4000 IELTS Academic Words

Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
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 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous    
relay  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
[分程传递,传播] act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
Exercise
[因此,从而] thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
Exercise
[走私,私运] import or export without paying customs duties
Exercise
[公用事业公司,公用设备] something useful; public service
relevant  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
[公用事业公司,公用设备] something useful; public service
Exercise
[走私,私运] import or export without paying customs duties
Exercise
[有关的,相对的] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
Exercise
[含盐的,咸的] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
restless  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
[球体] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
Exercise
[不安宁的,好动的] never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
Exercise
[旋风,龙卷风] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
Exercise
[边界] extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
salvage  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
[补救,抢救,打捞,营救] save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
Exercise
[边界] extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
Exercise
[凶猛的,野蛮的] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
Exercise
[繁荣,昌盛] make steady progress; prosper; flourish
savage  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
[球体] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
Exercise
[凶猛的,野蛮的] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
Exercise
[破坏] weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
Exercise
[骨架,纲要] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
select  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
[摇摆,摇动] swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
Exercise
[停战,休战(协定)] suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
Exercise
[滑车,复滑车,钓具,抓住,揪住,擒抱] apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
Exercise
[挑选,选择,择优] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence
smuggle  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
[编织,编织样式] pattern or structure by weaving; knit; interlace
Exercise
[绕转,旋转,考虑,细想] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
Exercise
[走私,私运] import or export without paying customs duties
Exercise
[浸泡,弄湿,陡坡,悬崖] soak; make thoroughly wet
sphere  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
[凶猛的,野蛮的] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
Exercise
[推力,冲] push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
Exercise
[球体] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
Exercise
[停止,结束] stop; bring to an end or halt
tackle  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
[滑车,复滑车,钓具,抓住,揪住,擒抱] apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
Exercise
[扭曲,曲解,折磨,拉] twist or turn suddenly and forcibly; move, extract, or force-free by pulling violently
Exercise
[摇摆,摇动] swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
Exercise
[补救,抢救,打捞,营救] save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
tempo  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
[停战,休战(协定)] suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
Exercise
[弄脏,污损] material in the surface of the earth
Exercise
[节奏,乐曲的速度] beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
Exercise
[外科手术刀,解剖刀] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting