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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 Academic Words List

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


accurate   Speak
/'ækjʊrət/ a. Syn. precise; correct
capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
Very Interesting, can anyone tell me, how accurate is the English translation in the posted clip?
aggregate   Speak
/'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.
ambiguous   Speak
/æm'bɪgjʊəs/ a.
unclear or doubtful in meaning
His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take.
aspect   Speak
/'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 aspect is more on display than the others.
bulk   Speak
/bʌlk/ n. Syn. majority; mass
majority; main part; volume; mass
Canada's largest bulk food retailer, it has more than 112 stores.
capable   Speak
/'keɪpəb(ə)l/ a. Syn. competent
having the ability required for a specific task
Canadian politicians have been in capable of ending this primitive practice.
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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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access  Speak
Exercise
approach; entry; entrance
Exercise
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
Exercise
gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
Exercise
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
acknowledge  Speak
Exercise
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
Exercise
advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
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declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
Exercise
complete; consummate; make perfect
aggregate  Speak
Exercise
beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
Exercise
breakdown; failure
Exercise
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
Exercise
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
alter  Speak
Exercise
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
Exercise
jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
Exercise
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
Exercise
plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range
ambiguous  Speak
Exercise
solidify; guarantee; convince
Exercise
estimate value; judge worth of something
Exercise
unclear or doubtful in meaning
Exercise
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
analysis  Speak
Exercise
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
Exercise
make amends for; reimburse
Exercise
approach; entry; entrance
Exercise
jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
appropriate  Speak
Exercise
society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
Exercise
change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors
Exercise
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
Exercise
situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
aspect  Speak
Exercise
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
Exercise
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
Exercise
distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind
Exercise
occur at the same time as; correspond
assess  Speak
Exercise
fasten; annex; be in contact with
Exercise
estimate value; judge worth of something
Exercise
occur at the same time as; correspond
Exercise
fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
attach  Speak
Exercise
assign; distribute according to plan
Exercise
quote; adduce as an instance
Exercise
fasten; annex; be in contact with
Exercise
gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
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/'æbstrækt/ a. Syn. theoretical; abstruse
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand


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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


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/ə'kju:mjʊleɪt/ v. Syn. collect
pile up; collect; mount up; increase


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/əd'mɪnɪstreɪt/ v.
administer; supply; supervise or be in charge of


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/ə'nælədʒɪ/ n. Syn. similarity; parallelism
similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity


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/'ænjʊəl/ a.
occurring or payable every year


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/ə'pɛnd/ v. Syn. attach
attach; add as supplement or appendix


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/ə'proʊprɪət/ v. Syn. acquire; allocate
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use


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/'ætɪtju:d/;/'ætɪtud/ n.
posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue


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/bɒnd/ n. Syn. link; tie; connection
link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty


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