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 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous   Next    
agony  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
[агония] the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle
Exercise
[клише] obvious remark; overused expression or idea
Exercise
[подотчетным] liable to being called to account; answerable; responsible; something that can be explained
Exercise
[разрешить] empower; give permission for; sanction
arise  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
[расшифровать] convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
Exercise
[кондиционирования] process of modifying a person's behavior; preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body
Exercise
[плен] a prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
Exercise
[возникает] come up from a lower to a higher position; come above the horizon; spring up; come into action
authorize  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
[кишечника] a part or division of intestine; the interior  of something; any internal organ of the body, as the stomach, liver
Exercise
[компенсации] something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
Exercise
[расслоения] packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
Exercise
[разрешить] empower; give permission for; sanction
bandage  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
[усугубить] worsen; make worse or more troublesome
Exercise
[бандаж] a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds
Exercise
[прорыв] act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
Exercise
[сцепления] grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
bundle  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
[удобства] state of being suitable
Exercise
[расслоения] packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
Exercise
[компенсации] something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
Exercise
[потребляют] devour; use fuel, energy, or time, especially in large amounts
captive  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
[плен] a prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
Exercise
[игнорировать] refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
Exercise
[путайте] cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; mix up
Exercise
[мрачная] cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
carpenter  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
[плотник] a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
Exercise
[сцепления] grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
Exercise
[расслоения] packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
Exercise
[бампер] something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
census  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
[столкновение] make noise by striking against something; dash noisily together; meet in opposition
Exercise
[переписи] official examination of the details of a country's population
Exercise
[куба] three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
Exercise
[бампер] something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
cliche  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
[компактных] closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving a gist of something
Exercise
[компенсации] something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
Exercise
[клише] obvious remark; overused expression or idea
Exercise
[удаления] erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
conditioning  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
[обхода] the channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture
Exercise
[столкновения] crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
Exercise
[бампер] something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
Exercise
[кондиционирования] process of modifying a person's behavior; preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body