6000 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 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous   Next    
pseudonym  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
[限制,约束] keep or confine within limits
Exercise
[假名,笔名] pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
Exercise
[不必要的,多余的] being beyond what is required or sufficient
Exercise
[没有说出的,数不清的] not told; not related; not revealed
pungent  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
[减少,变弱] decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
Exercise
[微光] shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
Exercise
[刺激的,辛辣的,尖锐的] stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
Exercise
[估价,评价,估出的价格] act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; act of setting a price; estimation
repetition  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
[呼吸,呼吸作用,呼气] breathing; the process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
Exercise
[估价,评价,估出的价格] act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; act of setting a price; estimation
Exercise
[重复,循环] act of doing or performing again
Exercise
[讳忌的 禁忌] ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
restrict  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
[藉此,凭这个,由此] by which; by what; how
Exercise
[特殊情况,与众不同] a particular or peculiar case; a distinguishing mark or feature
Exercise
[限制,约束] keep or confine within limits
Exercise
[台风] tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; a violent whirlwind
shimmer  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
[空间的] relating to space; existing in or connected with space
Exercise
[假定,假想] act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
Exercise
[微光] shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
Exercise
[合成] combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
spatial  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
[空间的] relating to space; existing in or connected with space
Exercise
[蹒跚,摇晃] sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
Exercise
[减少,变弱] decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
Exercise
[取代,推迟] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
supersede  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
[取代,推迟] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
Exercise
[晶体管,晶体管收音机] a small electronic device containing a semiconductor and having at least three electrical contacts
Exercise
[电信,远距离通讯,电信学] electronic systems used in transmitting messages
Exercise
[地的,地球的] earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
supersonic  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
[限制,约束] keep or confine within limits
Exercise
[台风] tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; a violent whirlwind
Exercise
[超音速的] having, caused by, or relating to a speed greater than the speed of sound
Exercise
[空间的] relating to space; existing in or connected with space
toddle  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
[台风] tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; a violent whirlwind
Exercise
[观光,游览] act or pastime of visiting sights of interest
Exercise
[广大的,宽敞的] wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
Exercise
[(小孩子的)蹒跚学步] walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.
treatise  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
[后继者,继起之物,继承人,继任者,接班人] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
Exercise
[论文] systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
Exercise
[讳忌的 禁忌] ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
Exercise
[团结,团结一致] union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord