Band 7 vocabulary for IELTS – Core list 1 – 5
Core list 1
- More : Immense, Plenty, Myriad, Copious
- Think : Contemplate, Ponder, Envisage
- Continuous : Perpetual, Instantaneous,
- Incredible : Awesome, fantastic
- fool, people who can easily be cheated : Gullible, Naive
- Threatening : Appalling, Formidable
- Something which can cause death : fatal, lethal
- Option :Alternative, Surrogate
- Repair : Amend, Rectify
- Reduce : Mitigate, Diminish
Core list 2
- Native : Indigenous, Aboriginal
- One who does not accept modernity : Orthodox, Conservative
- Compulsory : Obligatory, Mandatory
- Emphasize : highlight, to give importance to something
- Belief : Notion, Creed
- Something or someone which can easily be broken :Vulnerable, Fragile
- Merely : just
- Useful : handy
- Practical : Pragmatic, feasible
- Examine :Scrutinize, Observe
Core list 3
- Get : obtain, acquire
- Tired : Enervate, Exhausted, fed up
- Stop : Deter, Prevent
- Shout : Yell, exclaim, scream
- leave : Give up
- Skillful : Agile, nimble, dexterous
- Fight :Combat, battle,
- Achieve : Accomplish
- carelessly : Recklessly, impulsively
- Carefully : Meticulously, scrupulously, Painstakingly
Core list 4
- One who eats everything : Omnivores
- One who devours flesh of other animals : Carnivores
- One who solely depends on herbs, fruits and vegetables : Herbivores
- Animals : fauna
- Plants :Flora
- One who gives birth to young ones :Mammals – animals, human
- One who lays eggs : birds, avian
- One who can live in water as well as on land : Amphibians – Frogs
- One who creeps on grounds : Reptiles – snake, crocodile, python
Core list 5
- Important : Significant, Vital, Core
- Direct : Explicit
- Indirect : Implicit
- Lawful : legitimate, Authentic
- Restrict : Captive, Confine
- Accept : Acknowledge, Concede
- Slow : Sluggish, linger
- To put something at risk : Jeopardize
- Suffer :Endure, Tolerate, Bear
- Concentrate : Pay attention, Heed
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