5000+ Commonly Used IELTS and TOEFL Words

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2501
intercessionnoun
Entreaty in behalf of others.
2502
intercessornoun
A mediator.
2503
interdictnoun
Authoritative act of prohibition.
2504
interimnoun
Time between acts or periods.
2505
interlocutornoun
One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion.
2506
interludenoun
An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length.
2507
intermediateadjective
Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes.
2508
interminableadjective
Having no limit or end.
2509
intermissionnoun
A recess.
2510
intermitverb
To cause to cease temporarily.
2511
intermittentadjective
A temporary discontinuance.
2512
interpolationnoun
Verbal interference.
2513
interposeverb
To come between other things or persons.
2514
interpositionnoun
A coming between.
2515
interpreternoun
A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation.
2516
interrogateverb
To examine formally by questioning.
2517
interrogativeadjective
Having the nature or form of a question.
2518
interrogatorynoun
A question or inquiry.
2519
interruptverb
To stop while in progress.
2520
intersectverb
To cut through or into so as to divide.
2521
intervalenoun
A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river.
2522
interveneverb
To interfere for some end.
2523
intestacynoun
The condition resulting from one’s dying not having made a valid will.
2524
intestateadjective
Not having made a valid will.
2525
intestinenoun
That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.
2526
intimacynoun
Close or confidential friendship.
2527
intimidateverb
To cause to become frightened.
2528
intolerableadjective
Insufferable.
2529
intolerancenoun
Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.
2530
intolerantadjective
Bigoted.
2531
intoxicantnoun
Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.
2532
intoxicateverb
To make drunk.
2533
intracellularadjective
Occurring or situated within a cell.
2534
intramuraladjective
Situated within the walls of a city.
2535
intrepidadjective
Fearless and bold.
2536
intricacynoun
Perplexity.
2537
intricateadjective
Difficult to follow or understand.
2538
intriguenoun
A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways.
2539
intrinsicadjective
Inherent.
2540
introductoryadjective
Preliminary.
2541
introgressionnoun
Entrance.
2542
intromitverb
To insert.
2543
introspectverb
To look into.
2544
introspectionnoun
The act of observing and analyzing one’s own thoughts and feelings.
2545
introversionnoun
The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally.
2546
introvertverb
To turn within.
2547
intrudeverb
To come in without leave or license.
2548
intrusionnoun
The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.
2549
intuitionnoun
Instinctive knowledge or feeling.
2550
inundateverb
To fill with an overflowing abundance.
2551
inundationnoun
Flood.
2552
inureverb
To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
2553
invalidadjective
Having no force, weight, or cogency.
2554
invalidnoun
One who is disabled by illness or injury.
2555
invalidateverb
To render of no force or effect.
2556
invaluableadjective
Exceedingly precious.
2557
invariableadjective
Unchangeable.
2558
invasionnoun
Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.
2559
invectivenoun
An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
2560
inveighverb
To utter vehement censure or invective.
2561
inventiveadjective
Quick at contrivance.
2562
inverseadjective
Contrary in tendency or direction.
2563
inversionnoun
Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first.
2564
invertverb
To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction.
2565
investigatornoun
One who investigates.
2566
investornoun
One who invests money.
2567
inveterateadjective
Habitual.
2568
invidiousadjective
Showing or feeling envy.
2569
invigorateverb
To animate.
2570
invincibleadjective
Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.
2571
inviolableadjective
Incapable of being injured or disturbed.
2572
invokeverb
To call on for assistance or protection.
2573
involuntaryadjective
Unwilling.
2574
involutionnoun
Complication.
2575
involveverb
To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively.
2576
invulnerableadjective
That can not be wounded or hurt.
2577
inwardlyadverb
With no outward manifestation.
2578
iotanoun
A small or insignificant mark or part.
2579
irascibleadjective
Prone to anger.
2580
irateadjective
Moved to anger.
2581
irenoun
Wrath.
2582
iridescencenoun
A many-colored appearance.
2583
iridescentadjective
Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.
2584
irkverb
To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue.
2585
irksomeadjective
Wearisome.
2586
ironynoun
Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment.
2587
irradiancenoun
Luster.
2588
irradiateverb
To render clear and intelligible.
2589
irrationaladjective
Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.
2590
irreducibleadjective
That can not be lessened.
2591
irrefragableadjective
That can not be refuted or disproved.
2592
irrefrangibleadjective
That can not be broken or violated.
2593
irrelevantadjective
Inapplicable.
2594
irreligiousadjective
Indifferent or opposed to religion.
2595
irreparableadjective
That can not be rectified or made amends for.
2596
irrepressibleadjective
That can not be restrained or kept down.
2597
irresistibleadjective
That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.
2598
irresponsibleadjective
Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities.
2599
irreverencenoun
The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
2600
irreverentadjective
Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
2601
irreverentialadjective
Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
2602
irreversibleadjective
Irrevocable.
2603
irrigantadjective
Serving to water lands by artificial means.
2604
irrigateverb
To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means.
2605
irritableadjective
Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation.
2606
irritancynoun
The quality of producing vexation.
2607
irritantnoun
A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.
2608
irritateverb
To excite ill temper or impatience in.
2609
irruptionnoun
Sudden invasion.
2610
islenoun
An island.
2611
isletnoun
A little island.
2612
isobarnoun
A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment.
2613
isochronousadjective
Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time.
2614
isolateverb
To separate from others of its kind.
2615
isothermaladjective
Having or marking equality of temperature.
2616
itinerantadjective
Wandering.
2617
itinerarynoun
A detailed account or diary of a journey.
2618
itinerateverb
To wander from place to place.
2619
jargonnoun
Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech.
2620
jaundicenoun
A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.
2621
jeopardizeverb
To imperil.
2622
jingonoun
One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.
2623
jocoseadjective
Done or made in jest.
2624
jocularadjective
Inclined to joke.
2625
jogglenoun
A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake.
2626
journalizeverb
To keep a diary.
2627
jovialadjective
Merry.
2628
jubilationnoun
Exultation.
2629
judgmentnoun
The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.
2630
judicaturenoun
Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment.
2631
judicialadjective
Pertaining to the administration of justice.
2632
judiciarynoun
That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.
2633
judiciousadjective
Prudent.
2634
juggleverb
To play tricks of sleight of hand.
2635
jugglerynoun
The art or practice of sleight of hand.
2636
jugularadjective
Pertaining to the throat.
2637
juicyadjective
Succulent.
2638
junctionnoun
The condition of being joined.
2639
juncturenoun
An articulation, joint, or seam.
2640
juntanoun
A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.
2641
juridicaladjective
Assumed by law to exist.
2642
jurisdictionnoun
Lawful power or right to exercise official authority.
2643
jurisprudencenoun
The science of rights in accordance with positive law.
2644
jurornoun
One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice.
2645
joustverb
To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.
2646
justificationnoun
Vindication.
2647
juvenileadjective
Characteristic of youth.
2648
juxtaposeverb
To place close together.
2649
keepsakenoun
Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver.
2650
kerchiefnoun
A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck.
2651
kernelnoun
A grain or seed.
2652
kilnnoun
An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products.
2653
kiloliternoun
One thousand liters.
2654
kilometernoun
A length of 1,000 meters.
2655
kilowattnoun
One thousand watts.
2656
kimononoun
A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan.
2657
kind-heartedadjective
Having a kind and sympathetic nature.
2658
kinglingnoun
A petty king.
2659
kingshipnoun
Royal state.
2660
kinsfolknoun
pl. Relatives.
2661
knaverynoun
Deceitfulness in dealing.
2662
kneadverb
To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands.
2663
knickknacknoun
A small article, more for ornament that use.
2664
knight errantnoun
One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure.
2665
knighthoodnoun
Chivalry.
2666
laboriousadjective
Toilsome.
2667
labyrinthnoun
A maze.
2668
lacerateverb
To tear rudely or raggedly.
2669
lackadaisicaladjective
Listless.
2670
lactationnoun
The secretion of milk.
2671
lactealadjective
Milky.
2672
lacticadjective
Pertaining to milk.
2673
laddienoun
A lad.
2674
ladlenoun
A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids.
2675
laggardadjective
Falling behind.
2676
landholdernoun
Landowner.
2677
landlordnoun
A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements.
2678
landmarknoun
A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of.
2679
landscapenoun
A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation.
2680
languidadjective
Relaxed.
2681
languornoun
Lassitude of body or depression.
2682
lapsenoun
A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.
2683
lasciviousadjective
Lustful.
2684
lassienoun
A little lass.
2685
latentadjective
Dormant.
2686
latencynoun
The state of being dormant.
2687
lateradverb
At a subsequent time.
2688
lateraladjective
Directed toward the side.
2689
latishadjective
Rather late.
2690
latticenoun
Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.
2691
laudverb
To praise in words or song.
2692
laudableadjective
Praiseworthy.
2693
laudationnoun
High praise.
2694
laudatoryadjective
Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.
2695
laundressnoun
Washerwoman.
2696
laureateadjective
Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction.
2697
laveverb
To wash or bathe.
2698
lawgivernoun
A legislator.
2699
lawmakernoun
A legislator.
2700
laxadjective
Not stringent or energetic.
2701
laxativeadjective
Having power to open or loosen the bowels.
2702
leanoun
A field.
2703
leafletnoun
A little leaf or a booklet.
2704
leavenverb
To make light by fermentation, as dough.
2705
leewardnoun
That side or direction toward which the wind blows.
2706
left-handedadjective
Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.
2707
legacynoun
A bequest.
2708
legalizeverb
To give the authority of law to.
2709
leggingnoun
A covering for the leg.
2710
legibleadjective
That may be read with ease.
2711
legionarynoun
A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor.
2712
legislateverb
To make or enact a law or laws.
2713
legislativeadjective
That makes or enacts laws.
2714
legislatornoun
A lawgiver.
2715
legitimacynoun
Accordance with law.
2716
legitimateadjective
Having the sanction of law or established custom.
2717
leisurenoun
Spare time.
2718
leniencynoun
Forbearance.
2719
lenientadjective
Not harsh.
2720
leonineadjective
Like a lion.
2721
lethargynoun
Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind.
2722
leveenoun
An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.
2723
levernoun
That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power.
2724
leviathannoun
Any large animal, as a whale.
2725
levitynoun
Frivolity.
2726
levyverb
To impose and collect by force or threat of force.
2727
lewdadjective
Characterized by lust or lasciviousness.
2728
lexicographernoun
One who makes dictionaries.
2729
lexicographynoun
The making of dictionaries.
2730
lexiconnoun
A dictionary.
2731
liableadjective
Justly or legally responsible.
2732
libelnoun
Defamation.
2733
liberalismnoun
Opposition to conservatism.
2734
liberateverb
To set free or release from bondage.
2735
licentiousadjective
Wanton.
2736
licitadjective
Lawful.
2737
liegeadjective
Sovereign.
2738
liennoun
A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge.
2739
lieunoun
Stead.
2740
lifelikeadjective
Realistic.
2741
lifelongadjective
Lasting or continuous through life.
2742
lifetimenoun
The time that life continues.
2743
ligamentnoun
That which binds objects together.
2744
ligaturenoun
Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying.
2745
light-heartedadjective
Free from care.
2746
ligneousadjective
Having the texture of appearance of wood.
2747
likelihoodnoun
A probability.
2748
likelyadjective
Plausible.
2749
likingnoun
Fondness.
2750
limitationnoun
A restriction.