IELTS Academic Reading Vocabulary

List of words in IELTS Academic Reading Vocabulary

abandon
abrupt
absorption
abstain
accelerate
acclaim
accordance
account
acquire
adamant
adequate
adjacent
adjust
advocate
aggregate
aging
airline
alignment
alter
altitude
amend
amenity
artificial
ascent
ascertain
assess
attain
attempt
attribute
avoid
bacteria
behalf
beneficial
benign
berserk
bias
biased
bolster
brain
brakes
breach
breakneck
brunt
budget
casual
catalyst
cease
censure
character
charge
chronic
cite
codify
cognitive
coherent
coin
commence
commit
commodity
comparison
compatible
compensate
compile
complaint
complement
comply
component
comprise
compute
conceive
concurrent
condition
conduct
confer
confine
conform
congenital
congestion
conscious
consent
consequent
consortium
constitute
constrain
consult
contend
context
contingent
contradict
contrary
contrast
contribute
convene
convention
convince
coordinate
core
corporate
correspond
courageous
criterion
crucial
cue
curb
curriculum
debate
decisive
deduce
deficiency
definite
deliberate
delivery
demanding
denial
denote
deplete
depress
deprive
deprived
despair
detain
detect
determine
deviate
devote
differ
diminish
discern
disorder
displace
dispose
disruptive
distill
distinct
distort
distorted
diurnal
diverse
diversity
domestic
donate
draft
drastic
dubious
elaborate
elderly
eliminate
elusive
embrace
emerge
emphasize
empirical
empower
encompass
encounter
endanger
endangered
endure
enforce
engagement
engender
enormous
enquiry
ensure
entity
equal
equate
equator
equitable
equivalent
erode
error
escape
estate
ethical
evaluate
even
eventual
eventually
evidence
evitable
evolve
exaggerate
exceed
excel
exchange
exclude
exclusive
execute
exhausted
exhibit
expansion
expansive
expect
expectancy
experience
experiment
expertise
explicit
exploit
expose
extend
extinct
extol
extract
extreme
exude
facilitate
faculty
fair
famine
fatigue
fauna
feasible
feature
fertilizer
fiasco
final
financial
finite
fishery
fit
fitness
flaw
flora
focus
foe
foothold
forage
format
formation
fortuitous
fragile
fragment
freeze
fund
gage
garrulous
gene
germ
giddy
gifted
grade
grant
graphic
guarantee
habitat
halt
handful
haphazard
harbour
hardship
harmonize
harsh
hazard
hinder
hint
hostile
humidity
hypothesis
identify
ignore
illusory
illustrate
imitate
immigrate
immunity
impact
impair
impaired
impede
imperative
implicate
implicit
impose
impressive
inaccurate
inactive
incentive
incidence
incline
inclusion
indicate
individual
induce
indulge
inevitable
infer
inferior
infest
infinite
influence
inhabitant
inherent
inherit
inhibit
inhibition
initial
initiate
innate
innovate
insight
inspect
instance
instruct
integrate
integrity
intense
interior
interpret
interrupt
interval
intervene
intrinsic
invective
invent
inventive
invoke
involve
iron
irrigation
isolate
jeopardize
justify
keen
kinship
label
labor
lack
landscape
laser
legal
legislate
legitimate
levy
liable
liaison
likelihood
likewise
limb
limitation
linguistic
link
log
longevity
loss
lurch
magnetic
main
mainly
make
malleable
mammal
manage
manifest
manifold
margin
marine
masquerade
massive
mate
mature
measure
mechanism
mediate
medical
mediocre
medium
mental
mercury
merely
method
microbe
migrate
military
mimic
minimize
modify
moisture
monitor
moodiness
moral
mortality
motif
motivate
motive
mould
municipal
naive
native
necessary
negate
neglect
neutral
nocturnal
norm
notion
notoriety
notorious
obey
object
objective
obligation
obliged
obscene
obscure
obstacle
obtain
occasion
occupy
odd
odour
offensive
official
offset
offspring
on
ongoing
only
ooze
optimism
optimum
option
ordinary
organ
organize
original
out
outcrop
outer
output
outstrip
overcome
overhaul
overlap
overlook
overseas
overtake
panel
paradigm
paragraph
paralyse
paramount
particular
passage
patent
patient
pattern
peak
perceive
peripheral
permit
persist
persuade
physical
phase
pirate
plagiarise
plague
plane
plausible
plenty
plot
pod
polemic
portable
pose
postpone
potential
poverty
practice
pragmatic
praise
precede
predict
prefer
preference
pressing
presume
prevent
primary
principal
principle
prior
priority
private
proceed
profound
prohibit
prolong
promote
prompt
prone
proof
propensity
property
proportion
propound
proscribe
prospect
prosper
provision
purely
purify
pursue
puzzle
qualify
quantity
question
quotation
radical
rage
range
rare
rate
rather
react
readily
realistic
realize
receptive
recognize
record
recreation
reduction
refer
refine
refrain
reject
relative
relevant
reluctance
reluctant
rely
replace
reproduce
reptilian
resemble
reside
resident
resilience
resistance
resolve
resound
respond
restrain
resurgence
retain
reveal
revise
revision
revive
rigid
risk
robust
ruin
rumbling
scenic
scheme
scope
secrete
sector
seek
service
setting
settle
shade
shelter
shift
shun
signal
similar
skeptical
skepticism
soar
sole
solely
solicitor
solidarity
soluble
specific
sphere
spoil
spouse
stable
stall
standard
statistic
steer
stem
stimulate
stimulus
stress
stride
subdivide
subject
subjugate
submit
subsequent
subsidy
substance
substitute
subtle
successor
succinct
succumb
suffice
suggest
suit
superior
supersede
supplement
suppress
supremacy
surpass
survive
suspicious
sustain
sustenance
swift
syllabus
symbol
symptom
synonymous
synthetic
tolerate
toll
toxic
trace
track
trait
transcend
transit
transmit
tremendous
trigger
tropical
unbiased
undergo
underlie
undertake
uniform
up
urban
utilize
valuable
vanish
variation
variety
vary
vast
verge
versatile
vertebrate
viable
vicinity
view
violent
virus
visible
visual
vocal
volume
vulnerable
warfare
welfare
wholesome
widespread
witness
wreck
yield
zoological
analogy
analyze
ancient
anticipate
accommodate
affiliation
alternative
cardiovascular
chronological
comprehensive
confidential
conservation
contemporary
controversy
deleterious
deliberately
deteriorate
differentiate
discriminate
distinguish
entertainment
entrepreneur
environment
equilibrium
erratically
established
exclusively
forthcoming
frustration
fundamental
immediately
inaccessible
inappropriate
incorporate
incremental
indigestion
infrastructure
installment
intelligence
interaction
interference
introverted
legislation
lopsided
malfunction
manufacture
marginalize
meteorological
necessitate
nevertheless
nonetheless
notwithstanding
opportunity
participate
perspective
pessimistic
practitioner
precipitation
predominant
preliminary
proliferation
propagation
qualitative
renunciation
resemblance
responsible
restriction
rudimentary
significant
sophisticate
sophistication
specification
straightforward
subordinate
sufficiency
surrounding
surveillance
sustainable
therapeutic
transparent
underestimate
unexpectedly
utilization
alluvial
apparent
append
appreciate
approach
exceptional
regime
regimen
regulation
rehearsal
reinforce
reliance
religious
respiration
talented
tape
tension
term
thanks
theme
thereby
threaten
threefold
thrive
throughout
throw
vigorous