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abandon (n) /ə'bændən/ - Syn. Relinquish - Ex: With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with abandon - Correct Ans-(n) lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm abstract (a) /'æbstrækt/ - Syn. theoretical; abstruse - Ex: To hi...

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500 IELTS/TOEFL Vocabulary

500 IELTS/TOEFL Vocabulary Exam
Study Questions and Answers 2025-2026
abandon (n) /ə'bændən/
- Syn. Relinquish
- Ex: With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with abandon - Correct Ans-(n)
lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded
enthusiasm

abstract (a) /'æbstrækt/
- Syn. theoretical; abstruse
- Ex: To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal - Correct
Ans-(a) theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand

academy (n) /ə'kædəmɪ/
- Ex: The mission of our academy is actually to ensure the health and the well-being of
all children. - Correct Ans-(n) school for special instruction; society of scholars,
scientists, or artists

access (n) /'æksɛs/
- Syn. approach
- Ex: It remains to be seen whether the multinationals like Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and
BP will give in to Mr Chavez's brinksmanship as they know he needs them as much as
they need access to his oil. - Correct Ans-(n) approach; entry; entrance

accommodate (v) /ə'kɒmədeɪt/
- Syn. adapt; oblige
- Ex: As for the stage in the public auditorium, it can easily be adjusted to accommodate
from a full-scale musical production to one by a solo vocalist - Correct Ans-(v) do a
favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

accompany (v) /ə'kʌmpənɪ/
-Ex: But the night being wet and inclement, Mr. Rochester did not accompany them. -
Correct Ans-(v) travel with; be associated with

accumulate (v) /ə'kju:mjʊleɪt/
- Syn. collect
- Ex: The tendency of Capital to accumulate is a big threat to the free market. - Correct
Ans-(v) pile up; collect; mount up; increase

accurate (a) /'ækjʊrət/
- Syn. precise; correct

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- Ex: Very Interesting, can anyone tell me, how accurate is the English translation in the
posted clip? - Correct Ans-(a) capable of providing a correct reading or measurement;
performing with care and precision

achieve (v) /ə'tʃi:v/
- Syn. accomplish; fulfill
- Ex: Water, energy, health, agriculture, and biodiversity, require the world's scientific
community to come up with the means to achieve sustainable development. - Correct
Ans-(v) gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill

acknowledge (v) /ək'nɒlɪdʒ/
- Syn. recognize; admit
- Ex: Although I acknowledge that the Beatles' tunes sound pretty dated today, I still
prefer them to the songs my brothers play. - Correct Ans-(v) declare to be true or admit;
express obligation, thanks

acquire (v) /ə'kwaɪə(r)/
- Syn. obtain; gain
- Ex: As Norman Mailer once said to me, "One of the hardest things to acquire is a
persona, and you've got one." - Correct Ans-(v) gain through experience or effort; gain
possession of; locate with tracking system

adapt (v) /ə'dæpt/
- Syn. alter; modify
- Ex: One way to adapt is to become smaller, generation by generation. - Correct Ans-
(v) make fit for; change to suit a new purpose

adequate (a) /'ædɪkwət/
- Syn. sufficient; enough
- Ex: England missed key players through injury, lacked adequate preparation and was
unable to match Australia's skill. - Correct Ans-(a) sufficient; enough to meet a purpose

adjacent (a) /ə'dʒeɪsənt/
- Syn. adjoining; neighboring
- Ex: Philip's best friend Jason lived only four houses down the block, close but not
immediately adjacent. - Correct Ans-(a) adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near

adjust (v) /ə'dʒʌst/
- Syn. adapt; regulate
- Ex: The opera house was handed over by the builders nearly a year ago, but it's taken
many months to install new stage machinery and to adjust the acoustics. - Correct Ans-
(v) adapt; regulate

administrate (v) /əd'mɪnɪstreɪt/

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- Ex: Remember that Democrats want to increase spending and create more laws which
in turn create more government to administrate and enforce. - Correct Ans-(v)
administer; supply

adult (n) /'ædʌlt/
- Ex: Not clear from the video if the adult is a man or woman, but he or she is facing
charges of endangering the welfare of a child - Correct Ans-(n) one who has attained
maturity or legal age; fully grown

advocate (v) /'ædvəkət/
- Syn. urge; support
- Ex: The some doctors advocate a smoking ban in the entire house. - Correct Ans-(v)
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something

affect (v) /ə'fɛkt/
- 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 - Correct Ans-(v)
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

aggregate (v) /'ægrɪgət/
- Syn. gather; accumulate
- Ex: Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers managed to aggregate great wealth in
short periods of time. - Correct Ans-(v) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

aid (n) /eɪd/
- Ex: The company has also asked for an additional 3.50 billion dollars in aid from the
government. - Correct Ans-(n) person or thing that promotes or helps in something
done; helper; assistant

albeit (ad) /ɔ:l'bi:ɪt/
- Ex: This question bothers me, albeit from a different perspective - Correct Ans-(ad)
even though; although; notwithstanding

allocate (v) /'æləkeɪt/
- 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. - Correct Ans-(v) assign; distribute according to
plan

alter (v) /'ɔ:ltə(r)/
- 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. - Correct Ans-(v) modify;
cause to change; make different; convert

alternative (a) /ɔ:l'tɜrnətɪv/

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- Ex: Electron Instruments believed its desktop SEM was vastly superior to the next best
alternative from a Japanese competitor. - Correct Ans-(a) one of two or more things,
ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

ambiguous (a) /æm'bɪgjʊəs/
- Ex: His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take. -
Correct Ans-(a) unclear or doubtful in meaning

amend (v) /ə'mɛnd/
- Syn. correct; improve
- Ex: Would McCain amend executive orders to ensure that communications between
persons outside government and White House staff are disclosed to the public? -
Correct Ans-(v) change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors

analogy (n) /ə'nælədʒɪ/
- Syn. similarity; parallelism
- Ex: This analogy is almost always noted without further comment, although in fact it
may be taken further. - Correct Ans-(n) similarity in some respects; comparison based
on similarity

analyse (v) /'ænəlaɪz/
- Ex: Better, in my opinion, to acknowledge a particular usage, investigate and analyse it
if so inclined, and move on. - Correct Ans-(v) resolve anything complex into its
elements; separate into parts for purpose of examination of each separately

analysis (n) /ə'næləsɪs/
- Syn. study; investigation
- Ex: You can read more about those studies here, and my analysis is here. - Correct
Ans-(n) study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent
parts

annual (a) /'ænjʊəl/
- Ex: It says that the Queen's role in the annual state opening of parliament should be -
Correct Ans-(a) occurring or payable every year

anticipate (v) /æn'tɪsɪpeɪt/
- Syn. expect; predict
- Ex: Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was;
and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust, rejection, insult, clung to her with
filial fondness. - Correct Ans-(v) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict

apparent (a) /ə'pærənt/
- Syn. visible
- Ex: It was apparent to all that he was guilty - Correct Ans-(a) capable of being seen, or
easily seen; open to view; visible to eye

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