IELTS Vocabulary — Group 2

Cheerful and optimistic, or, when describing an economy or market, growing strongly and performing well.

A person or event that causes an important change or action to happen.

Logically connected and easy to follow, so that all the parts make sense together.

To happen at the same time as something else, or to match up closely with it.

So interesting, powerful, or convincing that it demands your full attention or agreement.

Overly satisfied with oneself or one's situation, to the point of ignoring real risks.

Complete and including everything that is necessary or relevant to a subject.

To form an idea or plan in your mind, or to imagine something as possible.

To reluctantly admit that something is true, or to give up a point, right, or advantage.

Expressing what needs to be said clearly and briefly, with no wasted words.

Creating favorable conditions that help produce a particular, usually positive, result.

To combine several things into one stronger, more unified, or more effective whole.

To be one of the parts that together make up or form a whole.

To think about something carefully and seriously for a long time.

Likely to cause disagreement or argument; controversial.

To come together, or to call people together, for a formal meeting or gathering.

To communicate or make a feeling, idea, or piece of information understood by others.

To have a mutual relationship such that when one thing changes, the other tends to change too.

Capable of being believed because it seems honest, reliable, or well-supported.

A standard or principle used as the basis for judging, deciding, or evaluating something.

To reach a final, climactic point after a series of events or a period of development.

Increasing steadily as more things of the same kind are added to what came before.

To reduce or limit something, especially by cutting short its extent or duration.

To reach a conclusion through logical reasoning, based on facts or evidence already known.

Lacking a necessary quality, amount, or ingredient to be considered complete or adequate.