or doubtful in meaning
His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take.

analogy:

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

analysis:

/ə'næləsɪs/ n. Syn. study; investigation
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
You can read more about those studies here, and my analysis is here.

anticipate:

/æn'tɪsɪpeɪt/ v. Syn. expect; predict
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust, rejection, insult, clung to her with filial fondness.

Vocabulary List - View all words by list

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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

access

	sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
	approach; entry; entrance
	situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
	fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

accommodate

	make amends for; reimburse
	graph; diagram; map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators
	do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
	situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event

adequate

	one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
	include; consist of; be composed of
	group; class; collection of things sharing a common attribute
	sufficient; enough to meet a purpose

adult

	solidify; guarantee; convince
	make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
	one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
	capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

appreciate

	distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind
	be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
	occurring or payable every year
	one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

approach

	access; method
	occur at the same time as; correspond
	sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
	goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.

aspect

	put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
	distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind
	administer; supply; supervise or be in charge of
	knowing; having knowledge or cognizance

assign

	group; class; collection of things sharing a common attribute
	solidify; guarantee; convince
	appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly
	modify; cause to change; make different; convert

assist

	group; class; collection of things sharing a common attribute
	harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
	achieve or accomplish; gain
	give help or support to, especially as a subordinate

attain

	achieve or accomplish; gain
	essential quality; reputation; honor
	society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
	quote; adduce as an instance

Interactive Spelling - Check your spelling skill online

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/ə'bændən/ n. Syn. relinquish
lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with [___].

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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'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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/eɪd/ n.
person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant
The company has also asked for an additional 3.50 billion dollars in [___] from the government.

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/ə'næləsɪs/ n. Syn. study; investigation
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
You can read more about those studies here, and my [___] is here.

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/ə'pri:ʃɪeɪt/ v. Syn. admire; value
be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
I am truly thankful for the stocks, which would [___] in value considerably in future years.

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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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/'æspɛkt/ n. Syn. respect; facet
distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind
And I guess as his coming back, the education [___] is more on display than the others.

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/ə'teɪn/ v. Syn. gain
achieve or accomplish; gain
The scarecrow sought to [___] one goal: he wished to obtain a brain.