This page features IELTS and TOEFL words that you may see or hear on the reading and/or listening sections of the TOEFL and IELTS tests. Becoming familiar with these and similar words will also help you on the writing and speaking portions of the tests.
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presentientadjective
Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
3752
presentimentnoun
Foreboding.
3753
presentmentnoun
Semblance.
3754
preservationnoun
Conservation.
3755
presumptionnoun
That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
3756
presumptuousadjective
Assuming too much.
3757
pretensionnoun
A bold or presumptuous assertion.
3758
pretentiousadjective
Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.
3759
preternaturaladjective
Extraordinary.
3760
pretextnoun
A fictitious reason or motive.
3761
prevalencenoun
Frequency.
3762
prevalentadjective
Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
3763
prevaricateverb
To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
3764
preventionnoun
Thwarting.
3765
prickleverb
To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
3766
priggishadjective
Conceited.
3767
primadjective
Stiffly proper.
3768
primaadjective
First.
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primernoun
An elementary reading-book for children.
3770
primevaladjective
Belonging to the first ages.
3771
primitiveadjective
Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
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principaladjective
Most important.
3773
principalitynoun
The territory of a reigning prince.
3774
principlenoun
A general truth or proposition.
3775
priorynoun
A monastic house.
3776
pristineadjective
Primitive.
3777
privateernoun
A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
3778
privilegenoun
A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
3779
privitynoun
Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
3780
privyadjective
Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
3781
probateadjective
Relating to making proof, as of a will.
3782
probationnoun
Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
3783
probeverb
To search through and through.
3784
probitynoun
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
3785
procedurenoun
A manner or method of acting.
3786
proceedverb
To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
3787
proclamationnoun
Any announcement made in a public manner.
3788
procrastinateverb
To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
3789
procrastinationnoun
Delay.
3790
proctornoun
An agent acting for another.
3791
prodigalnoun
One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
3792
prodigiousadjective
Immense.
3793
prodigynoun
A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
3794
productiveadjective
Yielding in abundance.
3795
professionnoun
Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
3796
professornoun
A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
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profferverb
To offer to another for acceptance.
3798
proficiencynoun
An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
3799
proficientadjective
Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.
3800
profilenoun
An outline or contour.
3801
profiteernoun
One who profits.
3802
profligacynoun
Shameless viciousness.
3803
profligateadjective
Abandoned to vice.
3804
profuseadjective
Produced or displayed in overabundance.
3805
progenynoun
Offspring.
3806
progressionnoun
A moving forward or proceeding in course.
3807
prohibitionnoun
A decree or an order forbidding something.
3808
prohibitionistnoun
One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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prohibitoryadjective
Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
3810
projectionnoun
A prominence.
3811
proletariannoun
A person of the lowest or poorest class.
3812
prolificadjective
Producing offspring or fruit.
3813
prolixadjective
Verbose.
3814
prologuenoun
A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
3815
prolongverb
To extend in time or duration.
3816
promenadeverb
To walk for amusement or exercise.
3817
prominencenoun
The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
3818
prominentadjective
Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.
3819
promiscuousadjective
Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
3820
promissoryadjective
Expressing an engagement to pay.
3821
promontorynoun
A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
3822
promoternoun
A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
3823
promulgateverb
To proclaim.
3824
propagandanoun
Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
3825
propagateverb
To spread abroad or from person to person.
3826
propelverb
To drive or urge forward.
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propellantadjective
Propelling.
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propellernoun
One who or that which propels.
3829
prophecynoun
Any prediction or foretelling.
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prophesyverb
To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.
3831
propitiousadjective
Kindly disposed.
3832
proportionateadjective
Being in proportion.
3833
proprietynoun
Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
3834
propulsionnoun
A driving onward or forward.
3835
prosaicadjective
Unimaginative.
3836
prosceniumnoun
That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
3837
proscribeverb
To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
3838
proscriptionnoun
Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
3839
proselytenoun
One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
3840
prosodynoun
The science of poetical forms.
3841
prospectornoun
One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
3842
prospectusnoun
A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.
3843
prostrateadjective
Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
3844
protagonistnoun
A leader in any enterprise or contest.
3845
protectionnoun
Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
3846
protectiveadjective
Sheltering.
3847
protectornoun
A defender.
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protegenoun
One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person.
3849
Protestantnoun
A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
3850
protomartyrnoun
The earliest victim in any cause.
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protocolnoun
A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
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protoplasmnoun
The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
3853
prototypenoun
A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
3854
protractverb
To prolong.
3855
protrudeverb
To push out or thrust forth.
3856
protrusionnoun
The act of protruding.
3857
protuberancenoun
Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.
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protuberantadjective
Bulging.
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protuberateverb
To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
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proverbnoun
A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.
3861
providentadjective
Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
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providentialadjective
Effected by divine guidance.
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provincialadjective
Uncultured in thought and manner.
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provisonoun
A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
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provocationnoun
An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
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prowessnoun
Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
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proximatelyadverb
Immediately.
3868
proxynoun
A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.
3869
prudencenoun
Caution.
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prudentialadjective
Proceeding or marked by caution.
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pruderynoun
An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
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prurientadjective
Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
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pseudapostlenoun
A pretended or false apostle.
3874
pseudonymnoun
A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
3875
pseudonymitynoun
The state or character of using a fictitious name.
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psychiatrynoun
The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
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psychicadjective
Pertaining to the mind or soul.
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psychopathicadjective
Morally irresponsible.
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psychotherapynoun
The treatment of mental disease.
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pudgyadjective
Small and fat.
3881
puerileadjective
Childish.
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pugnaciousadjective
Quarrelsome.
3883
puissantadjective
Possessing strength.
3884
pulmonaryadjective
Pertaining to the lungs.
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punctiliousadjective
Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
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punctualadjective
Observant and exact in points of time.
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pungentadjective
Affecting the sense of smell.
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pungencynoun
The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
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punitiveadjective
Pertaining to punishment.
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pupilagenoun
The state or period of being a student.
3891
purgatorynoun
An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
3892
purlverb
To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
3893
purloinverb
To steal.
3894
purportnoun
Intent.
3895
purveyornoun
one who supplies
3896
pusillanimousadjective
Without spirit or bravery.
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putrescentadjective
Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
3898
pyrenoun
A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
3899
pyromanianoun
An insane propensity to set things on fire.
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pyrotechnicadjective
Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
3901
pyxnoun
A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
3902
quackerynoun
Charlatanry
3903
quadrateverb
To divide into quarters.
3904
quadrupleverb
To multiply by four.
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qualificationnoun
A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.
3906
qualifyverb
To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.
3907
qualmnoun
A fit of nausea.
3908
quandarynoun
A puzzling predicament.
3909
quantitynoun
Magnitude.
3910
quarantinenoun
The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.
3911
quarrelsomeadjective
Irascible.
3912
quarternoun
One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
3913
quarterlyadjective
Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
3914
quartetnoun
A composition for four voices or four instruments.
3915
quartonoun
An eight-page newspaper of any size.
3916
quaynoun
A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
3917
querulousadjective
Habitually complaining.
3918
queryverb
To make inquiry.
3919
queuenoun
A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
3920
quibblenoun
An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
3921
quiescencenoun
Quiet.
3922
quiescentadjective
Being in a state of repose or inaction.
3923
quietadjective
Making no noise.
3924
quietusnoun
A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
3925
quintessencenoun
The most essential part of anything.
3926
quintetnoun
Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
3927
quiteadverb
Fully.
3928
quixoticadjective
Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
3929
rabidadjective
Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.
3930
racyadjective
Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.
3931
radiancenoun
Brilliant or sparkling luster.
3932
radiateverb
To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.
3933
radicalnoun
One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.
3934
radixnoun
That from or on which something is developed.
3935
raillerynoun
Good-humored satire.
3936
ramifyverb
To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.
3937
ramoseadjective
Branch-like.
3938
rampantadjective
Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.
3939
rampartnoun
A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
3940
rancornoun
Malice.
3941
rankleverb
To produce irritation or festering.
3942
rapaciousadjective
Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.
3943
rapidadjective
Having great speed.
3944
rapinenoun
The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
3945
raptadjective
Enraptured.
3946
raptorialadjective
Seizing and devouring living prey.
3947
rationverb
To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food.
3948
rationalismnoun
The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.
3949
raucousadjective
Harsh.
3950
ravageverb
To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods.
3951
ravenousadjective
Furiously voracious or hungry.
3952
ravinenoun
A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water.
3953
reactionnoun
Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation.
3954
reactionaryadjective
Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction.
3955
readilyadverb
Without objection or reluctance.
3956
readjustverb
To put in order after disarrangement.
3957
readyadjective
In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.
3958
realismnoun
The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.
3959
rearrangeverb
To arrange again or in a different order.
3960
reassureverb
To give new confidence.
3961
rebelliousadjective
Insubordinate.
3962
rebuffnoun
A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.
3963
rebuildverb
To build again or anew.
3964
rebutverb
To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.
3965
recantverb
To withdraw formally one’s belief (in something previously believed or maintained).
3966
recapitulateverb
To repeat again the principal points of.
3967
recaptureverb
To capture again.
3968
recedeverb
To move back or away.
3969
receivableadjective
Capable of being or fit to be received – often money.
3970
receptiveadjective
Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions.
3971
recessiveadjective
Having a tendency to go back.
3972
recidivistnoun
A confirmed criminal.
3973
reciprocaladjective
Mutually interchangeable or convertible.
3974
reciprocateverb
To give and take mutually.
3975
reciprocitynoun
Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
3976
recitationnoun
The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory.
3977
reckverb
To have a care or thought for.
3978
recklessadjective
Foolishly headless of danger.
3979
reclaimverb
To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.
3980
reclineverb
To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.
3981
reclusenoun
One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
3982
reclusorynoun
A hermitage.
3983
recognizancenoun
An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
3984
recognizeverb
To recall the identity of (a person or thing).
3985
recoilverb
To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.
3986
recollectverb
To recall the knowledge of.
3987
reconcilableadjective
Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.
3988
reconnoiterverb
To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
3989
reconsiderverb
To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.
3990
reconstructverb
To rebuild.
3991
recoursenoun
Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
3992
recoververb
To regain.
3993
recreantnoun
A cowardly or faithless person.
3994
recreateverb
To refresh after labor.
3995
recrudescencenoun
The state of becoming raw or sore again.
3996
recrudescentadjective
Becoming raw or sore again.
3997
recruitverb
To enlist men for military or naval service.
3998
rectifyverb
To correct.
3999
rectitudenoun
The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.
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recuperateverb