IELTS & ACADEMIC MASTER VOCABULARY
2025-2026 | 100% ESSENTIAL WORDS FOR BAND
7.0+
death penalty/capital punishment/death sentence - án tử hình/ the legal punishment of death
for a crime
attorney, lawyer, barrister - luật sư
unjust = unfair = discriminatory = inequitable - không công bằng
irreversible - =permanent consequence, not possible to change; impossible to return to a
previous condition
exonerate - (v.) to clear from a charge or accusation (minh oan)
barbaric
cruel
brutal
brutish
savage
vicious
ruthless - tàn bạo, dã man,...
due process of law - a citizen's fair treatment within the rules of a government's legal
system
legislation - the act of making or enacting laws; legislate laws
,recidivate/retrogress - to relapse to previous bad behavior (tái phạm)
Premeditation(n) - premeditate - the fact of thinking about or carefully planning to do
something, especially a crime or something unpleasant
execute - 1. follow through to completion; carry out
2. put to death
in the light of - because of
be at liberty to do something - to be allowed to do something
strive - to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long
time or against difficulties
deprive of - to prevent somebody from having or doing something, especially something
important
death toll - số người chết - the number of people who die because of an event such as a war or
an accident
homicide - the killing of one human being by another - (an act of) murder
strain (n) - something that makes you feel nervous and worried
staple (n) - a chief product of trade or industry - mặt hàng chủ lực
subsistence - the state of having what you need in order to stay alive
, paddy field - a field planted with rice growing in water
implication - the act of suggesting or hinting
feast (v) - to eat a lot of good food and enjoy it very much
indigenous - native to a certain area
suppressor - a thing or person that prevents something bad from happening
catepillar - a small, long animal with many legs that feeds on the leaves of plants, and
develops into a butterfly or moth
webworm - sâu kéo màng
ultrasonic - Ultrasonic sound is too high for people to hear. - siêu âm
echolocation - a process in which animals, for example bats (= small animals with wings that
fly at night), find their way in the dark by producing sound waves that echo (= are heard
again) when they are reflected off an object - định vị bằng tiếng vang
forage (v) - to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use, kiếm
ăn
run-off - an extra competition or election to decide the winner, because the leading
competitors have finished equal
infestation - a large number of animals and insects that carry disease, that are present where
they are not wanted
2025-2026 | 100% ESSENTIAL WORDS FOR BAND
7.0+
death penalty/capital punishment/death sentence - án tử hình/ the legal punishment of death
for a crime
attorney, lawyer, barrister - luật sư
unjust = unfair = discriminatory = inequitable - không công bằng
irreversible - =permanent consequence, not possible to change; impossible to return to a
previous condition
exonerate - (v.) to clear from a charge or accusation (minh oan)
barbaric
cruel
brutal
brutish
savage
vicious
ruthless - tàn bạo, dã man,...
due process of law - a citizen's fair treatment within the rules of a government's legal
system
legislation - the act of making or enacting laws; legislate laws
,recidivate/retrogress - to relapse to previous bad behavior (tái phạm)
Premeditation(n) - premeditate - the fact of thinking about or carefully planning to do
something, especially a crime or something unpleasant
execute - 1. follow through to completion; carry out
2. put to death
in the light of - because of
be at liberty to do something - to be allowed to do something
strive - to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long
time or against difficulties
deprive of - to prevent somebody from having or doing something, especially something
important
death toll - số người chết - the number of people who die because of an event such as a war or
an accident
homicide - the killing of one human being by another - (an act of) murder
strain (n) - something that makes you feel nervous and worried
staple (n) - a chief product of trade or industry - mặt hàng chủ lực
subsistence - the state of having what you need in order to stay alive
, paddy field - a field planted with rice growing in water
implication - the act of suggesting or hinting
feast (v) - to eat a lot of good food and enjoy it very much
indigenous - native to a certain area
suppressor - a thing or person that prevents something bad from happening
catepillar - a small, long animal with many legs that feeds on the leaves of plants, and
develops into a butterfly or moth
webworm - sâu kéo màng
ultrasonic - Ultrasonic sound is too high for people to hear. - siêu âm
echolocation - a process in which animals, for example bats (= small animals with wings that
fly at night), find their way in the dark by producing sound waves that echo (= are heard
again) when they are reflected off an object - định vị bằng tiếng vang
forage (v) - to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use, kiếm
ăn
run-off - an extra competition or election to decide the winner, because the leading
competitors have finished equal
infestation - a large number of animals and insects that carry disease, that are present where
they are not wanted
