Enhance your IELTS score with high-level words for formal writing and confident speaking.

C1 IELTS Vocabulary for Academic and Speaking Success

Meaning: To make a problem or situation less severe.  Example: Improving public transportation can alleviate traffic congestion in major cities.

Meaning: Causing harm or damage. Example: Overreliance on technology can have detrimental effects on children’s social skills

Meaning: Reasonable or likely to be true. Example: It is plausible that renewable energy will eventually replace fossil fuels

Meaning: To make a bad situation or problem worse.  Example: Deforestation exacerbates the effects of climate change.

Meaning: To a great extent; significantly.
Example: Living costs have substantially increased over the past decade.

Meaning: An idea, belief, or concept. Example: The notion that money brings happiness is often debated in society

Meaning: To weaken or reduce the effectiveness of something. Example: Corruption can undermine the trust people have in their government.

Meaning: Able to work successfully or be effective. Example: Nuclear energy is seen by some as a viable alternative to fossil fuels

Meaning: Certain to happen; unavoidable. Example: With globalization, cultural exchange has become inevitable.

Meaning: To show that something or someone is involved in or connected to a situation (often negative). 
Example: The report implicated several companies in the illegal dumping of waste.