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IELTS Vocabulary for High Scores

November 24, 2015

Here is a list of 570 words often used in English writing. Professors searched many English books, magazines and other
literature to find words that are the most commonly used. No surprise, you will find many of these words in your IELTS
exam. Find this list of words below.

To get high scores on the IELTS exam it is very important that you can understand AND use these words. You must be
able to comprehend these words in the Listening Section and Reading Section of IELTS. As well, you must be able to use
these words in the Writing and Speaking Sections. Follow the practice instructions and you can get high scores the next
time you sit the IELTS exam.

1. You need a notebook and three color pens or pencils (ex. Blue, Red and Black)

2. Each day choose five words from the list. ***Start with #1 (highest frequency words) and work towards #10.
*Remember, even #10 words are found often in English.

3. Write down the definition of the word first:

Ex. Analyse, analyze (verb): examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially
information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

4. Next write a compound or complex sentence using the word. Use red to write the word (If you do not know compound
and complex sentences, review this in your Bonus Writing section of
your course in your My Student Account
a. Make sure to include yourself or someone you know in the sentence, this helps your memory.
b. Make sure to make the sentence unique, interesting, funny, sad, scary, etc.
Ex. I had to analyse the spider that bit me because it looked very dangerous.

5. Two days later, paraphrase the sentence you wrote and keep the same vocabulary in the sentence. Use a different color
for this.
Ex. Since the spider that bit me appeared poisonous, I needed to analyse it.

6. Make sure to continue doing this until your IELTS exam. AND make sure to read your sentences and check for
mistakes.

(Averil Coxheads) High-Incidence Word List (WL)

Words of high frequency are 1 and the least frequency words are 10

1 2 3 4 5
__________ __________ _________ _________ __________
academy
analyse achieve alternative access adjust
analysis acquire circumstance adequate alter
approach administrate comment annual amend
area affect compensate apparent aware

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assume aspect consent attitude challenge
clause
authority assist considerable attribute
compound
available category constant civil conflict
benefit chapter constrain code consult
concept commission contribute commit contact
consist community convene communicate decline
discrete
constitute complex coordinate concentrate
draft
context compute core confer enable
contract conclude corporate contrast energy
create consequent correspond cycle enforce
data construct criteria debate entity
equivalent
define consume deduce despite
evolve
derive credit demonstrate dimension expand
distribute culture document domestic expose
economy design dominate emerge external
environment distinct emphasis error facilitate
fundamental
establish element ensure ethnic
generate
estimate equate exclude goal generation
evident evaluate framework grant image
export factor feature fund hence liberal
finance final illustrate hypothesis license
logic
formula focus immigrate implement
margin
function impact imply implicate medical
identify injure initial impose mental
income institute instance integrate modify
indicate invest interact internal monitor
network
individual item justify investigate
notion
interpret journal layer job objective
interpretation maintain link label orient
involve normal locate mechanism perspective
issue objective maximize obvious precise
prime
labour participate minor occupy
psychology
legal perceive negate option pursue
major positive outcome output ratio
method potential partner overall reject
occur previous philosophy parallel revenue
stable
percent purchase physical parameter
style
period range proportion phase substitute
policy region publish predict sustain
principle regulate react principal symbol
proceed relevant register prior target
transit
process reside rely professional
trend
require resource remove project version
research restrict sequence promote welfare
respond secure sex regime whereas
role seek shift resolve 6
__________
section select specify retain
abstract
sector site sufficient series accurate
significant strategy task statistic acknowledge
similar survey technical status aggregate
source text technique stress allocate
assign
specific tradition technology subsequent
attach
structure transfer valid sum author

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vary undertake brief
capable
cite
cooperate
discriminate
diverse
edit
enhance
estate
exceed
expert
explicit
federal
fee
flexible
furthermore
gender
ignorance
incentive
incidence
incorporate
index
inhibit
initiate
input
instruct
intelligence
interval
lecture
migrate
minimum
ministry
motive
neutral
nevertheless
overseas
precede
presume
rational
recover
reveal
scope
subsidy
trace
transform
transport
underlie
utilize
7 8 9
__________ __________ __________
adapt abandon
adult accompany
accommodate
advocate ambiguous analogy
aid append anticipate
channel appreciate assure
chemical arbitrary attain
classic automate
comprehensive bias
behalf
comprise chart bulk
confirm clarify cease
contrary commodity coherent
convert complement coincide
couple conform
decade contemporary
commence

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definite contradict compatible
deny crucial concurrent
differentiate currency
confine
dispose denote
dynamic detect controversy
eliminate deviate converse
empirical displace device
equip drama devote
extract eventual
distort
file exhibit
finite exploit duration
foundation fluctuate erode
globe guideline ethic
grade highlight format
guarantee implicit
found
hierarchy induce
identical inevitable inherent
ideology infrastructure insight
infer inspect integral
innovate intense intermediate
insert manipulate
manual
intervene minimize
isolate nuclear mature
media offset mediate
mode paragraph medium
paradigm plus military
phenomenon practitioner
minimal
priority predominant
prohibit prospect mutual
publication radical norm
quote random overlap
release reinforce passive
reverse restore
portion
simulate revise
sole schedule preliminary
somewhat tense protocol
submit terminate qualitative
successor text refine
survive theory
relax
thesis uniform
topic vehicle restrain
transmit via revolution
ultimate virtual rigid
unique visual route
visible widespread
scenario
voluntary
sphere
subordinate
supplement
suspend
team
temporary
trigger
unify
violate
vision

10
__________
adjacent
albeit

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collapse
colleague
compile
conceive
convince
depress
encounter
enormous
forthcoming
incline
integrity
intrinsic
invoke
levy
likewise
nonetheless
notwithstanding
odd
ongoing
panel
persist
pose
reluctance
so-called
straightforward
undergo
whereby
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4 Responses to IELTS Vocabulary for High Scores

Pearl Kadkhodayan November 28th, 2015
Is this recommended for the General IELTS too?

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geadmin November 30th, 2015

Hi Pearl,

Yes it is!

Md Matiur Rahman December 1st, 2015

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 geadmin December 1st, 2015
Hi Md Matiur Rahman, Thank you for your compliment. We offer the most competitive value, material for cost, for
online IELTS in the world. Keep up the good studies and we hope to have you as a student in the future.

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