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 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous   Next    
adjoining  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
[자식] crack, as in earth surface; splitting of skin, caused by cold or exposure; one of the jaws or cheeks; man or boy
Exercise
[인접한] neighboring; being in contact at some point or line; joining to
Exercise
[독실한] expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
Exercise
[샤그린] anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
aggressor  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
[공격] one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
Exercise
[샤그린] anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
Exercise
[유도체] unoriginal; derived from another source
Exercise
[추기경] high church official, ranking just below the pope; dark to deep or vivid red
annals  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
[연보] a chronological record of the events of successive years
Exercise
[보헤미안] unconventional in an artistic way
Exercise
[생각할] capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood
Exercise
[블레이드] the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument
antiquated  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
[카우보이] one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible
Exercise
[눈부신] first light of day; first advent or appearance
Exercise
[골동품] too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
Exercise
[경쟁] quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
arid  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
[건조한] dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
Exercise
[성직자] a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Exercise
[차이] deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving
Exercise
[코스모스] universe or universality of created things; ordered, harmonious whole
asunder  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
[조각조각으로] into separate parts or pieces; apart
Exercise
[윙윙 거리다 꿈쩍도 카나리아] pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
Exercise
[조상] family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
Exercise
[disinclined] state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face; clash of opinions and ideas
aurora  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
[오로라] a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky, that is usually seen nearest the Arctic or Antarctic
Exercise
[인접한] neighboring; being in contact at some point or line; joining to
Exercise
[기병대] part of military force which serves on horseback
Exercise
[배우] associate; spend time in the company of particular people
bohemian  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
[연체] failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
Exercise
[저하] become worse; decline
Exercise
[포로] prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
Exercise
[보헤미안] unconventional in an artistic way
booming  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
[기사] offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
Exercise
[차이] deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving
Exercise
[블레이드] the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument
Exercise
[반대말] word of opposite meaning; counter term
canary  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
[신성] perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
Exercise
[기사] offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
Exercise
[반대] reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
Exercise
[윙윙 거리다 꿈쩍도 카나리아] pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance