📘 30 High-Scoring Academic Vocabulary Words for IELTS Band 8+ – Theme-Wise List
Want to boost your IELTS Writing and Speaking scores with top-notch vocabulary?
These 30 theme-based academic words are ideal for Task 2 essays, Task 1 reports, and Speaking Part 3 answers. Mastering these words will elevate your tone, precision, and fluency, helping you impress the examiner and get closer to Band 8+.
🎓 Vocabulary List (Grouped by Theme)
1. Government, Law & Order
- Abrogate – Refers to repealing laws or agreements
- Accede – Accepting treaties or demands
- Abet – Helping in wrongdoing or crime
- Abeyance – Legal suspension or temporary halt
- Abscond – Escaping the law or avoiding arrest
- Absolution – Formal release from guilt or punishment
- Absolve – Declaring someone innocent
2. Health & Lifestyle
- Ablution – Acts of washing, linked to hygiene
- Ablutions – Daily cleanliness or religious washing rituals
- Abstemious – Self-disciplined eating or drinking habits
- Abstain – Avoidance of indulgences, often in health/diet topics
3. Education & Learning
- Abbreviate – Used in academic writing or note-taking
- Abstract – Common in essays and academic articles
- Abstruse – Describes difficult or complex academic ideas
- Accessible – Easy to understand – often used for learning material
- Accentuate – To highlight, useful in writing or presentation tips
4. Society & Morality
- Abhor – Strong moral dislike, used in ethics or value judgments
- Abjure – Renounce beliefs, fits discussions on social/cultural change
- Abnegate – Self-denial, moral or ethical choices
- Abnegation – Giving up comforts, moral choices for the greater good
5. Environment
- Abate – Common with environmental issues (e.g., pollution abates)
- Abundant – Used to describe natural resources or biodiversity
- Abysmal – Extremely bad (e.g., air quality, environmental neglect)
6. Economy & Development
- Accelerate – Growth, innovation, or progress in the economy
- Accommodate – Adjusting to new changes in economic structures
7. Culture & Recognition
- Aberrant – Cultural deviation or outliers in social behavior
- Aberration – Atypical behavior or opinions
- Accolade – Praise or awards in artistic or academic fields
- Absurd – Cultural or societal irrationality
- Abject – Describes poverty or suffering in society
🧠 Example Sentences
- Abate: The government introduced new policies to abate air pollution in urban centers.
- Accentuate: Good visuals accentuate your main arguments in an IELTS presentation.
- Abstain: Candidates were advised to abstain from processed foods during the health campaign.
- Abnegate: Leaders are expected to abnegate personal comfort for public welfare.
- Absurd: The claim that climate change is a hoax is both scientifically unfounded and absurd.
🎯 Practice Questions
- Choose the best word to complete the sentence:
“The environmental ministry introduced measures to ______ noise pollution.”
A) Abet B) Abate C) Abjure D) Absolve
Answer: B) Abate - What does ‘Abnegation’ most closely refer to?
A) Self-indulgence B) Ethical laziness C) Giving up comforts for a cause D) Irrational behavior
Answer: C) Giving up comforts for a cause - Which word means ‘praise or formal recognition’?
A) Abject B) Accolade C) Abstract D) Abysmal
Answer: B) Accolade
💬 Use These Words in IELTS Writing
Incorporate academic terms like abrogate, abstain, abhor, and accelerate into your IELTS essays and discussions. These demonstrate lexical resources and topic-specific vocabulary.
Sample Usage:
“To accelerate economic development, the government must first abrogate outdated regulations that hinder innovation.”
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