IELTS Academic Word List (AWL)

Academic Word List is designed especially for the students who are going to take the IELTS Academic test. It contains 570-word families which are the most commonly used vocabulary in the IELTS Academic test. That is why it is not only useful but important to learn this list if you are going to take the IELTS Academic test. Becoming familiar with these sets of vocabulary will help you in building your vocabulary for all modules of IELTS as well as TOEFL.

In order to make the words and their structure easier to learn, each recent academic word list for IELTS has been divided into sets of 10 words. You have to concentrate only on those 10 words at a time and once you are done with that, you can move to the next set of 10 words. Before you start learning these words, it is important to understand the difference between recognizing the words and using the words. Recognizing the words is easier, but using them in the right place is a bit difficult. So keep practicing accordingly.

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It is good to keep on improving your vocabulary. But it is also important to use stick with what you know and be confident with it. Here’s the IELTS AWL given below:

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20 Practice Words 21-30 Practice Words 31-40 Practice Words 41-50 Practice Words 51-60
Analyse constitutional established indicate occur role
approach    context    estimate    individual    percent    section
area    contract    evidence    interpretation    period    sector
assess    create    export    involved    policy    significant
assume    data    factors    issues    principle    similar
authority    definition    financial    labour    procedure    source
available    derived    formula    legal    process    specific
benefit    distribution    function    legislation    required    structure
concept    economic    identified    major    research    theory
consist    environment    income    method    response    variable

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30    Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
achieve community design institute potential restrict
acquisition complex distinction invest previous secure
administration computer elements items primary seek
affect conclusion equation journal purchase select
appropriate conduct evaluation maintain range site
aspects consequences features normal region strategy
assistance construction final obtain regulations survey
categories consumer focus participate relevant text
Chapter credit impact perceive resident tradition
Commission cultural injury positive resource transfer

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30    Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
alternative convene emphasis interact philosophy sex
circumstance coordinate ensure justify physical shift
comment core exclude layer proportion specify
compensate corporate framework link publish sufficient
component correspond fund locate react task
consent criteria illustrate maximize register technical
considerable deduce immigrate minor rely technique
constant demonstrate imply negate remove technology
contain document initial outcome scheme valid
contribute dominate instance partner sequence volume

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30    Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
access communicate error internal parallel resolve
adequate concentrate ethnic investigate parameter retain
annual confer goal job phase series
apparent contrast grant label predict statistic
approximate cycle hence mechanism principal status
attitude debate hypothesis obvious prior stress
attribute despite implement occupy professional subsequent
civil dimension implicate option project sum
code domestic impose output promote summary
commit emerge integrate overall regime undertake

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20 Practice Words 21-30    Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
academy consult evolve license orient style
adjust contact expand logic perspective substitute
alter decline expose margin precise sustain
amend discrete external medical prime symbol
aware draft facilitate mental psychology target
capacity enable fundamental modify pursue transit
challenge energy generate monitor ratio trend
clause enforce generation network reject version
compound entity image notion revenue welfare
conflict equivalent liberal objective stable whereas

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30    Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
abstract capable exceed incidence migrate recover
accurate cite expert incorporate minimum reveal
acknowledge cooperate explicit index Ministry scope
aggregate discriminate federal inhibit motive subsidy
allocate display fee initiate neutral tape
assign diverse flexible input nevertheless trace
attach domain furthermore instruct overseas transform
author edit gender intelligence precede transport
bond enhance ignorant interval presume underlie
brief estate incentive lecture rational utilize

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30    Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
adapt contrary empirical identical phenomenon submit
adult convert equip ideology priority successor
advocate couple extract infer prohibit survive
aid decade file innovate publish thesis
channel definite finite insert quote topic
chemical deny foundation intervene release transmit
classic differentiate globe isolate reverse ultimate
comprehensive dispose grade media simulate unique
comprise dynamic guarantee mode sole visible
confirm eliminate hierarchy paradigm somewhat voluntary

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30    Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
abandon clarify deviate induce plus tense
accompany commodity displace inevitable practitioner terminate
accumulate complement drama infrastructure predominant theme
ambiguous conform eventual inspect prospect thereby
append contemporary exhibit intense radical uniform
appreciate contradict exploit manipulate random vehicle
arbitrary crucial fluctuate minimize reinforce via
automate currency guideline nuclear restore virtual
bias denote highlight offset revise visual
chart detect implicit paragraph schedule widespread

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30 Practice Words 31-40    Practice Words 41-50    Practice Words 51-60
accommodate commence duration mature preliminary sphere
analogy compatible erode mediate protocol subordinate
anticipate concurrent ethic medium qualitative supplement
assure confine format military refine suspend
attain controversy founded minimal relax team
behalf Converse inherent mutual restrain temporary
bulk device insight norm revolution trigger
cease devote integral overlap rigid unify
coherent diminish intermediate passive route violate
coincide distort manual portion scenario vision

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Practice Words 1-10 Practice Words 11-20    Practice Words 21-30   
adjacent enormous odd
analogy compatible erode
anticipate concurrent ethic
assure confine format
attain controversy founded
behalf Converse inherent
bulk device insight
cease devote integral
coherent diminish intermediate
coincide distort manual