IELTS Vocabulary - IELTS Reading Vocabulary With Meaning

Cambridge 14 Reading Test 1

The importance of children’s place reading passage vocabulary, The growth of bike-sharing schemes around the world reading passage vocabulary, Motivational factors and the hospitality industry reading passage vocabulary.

            Word                                          Meaning

  • Kingdom –             a country, state, or territory  ruled by a king or queen
  • Imagine –               foam a mental image
  • Fairy – tale –          a story that is about fairies, magic etc.
  • Gallant –                 brave, heroic
  • Intellectual –          a person’s ability to think in a logical way
  • Crucial –                 extremely important
  • Extol –                    praise enthusiastically
  • Curtail –                 reduce in quantity
  • Initiate –                begin a process or action
  • Intervene –           come between so as to prevent or alter a result
  • Evidence –            information indicating a truth
  • Toddler –             a young child who is just beginning to walk
  • Predictor –          a person or thing that predicts future
  • Stimulus –           a thing that arouses activity
  • Consumerism –  a situation in which too much attention is given to buying or owning things
  • Elaborate –         develop or present something in detail
  • Unanimously –    with the agreement of all people involved
  • Glorious –            bringing fame or having a striking beauty
  • Sturdy –               a person or their body strongly and solidly built
  • Conspicuous –   clearly visible
  • Rack –                 a framework for holding or storing things
  • Decisive –           having or showing ability to take decisions quickly
  • Optimistic –       hopeful and confident about the future
  • Superior –          of high standard and quality
  • Emphasize –       lay stress on a word or phrase
  • Managerial –       relating to management or managers
  • Enhance –            intensify or increase something
  • Predisposition –  tendency to suffer from a particular condition
  • Hypothesis –       a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.