IELTS Academic High-Frequency Vocabulary
| abandon | 8 | assess | 1 | comment | 3 |
| abstract | 6 | assign | 6 | commission | 2 |
| academy | 5 | assist | 2 | commit | 4 |
| access | 4 | assume | 1 | commodity | 8 |
| accommodate | 9 | assure | 9 | communicate | 4 |
| accompany | 8 | attach | 6 | community | 2 |
| accumulate | 8 | attain | 9 | compatible | 9 |
| accurate | 6 | attitude | 4 | compensate | 3 |
| achieve | 2 | attribute | 4 | compile | 10 |
| acknowledge | 6 | author | 6 | complement | 8 |
| acquire | 2 | authority | 1 | complex | 2 |
| adapt | 7 | automate | 8 | component | 3 |
| adequate | 4 | available | 1 | compound | 5 |
| adjacent | 10 | aware | 5 | comprehensive | 7 |
| adjust | 5 | behalf | 9 | comprise | 7 |
| administrate | 2 | benefit | 1 | compute | 2 |
| adult | 7 | bias | 8 | conceive | 10 |
| advocate | 7 | bond | 6 | concentrate | 4 |
| affect | 2 | brief | 6 | concept | 1 |
| aggregate | 6 | bulk | 9 | conclude | 2 |
| aid | 7 | capable | 6 | concurrent | 9 |
| albeit | 10 | capacity | 5 | conduct | 2 |
| allocate | 6 | category | 2 | confer | 4 |
| alter | 5 | cease | 9 | confine | 9 |
| alternative | 3 | challenge | 5 | confirm | 7 |
| ambiguous | 8 | channel | 7 | conflict | 5 |
| amend | 5 | chapter | 2 | conform | 8 |
| analogy | 9 | chart | 8 | consent | 3 |
| analyse | 1 | chemical | 7 | consequent | 2 |
| annual | 4 | circumstance | 3 | considerable | 3 |
| anticipate | 9 | cite | 6 | consist | 1 |
| apparent | 4 | civil | 4 | constant | 3 |
| append | 8 | clarify | 8 | constitute | 1 |
| appreciate | 8 | classic | 7 | constrain | 3 |
| approach | 1 | clause | 5 | construct | 2 |
| appropriate | 2 | code | 4 | consult | 5 |
| approximate | 4 | coherent | 9 | consume | 2 |
| arbitrary | 8 | coincide | 9 | contact | 5 |
| area | 1 | collapse | 10 | contemporary | 8 |
| aspect | 2 | colleague | 10 | context | 1 |
| assemble | 10 | commence | 9 | contract | 1 |
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| contradict | 8 | | 8 | exceed | 6 |
| contrary | 7 | display | 6 | exclude | 3 |
| contrast | 4 | dispose | 7 | exhibit | 8 |
| contribute | 3 | distinct | 2 | expand | 5 |
| controversy | 9 | distort | 9 | expert | 6 |
| convene | 3 | distribute | 1 | explicit | 6 |
| converse | 9 | diverse | 6 | exploit | 8 |
| convert | 7 | document | 3 | export | 1 |
| convince | 10 | domain | 6 | expose | 5 |
| cooperate | 6 | domestic | 4 | external | 5 |
| coordinate | 3 | dominate | 3 | extract | 7 |
| core | 3 | draft | 5 | facilitate | 5 |
| corporate | 3 | drama | 8 | factor | 1 |
| correspond | 3 | duration | 9 | feature | 2 |
| couple | 7 | dynamic | 7 | federal | 6 |
| create | 1 | economy | 1 | fee | 6 |
| credit | 2 | edit | 6 | file | 7 |
| criteria | 3 | element | 2 | final | 2 |
| crucial | 8 | eliminate | 7 | finance | 1 |
| culture | 2 | emerge | 4 | finite | 7 |
| currency | 8 | emphasis | 3 | flexible | 6 |
| cycle | 4 | empirical | 7 | fluctuate | 8 |
| data | 1 | enable | 5 | focus | 2 |
| debate | 4 | encounter | 10 | format | 9 |
| decade | 7 | energy | 5 | formula | 1 |
| decline | 5 | enforce | 5 | forthcoming | 10 |
| deduce | 3 | enhance | 6 | foundation | 7 |
| define | 1 | enormous | 10 | found | 9 |
| definite | 7 | ensure | 3 | framework | 3 |
| demonstrate | 3 | entity | 5 | function | 1 |
| denote | 8 | environment | 1 | fund | 3 |
| deny | 7 | equate | 2 | fundamental | 5 |
| depress | 10 | equip | 7 | furthermore | 6 |
| derive | 1 | equivalent | 5 | gender | 6 |
| design | 2 | erode | 9 | generate | 5 |
| despite | 4 | error | 4 | generation | 5 |
| detect | 8 | establish | 1 | globe | 7 |
| deviate | 8 | estate | 6 | goal | 4 |
| device | 9 | estimate | 1 | grade | 7 |
| devote | 9 | ethic | 9 | grant | 4 |
| differentiate | 7 | ethnic | 4 | guarantee | 7 |
| dimension | 4 | evaluate | 2 | guideline | 8 |
| diminish | 9 | eventual | 8 | hence | 4 |
| discrete | 5 | evident | 1 | hierarchy | 7 |
| discriminate | 6 | evolve | 5 | highlight | 8 |
| contradict | 8 | displace | 8 | exceed | 6 |
| contrary | 7 | display | 6 | exclude | 3 |
| contrast | 4 | dispose | 7 | exhibit | 8 |
| contribute | 3 | distinct | 2 | expand | 5 |
| controversy | 9 | distort | 9 | expert | 6 |
| convene | 3 | distribute | 1 | explicit | 6 |
| converse | 9 | diverse | 6 | exploit | 8 |
| convert | 7 | document | 3 | export | 1 |
| convince | 10 | domain | 6 | expose | 5 |
| cooperate | 6 | domestic | 4 | external 5 |
| coordinate | 3 | dominate | 3 | extract | 7 |
| core | 3 | draft | 5 | facilitate | 5 |
| corporate | 3 | drama | 8 | factor | 1 |
| correspond | 3 | duration | 9 | feature | 2 |
| couple 7 | 7 | dynamic | 7 | federal | 6 |
| create | 1 | economy | 1 | fee | 6 |
| credit | 2 | edit | 6 | file | 7 |
| criteria | 3 | element | 2 | final | 2 |
| crucial | 8 | eliminate | 7 | finance | 1 |
| culture | 2 | emerge | 4 | finite | 7 |
| currency | 8 | emphasis | 3 | flexible | 6 |
| cycle | 4 | empirical | 7 | fluctuate | 8 |
| data | 1 | enable | 5 | focus | 2 |
| debate | 4 | encounter | 10 | format | 9 |
| decade | 7 | energy 5 | 5 | formula 1 | 1 |
| decline | 5 | enforce | 5 | forthcoming | 10 |
| deduce | 3 | enhance | 6 | foundation | 7 |
| define | 1 | enormous | 10 | found | 9 |
| definite | 7 | ensure | 3 | framework | 3 |
| demonstrate | 3 | entity | 5 | function | 1 |
| denote | 8 | environment | 1 | fund | 3 |
| deny | 7 | equate | 2 | fundamental | 5 |
| depress | 10 | equip | 7 | furthermore | 6 |
| derive | 1 | equivalent | 5 | gender | 6 |
| design | 2 | erode | 9 | generate | 5 |
| despite | 4 | error | 4 | generation | 5 |
| detect | 8 | establish | 1 | globe | 7 |
| deviate | 8 | estate | 6 | goal | 4 |
| device | 9 | estimate | 1 | grade | 7 |
| devote | 9 | ethic | 9 | grant | 4 |
| differentiate | 7 | ethnic | 4 | guarantee | 7 |
| dimension | 4 | evaluate 2 | 2 | guideline | 8 |
| diminish | 9 | eventual | 8 | hence | 4 |
| discrete | 5 | evident | 1 | hierarchy | 7 |
| discriminate | 6 | evolve | 5 | highlight | 8 |
| hypothesis | 4 | military | 9 | internal | 4 |
| identical | 7 | minimal | 9 | interpret | 1 |
| identify | 1 | minimise | 8 | interval | 6 |
| ideology | 7 | minimum | 6 | intervene | 7 |
| ignorance | 6 | ministry | 6 | intrinsic | 10 |
| illustrate | 3 | minor | 3 | invest | 2 |
| image | 5 | mode | 7 | investigate | 4 |
| immigrate | 3 | modify | 5 | invoke | 10 |
| impact | 2 | monitor | 5 | involve | 1 |
| implement | 4 | motive | 6 | isolate | 7 |
| implicate | 4 | mutual | 9 | issue | 1 |
| implicit | 8 | negate | 3 | item | 2 |
| imply | 3 | network | 5 | job | 4 |
| impose | 4 | neutral | 6 | journal | 2 |
| incentive | 6 | nevertheless | 6 | justify | 3 |
| incidence | 6 | nonetheless | 10 | label | 4 |
| incline | 10 | norm | 9 | labour | 1 |
| income | 1 | normal | 2 | layer | 3 |
| incorporate | 6 | notion | 5 | lecture | 6 |
| index | 6 | notwithstanding | 10 | legal | 1 |
| indicate | 1 | nuclear | 8 | legislate | 1 |
| individual | 1 | objective | 5 | levy | 10 |
| induce | 8 | obtain | 2 | liberal | 5 |
| inevitable | 8 | obvious | 4 | licence | 5 |
| infer | 7 | occupy | 4 | likewise | 10 |
| infrastructure | 8 | occur | 1 | link | 3 |
| inherent | 9 | odd | 10 | locate | 3 |
| inhibit | 6 | offset | 8 | logic | 5 |
| initial | 3 | ongoing | 10 | maintain | 2 |
| initiate | 6 | option | 4 | major | 1 |
| injure | 2 | orient 5 | 5 | manipulate | 8 |
| innovate | 7 | outcome | 3 | manual | 9 |
| input | 6 | output | 4 | margin | 5 |
| insert | 7 | overall | 4 | mature | 9 |
| insight | 9 | overlap | 9 | maximise | 3 |
| inspect | 8 | overseas | 6 | mechanism | 4 |
| instance | 3 | panel | 10 | media | 7 |
| institute | 2 | paradigm | 7 | mediate | 9 |
| instruct | 6 | paragraph | 8 | medical | 5 |
| integral | 9 | parallel | 4 | medium | 9 |
| integrate | 4 | parameter | 4 | mental | 5 |
| integrity | 10 | participate | 2 | method | 1 |
| intelligence | 6 | partner | 3 | migrate | 6 |
| intense | 8 | passive | 9 | percent | 1 |
| interact | 3 | perceive | 2 | intermediate | 9 |
| period | 1 | range | 2 | sequence | 3 |
| persist | 10 | ratio | 5 | series | 4 |
| perspective | 5 | rational | 6 | sex | 3 |
| phase | 4 | react | 3 | shift | 3 |
| phenomenon | 7 | recover | 6 | significant | 1 |
| philosophy | 3 | refine | 9 | similar | 1 |
| physical | 3 | regime | 4 | simulate | 7 |
| plus | 8 | region | 2 | site | 2 |
| policy | 1 | register | 3 | so-called | 10 |
| portion | 9 | regulate | 2 | sole | 7 |
| pose | 10 | reinforce | 8 | somewhat | 7 |
| positive | 2 | reject | 5 | source | 1 |
| potential | 2 | relax | 9 | specific | 1 |
| practitioner | 8 | release | 7 | specify | 3 |
| precede | 6 | relevant | 2 | sphere | 9 |
| precise | 5 | reluctance | 10 | stable | 5 |
| predict | 4 | rely | 3 | statistic | 4 |
| predominant | 8 | remove | 3 | status | 4 |
| preliminary | 9 | require | 1 | straightforward | 10 |
| presume | 6 | research | 1 | strategy | 2 |
| previous | 2 | reside | 2 | stress | 4 |
| primary | 2 | resolve | 4 | structure | 1 |
| prime | 5 | resource | 2 | style | 5 |
| principal | 4 | respond | 1 | submit | 7 |
| principle | 1 | restore | 8 | subordinate | 9 |
| prior | 4 | restrain | 9 | subsequent | 4 |
| priority | 7 | restrict | 2 | subsidy | 6 |
| proceed | 1 | retain | 4 | substitute | 5 |
| process | 1 | reveal | 6 | successor | 7 |
| professional | 4 | revenue | 5 | sufficient | 3 |
| prohibit | 7 | reverse | 7 | sum | 4 |
| project | 4 | revise | 8 | summary | 4 |
| promote | 4 | revolution | 9 | supplement | 9 |
| proportion | 3 | rigid | 9 | survey | 2 |
| prospect | 8 | role | 1 | survive | 7 |
| protocol | 9 | route | 9 | suspend | 9 |
| psychology | 5 | scenario | 9 | sustain | 5 |
| publication | 7 | schedule | 8 | symbol | 5 |
| publish | 3 | scheme | 3 | tape | 6 |
| purchase | 2 | scope | 6 | target | 5 |
| pursue | 5 | section | 1 | task | 3 |
| qualitative | 9 | sector | 1 | team | 9 |
| quote | 7 | secure | 2 | technical | 3 |
| radical | 8 | seek | 2 | technique | 3 |
| random | 8 | select | 2 | technology | 3 |
| temporary | 9 |
| tense | 8 |
| terminate | 8 |
| text | 2 |
| theme | 8 |
| theory | 1 |
| thereby | 8 |
| thesis | 7 |
| topic | 7 |
| trace | 6 |
| tradition | 2 |
| transfer | 2 |
| transform | 6 |
| transit | 5 |
| transmit | 7 |
| transport | 6 |
| trend | 5 |
| trigger | 9 |
| ultimate | 7 |
| undergo | 10 |
| underlie | 6 |
| undertake | 4 |
| uniform | 8 |
| unify | 9 |
| unique | 7 |
| utilise | 6 |
| valid | 3 |
| vary | 1 |
| vehicle | 8 |
| version | 5 |
| via | 8 |
| violate | 9 |
| virtual | 8 |
| visible | 7 |
| vision | 9 |
| visual | 8 |
| volume | 3 |
| voluntary | 7 |
| welfare | 5 |
| whereas | 5 |
| whereby | 10 |
| widespread | 8 |
