IELTS Academic word list. A worksheet to enhance vocabulary to improve speaking, writing and reading skills
IELTS Academic word list
Vocabulary plays an important role in everyone’s life and with this PDF we would like to help you enhance your vocabulary to improve speaking and writing skills.
Vocabulary is equally important for reading and writing. By knowing a lot of prevalent words you will understand the reading texts better. Moreover, vocabulary is one of the four marking criteria used to assess you IELTS writing. So one of the secrets of a successful essay is a broad range of vocabulary.
Simply memorizing the words is not enough: you need to know how to adopt the words in your writing.
In this PDF you will find several topics . These words will help you write about the topic or talk about it in the test.
Here is the word list:
List 1
| Words 1-10 | Words 11-20 | Words 21-30 | Words 31-40 | Words 41-50 |
| achieve administration affect analysis approach appropriate area aspects assistance assume | authority available benefit category community complex concerning conclusion conduct consequence | consistent constitutional consumer context create culture data definition destructive discovery | distinction economic element environment error equation establish estimate evaluation evidence | factors feature final financial focus function global identify impact income |
| Words 51-60 | Words 61-70 | Words 71-80 | Words 81-90 | Words 91-100 |
| indicate individual injury investment involve issue item legal maintenance major | media method modern normal obtain restrict occur participation percent period | policy positive potential previous primary process purchase range recent region | regulations relevant require research resident resources response sector security significant | similar solution source specific strategy structure theory threat traditional transport |
List 2
| Words 1-10 | Words 11-20 | Words 21-30 | Words 31-40 | Words 41-50 |
| access activity alter alternative amendment annual apparent application approximate artificial | attitude aware capacity challenge circumstance comment communication concentration conflict considerable | constant contact contribution core correspond criteria cycle debate decline deduction | demonstrate despite dimension domestic dominant emerge emphasis enable energy enforcement | ensure equivalent evolution exclude exposure external facilitate fundamental funds generation |
| Words 51-60 | Words 61-70 | Words 71-80 | Words 81-90 | Words 91-100 |
| hence hypothesis illustrate image immigration implement initial integration layer legislation | location logic marginal maximum mechanism medical mental modification negative network | occupation option orientation outcome overall parallel perspective philosophy precise predict | project promote proportion psychology reaction remove resolution specify stability subsequent | sufficient summary supply task technique technology transition trend version volume |
List 3
| Words 1-10 | Words 11-20 | Words 21-30 | Words 31-40 | Words 41-50 |
| abstract accurate acknowledge adaptation adequate adjust adult advocate aid attribute | author brief capable civil classical comprehensive contrary coordination couple decades | definite deny discrimination disposal diversity domain dynamic eliminate equipment estate | exceed expansion expert fees flexibility foundation gender global grade guarantee | identical ignorance imply incentive incorporated index infrastructure inhibition innovation instance |
| Words 51-60 | Words 61-70 | Words 71-80 | Words 81-90 | Words 91-100 |
| instruction intelligence interact interval investigation isolated justification lecture liberal migration | minimum monitoring motivation neutral obvious overseas parameter phenomenon prohibit publish | pursue rational recovery reject release reveal role satisfy scope sequence | simulation solely somewhat status stress style substitution successive survey survive | sustainable symbolic topic trace transformation ultimate underline unique utility visible |
List 4
| Words 1-10 | Words 11-20 | Words 21-30 | Words 31-40 | Words 41-50 |
| accommodation accompany advance analogous anticipate appendix appreciate arbitrary assure automatically | behalf bias cease chart clarity coherence coincide commodity confirm contemporary | contradict controversy conversely cooperate crucial currency denote detect deviation device | devote differentiation diminish displacement display distorted dramatic duration ethical eventually | exhibit explicit exploitation extract federal fluctuations format founded guidelines highlighted |
| Words 51-60 | Words 61-70 | Words 71-80 | Words 81-90 | Words 91-100 |
| implicit incompatible induce inevitably inherent intensity intermediate internal manual mature | medium military mutual norms notion nuclear objective paragraph passive perceive | portion precede predominantly priority prospect qualitative radical random reinforce relax | revision revolution scenario schedule sphere suspended target team temporary tension | theme thereby uniform validity vehicle via violation virtual vision widespread |
List 5
| Words 1-10 | Words 11-20 | Words 21-30 | Words 31-40 | Words 41-50 |
| abandon abate abrupt accumulation acquisition adjacent aggregate albeit ambiguous ancestor | assembly assessment assign attain avert coal collapse colleagues combat commit | compile complement comprise conceive concurrent confined conform confuse consciousness convinced | creditable deceive depression derive distribution divergent doubt drastic election empirical | encounter enhance enormous entirely entrepreneur erosion forbearance forthcoming frustration goal |
| Words 51-60 | Words 61-70 | Words 71-80 | Words 81-90 | Words 91-100 |
| homogenous inclination indulge infer initiative insight inspection integral intervention intrinsic | invoke justify likewise link manage manipulation merge nonetheless notwithstanding odd | ongoing overlap persistent pose possess preliminary presumption ratio refine relate | reluctant restore restraint rigid route sacrifice scale so-called straightforward subordinate | substantiate supplementary sympathy termination transmission undergo unify vital voluntary whereby |
