5000+ Commonly Used IELTS and TOEFL Words

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4001
recurverb
To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.
4002
recureverb
To cure again.
4003
recurrentadjective
Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.
4004
redemptionnoun
The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt.
4005
redolentadjective
Smelling sweet and agreeable.
4006
redolencenoun
Smelling sweet and agreeable.
4007
redoubtableadjective
Formidable.
4008
redoundnoun
Rebound.
4009
redressverb
To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.
4010
reducibleadjective
That may be reduced.
4011
redundancenoun
Excess.
4012
redundantadjective
Constituting an excess.
4013
reestablishverb
To restore.
4014
referverb
To direct or send for information or other purpose.
4015
referrernoun
One who refers.
4016
referableadjective
Ascribable.
4017
refereenoun
An umpire.
4018
refinerynoun
A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified.
4019
reflectibleadjective
Capable of being turned back.
4020
reflectionnoun
The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves.
4021
reflectornoun
A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction.
4022
reflexibleadjective
Capable of being reflected.
4023
reformnoun
Change for the better.
4024
reformernoun
One who carries out a reform.
4025
refractverb
To bend or turn from a direct course.
4026
refractoryadjective
Not amenable to control.
4027
refragableadjective
Capable of being refuted.
4028
refringencynoun
Power to refract.
4029
refringentadjective
Having the power to refract.
4030
refusalnoun
Denial of what is asked.
4031
refuteverb
To prove to be wrong.
4032
regaleverb
To give unusual pleasure.
4033
regalianoun
pl. The emblems of royalty.
4034
regalitynoun
Royalty.
4035
regenerateverb
To reproduce.
4036
regentnoun
One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
4037
regicidenoun
The killing of a king or sovereign.
4038
regimenoun
Particular conduct or administration of affairs.
4039
regimennoun
A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.
4040
regimentnoun
A body of soldiers.
4041
regnantadjective
Exercising royal authority in one’s own right.
4042
regressverb
To return to a former place or condition.
4043
regretfuladjective
Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret.
4044
rehabilitateverb
To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege.
4045
reignverb
To hold and exercise sovereign power.
4046
reimburseverb
To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended.
4047
reinnoun
A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.
4048
reinstateverb
To restore to a former state, station, or authority.
4049
reiterateverb
To say or do again and again.
4050
rejoinverb
To reunite after separation.
4051
rejuvenateverb
To restore to youth.
4052
rejuvenescencenoun
A renewal of youth.
4053
relapseverb
To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery.
4054
relegateverb
To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.
4055
relentverb
To yield.
4056
relevantadjective
Bearing upon the matter in hand.
4057
reliancenoun
Dependence.
4058
reliantadjective
Having confidence.
4059
relinquishverb
To give up using or having.
4060
reliquarynoun
A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.
4061
relishverb
To like the taste or savor of.
4062
reluctancenoun
Unwillingness.
4063
reluctantadjective
Unwilling.
4064
remembrancenoun
Recollection.
4065
reminiscencenoun
The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.
4066
reminiscentadjective
Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.
4067
remissadjective
Negligent.
4068
remissionnoun
Temporary diminution of a disease.
4069
remodelverb
Reconstruct.
4070
remonstrancenoun
Reproof.
4071
remonstrantadjective
Having the character of a reproof.
4072
remonstrateverb
To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.
4073
remunerateverb
To pay or pay for.
4074
remunerationnoun
Compensation.
4075
renaissancenoun
The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.
4076
rendezvousnoun
A prearranged place of meeting.
4077
renditionnoun
Interpretation.
4078
renovateverb
To restore after deterioration, as a building.
4079
renunciationnoun
An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.
4080
reorganizeverb
To change to a more satisfactory form of organization.
4081
reparableadjective
Capable of repair.
4082
reparationnoun
The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong.
4083
reparteenoun
A ready, witty, or apt reply.
4084
repealverb
To render of no further effect.
4085
repelverb
To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally.
4086
repellentadjective
Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally.
4087
repentancenoun
Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong.
4088
repertorynoun
A place where things are stored or gathered together.
4089
repetitionnoun
The act of repeating.
4090
repineverb
To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
4091
replenishverb
To fill again, as something that has been emptied.
4092
repleteadjective
Full to the uttermost.
4093
replicanoun
A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.
4094
repositorynoun
A place in which goods are stored.
4095
reprehendverb
To find fault with.
4096
reprehensibleadjective
Censurable.
4097
reprehensionnoun
Expression of blame.
4098
repressverb
To keep under restraint or control.
4099
repressibleadjective
Able to be kept under restraint or control.
4100
reprieveverb
To grant a respite from punishment to.
4101
reprimandverb
To chide or rebuke for a fault.
4102
reprisalnoun
Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy.
4103
reprobatenoun
One abandoned to depravity and sin.
4104
reproduceverb
To make a copy of.
4105
reproductionnoun
The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind.
4106
reproofnoun
An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.
4107
repudiateverb
To refuse to have anything to do with.
4108
repugnancenoun
Thorough dislike.
4109
repugnantadjective
Offensive to taste and feeling.
4110
repulsenoun
The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.
4111
repulsiveadjective
Grossly offensive.
4112
reputeverb
To hold in general opinion.
4113
requiemnoun
A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.
4114
requisiteadjective
Necessary.
4115
requitalnoun
Adequate return for good or ill.
4116
requiteverb
To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.
4117
rescindverb
To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.
4118
reseatverb
To place in position of office again.
4119
resemblancenoun
Similarity in quality or form.
4120
resentverb
To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.
4121
reservoirnoun
A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept.
4122
residuenoun
A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated.
4123
resiliencenoun
The power of springing back to a former position
4124
resilientadjective
Having the quality of springing back to a former position.
4125
resistancenoun
The exertion of opposite effort or effect.
4126
resistantadjective
Offering or tending to produce resistance.
4127
resistiveadjective
Having or exercising the power of resistance.
4128
resistlessadjective
Powerless.
4129
resonancenoun
The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
4130
resonanceadjective
Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
4131
resonateverb
To have or produce resonance.
4132
resourcenoun
That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support.
4133
respitenoun
Interval of rest.
4134
resplendentadjective
Very bright.
4135
respondentadjective
Answering.
4136
restitutionnoun
Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.
4137
resumptionnoun
The act of taking back, or taking again.
4138
resurgentadjective
Surging back or again.
4139
resurrectionnoun
A return from death to life
4140
resuscitateverb
To restore from apparent death.
4141
retaliateverb
To repay evil with a similar evil.
4142
retchverb
To make an effort to vomit.
4143
retentionnoun
The keeping of a thing within one’s power or possession.
4144
reticencenoun
The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
4145
reticentadjective
Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
4146
retinuenoun
The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
4147
retortnoun
A retaliatory speech.
4148
retouchverb
To modify the details of.
4149
retraceverb
To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.
4150
retractverb
To recall or take back (something that one has said).
4151
retrenchverb
To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.
4152
retrieveverb
To recover something by searching.
4153
retroactiveadjective
Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities.
4154
retrogradeverb
To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.
4155
retrogressionnoun
A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.
4156
retrospectnoun
A view or contemplation of something past.
4157
retrospectiveadjective
Looking back on the past.
4158
reuniteverb
To unite or join again, as after separation.
4159
revelationnoun
A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.
4160
revereverb
To regard with worshipful veneration.
4161
reverentadjective
Humble.
4162
reversionnoun
A return to or toward some former state or condition.
4163
revertverb
To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like.
4164
revileverb
To heap approach or abuse upon.
4165
revisalnoun
Revision.
4166
reviseverb
To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes.
4167
revocationnoun
Repeal.
4168
revokeverb
To rescind.
4169
rhapsodynoun
Rapt or rapturous utterance.
4170
rhetoricnoun
The art of discourse.
4171
rhetoriciannoun
A showy writer or speaker.
4172
ribaldadjective
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.
4173
riddancenoun
The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable.
4174
ridiculenoun
Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.
4175
ridiculousadjective
Laughable and contemptible.
4176
rifeadjective
Abundant.
4177
righteousnessnoun
Rectitude.
4178
rightfuladjective
Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.
4179
rigmarolenoun
Nonsense.
4180
rigornoun
Inflexibility.
4181
rigorousadjective
Uncompromising.
4182
rippletnoun
A small ripple, as of water.
4183
risibleadjective
capable of exciting laughter.
4184
rivuletnoun
A small stream or brook.
4185
robustadjective
Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.
4186
rondonoun
A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
4187
rookerynoun
A place where crows congregate to breed.
4188
rotaryadjective
Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.
4189
rotateverb
To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel.
4190
rotenoun
Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.
4191
rotundadjective
Round from fullness or plumpness.
4192
rudimentaryadjective
Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.
4193
rueverb
To regret extremely.
4194
ruffianadjective
A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
4195
ruminantadjective
Chewing the cud.
4196
ruminateverb
To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
4197
ruptureverb
To separate the parts of by violence.
4198
rusticadjective
Characteristic of dwelling in the country.
4199
ruthnoun
Sorrow for another’s misery.
4200
sacrificeverb
To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
4201
sacrificialadjective
Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.
4202
sacrilegenoun
The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
4203
sacrilegiousadjective
Impious.
4204
safeguardverb
To protect.
4205
sagaciousadjective
Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
4206
salaciousadjective
Having strong sexual desires.
4207
saliencenoun
The condition of standing out distinctly.
4208
salientadjective
Standing out prominently.
4209
salineadjective
Constituting or consisting of salt.
4210
salutaryadjective
Beneficial.
4211
salutationnoun
Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
4212
salutatorynoun
The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
4213
salvagenoun
Any act of saving property.
4214
salvonoun
A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
4215
sanctimoniousadjective
Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
4216
sanctionverb
To approve authoritatively.
4217
sanctitynoun
Holiness.
4218
sanguinaryadjective
Bloody.
4219
sanguineadjective
Having the color of blood.
4220
sanguineousadjective
Consisting of blood.
4221
sapidadjective
Affecting the sense of taste.
4222
sapiencenoun
Deep wisdom or knowledge.
4223
sapientadjective
Possessing wisdom.
4224
sapientialadjective
Possessing wisdom.
4225
saponaceousadjective
Having the nature or quality of soap.
4226
sarcasmnoun
Cutting and reproachful language.
4227
sarcophagusnoun
A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
4228
sardonicadjective
Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
4229
satiateverb
To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.
4230
satirenoun
The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.
4231
satiricadjective
Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
4232
satirizeverb
To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
4233
satyrnoun
A very lascivious person.
4234
savagenoun
A wild and uncivilized human being.
4235
savorverb
To perceive by taste or smell.
4236
scabbardnoun
The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.
4237
scarcitynoun
Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.
4238
scholarlyadjective
Characteristic of an erudite person.
4239
scholasticadjective
Pertaining to education or schools.
4240
scintillanoun
The faintest ray.
4241
scintillateverb
To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.
4242
scopenoun
A range of action or view.
4243
scoundrelnoun
A man without principle.
4244
scribblenoun
Hasty, careless writing.
4245
scribenoun
One who writes or is skilled in writing.
4246
scriptnoun
Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.
4247
scripturaladjective
Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.
4248
scruplenoun
Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
4249
scrupulousadjective
Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
4250
scurrilousadjective
Grossly indecent or vulgar.