IELTS Academic Writing Vocabulary

List of words in IELTS Academic Writing Vocabulary

abandon
abate
abrupt
abstract
access
accompany
accomplish
accurate
achieve
active
adaptation
adequate
adjacent
adjust
adult
advance
advantage
advocate
affect
aggregate
aid
alienated
alter
ambiguous
amendment
artificial
aspect
assembly
assessment
assign
assistance
assume
assure
attain
attitude
attribute
author
authority
available
avert
aware
behalf
behavior
bend
beneficial
benefit
bias
brief
budget
bump
butt
capable
capacity
category
cease
celebrity
certainly
challenge
chart
civil
clarity
classical
coal
coherence
coincide
collapse
colleague
combat
comment
commerce
commit
commodity
community
comparison
compete
compile
complacent
complement
complex
comprise
conceive
concern
conclusion
concurrent
conduct
confined
confirm
conflict
conform
confuse
consistent
constant
contact
context
contradict
contrary
conversely
convinced
cooperate
core
correspond
council
couple
create
credible
credit
crew
criterion
crucial
culpable
culture
currency
cycle
data
debate
decade
deceive
decline
decrease
deduction
definite
definition
denote
deny
depravity
depression
deprived
derive
despite
detect
determine
deterrent
deviation
device
devote
differ
difference
dimension
diminish
dip
disagree
discipline
discovery
display
disposal
distorted
divergent
diversity
domain
domestic
dominant
dominate
doubt
dramatic
drastic
drawback
duration
dynamic
economic
election
element
eliminate
emerge
emphasis
empirical
enable
encounter
encourage
energy
enhance
enormous
ensure
entire
entirely
equation
equipment
equivalent
erode
erosion
error
espouse
establish
estate
estimate
ethical
evaluation
eventually
everyday
evidence
evolution
example
exceed
exclude
exhibit
expansion
expert
explicit
explosion
exposure
external
extinct
extract
facilitate
factor
fail
failure
fall
feature
federal
fee
final
finance
financial
focus
foreign
format
found
foundation
function
funds
galling
gender
generation
global
goal
grade
growth
guarantee
guideline
hallmark
hence
highlight
homogenous
hypothesis
identical
identify
ignorance
illustrate
image
impact
implement
implicit
imply
incentive
income
increase
index
indicate
individual
induce
indulge
inevitably
infer
influence
inherent
inhibition
initial
initiative
injury
innovation
insight
inspection
instance
integral
intensity
interact
internal
interval
intrinsic
investment
invoke
involve
irrelevant
isolated
issue
item
justify
latent
layer
lecture
legal
liberal
license
likewise
link
location
logic
ludicrous
main
major
manage
manual
marginal
mature
maximum
measure
mechanism
medical
medium
mental
merge
method
migration
military
minimum
mitigate
modern
monitor
motivation
mutual
necessary
nefarious
negative
neighbor
network
neutral
nonchalant
norm
normal
notion
nuclear
objective
obtain
obvious
occupation
occur
odd
ongoing
oppose
option
outcome
overall
overlap
overseas
paragraph
parallel
parameter
passive
peak
penalty
perceive
percent
perception
period
permit
perpetuate
persistent
phenomenon
philosophy
plateau
policy
portion
pose
positive
possess
potential
precede
precise
predict
previous
primary
priority
process
prohibit
project
promote
propensity
proportion
prospect
psychology
publish
punishment
purchase
pursue
radical
random
range
ratio
rational
reason
recent
reconcile
recovery
refine
reject
relate
relax
release
relevant
reluctant
remove
require
research
resident
resolution
resource
response
restore
restraint
restrict
reveal
revision
revolution
rigid
rise
role
route
sacrifice
satisfy
scale
scapegoat
scenario
schedule
science
scope
sector
security
sentence
sequence
several
similar
similarity
simulation
skill
social
society
solely
solution
somewhat
source
specific
specify
sphere
squander
stability
status
strategy
stress
stressful
structure
style
subsequent
subsidy
succeed
successive
sufficient
summarize
summary
supersede
supply
surge
survey
survive
suspended
suspension
symbolic
sympathy
topic
tourism
trace
transition
transport
trend
ultimate
undergo
underline
uniform
unify
unique
utility
validity
variation
variety
vehicle
version
violation
virtual
visible
vision
volume
voluntary
widespread
analogous
analysis
analyze
ancestor
annual
anticipate
accommodation
accumulation
acknowledge
acquisition
administration
affectation
alternative
application
apprehensive
appropriate
approximate
automatically
breadwinner
circumstance
communication
competitive
comprehensive
concentration
concomitant
consciousness
consequence
considerable
constitutional
contemporary
contribution
controversy
demonstrate
destructive
differentiation
disadvantage
discrimination
displacement
distinction
distribution
enforcement
entrepreneur
environment
establishment
exploitation
flexibility
fluctuation
forbearance
forthcoming
frustration
fundamental
ignominious
immigration
inclination
incompatible
incorporated
indispensable
influential
infrastructure
instruction
integration
intelligence
intermediate
intervention
investigation
irreplaceable
justification
legalization
legislation
maintenance
manipulation
modification
nonetheless
notwithstanding
orientation
participation
perspective
predominantly
preliminary
presumption
qualitative
significant
spectacular
straightforward
subordinate
substantiate
substitution
supplementary
sustainable
termination
traditional
transformation
transmission
undoubtedly
apparent
appendix
appreciate
approach
arbitrary
area
argument
consumer
coordination
reaction
region
regulation
reinforce
target
task
team
technique
technology
temporary
tenacity
tension
theme
theory
thereby
threat
vital