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 4 - 2 - Spelling Practices
Word List   Previous   Next    
Read [Esc] (1)
v. destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm


Spelling Word: dismay
Read [Esc] (2)
v. monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in


Spelling Word: dominate
Read [Esc] (3)
v. confer knighthood upon; honor with a new title or description; entitle; adorn


Spelling Word: dub
Read [Esc] (4)
n. the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles


Spelling Word: equator
Read [Esc] (5)
a. weak; lacking firmness


Spelling Word: flabby
Read [Esc] (6)
v. rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly


Spelling Word: fluctuate
Read [Esc] (7)
a. physically weak; easily broken


Spelling Word: frail
Read [Esc] (8)
a. proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, or from one state to another; regularly progressive


Spelling Word: gradual
Read [Esc] (9)
n. chart; a drawing illustrating the relations


Spelling Word: graph
Read [Esc] (10)
v. search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way


Spelling Word: grope