Category Archives: IELTS Vocabulary

IELTS vocabulary practice level 3

Before you take the practice test below, make sure you have looked through the Level 3 vocabulary list.

IELTS vocabulary practice level 2

Before you take the practice test below, make sure you have looked through the Level 2 vocabulary list.

IELTS vocabulary practice level 1

Before you take the practice test below, make sure you have looked through the Level 1 vocabulary list.

IELTS vocabulary level 10

The first step in being able to improve your vocabulary is to have a clear collection of words to study from, graded from the easier, more common language up to more advanced levels.

IELTSforFREE has a 10 level system to improve your IELTS vocabulary, from Level 1 to Level 10. Once you have looked through the list below, test your self with our Level 10 vocabulary practice page.

Tips for using the vocabulary for IELTS lists:

look carefully through the list to make sure you know the words and are confident that you can use them in your written or spoken English.
Look up the meaning of any new words and put them in a sentence. If you’re not sure your sentence is correct, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page and we’ll check it for you.
Make a handwritten note of any new words, ideally in a separate note pad that you carry with you. Whenever you have a few minutes – waiting for a bus, just before going to sleep, waiting for the kettle to boil – take out the list and look through, reminding yourself of the word and the meaning.
Improving your vocabulary for IELTS takes practice, so try to use the new word(s) in any suitable situation over the next few weeks – using the new word will help you remember it!
Write the new word a number of times – writing down vocabulary will help you remember it and will also help with spelling.

advocate	flagrant	insatiate	omit	renaissance
alleviate	fracture	instigate	opaque	reproach
ambiguous	frugal	integrity	orient	reverberate
ambivalent	futile	interact	ornament	revere
apprehensive	gender	intimate	paradigm	rift
commodity	genetic	intrepid	particle	rival
conform	govern	intrinsic	pejorative	rivalry
conscience	governor	introspective	perception	rudimentary
defendant	grace	intuition	perspective	sacrifice
discipline	gratuitous	invoke	pervade	salvage
elucidate	gregarious	irate	petulant	scrupulous
enchant	heritage	jeopardy	phenomenon	sentient
enclose	heterogeneous	juvenile	philanthropy	serendipity
enclosure	hierarchy	laconic	philistine	shrink
encounter	homogeneous	lament	philosophy	shunned
endangered	hypocrisy	latent	pioneer	slavery
endeavour	hypothesis	levy	plethora	solemn
endure	ideology	linguist	plough	speculate
energy	illicit	lithe	ponderous	sporadic
engrossed	imitation	lucrative	postulate	sprawl
enhance	imminent	lurid	practitioner	squander
enigma	impediment	lustrous	precipitous	stagnation
enthral	implement	malign	precursor	strive
entity	implicate	mechanism	predominant	subjugate
equate	implicit	mediate	prodigious	sublime
erode	imply	misconception	prodigy	succumb
erroneous	impose	mundane	proliferate	superfluous
esoteric	impoverished	munificent	prolific	surreptitious
essence	incentive	negate	proprietary	taciturn
ethic	incline	neglect	protocol	tangible
ethical	indigenous	nihilism	provident	tenacious
ethnic	induce	nocturnal	prudent	tentative
evaluate	indulgent	nominal	qualitative	terrestrial
exacerbate	infer	notorious	rebound	thesis
explicit	infrastructure	noxious	reciprocal	vehemence
exploit	ingenuous	nuance	reclusive	venerate
extol	inherent	oblique	refine	verisimilitude
extraneous	inhibit	obscure	reflection	vigilance
exuberant	initiate	officious	regime	vilify
finite	innovate	omission	rejoice	vitriolic

IELTS vocabulary level 9

The first step in being able to improve your vocabulary is to have a clear collection of words to study from, graded from the easier, more common language up to more advanced levels.

IELTSforFREE has a 10 level system to improve your IELTS vocabulary, from Level 1 to Level 10. Once you have looked through the list below, test your self with our Level 9 vocabulary practice page.

Tips for using the vocabulary for IELTS lists:

look carefully through the list to make sure you know the words and are confident that you can use them in your written or spoken English.
Look up the meaning of any new words and put them in a sentence. If you’re not sure your sentence is correct, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page and we’ll check it for you.
Make a handwritten note of any new words, ideally in a separate note pad that you carry with you. Whenever you have a few minutes – waiting for a bus, just before going to sleep, waiting for the kettle to boil – take out the list and look through, reminding yourself of the word and the meaning.
Improving your vocabulary for IELTS takes practice, so try to use the new word(s) in any suitable situation over the next few weeks – using the new word will help you remember it!
Write the new word a number of times – writing down vocabulary will help you remember it and will also help with spelling.

acknowledge	cage	compile	convenience	displace
allocate	canal	complement	convenient	distort
animosity	capable	complex	convivial	diverse
aspect	capacity	complicity	core	docile
assemble	capricious	component	creep	doleful
assign	carriage	compose	criteria	domain
assist	case	composition	critic	dominant
association	category	compound	cryptic	dominate
assume	cattle	comprise	culpable	dormant
assure	caution	conceive	cultivate	duplicate
attach	cease	concentrate	curse	duration
attain	ceremony	concept	curtail	dynamic
attentive	challenge	concoct	curve	earnest
attitude	channel	concurrent	dearth	eccentric
attribute	character	condone	debate	efface
attrition	charisma	conduct	deceit	egocentric
authority	chastise	confer	deceive	elicit
automate	cheat	confess	declare	eliminate
autonomy	circumstance	confession	deduce	emerge
available	cite	confine	deference	eminent
avarice	citizen	confirm	define	emphasis
aware	civil	congenial	delineate	empire
ban	clarify	congratulate	denote	empirical
barber	clause	congratulation	derive	evolve
basin	coarse	conquer	derogatory	imitate
beak	cognitive	conqueror	descend	inherit
beast	coherent	conquest	descendant	obey
behalf	coincide	conscious	descent	obligation
belligerent	collapse	consensus	destroy	observe
beneficiary	collar	consist	destruction	predict
benefit	colony	constant	destructive	prohibit
bias	combine	constitute	deteriorate	reflect
bond	command	constrain	deviate	revenue
brave	commence	construct	devise	status
breadth	commerce	consult	diligent	stifled
bribe	commercial	contemporary	dimension	subordinate
bribery	commission	context	diminish	sustain
brief	communicate	contiguous	discrete	toil
broadcast	compatible	controversy	discriminate	vestige
bulk	compensate	convene	disparage	vindicate

IELTS vocabulary level 8

The first step in being able to improve your vocabulary is to have a clear collection of words to study from, graded from the easier, more common language up to more advanced levels.

IELTSforFREE has a 10 level system to improve your IELTS vocabulary, from Level 1 to Level 10. Once you have looked through the list below, test your self with our Level 8 vocabulary practice page.

Tips for using the vocabulary for IELTS lists:

look carefully through the list to make sure you know the words and are confident that you can use them in your written or spoken English.
Look up the meaning of any new words and put them in a sentence. If you’re not sure your sentence is correct, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page and we’ll check it for you.
Make a handwritten note of any new words, ideally in a separate note pad that you carry with you. Whenever you have a few minutes – waiting for a bus, just before going to sleep, waiting for the kettle to boil – take out the list and look through, reminding yourself of the word and the meaning.
Improving your vocabulary for IELTS takes practice, so try to use the new word(s) in any suitable situation over the next few weeks – using the new word will help you remember it!
Write the new word a number of times – writing down vocabulary will help you remember it and will also help with spelling.

affliction	manner	official	pursue	reside
assess	manual	operate	quantity	resist
collision	media	operation	quarrel	resistance
conclude	mercy	operator	quashed	resolve
cork	mere	oppose	quenching	restrain
decay	migrate	opposition	radical	retain
enforce	minister	organ	random	reticent
facilitate	ministry	origin	range	revolution
initial	minuscule	participate	rank	sacred
injure	miserable	particular	ratio	sake
input	misery	patriotic	rational	scarce
inquire	mode	peculiar	raw	scatter
inquiry	moderate	perceive	ray	scent
insight	moderation	persist	razor	scheme
institute	modify	persuade	realise	scorn
integral	monitor	persuasion	reason	scrape
integrate	moral	policy	reasonable	sector
intend	moreover	polish	receive	sequence
intense	motif	pose	recognise	series
intention	motion	potential	recognition	serious
interference	motive	praise	recommend	significant
interval	murder	pray	record	simulate
intervene	mutual	preach	recover	situation
isolate	mystery	precede	refer	sketchy
jewel	nausea	precious	reference	slave
justice	needle	precise	refresh	social
justify	network	prejudice	regulate	society
landlord	neutral	preliminary	reinforce	sphere
latter	noble	presence	reject	spite
leash	noise	preserve	relate	stable
legal	nuclear	president	reluctance	stain
legislate	nuisance	presume	remark	statistic
literary	numerical	presumptuous	remedy	successor
literature	object	prime	replenish	sufficient
loyal	objection	proceed	represent	thorn
loyalty	objective	proportion	representative	transform
lung	obtain	prospect	reproduce	unify
maintain	occasion	provision	reproduction	uproar
manipulate	offend	proximity	republic	utilise
mankind	offense	psychology	reputation	violate

IELTS vocabulary level 7

The first step in being able to improve your vocabulary is to have a clear collection of words to study from, graded from the easier, more common language up to more advanced levels.

IELTSforFREE has a 10 level system to improve your IELTS vocabulary, from Level 1 to Level 10. Once you have looked through the list below, test your self with our Level 7 vocabulary practice page.

Tips for using the vocabulary for IELTS lists:

look carefully through the list to make sure you know the words and are confident that you can use them in your written or spoken English.
Look up the meaning of any new words and put them in a sentence. If you’re not sure your sentence is correct, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page and we’ll check it for you.
Make a handwritten note of any new words, ideally in a separate note pad that you carry with you. Whenever you have a few minutes – waiting for a bus, just before going to sleep, waiting for the kettle to boil – take out the list and look through, reminding yourself of the word and the meaning.
Improving your vocabulary for IELTS takes practice, so try to use the new word(s) in any suitable situation over the next few weeks – using the new word will help you remember it!
Write the new word a number of times – writing down vocabulary will help you remember it and will also help with spelling.

absent	behavior	committee	custom	domestic
absolute	belief	community	decade	drawer
absorb	belong	companion	decision	dream
academy	beneath	complication	decisive	drought
accurate	bind	comprehensive	decline	dubious
accuse	birth	compute	decrease	economy
achieve	bitter	confident	deed	edit
actual	blade	confidential	defense	efficiency
adequate	bleed	conflict	definite	efficient
advice	bless	confuse	degree	elastic
advise	boast	connect	delay	elect
agriculture	boil	consent	delicate	election
ambitious	border	consequent	delight	element
ancient	bound	consume	dependent	encourage
angle	boundary	contact	depress	enemy
anxiety	bow	contain	deserve	ensure
appearance	brass	content	desire	entire
application	breath	contract	despair	equip
appoint	breathe	contradict	detect	equivalent
approve	brick	contrary	determine	error
area	bunch	contrast	develop	essential
arise	bundle	contribute	device	estate
arrest	businesslike	converse	devote	estimate
ashamed	calculate	convert	differentiate	everlasting
astonish	calculation	convince	disapprove	evident
audience	calculator	coordinate	discomfort	exception
author	cape	corporate	discontent	exhibit
avoidance	cart	correspond	discuss	existence
awkward	castle	council	discussion	expand
baggage	charm	courage	disease	extraordinary
band	chart	course	disgust	faint
bare	chest	court	dispose	famine
bargain	childhood	creature	disregard	fluctuate
barrel	chimney	credit	disrespect	minor
basis	claim	crop	dissatisfaction	occupy
basket	classic	crucial	dissatisfy	reduce
beam	classify	cruel	distinct	rely
beard	clerk	culture	distinguish	severe
beg	cliff	currency	divide	shadow
behave	commit	cushion	division	volatile

IELTS vocabulary level 6

The first step in being able to improve your vocabulary is to have a clear collection of words to study from, graded from the easier, more common language up to more advanced levels.

IELTSforFREE has a 10 level system to improve your IELTS vocabulary, from Level 1 to Level 10. Once you have looked through the list below, test your self with our Level 6 vocabulary practice page.

Tips for using the vocabulary for IELTS lists:

look carefully through the list to make sure you know the words and are confident that you can use them in your written or spoken English.
Look up the meaning of any new words and put them in a sentence. If you’re not sure your sentence is correct, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page and we’ll check it for you.
Make a handwritten note of any new words, ideally in a separate note pad that you carry with you. Whenever you have a few minutes – waiting for a bus, just before going to sleep, waiting for the kettle to boil – take out the list and look through, reminding yourself of the word and the meaning.
Improving your vocabulary for IELTS takes practice, so try to use the new word(s) in any suitable situation over the next few weeks – using the new word will help you remember it!
Write the new word a number of times – writing down vocabulary will help you remember it and will also help with spelling.

abroad	depend	fame	impossible	mention
accustom	describe	fate	improve	merchant
acquire	design	fault	increase	military
admit	detail	feather	indeed	milligram
adopt	diamond	feature	index	millilitre
affect	dine	fierce	insert	millimetre
agent	direct	flash	inspect	million
ahead	disappear	flesh	instance	mineral
aid	disappoint	flexible	instant	modest
alive	dismiss	focus	instruct	modesty
allowance	display	fond	insult	momentary
ash	distance	formal	interfere	motherhood
bathe	distribute	format	internal	motherly
bay	district	former	interpret	multiplication
blame	disturb	forth	interrupt	multiply
calm	draft	fortune	interruption	nation
cause	duty	foundation	invest	native
certain	eager	framework	involve	necessity
cheer	ease	function	inward	nonsense
chemical	effective	gather	issue	notion
coal	enable	generous	kingdom	numerous
coast	entertain	globe	ladder	obvious
code	envy	glory	lecture	offset
colleague	escape	grade	lend	ongoing
comfort	establish	gradual	liberal	opinion
complain	eventual	grave	liberty	output
confront	examine	greed	licence	overcome
coward	exceed	guarantee	likewise	overflow
crime	excess	guard	limb	overlap
criminal	excessive	guilt	locate	postpone
curious	exclude	haste	lodge	qualification
curl	exist	hesitation	logic	satisfactory
current	expense	highlight	major	strategy
curtain	explode	highway	male	stress
damage	explore	homemade	manufacture	structure
dare	expose	honesty	mature	undertake
haughty	extensive	honour	maximise	virtual
defeat	extent	host	medical	weapon
defend	fade	hunger	medicine	widespread
deny	faith	identical	memory	yield

IELTS vocabulary level 5

The first step in being able to improve your vocabulary is to have a clear collection of words to study from, graded from the easier, more common language up to more advanced levels.

IELTSforFREE has a 10 level system to improve your IELTS vocabulary, from Level 1 to Level 10. Once you have looked through the list below, test your self with our Level 5 vocabulary practice page.

Tips for using the vocabulary for IELTS lists:

look carefully through the list to make sure you know the words and are confident that you can use them in your written or spoken English.
Look up the meaning of any new words and put them in a sentence. If you’re not sure your sentence is correct, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page and we’ll check it for you.
Make a handwritten note of any new words, ideally in a separate note pad that you carry with you. Whenever you have a few minutes – waiting for a bus, just before going to sleep, waiting for the kettle to boil – take out the list and look through, reminding yourself of the word and the meaning.
Improving your vocabulary for IELTS takes practice, so try to use the new word(s) in any suitable situation over the next few weeks – using the new word will help you remember it!
Write the new word a number of times – writing down vocabulary will help you remember it and will also help with spelling.

access	hinder	per	refuse	thunder
account	hindrance	perch	regard	thus
admire	hollow	perfect	region	tide
advertise	homecoming	perfection	relate	topic
arch	humble	perform	relative	trade
arrest	identify	performance	relevant	tradition
attack	idle	permanent	remain	transfer
attract	ignorance	permission	request	translate
chapter	illustrate	permit	require	transmit
coin	image	phase	reserve	transport
comment	imaginary	pity	resign	trend
competition	imaginative	pleasant	schedule	trial
concern	imagine	pleasure	steep	trick
create	immediate	plural	steer	urge
demonstrate	immense	poison	stem	urgent
desert	immigrate	politician	stick	vain
feast	impact	politics	strange	valid
federal	incidence	possess	stretch	value
fee	include	possessor	succeed	variety
fidelity	inclusive	poverty	success	vary
finance	incorporate	prefer	suffer	verse
float	indicate	preference	summary	version
forbid	individual	pressure	supply	vessel
force	inevitable	prevail	support	via
forthcoming	influence	pride	suppose	victory
fund	influential	priest	surface	violent
fundamental	inform	primary	survive	visual
funeral	judge	principal	suspect	voice
furnish	leadership	principle	swear	volume
general	necessary	probable	symbol	vowel
generate	occur	problem	sympathy	voyage
generation	offer	procession	system	wage
grant	opportunity	profit	telephone	waist
grass	opposite	promote	temperature	wealth
harbour	option	prompt	temporary	wicked
harvest	organise	proof	tempt	widow
debt	outcome	property	theme	widower
heaven	parallel	proposal	theory	wise
heavenly	parameter	propose	thread	witness
hence	passive	protect	threat	wrist

IELTS vocabulary level 4

The first step in being able to improve your vocabulary is to have a clear collection of words to study from, graded from the easier, more common language up to more advanced levels.

IELTSforFREE has a 10 level system to improve your IELTS vocabulary, from Level 1 to Level 10. Once you have looked through the list below, test your self with our Level 4 vocabulary practice page.

Tips for using the vocabulary for IELTS lists:

look carefully through the list to make sure you know the words and are confident that you can use them in your written or spoken English.
Look up the meaning of any new words and put them in a sentence. If you’re not sure your sentence is correct, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page and we’ll check it for you.
Make a handwritten note of any new words, ideally in a separate note pad that you carry with you. Whenever you have a few minutes – waiting for a bus, just before going to sleep, waiting for the kettle to boil – take out the list and look through, reminding yourself of the word and the meaning.
Improving your vocabulary for IELTS takes practice, so try to use the new word(s) in any suitable situation over the next few weeks – using the new word will help you remember it!
Write the new word a number of times – writing down vocabulary will help you remember it and will also help with spelling.

active	modern	pound	regret	sense
advance	moment	powder	regular	sensitive
affair	musician	power	relation	servant
allow	nail	prepare	release	serve
amuse	nature	present	relief	service
apply	neither	press	religion	several
argue	nevertheless	pretend	remember	shade
aside	nonetheless	pretense	remind	shallow
cough	nor	prevent	remove	shatter
cure	number	prevention	rent	shave
dozen	nursery	prior	repetition	shelf
earth	office	priority	rescue	shell
environment	officer	prison	research	shine
extract	order	prize	respect	shout
grateful	outline	process	respond	shower
ideal	outward	profession	responsible	silence
luck	over	professional	restore	silent
lump	overseas	program	restrict	silk
madden	ownership	programme	retire	since
manage	paragraph	progress	reveal	site
margin	partner	project	revenge	skill
marriage	patience	promise	reverse	slight
material	patient	pronounce	review	slippery
meantime	pattern	pronunciation	revise	smell
meanwhile	pause	proper	roar	soil
measure	peace	prove	root	solid
medium	pearl	provide	rope	solution
member	perhaps	public	rot	sorrow
membership	period	publication	rotten	sound
mental	pile	publish	row	sour
message	pinch	punctual	royalty	source
messenger	pipe	quote	sale	sow
method	poem	railroad	salesman	spade
mind	poet	rapid	salt	special
mine	polite	rare	sample	spill
miner	population	reach	sand	spirit
minimal	portion	react	scratch	spit
minimise	position	receipt	screw	text
minimum	positive	recent	secret	upset
model	possible	register	seize	veil