Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
Want to know your IELTS vocabulary level? Try the Test Page. You can also Report My Test to us; Our tutors may view your testing and give you a suggestion. It is a FREE service.
Vocabulary Study Online by Level
Vocabulary Study Online
Vocabulary Study Online By Level (VSOBL) is a Fast, Reliable, and Handy tool to prepare English exam vocabulary. (Available for all VIP accounts: US$2/Month). It has built-in word lists: 6000 IELTS words, 6000 TOEFL words, 5000 GRE words, and 3000 SAT words. You can load them by level with one click.
  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Manage Words by Panel - Page 15Word List   Next    
Save To CloudRefresh By CloudChange Page
Showing By Filter:
 New    Known    Review    Hide Definition
  New    Known    Review
devour
Detail    speak
v. consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance: physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace.
  New    Known    Review
diagnose
Detail    speak
v. analyze; examine; identify the cause of something
How to diagnose a sick fish by their behavioral changes and what you can do to cure the illness.
  New    Known    Review
diagram
Detail    speak
n. graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan
The pie diagram shows the level of spending on health in Japan.
  New    Known    Review
dialect
Detail    speak
n. vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
The immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English.
  New    Known    Review
diameter
Detail    speak
n. length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
The recommendations on dish diameter are based on the use of a perfectly shaped parabolic dish.
  New    Known    Review
differentiate
Detail    speak
v. set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
You can differentiate car parts using different color markers; maybe you use one color for the left side and another for the right.
  New    Known    Review
diffuse
Detail    speak
v. spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
Hamilton wished to concentrate power; Jefferson to diffuse power.
  New    Known    Review
dilapidated
Detail    speak
a. in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition
Rather than get discouraged, the architect saw great potential in the dilapidated house.
  New    Known    Review
dilate
Detail    speak
v. make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
I just had an eye exam, and that eye drops that dilate your eyes make things fuzzy!
  New    Known    Review
diligent
Detail    speak
a. assiduous; industrious; hard-working
It gratified all the vicious vanity in him, so instead of winning him, it only set him up the more and made him the more diligent to avoid betraying what he knew.
  New    Known    Review
dilute
Detail    speak
v. weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
A couple of years back, you very loudly opposed the creation of '60 MINUTES 2'; I think it might dilute the brand you helped build up.
  New    Known    Review
diminish
Detail    speak
v. dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
The only way to diminish mistakes is to bring competitors into the game.
  New    Known    Review
din
Detail    speak
n. loud, confused, harsh noise; loud, continuous, rattling, or clanging sound
They were unable to sleep because of the din coming from the bar.
  New    Known    Review
dingy
Detail    speak
a. darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored
The only observation I have is the colors are a bit too gloomy and dingy.
  New    Known    Review
diplomat
Detail    speak
n. one who is in charge to deal with others, like an ambassador, who is appointed to represent a government
The diplomat solved the international problem by negotiating.
  New    Known    Review
disarray
Detail    speak
v. throw into disorder; break the array of.
Then the NASDAQ crash of 2000 left the US equity markets in disarray for more than a year.
  New    Known    Review
discard
Detail    speak
v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume.
  New    Known    Review
discern
Detail    speak
v. detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
I discern in the course of the morning that Thornfield Hall was a changed place.
  New    Known    Review
disclose
Detail    speak
v. unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
I have no intention to disclose their names for security reasons.
  New    Known    Review
discord
Detail    speak
n. conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
Watching Tweedledum battle Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord.
Word Status Panel - Page 1
Word Status Panel - Page 2
Word Status Panel - Page 3
Word Status Panel - Page 4
Word Status Panel - Page 5
Word Status Panel - Page 6
Word Status Panel - Page 7
Word Status Panel - Page 8
Word Status Panel - Page 9
Word Status Panel - Page 10
Word Status Panel - Page 11
Word Status Panel - Page 12
Word Status Panel - Page 13
Word Status Panel - Page 14
Word Status Panel - Page 15