4000 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 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous   Next    
lapse  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
[経過] gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
Exercise
[出版] act or process of publishing printed matter; communication of information to the public
Exercise
[監督] supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
Exercise
[貧困] lack of money;  state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
mandatory  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
[試練] severe trial; a form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; a difficult or painful experience
Exercise
[精神医学] application of healing art to mental diseases; a branch of medicine of mental and emotional disorders
Exercise
[ノルム] convention; standard; rule
Exercise
[必須] obligatory; required or commanded by authority
menace  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
[筋肉] having or suggesting great physical power; of or relating to or consisting of muscle
Exercise
[脅威] danger; a threat or the act of threatening; something that is a source of danger; threaten; intimidate
Exercise
[マニフェスト] clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
Exercise
[薬局] art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
mischief  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
[いたずら] behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment
Exercise
[奇妙] odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable
Exercise
[植林] farm; an area under cultivation;  a group of cultivated trees or plants
Exercise
[経度] an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
monarchy  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
[パドル] row slowly and gently; move through the water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs
Exercise
[モジュール] standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
Exercise
[リール] frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on axis, on which threads or lines are wound
Exercise
[君主制] government under a single ruler
muscular  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
[筋肉] having or suggesting great physical power; of or relating to or consisting of muscle
Exercise
[純度] condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
Exercise
[監督] supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
Exercise
[犯罪は] act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront; violation or infraction of moral or social code
myth  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
[起訴] seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
Exercise
[怪物] marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
Exercise
[試練] severe trial; a form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; a difficult or painful experience
Exercise
[神話] legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
nobility  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
[子孫] descendant; the young of an animal
Exercise
[新規] quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
Exercise
[貴族] quality or state of being noble; the superiority of mind or character; commanding excellence; eminence
Exercise
[必須] obligatory; required or commanded by authority
novelty  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
[必須] obligatory; required or commanded by authority
Exercise
[新規] quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
Exercise
[は、印象的な全体付き合う] be all mixed up or jumbled together
Exercise
[試練] severe trial; a form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; a difficult or painful experience
ornament  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
[由来] decoration; something used to beautify
Exercise
[海外] beyond or across the sea; abroad
Exercise
[近接] state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
Exercise
[取得] get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way