TOEFL and IELTS Vocabulary
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The academic words that carry the most weight on the TOEFL and IELTS, each with its pronunciation, part of speech, a sentence in real academic register, synonyms and the rest of its word family.
- abstract
- Existing as an idea rather than as a physical thing.
- accumulate
- To gather or build up gradually over time.
- adequate
- Enough for the purpose, though not more than enough.
- advocate
- To publicly recommend or support something.
- allocate
- To assign a share of a resource for a particular purpose.
- alternative
- One of two or more available options.
- ambiguous
- Open to more than one interpretation.
- analyse
- To examine something in detail in order to understand it.
- anticipate
- To expect something, and often to prepare for it.
- apparent
- Clearly visible or understood; or seeming true without being certain.
- arbitrary
- Based on personal choice or chance rather than on a reason or system.
- aspect
- One particular part or feature of something.
- assess
- To judge the nature, quality or value of something.
- assume
- To accept something as true without proof.
- attain
- To reach or achieve something after effort.
- attribute
- To say that something was caused by a particular thing or person.
- bias
- A tendency to favour one side, which distorts a judgement.
- capacity
- The maximum amount something can hold or produce; also an ability.
- cite
- To quote a source as evidence for an argument.
- coherent
- Logically connected and easy to follow.
- compensate
- To make up for a loss or a shortcoming.
- comprehensive
- Covering everything, complete in scope.
- comprise
- To consist of, to be made up of.
- concept
- An abstract idea or general notion.
- consequence
- A result or effect of an action or condition.
- considerable
- Notably large in size, amount or importance.
- consistent
- Unchanging over time, or in agreement with something else.
- constitute
- To make up or form something.
- constrain
- To limit or restrict what someone can do.
- contemporary
- Belonging to the present time; or belonging to the same period.