6000 IELTS Academic Words

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 6000 IELTS Academic Words
1   Overview:
The 6000 IELTS Academic Words is an excellent supplement to 4000 IELTS Academic Words. If you finish the latter and still want to enhance your vocabulary skills, this list is an ideal option.

The list actually consists of 2000+ words that are not in the 4000 IELTS Academic Words, low frequency but useful in the IELTS academic test. So it would be best if you studied it after finishing the first 4000 words.

The list has Level 4 and Level 5 of IELTS Academic Vocabulary, following the 3 levels in the 4000 IELTS Academic Words. Each level's words are divided into four groups. We present them as the same as 4000 IELTS Academic Words, including features like online practices, printable materials, and word status management.
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Words of Group 1: (Part of words, select list to view all.)
abbreviation
abolish
aboriginal
abound
abrasion
abridge
abundance
accelerate
acclaim
accommodation
accord
accumulate
accuser
acquaint
adept
adhere
adjacent
adjoin
administrate
adolescence
advent
adverse
aerial
aesthetic
affiliate
affirm
affix
afflict
aggregate
agitation
agreeable
airing
albeit
allege
alleviate
allocate
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bookkeeper   Pronounce
n. one who keeps accounts; one who has charge of keeping books and accounts in an office
Eric earned his bread and butter as a bookkeeper but added a little jam by working with a dance band on weekends.
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boundary   Pronounce
n. dividing line; border; frontier
Planning drawings sometimes show a boundary line, though there is no legal requirement for it.
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brashness   Pronounce
n. characteristic of being brash; the trait of being rash and hasty; tasteless showiness
The brashness is gone; there seems to be more patient, as long as it's not about his other love - horse racing.
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browse   Pronounce
v. graze; skim or glance at casually
'How now, brown cow, browsing in the green, green grass.' I remember lines of verse that I came across while I browsed through the bookstore's poetry section.
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bungalow   Pronounce
n. small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
Every summer, we rent a bungalow on Cape Cod for our vacation home.
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bureaucracy   Pronounce
n. over-regulated administrative system
The Internal Revenue Service is the ultimate bureaucracy; taxpayers wasted so much paper filling out IRS forms to comply with the Paper-work Reduction Act.
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amid  Speak
Exercise
relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation
Exercise
in the middle of; among; surrounded by
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expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
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act as force or influence that balances, checks, or limits an opposite one
apt  Speak
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arranged in order of time of occurrence
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lead forth; conclude by reasoning; trace the origin or derivation of
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list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
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likely; precisely suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
ascend  Speak
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move up or climb something; mount
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inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
Exercise
give certain information to; assure; make certain
Exercise
in the middle of; among; surrounded by
assorted  Speak
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approach; tend to meet; come together
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stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
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varied;  consisting of various types mixed together
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consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
audible  Speak
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no longer current or applicable; antiquated
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perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
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form, plan, or arrange in mind; transmit or give by will
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expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
bamboo  Speak
Exercise
plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
Exercise
give certain information to; assure; make certain
Exercise
relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation
Exercise
in the middle of; among; surrounded by
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n. settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states


Spelling Word: accord
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n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important


Spelling Word: advent
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v. cause pain, suffering, or distress


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v. assign; distribute according to plan


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n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year


Spelling Word: annuity
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n. book of literary selections by various authors


Spelling Word: anthology
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