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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suffuseverb
To cover or fill the surface of.
4502
suggestibleadjective
That can be suggested.
4503
suggestiveadjective
Stimulating to thought or reflection.
4504
summarynoun
An abstract.
4505
sumptuousadjective
Rich and costly.
4506
superabundancenoun
An excessive amount.
4507
superaddverb
To add in addition to what has been added.
4508
superannuateverb
To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
4509
superbadjective
Sumptuously elegant.
4510
superciliousadjective
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
4511
superficialadjective
Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
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superfluitynoun
That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.
4513
superfluousadjective
Being more than is needed.
4514
superheatverb
To heat to excess.
4515
superintendverb
To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
4516
superintendencenoun
Direction and management.
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superintendentnoun
One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
4518
superlativenoun
That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
4519
supernaturaladjective
Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
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supernumeraryadjective
Superfluous.
4521
supersedeverb
To displace.
4522
supineadjective
Lying on the back.
4523
supplantverb
To take the place of.
4524
suppleadjective
Easily bent.
4525
supplementaryadjective
Being an addition to.
4526
supplicantnoun
One who asks humbly and earnestly.
4527
supplicateverb
To beg.
4528
suppositionnoun
Conjecture.
4529
suppressverb
To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
4530
suppressibleadjective
Capable of being suppressed.
4531
suppressionnoun
A forcible putting or keeping down.
4532
supramundaneadjective
Supernatural.
4533
surchargenoun
An additional amount charged.
4534
suretynoun
Security for payment or performance.
4535
surfeitverb
To feed to fullness or to satiety.
4536
surmiseverb
To conjecture.
4537
surmountverb
To overcome by force of will.
4538
surreptitiousadjective
Clandestine.
4539
surrogatenoun
One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
4540
surroundverb
To encircle.
4541
surveyornoun
A land-measurer.
4542
susceptibilitynoun
A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
4543
susceptibleadjective
Easily under a specified power or influence.
4544
suspensenoun
Uncertainty.
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suspensionnoun
A hanging from a support.
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suspiciousadjective
Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
4547
sustenancenoun
Food.
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swarthyadjective
Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
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Sybaritenoun
A luxurious person.
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sycophantnoun
A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
4551
syllabicadjective
Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
4552
syllabicationnoun
Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
4553
syllablenoun
That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
4554
syllabusnoun
Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.
4555
sylphnoun
A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
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symmetricaladjective
Well-balanced.
4557
symmetrynoun
Relative proportion and harmony.
4558
sympatheticadjective
Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
4559
sympathizeverb
To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
4560
symphonicadjective
Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
4561
symphoniousadjective
Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
4562
symphonynoun
A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
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synchronismnoun
Simultaneousness.
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syndicatenoun
An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
4565
syneresisnoun
The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e’er for ever.
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synodnoun
An ecclesiastical council.
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synonymnoun
A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
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synopsisnoun
A syllabus or summary.
4569
systematicadjective
Methodical.
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tableaunoun
An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
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tacitadjective
Understood.
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taciturnadjective
Disinclined to conversation.
4573
tacknoun
A small sharp-pointed nail.
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tactnoun
Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.
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tacticiannoun
One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
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tacticsnoun
Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.
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tangencynoun
The state of touching.
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tangentadjective
Touching.
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tangibleadjective
Perceptible by touch.
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tannerynoun
A place where leather is tanned.
4581
tantalizeverb
To tease.
4582
tantamountadjective
Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
4583
tapestrynoun
A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
4584
tarnishverb
To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
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tautadjective
Stretched tight.
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taxationnoun
A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
4587
taxidermynoun
The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
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technicadjective
Technical.
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technicalitynoun
Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
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techniquenoun
Manner of performance.
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technographynoun
The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
4592
technologynoun
The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.
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teemverb
To be full to overflowing.
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telepathynoun
Thought-transference.
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telephonynoun
The art or process of communicating by telephone.
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telescopeverb
To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.
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telltaleadjective
That gives warning or information.
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temeritynoun
Recklessness.
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temporaladjective
Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
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temporaryadjective
Lasting for a short time only.
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temporizeverb
To pursue a policy of delay.
4602
temptverb
To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
4603
tempternoun
An allurer or enticer to evil.
4604
tenaciousadjective
Unyielding.
4605
tenantnoun
An occupant.
4606
tendencynoun
Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.
4607
tenetnoun
Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
4608
tenornoun
A settled course or manner of progress.
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tenseadjective
Strained to stiffness.
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tentativeadjective
Done as an experiment.
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tenurenoun
The term during which a thing is held.
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tercentenaryadjective
Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
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termagantadjective
Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
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terminaladjective
Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
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terminateverb
To put an end or stop to.
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terminationnoun
The act of ending or concluding.
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terminusnoun
The final point or goal.
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terrifyverb
To fill with extreme fear.
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territorialadjective
Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
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terseadjective
Pithy.
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testamentnoun
A will.
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testatornoun
The maker of a will.
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testimonialnoun
A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
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thearchynoun
Government by a supreme deity.
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theismnoun
Belief in God.
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theocracynoun
A government administered by ecclesiastics.
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theocrasynoun
The mixed worship of polytheism.
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theologiannoun
A professor of divinity.
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theologicaladjective
Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
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theologynoun
The branch of theological science that treats of God.
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theoreticaladjective
Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
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theoristnoun
One given to speculating.
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theorizeverb
To speculate.
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thereaboutadverb
Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
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thereforadverb
For that or this.
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thermaladjective
Of or pertaining to heat.
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thermoelectricadjective
Denoting electricity produced by heat.
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thermoelectricitynoun
Electricity generated by differences of temperature,
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thesisnoun
An essay or treatise on a particular subject.
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thoroughbredadjective
Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.
4641
thoroughfarenoun
A public street or road.
4642
thrallnoun
One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
4643
tilthnoun
Cultivation.
4644
timbrenoun
The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.
4645
timorousadjective
Lacking courage.
4646
tincturenoun
A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
4647
tingenoun
A faint trace of color.
4648
tipsyadjective
Befuddled with drinks.
4649
tiradenoun
Harangue.
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tirelessadjective
Untiring.
4651
tiresomeadjective
Wearisome.
4652
Titanicadjective
Of vast size or strength.
4653
toilsomeadjective
Laborious.
4654
tolerableadjective
Moderately good.
4655
tolerancenoun
Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.
4656
tolerantadjective
Indulgent.
4657
tolerateverb
To passively permit or put up with.
4658
tolerationnoun
A spirit of charitable leniency.
4659
topographynoun
The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.
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torpornoun
Apathy.
4661
torridadjective
Excessively hot.
4662
tortiousadjective
Wrongful.
4663
tortuousadjective
Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
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torturousadjective
Marked by extreme suffering.
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tractableadjective
Easily led or controlled.
4666
traitnoun
A distinguishing feature or quality.
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trajectorynoun
The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.
4668
trammelnoun
An impediment.
4669
tranquiladjective
Calm.
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tranquilizeverb
To soothe.
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tranquilitynoun
Calmness.
4672
transalpineadjective
Situated on the other side of the Alps.
4673
transactverb
To do business.
4674
transatlanticadjective
Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
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transcendverb
To surpass.
4676
transcendentadjective
Surpassing.
4677
transcontinentaladjective
Extending or passing across a continent.
4678
transcribeverb
To write over again (something already written)
4679
transcriptnoun
A copy made directly from an original.
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transferverb
To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.
4681
transferableadjective
Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
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transfereenoun
The person to whom a transfer is made.
4683
transferencenoun
The act of conveying from one person or place to another.
4684
transferrernoun
One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.
4685
transfigureverb
To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
4686
transfuseverb
To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
4687
transfusibleadjective
Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
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transfusionnoun
The act of pouring from one vessel to another.
4689
transgressverb
To break a law.
4690
transiencenoun
Something that is of short duration.
4691
transientnoun
One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
4692
transitionnoun
Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.
4693
transitoryadjective
Existing for a short time only.
4694
translateverb
To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.
4695
translatornoun
An interpreter.
4696
translucencenoun
The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
4697
translucentadjective
Allowing the passage of light.
4698
transmissibleadjective
That may e sent through or across.
4699
transmissionnoun
The act of sending through or across.
4700
transmitverb
To send trough or across.
4701
transmuteverb
To change in nature, substance, or form.
4702
transparentadjective
Easy to see through or understand.
4703
transpireverb
To come to pass.
4704
transplantverb
To remove and plant in another place.
4705
transpositionnoun
The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
4706
transverseadjective
Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.
4707
travailnoun
Hard or agonizing labor.
4708
travestynoun
A grotesque imitation.
4709
treacherousadjective
Perfidious.
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treacherynoun
Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.
4711
treasonableadjective
Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
4712
treatisenoun
An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.
4713
trebleadjective
Multiplied by three.
4714
treblyadverb
Triply.
4715
tremendousadjective
Awe-inspiring.
4716
tremornoun
An involuntary trembling or shivering.
4717
tremulousadjective
Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.
4718
trenchantadjective
Cutting deeply and quickly.
4719
trepidationnoun
Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
4720
trestlenoun
An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge.
4721
triadnoun
A group of three persons of things.
4722
tribunenoun
Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.
4723
trickerynoun
Artifice.
4724
tricoloradjective
Of three colors.
4725
tricyclenoun
A three-wheeled vehicle.
4726
tridentnoun
The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
4727
triennialadjective
Taking place every third year.
4728
trimnessnoun
Neatness.
4729
trinitynoun
A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
4730
trionoun
Three things grouped or associated together.
4731
tripleadjective
Threefold.
4732
triplicateadjective
Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
4733
triplicitynoun
The state of being triple or threefold.
4734
tripodnoun
A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
4735
trisectverb
To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
4736
triteadjective
Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
4737
triumvirnoun
One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.
4738
trivialadjective
Of little importance or value.
4739
troublesomeadjective
Burdensome.
4740
truculencenoun
Ferocity.
4741
truculentadjective
Having the character or the spirit of a savage.
4742
truismnoun
A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.
4743
truthfuladjective
Veracious.
4744
turgidadjective
Swollen.
4745
turpitudenoun
Depravity.
4746
tutelagenoun
The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
4747
tutelaradjective
Protective.
4748
tutorshipnoun
The office of a guardian.
4749
twingenoun
A darting momentary local pain.
4750
typicaladjective