IELTS Practice Tests and Preparation Tips
Accomplish (verb) Accomplish means achieve, produce, bring about, realize, execute etc. Accomplish antonyms: fail, fall short, give up, forsake, miss the mark etc. Accomplished (adjective) Accomplished means achieved, consummated, realized, completed and established. Accomplished...
Accompany (verb) To accompany someone is to go along with them. Other meanings: escort, go in company with Accompaniment (noun) An accompaniment is something that adds to or improves something else. Accompanist Usage note...
Accommodate (verb) To accommodate someone with something is to help them. Accommodate can also mean adapt, adjust, fit, conform, modify or hamornise. Spelling tip The word accommodate has two c’s and two m’s. Accommodating...
Accident Accident can mean chance, luck, good fortune, fortuity etc. Accident can also mean crash, collision, mishap, piece of misfortune etc. Accidental (adjective) Accidental can mean unplanned, unintentional, uncalculated, unforeseen, unexpected, fortuitous etc. Acclaim...
Access Access is a way of getting to someone or something. Accessible (adjective) If someone or something is accessible, they are available, reachable, attainable etc. Note that accessible ends in –ible. Accessory (noun) An...
Accept To accept is to take something offered or to receive something willingly. Accept can also mean assume, undertake, bear, admit, acknowledge etc. Antonyms of accept Refuse, decline, reject, spurn, deny, disavow etc. Accept...
Staple, standard The word staple is often incorrectly used instead of the word standard. Staple means main or important. A standard work is something that is viewed as having authority. Unique, sole and peculiar...
Abnormal (adjective) Abnormal can mean unnatural, unusual, atypical, irregular, uncommon, exceptional, strange, peculiar, odd, freakish or eccentric Jane has an abnormal fear of strangers. An abnormal amount of rain fell in May. Indians spend...
Able means capable, skillful, good, efficient, expert, competent, proficient, accomplished, experienced, learned etc. The word able can also be used to talk about ability. Ability (noun) Ability is the power or capacity to do...
Abandon (verb) To abandon someone is to leave them behind, desert or forsake. To abandon a project is to discontinue it. Synonyms of abandon: desert, forsake, leave, withdraw, quit, relinquish, renounce, abdicate etc. Antonyms...
