Buku Pintar Ielts Vocabulary PDF
Buku Pintar Ielts Vocabulary PDF
Kemampuan berbahasa Inggris menjadi salah satu syarat utama untuk bekerja atau
melanjutkan studi di luar negeri. Salah satu tes yang digunakan untuk mengetahui
tingkat kemampuan berbahasa Inggris seseorang adalah IELTS. Tak ayal, bukubuku mengenai tips dan strategi menghadapi tes IELTS menjamur di berbagai
toko buku.
Namun, mayoritas buku-buku IELTS di pasaran hanya menitikberatkan pada soalsoal latihan dan bukan pada vocabulary. Karena itulah, buku ini hadir
menyuguhkan kepada Anda kosakata penting IELTS dilengkapi latihan yang
komprehensif. Dengan format penyusunan buku seperti ini, diharapkan kata-kata
tersebut dapat diingat secara alami tanpa harus dihafalkan.
Mempelajari kosakata yang ada di buku ini bukan hanya membantu Anda sukses
mendapatkan nilai IELTS yang tinggi. Lebih dari itu, ratusan vocabulary yang
disajikan di dalamnya sangat bermanfaat untuk memahami bahasa Inggris, baik
dalam dunia pendidikan, kerja, maupun sebagai latihan percakapan sehari-hari.
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Biografi Penulis
Beberapa profesi dijalani penulis selama menetap di UK. Mulai dari seorang
pegawai sebuah perusahaan distributor di daerah Arsenal, London Utara sampai
menjadi staf pada sebuah drugstore di daerah Fulham, London Selatan. Pekerjaan
lain yang penulis geluti adalah sebagai chef di sebuah take-away restaurant di
kawasan yang tak jauh dari markas klub sepakbola Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
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Contents
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Chapter 1
City & Town
No.
1
Word/Phrase
Amenity
Explanation
something such as a swimming pool
or shopping center, that is intended to
make life more pleasant or
comfortable for the people in a town,
or other place
Block of Flats
Breed Crime
Building Sites
Central Business District (CBD) the main part of a city where most of
its offices, stores are located
City Dweller
Congested
Congestion Charge
Cosmopolitan City
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Cost of Living
11
Cultural Event
12
Drug Abuse
13
Employment
14
Housing Estates
15
Infrastructure
16
Inner-City
17
Melting Pot
18
Metropolis
19
Peak Hours
20
Pedestrian Precinct
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Pollution
22
Population Explosion
23
Poverty
24
Premises
25
Urban Lifestyle
26
Urban Sprawl
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Chapter 2
Country & Village
No Word/Phras
.
27
Explanation
e
Acre
28
Arable Land
29
Barley
a tall plant grown for its grain, or the grain from this plant
which is used for food
30
31
Country
32
Countryside
33
Cultivation
34
35
36
Facility
37
Hectare
38
Migration
39
Oats
a tall plant grown for its grain, or the grain from this plant
used for food
40
Outskirts
41
Pesticide
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Property
43
Prospect
44
Resident
45
Residential
46
Rural
47
Suburb
48
49
Wheat
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Chapter 3
Ownership & Borrowing
No. Word/Phrase
Explanation
50
Belonging
51
Donation
52
Landlady
53
Landlord
54
Landowner
55
Loan
56
Mortgage
57
Owner
58
Possession
59
Proprietor
60
Rent
61
Tenant
62
To Lease
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Chapter 4
Technology
No. Word/Phrase
63
Breakthrough
Explanation
an important discovery or event that helps to improve a
situation or provide an answer to a problem
64
Chemistry
65
Cybernetics
66
Development
67
Discovery
68
Engineering
69
Experiment
70
Genetic
71
Genetic
Engineering
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72
Hardware
73
Innovation
74
Invention
75
76
77
Life
Expectancy
Molecular
Biology
Nuclear
78
Physics
79
Research
80
Safeguard
81
Science
82
Software
83
Technophile
84
Technophobe
85
To React
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Chapter 5
Obligation & Option
No.
Word/Phrase
Explanation
86
Compulsory
87
Forced
88
Liable For
89
Mandatory
90
Obliged
91
Optional
92
Required
93
To Exempt
94
Voluntary
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Chapter 6
Arts
No.
Word/Phrase
Explanation
95
Author
96
Autobiography
97
Ballet
98
Biography
99
Collection
100
Concert
101
Exhibition
102
Gallery
103
Novel
104
Novelist
105
Opera
106
Performance
107
Play
108
Poetry
109
Portrait
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110
Publication
111
Review
112
Sculptor
113
Sculpture
114
Still Life
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Chapter 7
Geography
No.
Word/Phrase
Explanation
115 Bank
116 Beach
117 Cape
118 Cliff
119 Climate
120 Coast
121 Coastline
122 Conurbation
123 Country
124 Delta
125 Diverse
126 Fertile
127 Flat
128 Glacier
129 Highlands
130 Hill
131 Hilly
132 Lane
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133 Mountain
134 Mountainous
135 Mouth
136 Ocean
137 Peak
138 Peninsula
139 Plateau
140 Ridge
141 Shore
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body
of water
142 Source
143 Stream
144 Summit
145 Track
146 Tributary
147 Valley
148 Vegetation
149 Waterfall
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Chapter 8
Men & Women
No.
Word/Phrase
150 Astute
Explanation
having or showing an ability to accurately assess
situations or people and turn this to ones advantage
153 Child-Rearing
154 Egalitarian
155 Equality
156 Exploitation
158 Household
159 Housework
160 Male
Chauvinist
162 Multifaceted
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165 Second-Class
Citizens
166 Sex
Discrimination
Act
167 Sex Object
168 Sexist
169 Stereotype
170 To Cohabit
171 To
Discriminate
172 Unisex
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Chapter 9
Education
No.
Word/Phrase
174
Bursary
Explanation
an amount of money given to a person by an organization,
such as a university, to pay for them to study
175
Course
176
177
Further
Education
Grant
178
179
Higher
Education
180
Literacy
181
Mature
Student
usual age
182
Numeracy
183
Nursery
184
Opportunity
185
Playschool
186
187
Primary
School
or an elementary school
Programme
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188
Scholarship
189
Secondary
a high school
School
190
Skill
191
To Sit the
Examination
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Chapter 10
Business & Industry
No. Word/Phrase
192 Automation
Explanation
the use or introduction of automatic equipment in a
manufacturing or other process or facility
193 Deficit
194 Demand
195 GDP
196 GNP
198 Private
199 Recession
200 Revenue
202 Supply
203 To Employ
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204 To Export
205 To Import
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Chapter 11
Social Tension
No.
Word/Phrase
206 Asylum
Explanation
the protection granted by a state to someone who has left
their home country as a political refugee
207 Blackleg
208 Community
209 Discriminati
on
210 Disparate
211 Dissident
212 Ethnic
Cleansing
213 Exploitation
214 Genocide
215 Harassment
216 Homeless
217 Human
Rights
218 Intimidation
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219 Itinerant
220 MultiCultural
221 Multi-Racial
222 Outcast
223 Poverty
224 Power
Struggle
225 Prejudice
226 Racism
227 Rebel
228 Refugee
229 Riot
230 Sectarian
231 Squatter
232 Unorthodox
233 Unrest
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Chapter 12
Natural Disaster
No. Word/Phrase
234 Accident
Explanation
something bad that happens that is not expected or
intended and that often damages something or injures
someone
235 Casualty
236 Devastation
237 Disease
238 Drought
239 Epidemic
240 Eruption
241 Explosion
242 Famine
243 Flood
244 Hardship
245 Homeless
246 Hurricane
247 Illness
248 Injured
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249 Plague
250 Relief
251 Suffering
252 Survivor
253 Torrential
254 Typhoon
255 Victim
256 Volcano
257 Wounded
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Chapter 13
Money & Finance
No.
Word/Phrase
258 Allowance
Explanation
a sum of money paid regularly to a person to meet needs
or expenses
259 Bank
account
260 Bank
statement
261 Bankrupt
having no money
262 Bargain
263 Broke
264 Building
society
265 Cash
266 Cheque
267 Corporation
Tax
268 Cost of living
270 Currency
271 Current
account
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272 Customs
273 Debt
274 Deflation
275 Deposit
276 Deposit
account
277 Discount
278 Dividend
279 Economical
281 Exorbitant
unreasonably high
282 Expenditure
283 Extravagant
284 Frugal
286 Inflation
287 Inheritance
tax
288 Inland
Revenue
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289 Interest
290 Investment
291 Loan
292 Loss
293 Mortgage
294 Negative
Equity
295 On credit
296 Overdraft
297 Overdrawn
298 Overpriced
299 Priceless
300 Profit
301 Receipt
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302 Reduction
303 Shares
304 Social
Security
305 Stocks
306 To borrow
307 To credit
308 To debit
309 To
Economise
310 To invest
311 To lend
312 To save
313 To withdraw
314 Wealthy
315 Worthless
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Chapter 14
Travel
No.
Word/Phras
Explanation
e
316 Bed and
Breakfast
317 Cruise
318 Culture
Shock
319 Ecotourism
320 Emigration
321 Excursion
322 Expatriate
323 Full-Board
324 Half-Board
Tourism
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328 Overnight
Bag
(Latin)
330 Refugee
331 Safari
332 Self-
Catering
333 Short-Haul
Flight
334 Sightseeing
Holiday
335 Suitcase
336 To
Acclimatise
337 To Deport
338 To
Disembark
339 Travel
Agency
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Chapter 15
Environment
No.
Word/Phrase
Explanation
rain that contains large amounts of harmful
chemicals as a result of burning substances such as
coal and oil
342 Captivity
346 Conservation
347 Degradation
348 Ecosystem
349 Emission
350 Endangered
Species
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351 Environmentalist
352 Erosion
353 Extinct
no longer in existence
355 Genetically
Modified (GM)
356 Global Warming
359 Overfishing
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363 To Recycle
364 To Reuse
365 Waste
367 Wildlife
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Chapter 16
Healthcare
No.
Word/Phrase
368 Aromatherap
y
369 Artery
Explanation
the use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils for
healing and cosmetic purposes
one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to
other parts of the body
370 Arthritis
371 Blood
the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart,
and carries oxygen and important substances to organs
and tissue, and removes waste products
372 Blood
Pressure
373 Cancer
374 Cholesterol
375 Circulation
376 Consultant
377 Curable
able to be cured
378 Cutback
379 Diet
380 Disorder
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381 Holistic
Medicine
treatment that deals with the whole person, not just the
injury or disease
382 Illness
383 Immune-
System
384 Incurable
385 Infection
386 Inflammation
387 Joint
388 Mental Health the condition of someone's mind and the fact that they are
suffering from any mental illness or not
389 Mineral
390 Muscle
one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax
to produce movement
391 Operating
Theatre
392 Overweight
393 Pill
394 Prescription
395 Prevention
396 Protein
397 Remedy
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398 Rheumatism
399 Specialist
400 Strain
401 Stress-related
402 Substance
403 Surgeon
404 Surgery
405 Tablet
406 Therapeutic
407 Therapy
408 To Cure
409 To Relieve
410 Underfunding
411 Virus
412 Vitamin
413 Vulnerable
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415 WHO
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Chapter 17
Crime & Law
No.
Word/Phrase
416 Attorney
Explanation
a person, typically a lawyer, appointed to act for another
in business or legal matters
417 Barrister
418 Burglar
419 Burglary
420 Conviction
421 Court
422 Deed
423 Defendant
424 Deterrent
425 Espionage
426 Evidence
427 Forger
428 Forgery
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429 Hijacker
430 Hooligan
431 Hooliganism
432 Innocent
433 Judge
434 Jury
435 Law-Abiding
436 Lawyer
437 Lenient
438 Misdeed
439 Murder
440 Murderer
441 Offender
442 Parole
443 Piracy
444 Pirate
445 Proof
446 Punishment
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447 Rape
448 Rapist
449 Retribution
450 Revenge
451 Robber
452 Robbery
453 Shoplifter
454 Shoplifting
455 Smuggler
456 Solicitor
457 Spy
458 Statement
459 Terrorism
460 Terrorist
461 To Accuse
462 To Acquit
463 To Admit
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464 To Arrest
465 To Charge
466 To Convict
467 To Deny
468 To Hijack
469 To Prosecute
470 To Punish
471 To Rearrest
472 To Reform
473 To
Rehabilitate
474 To Release
475 To Sentence
476 Vandal
477 Vandalism
478 Victim
479 Witness
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480 Wrongdoer
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Chapter 18
Family
No.
Word/Phrase
481 Adolescence
Explanation
the period of time in a person's life when they are
developing into an adult
484 Childcare
485 Dependant
486 Divorced
487 Juvenile
Delinquency
488 Kin
489 Lenient
490 Minor
491 Relationship
492 Relative
493 Sibling
a brother or sister
494 Single-Parent
495 Split Up
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496 Supervision
497 To Abuse
498 To Nurture
499 To Rear Up
500 Upbringing
501 Well-Adjusted
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Chapter 19
Food & Diet
No.
Word/Phrase
502 Anorexia
Explanation
a serious illness often resulting in dangerous weight
loss, in which a person does not eat, or eats too
little, for psychological reasons
503 Anorexic
504 Bulimia
505 Calorie
506 Carbohydrate
507 Cholesterol
508 Consumption
511 Fat
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512 Fibre
513 Food
515 GM
516 Malnourished
517 Malnutrition
518 Mineral
519 Monounsaturated
Fat
520 Nutrition
521 Nutritional
relating to nutrition
522 Nutritionist
523 Nutritious
524 Obese
extremely fat
525 Overweight
526 Polyunsaturated
Fat
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527 Protein
528 Roughage
fibre
529 Salmonella
531 Scarcity
532 To Consume
533 Underweight
535 Vegan
536 Vegetarian
537 Vitamin
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Chapter 20
On The Road
No.
Word/Phrase
Explanation
a place on a road that is considered to be dangerous
because several accidents have happened there
539 Bollard
540 Brake
541 Carriageway
542 Central
Reservation
543 Congestion
544 Crossroads
545 Diesel
546 Drink-
Driving
547 Fatality
the blood
a death caused by an accident or by violence, or someone
who has died in either of these ways
548 Fine
549 Hard
Shoulder
550 Highway
551 Highway
Code
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552 Injury
553 Junction
554 Kerb
555 Lorry
556 Motorway
557 Pavement
558 Pedestrian
559 Pedestrian
Crossing
560 Pelican
Crossing
562 Speeding
563 To
Accelerate
564 To Cut In
565 To Dominate
566 To Overtake
567 To Skid
568 To Subsidise
569 To Swerve
570 Traffic
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572 Van
573 Zebra
Crossing
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Chapter 21
Architecture
No.
Word/Phrase
574 Architect
Explanation
a person whose job is to design new buildings and
make certain that they are built correctly
a style of decoration that was especially popular in
576 Attic
577 Basement
578 Bungalow
579 Castle
580 Cellar
581 Concrete
582 Cottage
583 Derelict
584
Detached
House
585 Elegant
586
EnergyEfficient
587 Eyesore
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588 Faade
590 Foundations
591 Glass
593 High-Tech
594 Low-Cost
595 Maisonette
597 Mansion
598 Palace
599 Porch
600 Prefabricated
601 Preservation
602 Renovation
603 Roof
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604
605
606
Semi-Detached
house
Shopping
Centre
Shopping Mall
(US)
not allowed
607 Skyscraper
608 Slum
609 Staircase
610 Steel
611 Stone
612
Terraced
House
by shared walls
613 Timber
614 To Construct
615 Well-Designed
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Chapter 22
Politics
No.
Word/Phrase
Explanation
618 Bureaucracy
619 Bureaucrat
620 By-Election
621 Candidate
622 Constituency
623 Democracy
624 Dictatorship
625 Election
626 Embassy
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627 General
Election
628 House
629 Ideology
630 Independenc
e
631 Mayor
632 Member of
Parliament
(MP)
633 Monarchy
634 Opposition
strong disagreement
635 Parliament
636 Party
637 Policy
638 Referendum
639 Representati
ve
640 Republic
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641 Revolution
642 Sanctions
643 Scandal
644 Technocrats
646 To Elect
647 To Vote
648 Totalitarian
649 VicePresident
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Chapter 23
Work
No.
Word/Phrase
650
Blue-Collar
Explanation
describes people who do work needing strength or
physical skill rather than office work
651
Candidate
652
Demanding
653
Employee
654
Employer
655
Firing
656
Fixed-
Income
657
Hiring
658
Incentive
659
Increment
660
Industry
661
Interviewee
662
Interviewer
663
Job Security
664
Leave
665
Manual
Worker
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666
667
Manufacturi
ng Industry
Overtime
668
Pay Rise
669
Pension
671
Promotion
672
Recruitment
673
Salary
Self-
Employed
675
Semi-Skilled
676
Service
Industry
Sickness
Benefit
Steady Job
674
677
678
Unskilled
680
Wage
681
White-Collar
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