3/5/25, 9:10 PM 500 IELTS/TOEFL Vocabulary (The IELTS test AWL (Academic Word List
500 IELTS/TOEFL Vocabulary (The IELTS test AWL
(Academic Word List) LATEST VOLUME 2025 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS \\VERIFIED
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
Terms in this set (562)
institute (n) /'ɪnstɪtju:t/; (n) advance or set forth in court; association
/'ɪnstətu:t/ organized to promote art or science or education
- Ex: The institute for
biomedical research is a
non-profit, independent
research and educational
organization known as a
world leader in its field.
instruct (v) /ɪn'strʌkt/ (v) teach; make aware of
- Syn. teach
- Ex: She had to instruct
the students to work on
their pronunciation.
integral (a) /'ɪntɪgr(ə)l/ (a) essential or necessary for completeness; entire
- Syn. complete; entire
- Ex: Despite the ratings
agencies' spectacular
failures during the recent
crisis, their assessments
remain integral to the
structure of the financial
system
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administrate (v) / (v) administer; supply
əd'mɪnɪstreɪt/
- Ex: Remember that
Democrats want to
increase spending and
create more laws which
in turn create more
government to
administrate and enforce.
adult (n) /'ædʌlt/ (n) one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully
- Ex: Not clear from the grown
video if the adult is a man
or woman, but he or she
is facing charges of
endangering the welfare
of a child
advocate (v) /'ædvəkət/ (v) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for;
- Syn. urge; support push for something
- Ex: The some doctors
advocate a smoking ban
in the entire house.
affect (v) /ə'fɛkt/ (v) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- Ex: The move is likely to
affect women and girls
all over the world as
international brands such
as Mango and Zara have
signed up to the
agreement
aggregate (v) /'ægrɪgət/ (v) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
- Syn. gather; accumulate
- Ex: Before the Wall
Street scandals, dealers
managed to aggregate
great wealth in short
periods of time.
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aid (n) /eɪd/ (n) person or thing that promotes or helps in
- Ex: The company has something done; helper; assistant
also asked for an
additional 3.50 billion
dollars in aid from the
government.
albeit (ad) /ɔ:l'bi:ɪt/ (ad) even though; although; notwithstanding
- Ex: This question
bothers me, albeit from a
different perspective
allocate (v) /'æləkeɪt/ (v) assign; distribute according to plan
- Syn. assign
- Ex: Even though the
Red Cross did allocate a
large sum for the relief of
the sufferers of the
disaster, many people
perished.
alter (v) /'ɔ:ltə(r)/ (v) modify; cause to change; make different; convert
- Syn. modify; change;
convert
- Ex: In public neither Mr.
Blair's visit nor the
regional summit in Nepal
has done anything to
alter India's position on
dialogue with Pakistan.
alternative (a) / (a) one of two or more things, ideas or courses of
ɔ:l'tɜrnətɪv/ action that may be used; option; choice
- Ex: Electron Instruments
believed its desktop SEM
was vastly superior to the
next best alternative from
a Japanese competitor.
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ambiguous (a) / (a) unclear or doubtful in meaning
æm'bɪgjʊəs/
- Ex: His ambiguous
instructions misled us; we
did not know which road
to take.
amend (v) /ə'mɛnd/ (v) change for the better; improve; remove faults or
- Syn. correct; improve errors
- Ex: Would McCain
amend executive orders
to ensure that
communications between
persons outside
government and White
House staff are disclosed
to the public?
analogy (n) /ə'nælədʒɪ/ (n) similarity in some respects; comparison based on
- Syn. similarity; similarity
parallelism
- Ex: This analogy is
almost always noted
without further comment,
although in fact it may be
taken further.
analyse (v) /'ænəlaɪz/ (v) resolve anything complex into its elements;
- Ex: Better, in my separate into parts for purpose of examination of
opinion, to acknowledge each separately
a particular usage,
investigate and analyse it
if so inclined, and move
on.
analysis (n) /ə'næləsɪs/ (n) study; investigation; process of breaking down a
- Syn. study; investigation substance into its constituent parts
- Ex: You can read more
about those studies here,
and my analysis is here.
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500 IELTS/TOEFL Vocabulary (The IELTS test AWL
(Academic Word List) LATEST VOLUME 2025 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS \\VERIFIED
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
Terms in this set (562)
institute (n) /'ɪnstɪtju:t/; (n) advance or set forth in court; association
/'ɪnstətu:t/ organized to promote art or science or education
- Ex: The institute for
biomedical research is a
non-profit, independent
research and educational
organization known as a
world leader in its field.
instruct (v) /ɪn'strʌkt/ (v) teach; make aware of
- Syn. teach
- Ex: She had to instruct
the students to work on
their pronunciation.
integral (a) /'ɪntɪgr(ə)l/ (a) essential or necessary for completeness; entire
- Syn. complete; entire
- Ex: Despite the ratings
agencies' spectacular
failures during the recent
crisis, their assessments
remain integral to the
structure of the financial
system
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administrate (v) / (v) administer; supply
əd'mɪnɪstreɪt/
- Ex: Remember that
Democrats want to
increase spending and
create more laws which
in turn create more
government to
administrate and enforce.
adult (n) /'ædʌlt/ (n) one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully
- Ex: Not clear from the grown
video if the adult is a man
or woman, but he or she
is facing charges of
endangering the welfare
of a child
advocate (v) /'ædvəkət/ (v) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for;
- Syn. urge; support push for something
- Ex: The some doctors
advocate a smoking ban
in the entire house.
affect (v) /ə'fɛkt/ (v) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- Ex: The move is likely to
affect women and girls
all over the world as
international brands such
as Mango and Zara have
signed up to the
agreement
aggregate (v) /'ægrɪgət/ (v) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
- Syn. gather; accumulate
- Ex: Before the Wall
Street scandals, dealers
managed to aggregate
great wealth in short
periods of time.
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aid (n) /eɪd/ (n) person or thing that promotes or helps in
- Ex: The company has something done; helper; assistant
also asked for an
additional 3.50 billion
dollars in aid from the
government.
albeit (ad) /ɔ:l'bi:ɪt/ (ad) even though; although; notwithstanding
- Ex: This question
bothers me, albeit from a
different perspective
allocate (v) /'æləkeɪt/ (v) assign; distribute according to plan
- Syn. assign
- Ex: Even though the
Red Cross did allocate a
large sum for the relief of
the sufferers of the
disaster, many people
perished.
alter (v) /'ɔ:ltə(r)/ (v) modify; cause to change; make different; convert
- Syn. modify; change;
convert
- Ex: In public neither Mr.
Blair's visit nor the
regional summit in Nepal
has done anything to
alter India's position on
dialogue with Pakistan.
alternative (a) / (a) one of two or more things, ideas or courses of
ɔ:l'tɜrnətɪv/ action that may be used; option; choice
- Ex: Electron Instruments
believed its desktop SEM
was vastly superior to the
next best alternative from
a Japanese competitor.
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ambiguous (a) / (a) unclear or doubtful in meaning
æm'bɪgjʊəs/
- Ex: His ambiguous
instructions misled us; we
did not know which road
to take.
amend (v) /ə'mɛnd/ (v) change for the better; improve; remove faults or
- Syn. correct; improve errors
- Ex: Would McCain
amend executive orders
to ensure that
communications between
persons outside
government and White
House staff are disclosed
to the public?
analogy (n) /ə'nælədʒɪ/ (n) similarity in some respects; comparison based on
- Syn. similarity; similarity
parallelism
- Ex: This analogy is
almost always noted
without further comment,
although in fact it may be
taken further.
analyse (v) /'ænəlaɪz/ (v) resolve anything complex into its elements;
- Ex: Better, in my separate into parts for purpose of examination of
opinion, to acknowledge each separately
a particular usage,
investigate and analyse it
if so inclined, and move
on.
analysis (n) /ə'næləsɪs/ (n) study; investigation; process of breaking down a
- Syn. study; investigation substance into its constituent parts
- Ex: You can read more
about those studies here,
and my analysis is here.
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