IELTS Preparation Course

Academic Vocabulary
Band 7 and 8
Topic 1: People
IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: People"
Self-esteem = Stereotypical =
belief in having typical
yourself qualities
Fallible = able to
Sociable = friendly
make
or seeking
mistakes and be
company
wrong
Tendency =
Gender = sex
recurring action
(male or female)
or behavior
Empathise =
Lifetime = period
understand
of time
someone’s
you are alive
feelings
Hardwired = Habitually =
automatic usually or
behavior repeatedly

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: People"

Adolescent = Sibling = brother
teenager or sister
Characteristic =
Responsibility =
typical
duty
feature
Resemble = look
Individual = person
like
Reliable = can be Bond = close tie /
trusted link
 Inherent = natural
Conscious = aware
/ instinctive

Topic 2: Health and fitness

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Health & fitness"
Allergic = react
Harmful = unsafe
badly to
Appetite = desire Lifestyle = the way
for food you live
Ingredients = Recovery = getting
contents of better(from
food illness)
Hunger = need for Treatment =
food medical care
Nutritious = full of
Suffer = feel pain
VIT

IELTS vocabulary
Band +8 "Topic:
Health & fitness"
Sedentary = sitting
Psychological =
a lot or
mental
inactive
Beneficial =
Intake = amount
helpful /
you take in
positive
Eradicate = get rid
Detrimental =
of /
harmful /
eliminate / wipe
negative
out
Well-being = Severity = how
health and serious
happiness something is
Additives =
chemicals added
Preventive
to
food

Topic 3: Science
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Science"
Elementary = Combine = mix
basic together
Analyse = Exposure = in
examine in details contact with
Side effects =
Detergent = soap unwanted
reactions
Basis = the
Toxic = poisonous
principal idea
Fertilizer = plant Contaminated =
food polluted

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Science"

Ascertain = make Breakthrough =
sure or important new
establish discovery
Accumulate =
Release = allow to
collect over
escape(gas) or
time, gather or
give off
build up
Absorb = take in Synthetic = man-
or soak up made or
(liquid or gas) artificial
Potential = ability Advances =
/ progress or
capability developments
Precise = exact or Quantify = count
accurate or measure

Topic 4: Community
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Community"
Antisocial = Conform = follow
against society the rules
Cooperate = work
Mindset = attitude
together
Minority = small
Shun = avoid
percentage
Conventional = Interaction =
traditional communication
Conduct =
Pressure = stress
behavior

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Community"

Considerate = Kind
Mainstream =
and
common or
Helpful or
average (ideas)
thoughtful
Civilization =
Supportive =
culturally
helpful and
advanced human
encouraging
society
Appropriate = Engage = join in or
suitable get involved
Voluntary = done Charitable =
willingly or helping the poor
without payment or needy
Foster = help
Multicultural =
something
having many
grow (attitude or
different cultures
idea)

Topic 5: Study
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Study"
Theoretical =
academic or Educational
not proven
Acquire = gain or Compulsory =
get must be done
Determine =
Valid = reasonable discover or find
out
Significant =
Establish = prove
important
Review = check or Concentrate =
go over think very hard
IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Study"
Specialize = Profound = deep
concentrate on or intense
one subject (effect or feeling)
Cognitive = Curiosity = desire
connected to to know or
thinking or mental find out / interest
Achievement = Failure = lack of
reaching a success or
goal or success collapse
Determination = Miscalculation =
trying hard bad judgment
or not giving up or calculation
Collaborate = work Methodical = in a
together careful or
with ordered way

Topic 6: Advertising
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Advertising"
Persuade = get s Convinced = sure
to agree of S
Unavoidable = Commercialized =
certain to focused on
happen profits
Effective = Ploy = trick or
achieving its aims gimmick
Visualise = Intrusive = not
mentally picture welcome
Promote = Exaggerate =
advertise magnify the truth
IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Advertising"
Endorse =
Ignore = pay no
recommend a
attention
product or brand
Guarantee = Gullible = easily
promise that S tricked or too
will happen trusting
Pressure =
Prominent =
forcefully
noticeable /
persuade
stand out
compel
Incorporate = use Entice = persuade
/ include / by offering S
contain / tempt
Inescapable =
Bombard = attack
cannot be
continuously /
avoided /
pester
unavoidable
Vocabulary for IELTS: Money, Travelling, Media
Topic 7: Travel and places
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Travel & Places"
Inhabitants =
Memorable =
people living in a
unforgettable
place
Custom = local Attract = act like a
tradition magnet
Remote = distant / Spectacular =
far away amazing
Landscape = large Outweigh = be
area of more important
countryside than
Basic = simple /
Barren = without
not
plants
luxurious

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Travel & Places"

Cautious = Wander = walk
avoiding risks / without aim /
wary stroll / roam
Spontaneous = act
Adventurous =
without
willing to try
planning /
new thing / daring
unplanned
Unspoilt =
Wilderness = land
beautiful or
not used
undamaged (place
Leisurely = in a
Paradise = a relaxed way /
perfect place not rushed
(adj+adv)
Foreign = strange
Rival = be good as
or
S else
unfamiliar
Topic 8: Government
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Government"
Childcare = care
Blame = accuse
for children
Govern = control a Provide = give /
place make available
Regulation = Depend = need
official rule help / support
Entitlement = right
Healthcare = care
or
for the sick
privilege
Oppose = be Assistance = help /
against aid

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Government"

Guidelines = Consensus =
official advice / general
rules agreement / unity
Instil = put and Taxpayer = person
idea or paying tax /
feeling in S mind ordinary citizen
Corrupt = Expenditure =
dishonest / total amount a
abusing their government
power spends
Resolve = firmly
Authority = legal
decide /
power / right
undertake
Instability = lack of Bureaucracy =
stability admin system /
or uncertainty official procedures

Topic 9: Animals
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Animals"
Endangered = Venomous =
dying out poisonous
Domesticates =
Thrive = grow = be
tame / not
successful
wild
Predator = animals
Vulnerable =
that
easily hurt
hunts another
Dwindle = become
Nocturnal = active
smaller or
at night
fewer
Habitat = A natural
Prey
environ.

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Animals"

Survival = Co-exist = live in
continuing to live the same time
or exist or place
Abandon = leave Captivity = the
permanently = state of being
desert locked up
Cruelty = behavior Sanctuary = safe =
that protected
causes pain place
Defence = reaction Conservation =
to attack protecting
/ self-protection them
Creature = living
Colony
thing
Vocabulary for IELTS: Crime, Space, Art
Topic 10: Space
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Space"
Explode = break Explore = search a
up violently new area
Debris = large
Risky = dangerous
broken pieces
Frightening = Infinite = without
makes u afraid end
Acclimatise = Fascinating =
adjust / adapt extremely
/ get used to interesting
Astronaut =
Surface = top layer
working in space

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Space"

Universal =
Collide = crash worldwide /
into / strike existing
everywhere
Boost =
Misuse = bad (give)added power
usage of S /
increase
 Prolonged =
Hollow = empty
lengthy / over a
inside
long time
Rotation = Fragile = easily
spinning / broken /
turning delicate
Vertical = Transmit = send
pointing, going up out(a signal)

Topic 11: Technology and Computer

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Technology & Computer"
Digital =
Virtual = not real
computerized
Embrace = accept Online = via the
eagerly internet
Addicted =
Secure = safe
obsessed
Cutting-edge = the Cyberbullying =
very latest attacking S online
Technological = Dated = old-
relate to tech fashioned

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Technology & Computer"

Creativity =
Appliance =
imagination /
domestic machine
ingenuity
Run-down =
Surpass = beat /
neglected / in a
outperform / do
bad
or be better than
condition
Hardware = the Upgrade = improve
phys. Parts PC the quality
Innovative = Computerized =
inventive / a new run or controlled
use by
of something computer
Equipped = have(a
Devise = come up
tool) included or
with = invent
attached

Topic 12: Machines

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Machines"
Manufactured =
Device = gadget or
made in a
tool
factory
Operate = work(a
Convey = transport
machine)
Automated = done
Mechanical
by mach.
Accelerate = go Manually = by
faster hand
Technique =
Rotate = turn
method
Sports Vocabulary for IELTS Speaking
Topic 13: Fashion
IELTS vocabulary
Band +7 "Topic:
Fashion"
Consumer = user Passing = short-
of goods lived
Trendy = Lasting = long-
fashionable term
Impulsive = acts Consumerism =
without buying and
thinking owning goods
Impractical =
Purchase = S
unsuitable for a
bought
situation
Mass-produced =
Discard = through
made on
away
large scale

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Fashion"

Ethical = morally Emerge = appear /
right arise
Disposable =
Second-hand =
intended to be
used / not new
thrown away
Possessions = Donate = give
things you own money or goods
/ belongings to charity
Individuality =
Impulse = sudden
what makes
urge or
you different or
desire
unique
Manufacturer =
Material = physical
company
/ related to
making goods /
possessions
producer

Topic 14: The city

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: City"
Inadequate = not Transportation =
good means of
enough travel
Pedestrian = Commute =
person walking journey to work
Pavement = Slums = poor
footbath quality housing
Infrastructure = Overpopulated =
services in having too
an area many people
Outskirts = edge of Isolated = alone /
the city separate

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: City"

Overwhelmed =
Imbalance =
unable to
inequality / lack
cope / strongly
of balance
affected
Shortage = lack / Affluent = rich /
not enough wealthy /
of prosperous
Congested =
Deprived = poor /
having too much
disadvantaged
traffic
Sanitation = Homelessness =
system to the issue of
remove dirty people having no
water or waste home
Poverty = the Amenities =
condition of facilities /
being poor conveniences

Topic 15: Environment

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Environment"
Cultivate = make
Agricultural
S grow
Disaster = terrible
Erosion = loss of
event or
soil
accident
Logging = cutting
Environmental
down trees
Vital = very Irrigation =
important watering system
Pesticide = insect
Impact
killer

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Environment"

Urgent = pressing / Pollutant = a
needing substance that
quick attention pollutes
Ecosystem = all Vegetation =
living things Plants and trees
in an area in an are
Unprecedented =
Intervene = step in
never seen
/ become
before / unheard-
involved
of
Hazardous = Degrade = become
dangerous to spoiled or
health or safety lower in quality
Safeguard = keep Deforestation =
safe / removal of
protect trees / logging

Topic 16: Energy

IELTS vocabulary
Band +7 "Topic:
Energy"
Generate = Alternative = not
produce traditional
Harness = capture Mining = digging
and use up coal etc.
Renewable = can
Sustainable = will
be made
not run out
again
Maximize = make
Consumption =
the most
use
of
Curb = limit the Emissions = gases
use of released

IELTS vocabulary
Band +8 "Topic:
Energy"
Abundant = in
large Regulate = control
quantities / S with rules
plentiful
Scarce = not easy Supply = give or
to find = provide a
rare supply
Unsustainable = Squander =
using more waste(money,
than can be supplies or
replaced opportunity)
Biofuels = fuel
Exploit = take
made from a
advantage or
living thing or
make the most of
waste
Achievable =
Finite = limited /
realistic /
have end
attainable
Topic 17: Issues
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Issues"
Globalization =
worldwide Modernization
trade
Tackle = deal with Worsen = get
(a prob.) worse
Overcome = beat =
Pressing = urgent
conquer
Development =
Diversity =
growth /
including different
becoming
types
advanced
Tolerate = willing
Ongoing =
to accept
continuing
(BH)

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Issues"

Scenario = Critical = very
possible future serious or
situation important / crucial
Escalate = become Dispute =
worse / argument /
intensify disagreement
Contemplate = Crisis = extremely
consider / bad situation
think carefully / emergency
Inevitable = Acknowledge =
certain to admit or
happen / accept that S is
unavoidable true
Chaos = total Measures =
confusion / preventive actions
disorder = turmoil / steps
Topic 18: Business & Work
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Business & Work"
Overtime = extra
Occupation = job
working Hrs.
Rewarding = Deadline = due
satisfying date
Recruit = take on Conditions =
new staff (work) environ.
Negotiate = Colleague =
discuss details person you work
(of a deal) with
Financial = related Employee =
to money worker

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Business & Work"

Competitive =
Household = of the
involving
people in a
competition with
house / domestic
others
Delegate = give
Flexibility = ability
tasks to others
to adapt
/ pass on
Monopoly = no Demanding =
competitors stressful / need a
/ exclusive control lot of attention
High-street = Ambitious = having
ordinary or a strong
traditional (shops) desire to success
Leadership = the Entrepreneurs =
ability to people who
lead start businesses
cue cards
Topic 19: Crime
IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Crime"
Imprison = put in Commit = carry
jail out (crime)
Petty = small Deter = frighten
(crimes) off
Juvenile = relating
Prevent = stop
to young
Consequence = Enforce = ensure
Effect or people obey
result (law)
Harsh = very
Offence = crime
tough (punish.)

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Crime"

Vandalism = Predominantly =
damage to mostly /
property largely
Bystander = S
Weapon = object
watching
used to fight
nearby / onlooker
Wrongdoing = any Prohibit = legally
bad or prevent S /
illegal action forbid / ban
Lenient = soft = Legalise = make S
not strict legal /
(punishment) authorize
Prosecute = legally Punish = Make S
accuse S suffer for a
of a crime / sue crime

Topic 20: Media

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Media"
Tabloid = less
serious news Biased = one-sided
papers
Inform = give the Impartial = neutral
facts / balanced
Medium = one Well-informed =
type of having a lot of
media information
Emphasize = Verify = check S is
highlight true
Sensational = Paparazzi =
aiming to celebrity
shock photographers

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Media"

Speculate = make
Scrutinize =
guess
examine very
about topic or
carefully
person
Censor = control
Viewer = person
what is
watching TV
published
Manipulate = Distorted =
control S or S in altered /
a negative way inaccurate
Spotlight = public
attention /
Controversial =
publicity /
causing
limelight / being
disagreement
in
the public eye
Infamous = famous
Imply = suggest S
for S bad
without
or negative /
stating it
notorious

Topic 21: The Art

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Art"
Dramatic = full of
Comical = funny
emotions
Atmosphere = Entertaining =
mood or providing
feeling (of a place) amusement
Lively = full of Participate = take
energy part
Exhibition = a Perform = play or
public display act on stage
Subjective = Tedious = boring /
personal view tiresome
IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Art"
Audience = the
who watch Sacrifice = give up
or read S
Moving = causing Influence = cause S
sadness / to change /
emotional affect
Inspire = make Convey =
you want to communicate or
do or create S express (emotion)
Venue = place Spectator = person
where an watch a live
even happens event
Interactive = Escapism = a way
actively to avoid
involving the reality to being
visitor or user bored

Topic 22: Changes

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Changes"
Imminent = coming Gradual = little by
soon little
Endure = last a long Temporary = for a
time short time
Retrospect =
Moderate = slight
looking back
Shift = change Preceding = earlier
Turbulent = not
Abrupt = sudden
calm
IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Changes"
Instantly = Minute = tiny /
immediately very small
Imperceptible =
Topical = current /
invisible /
happening now
unnoticeable
Insignificant =
Subtle = small but
slight /
important
unimportant
Remnant = piece Persist = continue
of the past to do
/ remains happen (negative)
Considerable =
Consistently = in a
large /
constant or
noticeable /
unchanged way
significant

Topic 23: Letter & General

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Letter & General"
Grateful = Apologies = say
thankful sorry
Sincerely = Appreciate =
genuinely thankful for
Enclosed = put Delighted = very
inside pleased
Service =
Dissatisfied = not
treatment of a
happy with
customer
Available = free /
Propose = suggest
not busy
IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Letter & General"
Inconvenient =
Unforeseen =
causing
unexpected /
problems and
sudden
difficulties
Behalf = acting for Response = answer
S / reaction
Consider = think Privileged = (feel)
about an special/given
idea advantages
Hesitate = pause
Accidently = not
before
deliberately /
acting / stop to
unintentionally
think
Unpleasant = not
Ruined = spoiled/
enjoyable /
damaged
upsetting

Topic 24: Describing Data

IELTS vocabulary
Band +7 "Topic:
Describing data"
Reach = get up to
Percentage
(level)
Fluctuate = vary a
Indicate = show
great deal
Steadily = in a
Projected
constant way
Steep = at a sharp Anticipated =
angle expected
Noticeable = Proportion =
visible/evident fraction

IELTS vocabulary Band +8 "Topic: Describing data"

Decline = become
Marked = very
worse or
clear/noticeable
lower / go down
Plateaued =
Previous = the one
remained steady
before/earlier
or unchanged
Relatively = judged Comparison =
in examining the
relation to S else differences
Repeatedly = again
Variation = change
and again
Forecast = say
what will Upward = going up
happen /predicted

Topic 25: Essay Writing

IELTS vocabulary Band +7 "Topic: Essay Writing"
Moreover = in Overall = in
addition general
Nevertheless =
Notion = idea
despite this
Furthermore = as
Whereas = on the
well/more
other hand
importantly
Challenge =
Unbelievable
difficulty/problem
Definitely = in a
Consequently = as
very clear
a result
way