500 IELTS Vocabulary

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IELTS Vocabulary: 500 AWL

The 500 IELTS vocabulary is so-called AWL (Academic Word List), which was rooted from a popular webpage of HONG KONG Univ. We re-organized it with new definitions and examples. As we know, students should learn at least 5000 IELTS vocabulary before taking academic test. These 500 words cannot replace hardworking of 5000 or more IELTS vocabulary, but is the first step to open the door of building vocabulary efficiently.

Firstly, it is a high frequent word list in IELTS test papers.Two types of students may be interested in the vocabulary.The first is to just start to build vocabulary.They want to get the big picture of IELTS academic vocabulary quickly.The second is in a very narrow time frame to prepare their tests, this list contains the most common words and is a proven short-cut to pass IELTS test.

English is foreign language for most of IELTS test takers.Leverage mother language's knowledge to learn new English words is a normal way for them. This IELTS vocabulary encloses definitions of 20 languages that cover most population of the world. It's a big save for ESL (English as Second Language) students.

In addition to original Chinese explanation of HONG KONG Univ, more local language explanations are appended to help ESL test takers.Open the register form page; you will see there are 20 languages available. Select your mother language; then, IELTS vocabulary will show explanations with English and your mother language together.

Each word in this IELTS academic vocabulary is demonstrated with example sentence, which plays a key part to understand and use new word in right way. Memorize words alone are usually boring, and even if you get them you won’t be very confident to use them.However, if connect a word with an example sentence, the situation will be changed, these words and sentences will enhance your both reading and writing skill.

At last, please notice this AWL is from Hong Kong. It means these words are targeted to IELTS academic test and are for students who live in English speaking areas.Lots of fundamental words are filtered because they are assumed to be known in daily activities.So this IELTS vocabulary may not be an ideal choice for test takers who are in non-English countries.

This IELTS vocabulary is too short to hunt top score. Obviously, high level students need a more powerful vocabulary to work. IELTS Academic Words List, the largest IELTS vocabulary in the website, reflects the essential vocabulary level of IELTS academic test. It's a good option for serious test takers.

IELTS Academic Words List

IELTS vocabulary is the foundation to pass the test. Before your starting, you should clean all questions, such as how many words to learn, how long to spend, and by what way or tool to study. If you cannot set your goal or doubt your plan, google and research some online resources may help you out, e.g.:

IELTS Official Website
English Language Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University


albeit   Speak
/ɔ:l'bi:ɪt/ ad.
even though; although; notwithstanding
This question bothers me, albeit from a different perspective.
approach   Speak
/ə'proʊtʃ/ n. Syn. access; method
access; method
Faced with an increasingly competitive jobs market and frequent bad publicity over pay and conditions, the army is getting ever more sophisticated and corporate in its approach to recruitment.
attribute   Speak
/ə'trɪbju:t/ n. Syn. trait
essential quality; reputation; honor
His outstanding attribute was his kindness.
aware   Speak
/ə'wɛə(r)/ a.
knowing; having knowledge or cognizance
BPA, as you're likely aware, is a chemical commonly found in plastics, food cans, and water bottles.
comment   Speak
/'kɒmɛnt/ v. Syn. remark; judgment
express an opinion; remark
She refused to comment about David Beckham's eye injury.
component   Speak
/kəm'poʊnənt/ n. Syn. element; ingredient
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
I wish this component like all others of my stereo system is working at the same time.
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Words of List 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
legal
legislate
levy
liberal
likewise
link
locate
logic
maintain
major
manipulate
manual
margin
mature
maximise
mechanism
media
mediate
medium
mental
method
migrate
military
minimal
minimise
minimum
ministry
minor
mode
modify
monitor
motive
mutual
negate
network
neutral
nevertheless
nonetheless
norm
notion
notwithstanding
nuclear
objective
obtain
obvious
occupy
occur
odd
offset
ongoing
option
orient
outcome
output
overall
overlap
overseas
panel
paradigm
paragraph
parallel
parameter
participate
partner
passive
perceive
percent
period
persist
perspective
phase
phenomenon
philosophy
physical
plus
policy
portion
pose
positive
potential
practitioner
precede
precise
predict
predominant
preliminary
presume
previous
primary
prime
principal
principle
prior
priority
proceed
process
professional
prohibit
project
promote
proportion
prospect
protocol
psychology
publication
publish
purchase
pursue
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accommodate  Speak
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stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
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do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
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assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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approach; come near
accumulate  Speak
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pile up; collect; mount up; increase
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beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
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capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
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knowing; having knowledge or cognizance
affect  Speak
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
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situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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access; method
aid  Speak
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essential quality; reputation; honor
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situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
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person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant
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knowing; having knowledge or cognizance
alternative  Speak
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one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
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achieve or accomplish; gain
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appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly
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graph; diagram; map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators
aspect  Speak
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beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
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solidify; guarantee; convince
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distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind
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fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
assume  Speak
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fellow worker; associate; co-worker
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represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
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suppose; presume; take on; bear
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sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
assure  Speak
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solidify; guarantee; convince
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thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
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division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
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beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
behalf  Speak
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jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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quote; adduce as an instance
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represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
brief  Speak
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short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise
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fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
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one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
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capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
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/ə'kju:mjʊleɪt/ v. Syn. collect
pile up; collect; mount up; increase


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/ə'tʃi:v/ v. Syn. accomplish; fulfill
gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill


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/'ædɪkwət/ a. Syn. sufficient; enough
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose


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/eɪd/ n.
person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant


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/ɔ:l'tɜrnətɪv/ a.
one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice


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/'ænjʊəl/ a.
occurring or payable every year


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/ə'pri:ʃɪeɪt/ v. Syn. admire; value
be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of


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/ə'sɛmb(ə)l/ v. Syn. gather
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole


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/ə'sɪst/ v. Syn. help
give help or support to, especially as a subordinate


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/ə'tætʃ/ v. Syn. fasten; annex
fasten; annex; be in contact with


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