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IELTS Vocabulary List: 1,291 Words with Definitions
IELTS tests both Academic and General Training English — reading and writing about study, work, migration and everyday life. This pool spans A1 to C2 and was curated from the Word Hype level lists to match that mix; it is a practice pool used inside the app, not an official IELTS list.
Showing the first 400 of 1,291 words in alphabetical order. The full list is available inside the app.
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| Abandon | To cease to support, look after, or associate with someone; to desert or forsake.Complete lack of inhibition, restraint, or self-control. | Play ▶ |
| Absorb | Become imbued.Take up, as of debts or payments. | Play ▶ |
| Abstract | Existing as a thought, concept, or idea rather than having a concrete, physical existence.A summary or outline of the main points of a book, article, scientific paper, or speech. | Play ▶ |
| Academic | Relating to education, schools, colleges, scholarship, or formal study.Theoretical, hypothetical, or speculative, with no practical or immediate relevance. | Play ▶ |
| Accent | Distinctive manner of oral expression.The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. | Play ▶ |
| Access | The ability or right to enter, use, or obtain something. | Play ▶ |
| Accord | Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.Concurrence of opinion. | Play ▶ |
| Accurate | Conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact, truth, or a specified standard.Performing a task, measurement, or shot with total precision and target success. | Play ▶ |
| Accuse | Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.Charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office. | Play ▶ |
| Achieve | To gain with effort. | Play ▶ |
| Acquire | Buy or obtain for oneself.Learn or develop. | Play ▶ |
| Across | To the opposite side.Transversely. | Play ▶ |
| Active | Always busy and doing things.Working or happening right now. | Play ▶ |
| Adjust | Change something slightly so that it works or fits better. | Play ▶ |
| Admire | Feel admiration for.Feel admiration for. | Play ▶ |
| Adopt | Legally take another person into a family as a child. | Play ▶ |
| Advice | Guidance or recommendations.Formal notice of a financial transaction. | Play ▶ |
| Advise | Give someone guidance about what they should do. | Play ▶ |
| Advocate | A person who publicly supports, pleads for, or recommends a particular cause, policy, or idea.A professional lawyer who pleads cases on behalf of clients in a court of law. | Play ▶ |
| Aesthetic | Relating to beauty, art, visual appeal, or the appreciation of artistic taste.Concerned with visual style, harmony, and elegant appearance rather than practical utility. | Play ▶ |
| Affair | A vaguely specified concern.A vaguely specified social event. | Play ▶ |
| Affect | Have an influence on someone or something. | Play ▶ |
| Afford | Have enough money to pay for.Provide or supply. | Play ▶ |
| Agency | An administrative unit of government.The state of being in action or exerting power. | Play ▶ |
| Agenda | A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting). | Play ▶ |
| Agent | An active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect.A substance that exerts some force or effect. | Play ▶ |
| Ahead | Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.At or in the front. | Play ▶ |
| Alarm | A warning of danger or a device that gives one. | Play ▶ |
| Album | One or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc.One or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc. | Play ▶ |
| Alcohol | Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation.A drug that can produce a state of intoxication. | Play ▶ |
| Alert | Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action.Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness. | Play ▶ |
| Align | Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation. | Play ▶ |
| Alike | Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally. | Play ▶ |
| Alloy | A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten.The state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something. | Play ▶ |
| Along | With a forward motion.In accompaniment or as a companion. | Play ▶ |
| Alpha | The beginning of a series or sequence; --Revelations.Early testing stage of a software or hardware product. | Play ▶ |
| Alter | Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence. | Play ▶ |
| Amaze | Surprise someone greatly. | Play ▶ |
| Ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation; having a double, vague, or uncertain meaning.Unclear, of an uncertain nature, or lacking objective boundaries. | Play ▶ |
| Amend | (usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.To make better; improve. | Play ▶ |
| Amount | A quantity of money.How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. | Play ▶ |
| Amuse | Make someone laugh or feel entertained. | Play ▶ |
| Analogy | A comparison between two different things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.The proportion, balance, or mathematical equality of ratios. | Play ▶ |
| Ancestor | A person from whom one is descended; a forefather or progenitor more remote than a grandparent.An early, primitive, or ancestral type from which a later model, species, or system developed. | Play ▶ |
| Ancient | Belonging to the very distant past. | Play ▶ |
| Angel | Spiritual being attendant upon God.Invests in a theatrical production. | Play ▶ |
| Angle | The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians.To incline or bend from a vertical position. | Play ▶ |
| Animal | A living creature such as a dog, cat, or bird.Relating to living creatures. | Play ▶ |
| Ankle | The joint that connects your foot to your leg. | Play ▶ |
| Annual | (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year.Completing its life cycle within a year. | Play ▶ |
| Anomaly | Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.A person, result, or observation that is highly unusual and does not fit a category. | Play ▶ |
| Anxious | Worried or uneasy about an uncertain outcome. | Play ▶ |
| Anyhow | Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.Making an additional point; anyway. | Play ▶ |
| Apparent | Clearly visible, open to view, or easily seen by the eye.Seeming real or true, but not necessarily so; superficial or ostensible rather than actual. | Play ▶ |
| Appeal | An earnest or urgent request. | Play ▶ |
| Append | Add to the very end.Fix to; attach. | Play ▶ |
| Appetite | A natural physical desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food.A strong desire, passion, or enthusiasm for an activity, object, or experience. | Play ▶ |
| Apple | A round fruit with red or green skin.A leading American multinational technology company. | Play ▶ |
| Apply | Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.Ask (for something). | Play ▶ |
| Appoint | Choose someone officially for a position or duty. | Play ▶ |
| Approve | Officially accept or agree to something. | Play ▶ |
| Arbitrary | Based on random choice, personal whim, or impulse rather than any reason, system, or objective standard.Of power: tyrannical, absolute, and unrestrained by law or constitution. | Play ▶ |
| Archer | A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.The ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21. | Play ▶ |
| Archive | A depository, registry, or collection containing historical records, documents, or data.To compress, store, or move computer files to a long-term, low-priority storage medium. | Play ▶ |
| Arctic | Relating to the polar region around the North Pole. | Play ▶ |
| Arena | A particular environment or walk of life. | Play ▶ |
| Argue | Give evidence of.An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon. | Play ▶ |
| Arise | Come into existence; take on form or shape.Rise to one's feet. | Play ▶ |
| Armed | Prepare oneself for a military confrontation.Supply with arms. | Play ▶ |
| Armor | Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.Protective covering made of metal and used in combat. | Play ▶ |
| Arrest | Take someone into legal custody. | Play ▶ |
| Arrive | Reach a destination by movement or progress.Succeed in a big way; get to the top. | Play ▶ |
| Arrogant | Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.Overbearing, presumptuous, or assuming an attitude of superior authority without justification. | Play ▶ |
| Article | Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication.A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will). | Play ▶ |
| Artist | A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination. | Play ▶ |
| Aspect | A particular part, feature, or facet of a complex situation, problem, or subject.The visual appearance of a building, landscape, or face in a particular direction. | Play ▶ |
| Assemble | To gather together in one place for a common purpose, meeting, or event.To construct or build an object by putting its individual parts and components together. | Play ▶ |
| Assert | To state a fact, belief, or opinion confidently, forcefully, and categorically.To demand recognition for, or insist upon, one's rights, authority, or influence. | Play ▶ |
| Assign | Give out.Attribute or credit to. | Play ▶ |
| Assist | The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play. | Play ▶ |
| Assume | Suppose to be the case without proof.Take or begin to have power or responsibility. | Play ▶ |
| Assure | Tell someone confidently that something is true. | Play ▶ |
| Astray | Away from the correct path or direction. | Play ▶ |
| Atomic | Relating to the smallest basic unit of a chemical element. | Play ▶ |
| Attach | Fasten or join one thing to another.Attribute importance or value to. | Play ▶ |
| Attack | To try to hurt or defeat someone.A sudden event of sickness or violence. | Play ▶ |
| Attain | To gain with effort.Find unexpectedly. | Play ▶ |
| Attend | Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result. | Play ▶ |
| Attribute | A quality, property, or characteristic that belongs to or defines a person, object, or entity.To regard something as being caused by, or originating from, a specific source or author. | Play ▶ |
| Audacious | Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold, daring, or highly risky steps.Showing a lack of respect, modesty, or compliance with social conventions; barefaced. | Play ▶ |
| Authentic | Of undisputed origin; genuine, real, and not a counterfeit, copy, or fake.Conforming to facts, reality, and truth, and therefore worthy of belief and trust. | Play ▶ |
| Author | A writer of a book or article.An originator or creator of something. | Play ▶ |
| Avenue | A line of approach.A line of approach. | Play ▶ |
| Average | A statistic describing the location of a distribution.(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities. | Play ▶ |
| Award | A grant made by a law court.Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery. | Play ▶ |
| Aware | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception. | Play ▶ |
| Awkward | Causing inconvenience.Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape. | Play ▶ |
| Backup | An accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage.Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). | Play ▶ |
| Baffle | A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy.Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. | Play ▶ |
| Baggage | Suitcases, trunks, and bags used to pack and carry a traveler's personal belongings.Past experiences, sorrows, or prejudices that burden a person's mental state or relationships. | Play ▶ |
| Bakery | A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold. | Play ▶ |
| Balance | A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.A state of equilibrium. | Play ▶ |
| Ballot | Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote.A document listing the alternatives that is used in voting. | Play ▶ |
| Banana | A long, curved fruit with a yellow skin.A fruit often eaten by monkeys. | Play ▶ |
| Bandit | An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band. | Play ▶ |
| Banker | A person who works in a bank.Someone whose job involves managing money. | Play ▶ |
| Bargain | An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each.An advantageous purchase. | Play ▶ |
| Barrier | A fence, wall, or other physical obstacle that prevents movement, entry, or access.A circumstance, rule, or difficulty that keeps people apart or makes progress hard to achieve. | Play ▶ |
| Basket | A container that is usually woven and has handles.The quantity contained in a woven container. | Play ▶ |
| Battle | A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.An energetic attempt to achieve something. | Play ▶ |
| Beauty | A combination of qualities that pleases the sight.An excellent example of something. | Play ▶ |
| Behalf | As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as rather than ).As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as rather than ). | Play ▶ |
| Behave | Act in a particular way. | Play ▶ |
| Believe | Accept that something is true.To hold an opinion or thought. | Play ▶ |
| Beloved | Dearly loved, highly cherished, or precious to someone.Highly favored, admired, or popular among a specific group. | Play ▶ |
| Bench | A long seat for two or more people, usually outside.A long table for working on. | Play ▶ |
| Benefit | An advantage or profit gained from something.Receive an advantage. | Play ▶ |
| Bewitch | To cast a spell on, enchant, or influence someone through magic or witchcraft.To attract, fascinate, or charm someone completely, capturing their attention. | Play ▶ |
| Bias | A partiality, prejudice, or inclination for or against one person or group, especially in an unfair way.A diagonal line or cut across a woven fabric, running at an angle to the warp and weft. | Play ▶ |
| Bikini | A two-piece item of clothing worn for swimming. | Play ▶ |
| Bishop | A senior Christian church leader in charge of a diocese. | Play ▶ |
| Bitter | Having a sharp taste, not sweet.Feeling angry because you were treated badly. | Play ▶ |
| Bless | Give a benediction to.Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate. | Play ▶ |
| Blood | The red liquid inside your body.Family background or origin. | Play ▶ |
| Bloom | A flower on a plant.To produce flowers. | Play ▶ |
| Board | A flat piece of wood.To get onto a plane, ship, or train. | Play ▶ |
| Boast | Speak with too much pride about an achievement or possession. | Play ▶ |
| Boiler | A closed container in which water is heated. | Play ▶ |
| Boldly | With boldness, in a bold manner. | Play ▶ |
| Bomber | An aircraft designed to drop explosive weapons. | Play ▶ |
| Bonnet | A hat tied under the chin, traditionally worn by women or children. | Play ▶ |
| Border | A line separating two political or geographical areas.The edge or boundary of something. | Play ▶ |
| Borrow | Get temporarily.Take up and practice as one's own. | Play ▶ |
| Bounce | To hit a surface and spring back.To move up and down quickly. | Play ▶ |
| Boundary | A line, plane, or marker indicating the limit or extent of a territory, area, or property.An abstract limit defining what is acceptable, possible, or within one's personal space. | Play ▶ |
| Branch | A part of a tree growing out from the trunk.A division of a business or organization. | Play ▶ |
| Bread | Food made of flour, water, and yeast.Money (informal slang). | Play ▶ |
| Breath | The air taken into or expelled from the lungs.A slight indication or suggestion. | Play ▶ |
| Brevity | Concise, succinct, and exact use of words in writing or speech.The quality of being brief or short in duration. | Play ▶ |
| Bridge | A structure built over a river or road so people can cross.Something that connects two places. | Play ▶ |
| Browse | Vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat.The act of feeding by continual nibbling. | Play ▶ |
| Brutal | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility. | Play ▶ |
| Budget | An estimate of income and expenditure.Provided at a low price. | Play ▶ |
| Buffer | Something that softens the impact between two things. | Play ▶ |
| Burden | An onerous or difficult concern.The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. | Play ▶ |
| Bureau | An office or department that provides a service. | Play ▶ |
| Burial | The act of placing a dead body in the ground. | Play ▶ |
| Butter | An edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use.A fighter who strikes the opponent with his head. | Play ▶ |
| Button | A small disk or knob sewn on to a garment.A small device pressed to operate a machine. | Play ▶ |
| Bygone | Belonging to an earlier time. | Play ▶ |
| Cabinet | A piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display.A storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock. | Play ▶ |
| Cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines. | Play ▶ |
| Camera | A device for recording visual images.A judge's private room. | Play ▶ |
| Cancel | Decide that an organized event will not take place.Annul or make void. | Play ▶ |
| Candid | Truthful, straightforward, and outspoken; frank and direct without reserve or secrecy.A photograph taken informally, especially without the subject's knowledge. | Play ▶ |
| Canyon | A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall. | Play ▶ |
| Capacity | The maximum amount, volume, or space that a container, room, or vehicle can hold.The ability, intelligence, or power to do, understand, or remember something. | Play ▶ |
| Capital | Assets available for use in the production of further assets.A seat of government. | Play ▶ |
| Carbon | The chemical element with atomic number 6, found in all living things. | Play ▶ |
| Cargo | Goods carried by a large vehicle. | Play ▶ |
| Caring | A loving feeling.Feel concern or interest. | Play ▶ |
| Carrot | Deep orange edible root of the cultivated orange vegetable plant.Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions. | Play ▶ |
| Cartel | A group of businesses that cooperate to control prices or supply. | Play ▶ |
| Casino | A public building for gambling and entertainment.A public building for gambling and entertainment. | Play ▶ |
| Castle | A large and stately mansion.A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack. | Play ▶ |
| Casual | Marked by blithe unconcern.Without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand. | Play ▶ |
| Casualty | A person killed, injured, captured, or missing in a war, battle, or military engagement.A person who is killed or injured in a major accident, disaster, or mishap. | Play ▶ |
| Category | A class or division of people or things regarded as having shared characteristics.A general, fundamental concept that marks major divisions in a conceptual or philosophical scheme. | Play ▶ |
| Cattle | Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;;; - Bible. | Play ▶ |
| Cause | Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something.A justification for something existing or happening. | Play ▶ |
| Cement | A building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar.Any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth. | Play ▶ |
| Century | A period of 100 years. | Play ▶ |
| Certain | Definite but not specified or identified.Established irrevocably. | Play ▶ |
| Channel | A path over which electrical signals can pass.A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record). | Play ▶ |
| Chaos | A state of complete confusion, disorder, pandemonium, or lawlessness.In cosmology: the formless, disordered state of matter preceding the creation of the universe. | Play ▶ |
| Chapel | A place of worship that has its own altar.A place of worship that has its own altar. | Play ▶ |
| Charge | Demand an amount as a price.Accuse someone of an offense. | Play ▶ |
| Chart | A visual display of information.A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea. | Play ▶ |
| Chase | The act of one who pursues another; a pursuit.To pursue. | Play ▶ |
| Cheer | A joyful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.To gladden; to make joyful; often with up. | Play ▶ |
| Cheese | A solid food made from milk.A dairy product made in many different flavors. | Play ▶ |
| Cherry | Wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry.Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood. | Play ▶ |
| Chicken | The flesh of a common poultry bird used for food.A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. | Play ▶ |
| Chief | A person who is in charge.A person who exercises control over workers. | Play ▶ |
| Chorus | Any utterance produced simultaneously by a group.A group of people assembled to sing together. | Play ▶ |
| Chrome | Another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments.Another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments. | Play ▶ |
| Chronic | Of an illness, condition, or pain: persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.Of a problem or habit: long-standing, deeply ingrained, and extremely difficult to resolve. | Play ▶ |
| Cigar | A roll of tobacco for smoking. | Play ▶ |
| Cinema | A medium that disseminates moving pictures.A theater where films are shown. | Play ▶ |
| Circuit | An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to. | Play ▶ |
| Cited | Make reference to.commend. | Play ▶ |
| Claim | To say that something is true or belongs to you.To ask for money you think you should get. | Play ▶ |
| Clarify | To make a statement, situation, or concept clear and more easily comprehensible.To make a liquid clear, pure, or free from impurities, especially by heating or filtering. | Play ▶ |
| Clause | (grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.(shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document). | Play ▶ |
| Cliff | A high, steep rock edge, usually by the sea. | Play ▶ |
| Climate | The usual weather conditions of a region over a long period. | Play ▶ |
| Clinic | A medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists.A healthcare facility for outpatient care. | Play ▶ |
| Coach | (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.A person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.). | Play ▶ |
| Coast | The land right next to the sea or ocean.To move forward easily without using power. | Play ▶ |
| Cobalt | A hard blue-gray metallic chemical element. | Play ▶ |
| Cocoa | A hot, sweet drink made from chocolate powder and milk.A brown powder used to make chocolate. | Play ▶ |
| Coffee | A hot drink made from roasted beans.The berries or seeds of a tropical shrub. | Play ▶ |
| Cognitive | Relating to, or involving, conscious intellectual activity, such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering.Relating to the brain's ability to process, store, and retrieve information. | Play ▶ |
| Coherent | Logical, orderly, consistent, and aesthetically well-structured in all its parts.Capable of thinking, speaking, and expressing oneself in a completely clear, rational manner. | Play ▶ |
| Cohort | A company of companions or supporters.A group of people having approximately the same age. | Play ▶ |
| Coincide | To happen at the same time, co-occur, or take place simultaneously by chance.To be in complete agreement, harmony, or alignment in opinion, nature, or space. | Play ▶ |
| Coined | Make up.Form by stamping, punching, or printing. | Play ▶ |
| Coldly | In a cold unemotional manner. | Play ▶ |
| Collapse | To suddenly fall down, cave in, or crumble due to structural failure or weight.An abrupt failure of function, health, or value, such as a currency or lung. | Play ▶ |
| Colony | A country or area controlled by another country.A group of animals or insects living together. | Play ▶ |
| Colossal | Extremely large, massive, giant, or vast in size, force, scale, or degree.Of extraordinary proportions, volume, or power; gargantuan. | Play ▶ |
| Column | A tall, solid post used to support a building.A line of text in a newspaper or magazine. | Play ▶ |
| Combat | An engagement fought between two military forces.Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. | Play ▶ |
| Comedy | Light and humorous drama with a happy ending.A comic incident or series of incidents. | Play ▶ |
| Comfort | A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain.The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction. | Play ▶ |
| Commence | To take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; to start or begin.To initiate, open, or launch a meeting, school term, or game. | Play ▶ |
| Commit | Carry out an action, especially a serious or harmful one. | Play ▶ |
| Company | An institution created to conduct business.The state of being with someone. | Play ▶ |
| Compel | To force, oblige, or coerce someone to do something under pressure or authority.To bring about, exact, or demand a response or attention irresistibly. | Play ▶ |
| Complex | Consisting of many different and connected parts.A group of buildings or facilities. | Play ▶ |
| Comply | Act according to a request, command, or rule. | Play ▶ |
| Comprise | To consist of, be composed of, or have as constituent parts.To make up, constitute, or form a larger system or total. | Play ▶ |
| Concede | To admit, yield, or acknowledge something to be true, valid, or correct, often reluctantly.To surrender, yield, or grant a right, territory, or privilege to another party. | Play ▶ |
| Concise | Giving a lot of information clearly and in few words; brief, succinct, and comprehensive.Condensed, compact, and highly efficient in expression or text. | Play ▶ |
| Concrete | A heavy, hard building material made of sand, gravel, cement, and water.Existing in a material or physical form; real, solid, and tangible rather than abstract. | Play ▶ |
| Condemn | To express complete, strong, and official disapproval of someone or something; to censure.To declare a building, structure, or vehicle to be unfit, unsafe, or hazardous for use. | Play ▶ |
| Confirm | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.Make more firm. | Play ▶ |
| Conflict | A serious disagreement, dispute, or argument, typically a protracted or intense one.An active, violent, or armed struggle between nations, groups, or factions; a war. | Play ▶ |
| Conform | To behave, act, or think in accordance with socially accepted standards, rules, or laws.To fit, correspond, or be in agreement with a standard. | Play ▶ |
| Confront | To face up to, deal with, or address a difficult, unpleasant, or scary situation directly.To stand in front of, oppose, or challenge an adversary or problem in a hostile way. | Play ▶ |
| Connect | Join two or more things together. | Play ▶ |
| Conquer | To overcome and take control of a place, territory, or people by military force.To successfully master, overcome, or rise above a major obstacle, fear, or difficulty. | Play ▶ |
| Consent | Permission or agreement for something to happen or to do something.A mutual agreement or unity of opinion between two or more parties. | Play ▶ |
| Context | The circumstances, environment, or background that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.The parts of a written or spoken statement that immediately precede and follow a word, clarifying its meaning. | Play ▶ |
| Contrary | Opposite in nature, direction, character, or effect.Perversely inclined to disagree, disobey, or do the exact opposite of what is expected or advised. | Play ▶ |
| Control | Power to direct or determine.(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc. | Play ▶ |
| Convert | To change the form, character, function, or system of something into another.A person who has changed their religious faith, political beliefs, or opinion. | Play ▶ |
| Convey | Make known; pass on, of information.Transfer to another. | Play ▶ |
| Convict | To declare someone to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a jury or decision of a judge.A person serving a sentence in a prison or correctional facility. | Play ▶ |
| Cookie | Any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term).The cook on a ranch or at a camp. | Play ▶ |
| Copper | A reddish-brown metal used for making wires and coins.A small brown coin. | Play ▶ |
| Corpse | The dead body of a human being. | Play ▶ |
| Costly | Entailing great loss or sacrifice.Having a high price. | Play ▶ |
| Courts | The places where legal trials happen.Places to play sports like tennis or basketball. | Play ▶ |
| Cradle | A baby bed with sides and rockers.Birth of a person. | Play ▶ |
| Create | Make or cause to be or to become.Bring into existence. | Play ▶ |
| Credit | An arrangement to buy things now and pay later.Praise for something you have done well. | Play ▶ |
| Criteria | The plural principles, standards, or benchmarks by which something is judged, evaluated, or decided.The specific requirements, rules, or test benchmarks established for selection or judgment. | Play ▶ |
| Crucial | Decisive, critical, or of the utmost importance, especially in determining the success or failure of something.Extremely vital, central, or necessary for the operation of a system or process. | Play ▶ |
| Cruise | A holiday on a large ship.To travel slowly in a car or boat for pleasure. | Play ▶ |
| Crystal | A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure.Colorless glass made of almost pure silica. | Play ▶ |
| Culture | The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement.The cultivation of bacteria or biological cells. | Play ▶ |
| Cunning | Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit, evasion, or colorful craftiness.Ingenious, clever, or beautifully designed, as a tool or device. | Play ▶ |
| Current | Happening or existing at the present time. | Play ▶ |
| Custom | A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving.Made or done to order for a particular customer. | Play ▶ |
| Dancer | Someone who moves their body to music. | Play ▶ |
| Debris | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. | Play ▶ |
| Decade | A period of ten years.A group, set, or series of ten. | Play ▶ |
| Deceive | To deliberately cause someone to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.To be false, unfaithful, or dishonest with a person who trusts you. | Play ▶ |
| Decisive | Settling an issue, dispute, or conflict quickly and beyond all doubt; conclusive.Showing determination, firmness, and an ability to make decisions quickly and confidently. | Play ▶ |
| Decker | English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632).English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632). | Play ▶ |
| Decline | To become smaller, fewer, weaker, or less; to decrease or deteriorate over time.To politely refuse an invitation, offer, or request. | Play ▶ |
| Decree | A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).Decide with authority. | Play ▶ |
| Deduce | To arrive at a logical fact or conclusion by reasoning from general premises, evidence, or principles.To conclude, infer, or figure out through structured deduction and logical reasoning. | Play ▶ |
| Defeat | To win against someone in a game or war.The feeling of losing. | Play ▶ |
| Defend | To protect someone or something from attack.To fight to keep something safe. | Play ▶ |
| Deficit | The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required or expected amount.An insufficiency, loss, or handicap in physical, neurological, or mental functioning. | Play ▶ |
| Define | To explain exactly what a word means.To show what something is. | Play ▶ |
| Degree | A unit used to measure temperature or angles.A certificate you get when you finish university. | Play ▶ |
| Delegate | A person designated, appointed, or elected to represent others, especially at a conference.To entrust, assign, or transfer a task, responsibility, or power to another person. | Play ▶ |
| Delete | To erase or remove something.To remove words or files from a computer. | Play ▶ |
| Delicate | Very fine, exquisite, or subtle in texture, structure, color, or flavor; pleasing to the senses.Requiring great tact, sensitivity, or careful handling, such as a diplomatic issue. | Play ▶ |
| Delta | Land shaped like a triangle where a river meets the sea.The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. | Play ▶ |
| Demand | The need or desire that people have for a product.To ask for something very strongly. | Play ▶ |
| Denial | The act of refusing to comply (as with a request).(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts. | Play ▶ |
| Denote | To be a sign, symbol, or direct indication of something; to stand for.To have as a literal, primary, or direct meaning, as opposed to a connotation. | Play ▶ |
| Depart | Leave a place, especially to begin a journey. | Play ▶ |
| Depict | To show, represent, or portray someone or something in a drawing, painting, or other art form.To describe, narrate, or characterize someone or something in written or spoken words. | Play ▶ |
| Deploy | Place troops or weapons in battle formation.Place troops or weapons in battle formation. | Play ▶ |
| Deprive | To prevent someone from having, using, or enjoying something, especially a necessity or right.To strip, divest, or dispossess someone of an office, title, or property. | Play ▶ |
| Deputy | A person who helps or acts for a boss.The second most important person in a group. | Play ▶ |
| Derive | To obtain, receive, or trace something from a specified source or origin.To deduce, formulate, or obtain a conclusion, math equation, or chemical compound through reasoning. | Play ▶ |
| Desert | A very dry area of land with lots of sand.To leave someone when they need you. | Play ▶ |
| Design | The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan).Something intended as a guide for making something else. | Play ▶ |
| Despair | The complete loss or absence of hope; a state of deep distress and misery.To lose, abandon, or give up all hope or confidence in a situation. | Play ▶ |
| Detach | To disengage, disconnect, separate, or unfasten a part from a larger object or structure.To separate a military unit, ship, or squad from a larger force for a special duty or assignment. | Play ▶ |
| Detail | An individual feature, fact, or item.A small detachment of troops or police officers. | Play ▶ |
| Detect | To discover, identify, or determine the presence, existence, or fact of something hidden or subtle.To solve a crime or uncover a secret through investigation, scanning, or analysis. | Play ▶ |
| Develop | Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.Gain through experience. | Play ▶ |
| Deviate | To depart, diverge, or turn aside from an established course, plan, standard, or route.A person whose behavior, beliefs, or lifestyle departs significantly from accepted social standards. | Play ▶ |
| Device | A machine or tool made for a special use.A phone, tablet, or computer. | Play ▶ |
| Devoted | Very loving, loyal, and true to a specific person, cause, belief, or activity.Given, dedicated, or set aside entirely for a specific purpose, use, or study. | Play ▶ |
| Dialog | A conversation between two persons.The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction. | Play ▶ |
| Diesel | A type of fuel used in some cars and trucks.An engine that burns heavy oil. | Play ▶ |
| Digest | To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file). | Play ▶ |
| Digital | Displaying numbers rather than scale positions.Of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits. | Play ▶ |
| Dilemma | A difficult situation or problem in which a choice has to be made between two or more equally undesirable options.A predicament, quandary, or double bind where any path chosen leads to complications. | Play ▶ |
| Diminish | To make or become smaller, fewer, weaker, or less in size, extent, or range.To lessen, detract from, or undermine the authority, dignity, value, or reputation of someone. | Play ▶ |
| Dining | The act of eating a meal.Eating food in a restaurant. | Play ▶ |
| Dinner | A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).To eat a [word]. | Play ▶ |
| Direct | Going straight to a place without stopping.To tell people what to do. | Play ▶ |
| Discrete | Individually separate, distinct, and unconnected to other elements.Consisting of distinct, unconnected points or values, as in mathematical integers or data. | Play ▶ |
| Disguise | To alter one's appearance, dress, or voice to conceal one's identity or assume another.To conceal, mask, or misrepresent a feeling, fact, or true nature under a false front. | Play ▶ |
| Dishes | Plates and bowls used for eating food.Meals prepared in a special way. | Play ▶ |
| Dismal | Causing sadness or loss of hope. | Play ▶ |
| Dismiss | To order or allow someone to leave; to send away from a room, job, or presence.To treat as unworthy of serious consideration; to disregard or brush aside an idea or claim. | Play ▶ |
| Display | Show something so that other people can see it. | Play ▶ |
| Dispute | A serious argument, disagreement, or debate, especially an official one between groups or nations.To question, contest, or challenge the truth, validity, or authority of a statement. | Play ▶ |
| Distal | Remote from the point of attachment or origin. | Play ▶ |
| Distant | Far away in space or time. | Play ▶ |
| Distinct | Clearly different, separate, and distinguishable in nature, quality, or identity from others.Easy to perceive, spot, or see; clearly outlined, sharp, and plain. | Play ▶ |
| Distort | To pull, twist, or bend out of shape; to make physically misshapen or crooked.To misrepresent, warp, or change the true meaning, facts, or story of an event or message. | Play ▶ |
| Diverse | Showing a great deal of variety; very different and containing many distinct elements.Distinctly dissimilar, unlike, or varied in character or quality. | Play ▶ |
| Divide | A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility).Separate into parts or portions. | Play ▶ |
| Divine | Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers. | Play ▶ |
| Doctor | A qualified practitioner of medicine.To change the content or appearance in order to deceive. | Play ▶ |
| Domain | An area controlled by a ruler or government.A specific area of knowledge or work. | Play ▶ |
| Dominant | Most important, powerful, or influential; ruling or commanding.In genetics: an allele that produces the same phenotype regardless of its paired gene. | Play ▶ |
| Donate | Give to a charity or good cause. | Play ▶ |
| Dosage | The amount of medicine to be taken at one time. | Play ▶ |
| Drama | A play for the theater, radio, or television. | Play ▶ |
| Drastic | Likely to have a strong, far-reaching, or extreme effect; radical and severe.Extreme, sweeping, or acting with great violence or speed, such as major budget cuts or measures. | Play ▶ |
| Drift | To move slowly on water or in the air.To be pushed along by the wind or water. | Play ▶ |
| Drink | A single serving of a beverage.The act of [word]ing alcoholic beverages to excess. | Play ▶ |
| Driver | A person who drives a vehicle.A factor which causes a particular phenomenon. | Play ▶ |
| Dross | Worthless or dangerous material that should be removed.The condition of being impure. | Play ▶ |
| Dubious | Hesitating, skeptical, or fraught with uncertainty or doubt.Not to be relied upon; suspect, fishy, or open to suspicion and doubt. | Play ▶ |
| Duchess | The wife or widow of a duke.To court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously. | Play ▶ |
| Ductile | Easily influenced.Susceptible to being led or directed. | Play ▶ |
| Durable | Able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; hard-wearing, sturdy, and long-lasting.In economics: a consumer good that is useful over a long period, typically more than a year. | Play ▶ |
| Duties | Things you must do for your job or because it is right.Jobs that you have to do. | Play ▶ |
| Dwell | To live, reside, or stay as a permanent resident in a house or region.To think, speak, or write at length about a particular subject, especially something negative. | Play ▶ |
| Dynamic | Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.A force that stimulates change or progress within a system. | Play ▶ |
| Eager | Strongly wanting to do or have something; keen, enthusiastic, and impatient.A sudden, high, and potentially dangerous wave caused by a tidal flow in an estuary. | Play ▶ |
| Earned | Got money by working.Got something because you worked hard for it. | Play ▶ |
| Earth | The planet on which we live.The soil or dirt on the ground. | Play ▶ |
| Earthy | Looking or smelling like dirt or soil.Simple, natural, and honest. | Play ▶ |
| Eccentric | A person with an unconventional, unusual, or odd personality or behavior.Of a circle or orbit: not placed centrally or deviating from a perfect circular path. | Play ▶ |
| Edited | Fixed or changed a text or video.Corrected mistakes in writing. | Play ▶ |
| Editor | A person who checks and fixes writing before it is printed.Someone who prepares a book or newspaper for printing. | Play ▶ |
| Effect | A change that happens because of something else.The result of an action. | Play ▶ |
| Efficacy | The ability or capacity to produce a desired, intended, or successful result.Effectiveness, productiveness, or potency in achieving an objective. | Play ▶ |
| Effort | A vigorous or determined attempt.The result of an attempt. | Play ▶ |
| Elaborate | Presenting many carefully arranged parts or details; highly intricate, complex, or rich.To add more details, information, or explanations to an account, story, or idea. | Play ▶ |
| Elect | An exclusive group of people.Selected by a vote for an office or membership. | Play ▶ |
| Elegant | Refined, tasteful, and graceful in appearance, style, movement, or behavior.Pleasingly simple, ingenious, and effective, such as a mathematical proof or code. | Play ▶ |
| Element | A part or aspect of something abstract.A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances. | Play ▶ |
| Elements | The fundamental, abstract, or essential parts of which anything is composed.Severe, rough, or violent weather, viewed as caused by the forces of nature. | Play ▶ |
| Eligible | Qualified for, allowed, or worthy of being chosen or selected under established rules.Desirable or suitable as a marriage partner, typically due to wealth, status, or charm. | Play ▶ |
| Eliminate | To completely remove, get rid of, or do away with a factor, error, or substance.To defeat and remove a competitor or team from a tournament or contest. | Play ▶ |
| Eloquent | Fluent, persuasive, and highly effective in speaking or writing.Clearly expressing or indicating something, such as an emotional state or feeling, without words. | Play ▶ |
| Emblem | A picture or object used to represent an idea or group. | Play ▶ |
| Embody | Represent a quality or idea in a clear physical form. | Play ▶ |
| Embrace | To clasp, hold, or fold another person in one's arms as a sign of affection or greeting.To accept or support a belief, theory, or change willingly, eagerly, and enthusiastically. | Play ▶ |
| Emerge | To move out of, or away from, something and come into full view from concealment.To arise, occur, or come into existence as a result of a process or event. | Play ▶ |
| Emphasis | Special importance, value, or prominence given to a particular subject or thing.Vigor, intensity, or weight of expression given to an action or statement. | Play ▶ |
| Empirical | Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.Capable of being proven, tested, or disproven through scientific trial and measurement. | Play ▶ |
| Employ | To pay someone to work for you.To use something. | Play ▶ |
| Emulate | To match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation out of admiration.To reproduce or imitate the function of another computer, device, or program using hardware or software. | Play ▶ |
| Enable | To make someone able to do something. | Play ▶ |
| Enclosed | Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.Introduce. | Play ▶ |
| Endure | To suffer patiently, remain firm, or undergo pain or hardship without giving up.To continue to exist, last, or remain stable over a very long duration or despite obstacles. | Play ▶ |
| Energy | The power you need to do things and be active.Power from electricity, gas, or the sun. | Play ▶ |
| Engine | A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.A thing that is the agent or instrument of a particular process. | Play ▶ |
| Enhance | To intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of something.To make better, richer, or more attractive in appearance or performance. | Play ▶ |
| Enlarged | Made bigger in size or amount. | Play ▶ |
| Enormous | Extraordinarily large in size, extent, amount, power, scale, or degree; huge.Vast, massive, or exceeding standard limits by a wide margin. | Play ▶ |
| Enquire | To ask for information from someone; to query or seek details.To conduct a formal search, systematic investigation, or study of a situation. | Play ▶ |
| Enrich | Make better or improve in quality.Make better or improve in quality. | Play ▶ |
| Entail | Land received by fee tail.Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result. | Play ▶ |
| Entire | With no part left out.Not broken or damaged. | Play ▶ |
| Entity | A thing with a distinct, independent, and separate existence, whether living or non-living.An abstract or real concept that has its own unique identity and properties. | Play ▶ |
| Epitome | A person or thing that is a perfect, standard, or typical example of a particular quality or type.A summary, abstract, or brief condensation of a written work, book, or speech. | Play ▶ |
| Equation | A mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions using symbols.The process of equating or balancing one thing with another, making them equal. | Play ▶ |
| Erect | To build something like a building or a wall.Standing straight up. | Play ▶ |
| Erode | To gradually wear away, disintegrate, or destroy rock, soil, or material by wind, water, or other natural agents.To slowly diminish, weaken, or undermine a value, authority, confidence, or position. | Play ▶ |
| Erratic | Not even or regular in pattern, movement, or behavior; highly unpredictable.Having no fixed, steady, or certain course; wandering or straying. | Play ▶ |
| Escape | Get away from danger or confinement. | Play ▶ |
| Essence | The intrinsic nature, core, or indispensable quality of something, especially abstract, that determines its character.An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant, drug, or food, containing its properties in a high degree. | Play ▶ |
| Estate | All the money and property owned by a person.A large area of land in the country. | Play ▶ |
| Estimate | An approximate calculation or judgment of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.A written statement indicating the likely cost of a proposed job or service. | Play ▶ |
| Eternal | Lasting or existing forever; without beginning or end; infinite in time.Seemingly endless or tiresomely long, especially due to monotony or delay. | Play ▶ |
| Ethical | Relating to moral principles, standards of conduct, or the philosophical study of ethics.Avoiding harm, deceit, or unfairness, and adhering to strict moral principles of justice. | Play ▶ |
| Ethics | Ideas about what is right and wrong behavior.The study of right and wrong. | Play ▶ |
| Ethnic | Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; - J.F.Kennedy.Of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors. | Play ▶ |
| Evacuate | To remove people from a dangerous, threatened, or unsafe place to a safer location.To empty completely, remove contents, or discharge waste from a container or organ. | Play ▶ |
| Events | Something that happens at a given place and time.A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory. | Play ▶ |
| Evident | Plain, clear, or obvious to the mind, judgment, or senses; easily perceived.Discernible, visible, or capable of being easily noticed by an observer. | Play ▶ |
| Evolve | To develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.To gain, grow, or work out a plan, idea, or pattern through experience or time. | Play ▶ |
| Examine | To look at something carefully.To test someone's knowledge or health. | Play ▶ |
| Exceed | To be greater in number, size, scope, or degree than a specified standard, limit, or expectation.To excel, be superior to, or perform better than a standard or rival. | Play ▶ |
| Excerpt | A short passage, quote, or extract selected from a larger written work, book, film, or piece of music.To take, copy, or extract a passage from a literary work for citation or study. | Play ▶ |
| Exclude | To deny someone or something access to a place, group, or privilege; to keep out.To rule out, except, or eliminate a possibility or factor from consideration. | Play ▶ |
| Execute | To carry out, perform, or put a plan, decision, law, or command into active effect.To carry out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person. | Play ▶ |
| Exempt | Free from a rule, duty, or payment that applies to others. | Play ▶ |
| Exert | Put to use.Have and exercise. | Play ▶ |
| Exhaust | To drain someone of their physical or mental strength; to tire out completely.Waste gases or steam ejected from an engine, pipe, or system during operation. | Play ▶ |
| Exhibit | An object, document, or piece of evidence produced in a court of law to be referred to during a trial.A public display of art, historic items, or goods, typically in a gallery or museum. | Play ▶ |
| Exile | When someone is forced to leave their country.To send someone away from their home country. | Play ▶ |
| Exotic | Originating in, or characteristic of, a distant, foreign, or tropical country; not native.Strikingly strange, unusual, mysterious, or glamorous in appearance or behavior. | Play ▶ |