6000 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 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous    
rotary  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
[dư] remaining as a residue; surplus
Exercise
[chính tả] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
Exercise
[hấp dẫn] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
Exercise
[quay] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
sage  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
[nhút nhát] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
Exercise
[kệ] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
Exercise
[ít ỏi] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
Exercise
[hiền] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
sane  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
[y] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
Exercise
[surly] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
Exercise
[sane] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
Exercise
[tạm trú] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
scanty  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
[thông báo hạm] single-mast sailing boat
Exercise
[ít ỏi] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
Exercise
[dánh đi] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
Exercise
[vệ tinh] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
scourge  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
[đầu cơ] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
Exercise
[vệ tinh] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
Exercise
[dày dạn] experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
Exercise
[tai họa] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
sensibility  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
[tăng vọt] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
Exercise
[nhạy cảm] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
Exercise
[dư] remaining as a residue; surplus
Exercise
[hiền] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
shyness  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
[taint] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
Exercise
[nhút nhát] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
Exercise
[màu] discolored; dirty; having a stain
Exercise
[huyền bí] strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
sloop  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
[sỉ] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
Exercise
[tạm trú] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
Exercise
[thông báo hạm] single-mast sailing boat
Exercise
[đầu cơ] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
spell  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
[thông báo hạm] single-mast sailing boat
Exercise
[chính tả] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
Exercise
[quay] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
Exercise
[y] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
stately  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
[Hội thảo] collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
Exercise
[shuffle] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
Exercise
[dày dạn] experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
Exercise
[trang nghiêm] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions