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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typifyverb
To serve as a characteristic example of.
4752
typographicaladjective
Pertaining to typography or printing.
4753
typographynoun
The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
4754
tyrannicaladjective
Despotic.
4755
tyrannynoun
Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
4756
tyronoun
One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
4757
ubiquitousadjective
Being present everywhere.
4758
ulterioradjective
Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
4759
ultimateadjective
Beyond which there is nothing else.
4760
ultimatumnoun
A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.
4761
ultramundaneadjective
Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.
4762
ultramontaneadjective
Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
4763
umbragenoun
A sense of injury.
4764
unaccountableadjective
Inexplicable.
4765
unaffectedadjective
Sincere.
4766
unanimousadjective
Sharing the same views or sentiments.
4767
unanimitynoun
The state or quality of being of one mind.
4768
unavoidableadjective
Inevitable.
4769
unbearableadjective
Unendurable.
4770
unbecomingadjective
Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.
4771
unbeliefnoun
Doubt.
4772
unbiasedadjective
Impartial, as judgment.
4773
unbridledadjective
Being without restraint.
4774
uncommonadjective
Rare.
4775
unconscionableadjective
Ridiculously or unjustly excessive.
4776
unconsciousadjective
Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.
4777
unctionnoun
The art of anointing as with oil.
4778
unctuousadjective
Oily.
4779
undeceiveverb
To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.
4780
underchargeverb
To make an inadequate charge for.
4781
underexposedadjective
Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.
4782
undergarmentnoun
A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.
4783
undermanverb
To equip with less than the full complement of men.
4784
undersellverb
To sell at a lower price than.
4785
undersizedadjective
Of less than the customary size.
4786
underhandedadjective
Clandestinely carried on.
4787
underlieverb
To be the ground or support of.
4788
underlingnoun
A subordinate.
4789
undermineverb
To subvert in an underhand way.
4790
underrateverb
To undervalue.
4791
understateverb
To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.
4792
undervalueverb
To underestimate.
4793
underworldnoun
Hades.
4794
underwriteverb
To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.
4795
undueadjective
More than sufficient.
4796
undulateverb
To move like a wave or in waves.
4797
undulousadjective
Resembling waves.
4798
unfavorableadjective
Adverse.
4799
ungainlyadjective
Clumsy.
4800
unguentnoun
Any ointment or lubricant for local application.
4801
unicellularadjective
Consisting of a single cell.
4802
univalencenoun
Monovalency.
4803
unifyverb
To cause to be one.
4804
uniqueadjective
Being the only one of its kind.
4805
unisonnoun
A condition of perfect agreement and accord.
4806
unisonantadjective
Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
4807
Unitarianadjective
Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
4808
unlawfuladjective
Illegal.
4809
unlimitedadjective
Unconstrained.
4810
unnaturaladjective
Artificial.
4811
unnecessaryadjective
Not essential under the circumstances.
4812
unsettleverb
To put into confusion.
4813
unsophisticatedadjective
Showing inexperience.
4814
unspeakableadjective
Abominable.
4815
untimelyadjective
Unseasonable.
4816
untowardadjective
Causing annoyance or hindrance.
4817
unutterableadjective
Inexpressible.
4818
unwieldyadjective
Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape.
4819
unwiseadjective
Foolish.
4820
unyokeverb
To separate.
4821
up-keepnoun
Maintenance.
4822
upbraidverb
To reproach as deserving blame.
4823
upcastnoun
A throwing upward.
4824
upheavalnoun
Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition.
4825
upheaveverb
To raise or lift with effort.
4826
uppermostadjective
First in order of precedence.
4827
uproariousadjective
Noisy.
4828
uprootverb
To eradicate.
4829
upturnverb
To throw into confusion.
4830
urbanadjective
Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.
4831
urbanitynoun
Refined or elegant courtesy.
4832
urchinnoun
A roguish, mischievous boy.
4833
urgencynoun
The pressure of necessity.
4834
usagenoun
Treatment.
4835
usuriousadjective
Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.
4836
usurpverb
To take possession of by force.
4837
usurynoun
The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.
4838
utilitarianismnoun
The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
4839
utilitynoun
Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.
4840
utmostnoun
The greatest possible extent.
4841
vacateverb
To leave.
4842
vaccinateverb
To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
4843
vacillateverb
To waver.
4844
vacuousadjective
Empty.
4845
vacuumnoun
A space entirely devoid of matter.
4846
vagabondnoun
A wanderer.
4847
vagrantnoun
An idle wanderer.
4848
vainglorynoun
Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
4849
valenoun
Level or low land between hills.
4850
valedictionnoun
A bidding farewell.
4851
valedictoriannoun
Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
4852
valedictorynoun
A parting address.
4853
validadjective
Founded on truth.
4854
valorousadjective
Courageous.
4855
vapidadjective
Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
4856
vaporizernoun
An atomizer.
4857
variableadjective
Having a tendency to change.
4858
variancenoun
Change.
4859
variantnoun
A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
4860
variationnoun
Modification.
4861
variegateverb
To mark with different shades or colors.
4862
vassalnoun
A slave or bondman.
4863
vaudevillenoun
A variety show.
4864
vegetaladjective
Of or pertaining to plants.
4865
vegetariannoun
One who believes in the theory that man’s food should be exclusively vegetable.
4866
vegetateverb
To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
4867
vegetationnoun
Plant-life in the aggregate.
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vegetativeadjective
Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
4869
vehementadjective
Very eager or urgent.
4870
velocitynoun
Rapid motion.
4871
velvetyadjective
Marked by lightness and softness.
4872
venaladjective
Mercenary, corrupt.
4873
vendibleadjective
Marketable.
4874
venditionnoun
The act of selling.
4875
vendornoun
A seller.
4876
veneernoun
Outside show or elegance.
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venerableadjective
Meriting or commanding high esteem.
4878
venerateverb
To cherish reverentially.
4879
venerealadjective
Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
4880
venialadjective
That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
4881
venisonnoun
The flesh of deer.
4882
venomnoun
The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
4883
venousadjective
Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
4884
veraciousadjective
Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
4885
veracitynoun
Truthfulness.
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verbatimadverb
Word for word.
4887
verbiagenoun
Use of many words without necessity.
4888
verboseadjective
Wordy.
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verdantadjective
Green with vegetation.
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verificationnoun
The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
4891
verifyverb
To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
4892
verilyadverb
In truth.
4893
veritynoun
Truth.
4894
verminnoun
A noxious or troublesome animal.
4895
vernacularnoun
The language of one’s country.
4896
vernaladjective
Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.
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versatileadjective
Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
4898
versionnoun
A description or report of something as modified by one’s character or opinion.
4899
vertexnoun
Apex.
4900
verticaladjective
Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
4901
vertigonoun
Dizziness.
4902
vestigenoun
A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
4903
vestmentnoun
Clothing or covering.
4904
vetonoun
The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
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vicariousadjective
Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
4906
viceroynoun
A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
4907
vicissitudenoun
A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
4908
vieverb
To contend.
4909
vigilancenoun
Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
4910
vigilantadjective
Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
4911
vignettenoun
A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
4912
vincibleadjective
Conquerable.
4913
vindicateverb
To prove true, right, or real.
4914
vindicatoryadjective
Punitive.
4915
vindicativeadjective
Revengeful.
4916
vinerynoun
A greenhouse for grapes.
4917
violnoun
A stringed instrument of the violin class.
4918
violanoun
A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
4919
violatornoun
One who transgresses.
4920
violationnoun
Infringement.
4921
violoncellonoun
A stringed instrument held between the player’s knees.
4922
viragonoun
A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
4923
virileadjective
Masculine.
4924
virtunoun
Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
4925
virtualadjective
Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
4926
virtuosonoun
A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
4927
virulencenoun
Extreme poisonousness.
4928
virulentadjective
Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
4929
visagenoun
The face, countenance, or look of a person.
4930
viscountnoun
In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
4931
vistanoun
A view or prospect.
4932
visualadjective
Perceptible by sight.
4933
visualizeverb
To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
4934
vitalitynoun
The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
4935
vitalizeverb
To endow with life or energy.
4936
vitiateverb
To contaminate.
4937
vituperableadjective
Deserving of censure.
4938
vivacitynoun
Liveliness.
4939
vivifyverb
To endue with life.
4940
vivisectionnoun
The dissection of a living animal.
4941
vocablenoun
a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
4942
vocativeadjective
Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
4943
vociferancenoun
The quality of making a clamor.
4944
vociferateverb
To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
4945
vociferousadjective
Making a loud outcry.
4946
voguenoun
The prevalent way or fashion.
4947
volantadjective
Flying or able to fly.
4948
volatileadjective
Changeable.
4949
volitionnoun
An act or exercise of will.
4950
volitiveadjective
Exercising the will.
4951
volubleadjective
Having great fluency in speaking.
4952
voluptuousadjective
having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
4953
voraciousadjective
Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
4954
vortexnoun
A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
4955
votaryadjective
Consecrated by a vow or promise.
4956
votiveadjective
Dedicated by a vow.
4957
vulgaritynoun
Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
4958
vulnerableadjective
Capable of receiving injuries.
4959
waifnoun
A homeless, neglected wanderer.
4960
waistcoatnoun
A vest.
4961
waiveverb
To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.
4962
wampumnoun
Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.
4963
waneverb
To diminish in size and brilliancy.
4964
wantonnessnoun
Recklessness.
4965
warlikeadjective
Belligerent.
4966
waveletnoun
A ripple.
4967
weak-kneedadjective
Without resolute purpose or energy.
4968
wealnoun
Well-being.
4969
weanverb
To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother’s milk to another form of nourishment.
4970
wearisomeadjective
Fatiguing.
4971
weeadjective
Very small.
4972
well-bredadjective
Of good ancestry.
4973
well-doernoun
A performer of moral and social duties.
4974
well-to-doadjective
In prosperous circumstances.
4975
whereaboutsnoun
The place in or near which a person or thing is.
4976
whereuponadverb
After which.
4977
whereveradverb
In or at whatever place.
4978
wherewithnoun
The necessary means or resources.
4979
whetverb
To make more keen or eager.
4980
whimsicaladjective
Capricious.
4981
whineverb
To utter with complaining tone.
4982
whollyadverb
Completely.
4983
wieldverb
To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.
4984
wilenoun
An act or a means of cunning deception.
4985
winsomeadjective
Attractive.
4986
wintryadjective
Lacking warmth of manner.
4987
wiryadjective
Thin, but tough and sinewy.
4988
witchcraftnoun
Sorcery.
4989
witlessadjective
Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.
4990
witlingnoun
A person who has little understanding.
4991
witticismnoun
A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.
4992
wittinglyadverb
With knowledge and by design.
4993
wizenverb
To become or cause to become withered or dry.
4994
wizen-facedadjective
Having a shriveled face.
4995
working-mannoun
One who earns his bread by manual labor.
4996
workmanlikeadjective
Like or befitting a skilled workman.
4997
workmanshipnoun
The art or skill of a workman.
4998
wrangleverb
To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.
4999
wreakverb
To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.
5000
wrestverb
To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing.
5001
wretchednessnoun
Extreme misery or unhappiness.
5002
writheverb
To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.
5003
writingnoun
The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
5004
wryadjective
Deviating from that which is proper or right.
5005
yearlingnoun
A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old.
5006
zealotnoun
One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner.
5007
zeitgeistnoun
The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
5008
zenithnoun
The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness.
5009
zephyrnoun
Any soft, gentle wind.
5010
zodiacnoun