IELTS Vocabulary A–Z

260 carefully chosen IELTS words organised alphabetically. Each entry comes with a clear definition, an example sentence, and a memory trick to make the word stick.

A

Letter A

10 words · with memory tricks

advocate, ambiguous, alleviate, augment

B

Letter B

10 words · with memory tricks

bolster, beneficial, breakthrough, bureaucracy

C

Letter C

10 words · with memory tricks

cognitive, coherent, compelling, comprehensive

D

Letter D

10 words · with memory tricks

deteriorate, detrimental, diminish, discrepancy

E

Letter E

10 words · with memory tricks

exacerbate, elaborate, empirical, equilibrium

F

Letter F

10 words · with memory tricks

facilitate, fluctuate, foster, fundamental

G

Letter G

10 words · with memory tricks

galvanise, globalisation, generic, genuine

H

Letter H

10 words · with memory tricks

harness, hierarchy, hinder, holistic

I

Letter I

10 words · with memory tricks

imperative, impede, implement, implication

J

Letter J

10 words · with memory tricks

jeopardise, judicious, juxtapose, jurisdiction

K

Letter K

10 words · with memory tricks

keen, kindle, knack, knowledgeable

L

Letter L

10 words · with memory tricks

lucrative, legitimate, leverage, longstanding

M

Letter M

10 words · with memory tricks

mitigate, meticulous, manifest, mandate

N

Letter N

10 words · with memory tricks

nascent, negligible, notable, novel

O

Letter O

10 words · with memory tricks

obsolete, obstruct, optimal, overarching

P

Letter P

10 words · with memory tricks

paramount, paradigm, pertinent, pervasive

Q

Letter Q

10 words · with memory tricks

quintessential, quandary, quantify, quell

R

Letter R

10 words · with memory tricks

ramification, resilient, refute, robust

S

Letter S

10 words · with memory tricks

scrutinise, sustainable, sophisticated, stagnate

T

Letter T

10 words · with memory tricks

tangible, transient, transparent, transformative

U

Letter U

10 words · with memory tricks

ubiquitous, unprecedented, undermine, underpin

V

Letter V

10 words · with memory tricks

viable, vulnerable, volatile, validate

W

Letter W

10 words · with memory tricks

widespread, withstand, worthwhile, warrant

X

Letter X

10 words · with memory tricks

xenophobia, xenophobic, xenophile, xenial

Y

Letter Y

10 words · with memory tricks

yield, yardstick, yearn, yoke

Z

Letter Z

10 words · with memory tricks

zeal, zealous, zenith, zeitgeist