IELTS 400 Words part 1 Flashcards
lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
abandon
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
abstract
related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
academic
approach; entry; entrance
access
living quarters provided for public convenience
accommodation
travel with; be associated with
accompany
increase by natural growth or addition; concentration
accumulation
capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
accurate
gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
achieve
act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
acquisition
modification; alteration or adjustment in structure or habits
adaptation
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
adequate
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
adjacent
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
adjustment
management; supervision; people who are in charge for management; activity of government for powers and duties
administration
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
advocate
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
affect
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
aggregate
person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant
aid
even though; although; notwithstanding
albeit
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
alter
one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
alternative
unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
correction; revision
amendment
comparable; similar or alike
analogous
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
analysis
occurring or payable every year
annual
capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
apparent
something appended or added
appendix
recognition; taste; judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one
appreciation
access; method
approach
acquire; take possession of for one’s own use; set apart for specific use
appropriate
approach; come near
approximate
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
arbitrary
plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range
area
gathering; meeting; a group of persons gathered together for common reason
assembly
act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
assessment
activity of contributing to fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
assistance
suppose; presume; take on; bear
assume
promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence; freedom from doubt
assurance
fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding
attached
beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
author
jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
authority
convenient for use or disposal; not busy, free; obtainable; accessible
available
knowing; having knowledge or cognizance
aware
represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
behalf
advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
benefit
preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment; influence in unfair way
bias
link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
bond
short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise
brief
majority; main part; volume; mass
bulk
having the ability required for a specific task
capable
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
capacity
assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
challenge
passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
channel
division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop’s council; organized branch of some society
chapter
graph; diagram; map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators
chart
having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
civil
clearness of thought or style; brightness; splendor
clarity
of recognized authority or excellence
classical
sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
clause
body of law; system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; system of symbols, letters, or words
code
logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together
coherence
occur at the same time as; correspond
coincide
breakdown; failure
collapse
fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
commission
pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
commitment
goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
commodity
activity of communicating; activity of conveying information
communication
society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
community
something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
compensation
complete; consummate; make perfect
complement
complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
complex
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
component
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
comprehensive
include; consist of; be composed of
comprise
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
concept
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
concurrent
direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
conduct
meeting for consultation or discussion; exchange of views
conference
being firmly settled in habit; having been ratified; verified; fixed; established
confirmed
fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events
conflict
similarity in form or character; agreement
conformity
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
consent
worthy of consideration; large in amount, extent, or degree
considerable
being in agreement with itself; coherent; regular
consistent
invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent
constant
of or relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government
constitutional
act of constructing or building something
construction
people who buy goods or services
consumer
get in touch with; reach
contact
modern; belonging to the same period of time
contemporary
circumstance
context
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
contract
assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion
contradiction
relation of direct opposition; very opposed in nature or character or purpose
contrary
act of distinguishing by comparing differences
contrast
act of contributing; contribution; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
contribution
contentious speech act; argument
controversy
social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
convention
