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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checkverb
To hold back.
752
chiffonnoun
A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
753
chivalrynoun
The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
754
choleranoun
An acute epidemic disease.
755
cholericadjective
Easily provoked to anger.
756
choraladjective
Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
757
christnoun
A title of Jesus
758
christenverb
To name in baptism.
759
christendomnoun
That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
760
chromaticadjective
Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
761
chronologynoun
The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
762
chronometernoun
A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
763
cipherverb
To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
764
circulateverb
To disseminate.
765
circumferencenoun
The boundary-line of a circle.
766
circumlocutionnoun
Indirect or roundabout expression.
767
circumnavigateverb
To sail quite around.
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circumscribeverb
To confine within bounds.
769
circumspectadjective
Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
770
citadelnoun
Any strong fortress.
771
citeverb
To refer to specifically.
772
claimantnoun
One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
773
clairvoyancenoun
Intuitive sagacity or perception.
774
clamorousadjective
Urgent in complaint or demand.
775
clannoun
A tribe.
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clandestineadjective
Surreptitious.
777
clangornoun
Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
778
clarifyverb
To render intelligible.
779
clarionnoun
A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
780
classifyverb
To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences.
781
clearancenoun
A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
782
clemencynoun
Mercy.
783
clementadjective
Compassionate.
784
close-hauledadjective
Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
785
clothiernoun
One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
786
clumsyadjective
Awkward of movement.
787
coagulateverb
To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
788
coagulantadjective
Producing coagulation.
789
coalescencenoun
The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
790
coalitionnoun
Combination in a body or mass.
791
coddleverb
To treat as a baby or an invalid.
792
codicilnoun
A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
793
coerceverb
To force.
794
coercionnoun
Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
795
coerciveadjective
Serving or tending to force.
796
cogentadjective
Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
797
cognateadjective
Akin.
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cognizantadjective
Taking notice.
799
cohereverb
To stick together.
800
cohesionnoun
Consistency.
801
cohesiveadjective
Having the property of consistency.
802
coincideverb
To correspond.
803
coincidencenoun
A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
804
coincidentadjective
Taking place at the same time.
805
collaborateverb
To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
806
collapseverb
To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
807
collapsibleadjective
That may or can collapse.
808
colleaguenoun
An associate in professional employment.
809
collectiveadjective
Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
810
collectornoun
One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
811
collegiannoun
A college student.
812
collideverb
To meet and strike violently.
813
colliernoun
One who works in a coal-mine.
814
collisionnoun
Violent contact.
815
colloquialadjective
Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
816
colloquialismnoun
Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
817
colloquynoun
Conversation.
818
collusionnoun
A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
819
colossusnoun
Any strikingly great person or object.
820
comelyadjective
Handsome.
821
comestibleadjective
Fit to be eaten.
822
comicaladjective
Funny.
823
commemorateverb
To serve as a remembrance of.
824
commentarynoun
A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
825
commingleverb
To blend.
826
commissariatnoun
The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
827
commissionverb
To empower.
828
commitmentnoun
The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
829
committalnoun
The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
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commoditynoun
Something that is bought and sold.
831
commotionnoun
A disturbance or violent agitation.
832
commuteverb
To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
833
comparableadjective
Fit to be compared.
834
comparativeadjective
Relative.
835
comparisonnoun
Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
836
compensateverb
To remunerate.
837
competencenoun
Adequate qualification or capacity.
838
competentadjective
Qualified.
839
competitiveadjective
characterized by rivalry.
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competitornoun
A rival.
841
complacencenoun
Satisfaction with one’s acts or surroundings.
842
complacentadjective
Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
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complaisancenoun
Politeness.
844
complaisantadjective
Agreeable.
845
complementverb
To make complete.
846
complexadjective
Complicated.
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compliantadjective
Yielding.
848
complicateverb
To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
849
complicationnoun
An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
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complicitynoun
Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
851
complimentverb
To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
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componentnoun
A constituent element or part.
853
comportverb
To conduct or behave (oneself).
854
composurenoun
Calmness.
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comprehensibleadjective
Intelligible.
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comprehensionnoun
Ability to know.
857
comprehensiveadjective
Large in scope or content.
858
compressverb
To press together or into smaller space.
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compressibleadjective
Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
860
compressionnoun
Constraint, as by force or authority.
861
compriseverb
To consist of.
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compulsionnoun
Coercion.
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compulsoryadjective
Forced.
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compunctionnoun
Remorseful feeling.
865
computeverb
To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
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concedeverb
To surrender.
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conceitnoun
Self-flattering opinion.
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conceiveverb
To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
869
concertonoun
A musical composition.
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concessionnoun
Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
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conciliateverb
To obtain the friendship of.
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conciliatoryadjective
Tending to reconcile.
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conclusiveadjective
Sufficient to convince or decide.
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concordnoun
Harmony.
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concordancenoun
Harmony.
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concurverb
To agree.
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concurrencenoun
Agreement.
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concurrentadjective
Occurring or acting together.
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concussionnoun
A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
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condensationnoun
The act or process of making dense or denser.
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condenseverb
To abridge.
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condescendverb
To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
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condolencenoun
Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
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conduceverb
To bring about.
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conduciveadjective
Contributing to an end.
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conductibleadjective
Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
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conduitnoun
A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
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confectionerynoun
The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
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confederacynoun
A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
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confederatenoun
One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
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conferverb
To bestow.
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confereenoun
A person with whom another confers.
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confessornoun
A spiritual advisor.
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confidantnoun
One to whom secrets are entrusted.
895
confideverb
To reveal in trust or confidence.
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confidencenoun
The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
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confidentadjective
Assured.
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confinementnoun
Restriction within limits or boundaries.
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confiscateverb
To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
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conflagrationnoun
A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
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confluencenoun
The place where streams meet.
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confluentnoun
A stream that unites with another.
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conformancenoun
The act or state or conforming.
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conformableadjective
Harmonious.
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conformationnoun
General structure, form, or outline.
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conformitynoun
Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
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confrontverb
To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
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congealverb
To coagulate.
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congenialadjective
Having kindred character or tastes.
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congestverb
To collect into a mass.
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congregateverb
To bring together into a crowd.
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coniferousadjective
Cone-bearing trees.
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conjecturenoun
A guess.
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conjoinverb
To unite.
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conjugaladjective
Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
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conjugateadjective
Joined together in pairs.
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conjugationnoun
The state or condition of being joined together.
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conjunctionnoun
The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
919
conniveverb
To be in collusion.
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connoisseurnoun
A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
921
connoteverb
To mean; signify.
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connubialadjective
Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
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conquerverb
To overcome by force.
924
consanguineousadjective
Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
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consciencenoun
The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
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conscientiousadjective
Governed by moral standard.
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consciousadjective
Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
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conscriptverb
To force into military service.
929
consecrateverb
To set apart as sacred.
930
consecutiveadjective
Following in uninterrupted succession.
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consensusnoun
A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
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conservatismnoun
Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
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conservativeadjective
Adhering to the existing order of things.
934
conservatorynoun
An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
935
consignverb
To entrust.
936
consigneenoun
A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
937
consignornoun
One who entrusts.
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consistencynoun
A state of permanence.
939
consoleverb
To comfort.
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consolidateverb
To combine into one body or system.
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consonancenoun
The state or quality of being in accord with.
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consonantadjective
Being in agreement or harmony with.
943
consortnoun
A companion or associate.
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conspicuousadjective
Clearly visible.
945
conspiratornoun
One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
946
conspireverb
To plot.
947
constablenoun
An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
948
constellationnoun
An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
949
consternationnoun
Panic.
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constituencynoun
The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
951
constituentnoun
One who has the right to vote at an election.
952
constrictverb
To bind.
953
consulnoun
An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
954
consulatenoun
The place in which a consul transacts official business.
955
consummateverb
To bring to completion.
956
consumptionnoun
Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
957
consumptiveadjective
Designed for gradual destruction.
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contagionnoun
The communication of disease from person to person.
959
contagiousadjective
Transmitting disease.
960
contaminateverb
To pollute.
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contemplateverb
To consider thoughtfully.
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contemporaneousadjective
Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
963
contemporaryadjective
Living or existing at the same time.
964
contemptibleadjective
Worthy of scorn or disdain.
965
contemptuousadjective
Disdainful.
966
contendernoun
One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
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contiguitynoun
Proximity.
968
contiguousadjective
Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
969
continencenoun
Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
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contingencynoun
Possibility of happening.
971
contingentadjective
Not predictable.
972
continuancenoun
Permanence.
973
continuationnoun
Prolongation.
974
continuitynoun
Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
975
continuousadjective
Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
976
contortverb
To twist into a misshapen form.
977
contrabandnoun
Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
978
contradictionnoun
The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
979
contradictoryadjective
Inconsistent with itself.
980
contrapositionnoun
A placing opposite.
981
contraveneverb
To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
982
contributionnoun
The act of giving for a common purpose.
983
contributornoun
One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
984
contriteadjective
Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
985
contrivancenoun
The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
986
contriveverb
To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
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controlverb
To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
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controllernoun
One who or that which regulates or directs.
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contumaciousadjective
Rebellious.
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contumacynoun
Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
991
contuseverb
To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
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contusionnoun
A bruise.
993
convalesceverb
To recover after a sickness.
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convalescencenoun
The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
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convalescentadjective
Recovering health after sickness.
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conveneverb
To summon or cause to assemble.
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conveniencenoun
Fitness, as of time or place.
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convergeverb
To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
999
convergentadjective
Tending to one point.
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conversantadjective