Intermediate Vocabulary Words
Academic vocabulary common across TOEFL, IELTS, and multi-test contexts. These words appear in university-level texts and are essential for scoring well on standardized English proficiency tests.
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Including everything; comprehensive or total; also refers to a type of garment.
To cause to lose balance or become unstable; to exceed in weight or importance.
To burden excessively, either physically or emotionally.
A sky entirely covered with clouds; cloudy weather.
To charge too much money for something; also, to charge an excessive electric current.
To succeed in dealing with or gaining control over a problem or emotion.
Excessive confidence in one's abilities, often leading to poor decisions.
Due to be done, returned, or paid later than the expected or scheduled time.
To estimate something as higher or greater than it actually is.
To completely repair, renovate, or reorganize something, especially a vehicle or system.
To extend over and cover part of something else; to have areas or elements in common.
Having parts that cover or coincide with parts of something else; occurring at the same time or in t...
To load with too much; to give someone or something more work or burden than they can handle.
To fail to notice something; to intentionally forgive or ignore a mistake.
To set aside or nullify a decision, order, or authority; to take precedence over something.
To supervise or manage a project, organization, or activity.
An unintentional omission or mistake; the act of supervising something.
Not hidden or secretive; open and visible.
To catch up with and pass someone or something, especially in motion; to surpass.
To tax excessively; to impose too much demand on someone or something.
To remove a leader or government from power by force or rebellion.
Time worked beyond the regular working hours, often compensated at a higher rate.
To make someone extremely tired by excessive physical or mental exertion.
To turn something upside down; to revoke or invalidate a decision or ruling.
To overpower or overcome completely, often with emotion or a large quantity of something.
Very intense or strong, often to the point of being difficult to handle.
Plural of ox; large domesticated cattle used as draft animals.
A colorless, odorless gas essential for respiration in most living organisms.
A marine mollusk with a rough shell, often eaten as food and sometimes produces pearls.
A form of oxygen with three atoms per molecule, found in the Earth's upper atmosphere and acting as ...
A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable under any circumstances.
To quell the anger or agitation of someone; to calm down.
To fill or arrange items into a container for storage or transport.
The material used to wrap or protect products for sale or transport.
Filled completely or tightly, often with people or objects.
A formal agreement or treaty between people or nations.
A short pole with a broad blade, used to propel a canoe or small boat.
A person who propels a canoe or kayak with a paddle.
A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions, often referring to ...
A lavish show, processional drama, or beauty contest.
Showing great care and attention to detail.
The art or practice of applying paint to a surface to create a picture or design.
Pleasant to taste; acceptable or satisfactory.
Light in color, or lacking vitality or intensity.
A scientist who studies fossils to understand prehistoric life.
A flat board an artist uses to mix paints, or a range of colors or ingredients used in creation.
Lacking color or vitality; pale and unhealthy in appearance.
Easily perceived or obvious; tangible.
So small or meager as to be trivial or contemptible.
A small printed booklet or leaflet, often on a single subject.
A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
A single section of glass in a window or door.
A public speech or published text in high praise of someone or something.
A flat section of a surface, such as a wall or door; also, a group of people convened to discuss or ...
Sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often spreading among people.
An outer garment covering each leg separately, typically worn from the waist to the knees or lower.
A device made of fabric and cords that slows a person's or object's fall from the air by creating ai...
A public procession, often celebratory, featuring people, vehicles, or floats moving along a street.
A statement or situation that seems contradictory but may reveal a deeper truth.
Extending in the same direction and equidistant at all points, never meeting; also used to describe ...