IELTS Academic Words – Nouns
Source: S. Reza Atashzamzam
Useful nouns for task 2 (nearly 250 words)
| High Lexis verb | High Lexis Noun | High Lexis verb | High Lexis Noun |
| store | storage | indicate, illustrate, demonstrate, reveal | indication, illustration, demonstration |
| become disappointed, disappoint | Disappointment | legislate | Legislation |
| restore, rejuvenate | restoration, rejuvenation | occur | Occurrence |
| accelerate | Acceleration | proceed, propel, inspire | proceedings, inspiration |
| emit | Emission | require | Requirement |
| commence | Commencement | demand, request | demand, request |
| attend school | Attendance | conduct, carry out, undertake | |
| acquire an education | Acquisition of an education | accept, approve, admit | acceptance, approval, admission |
| oblige, compel, impose | obligation, compulsion, imposition | respond, reply | response, reply |
| intend to, plan to | intention, plan | structure, form, construct | structure, formation, construction |
| install | Installation | alter, vary | Alteration, variation |
| make an effort | an effort | achieve, fulfill, attain | achievement, fulfillment, attainment |
| supervise, monitor | supervision, monitoring | gain, acquire, become, obtain | gain, acquisition |
| attend | Attention | administer | Administration |
| to be enthusiastic about, show enthusiasm regarding | Enthusiasm | categorize, classify | category, classification |
| show affection towards | affection | assist | Assistance |
| devote, contribute to | devotion, contribution to | conclude, terminate, adjourn | conclusion, termination, adjournment |
| consume, utilize, apply in | consumption, utilization, application | evaluate | Evaluation |
| function | function | seek | —- |
| recognize, discern, identify, interpret, absorb | Recognition , discernment, identification, interpretation ,absorption | select, adopt | selection, adoption |
| comment on | Comment | reside | Residence |
| afford | Affordability | perceive | Perception |
| compensate | Compensation | purchase | Purchase |
| argue, believe, maintain, claim | argument, belief, claim | transfer | Transfer |
| recommend, pose | Recommendation , | regulate | Regulation |
| approach | Approach | coordinate, aggregate | coordination, aggregation |
| assume | Assumption | Coordinate. Provide aid | Coordination, aid |
| benefit | Benefit | interact | Interaction |
| possess | Possession | constrain | Constraint |
| to have access to sth | access to sth | correspond | Correspondence |
| consist of sth | — | emphasize, highlight | emphasis |
| High Lexis verb | High Lexis Noun | High Lexis verb | High Lexis Noun |
| constitute, involve, comprise | constitution, involvement, | ensure | Insurance |
| justify | Justification | occupy, obsess | occupation, obsession |
| assess | Assessment | rely on | Reliance |
| establish, found | establishment, foundation | exclude, remove | exclusion, removal |
| finance, provide financial support | finance, financial support | improve, promote | improvement, promotion |
| fund, sponsor | fund, sponsorship | Retain | Retention |
| Contain | —- | predict, forecast | prediction, forecast |
| Locate | Location | adjust, modify | adjustment, modification |
| Publish | Publication | compound, exacerbate | compound, exacerbation |
| register, enroll | registration, enrollment | consult | Consultation |
| Enable | Ability | evolve | Evolution |
| expand | Expansion | expose | Exposition |
| generate, manufacture | generation, manufacture | facilitate | Facilitation |
| orientate | Orientation | pursue | Pursuit |
| reject, refute | rejection, refutation | continue, sustain | |
| substitute | Substitution | acknowledge | Acknowledgement |
| cite, illustrate | citation, illustration | attach | Attachment |
| mention, aforementioned | Mention | enhance, increase, rise | enhancement, increase, rise |
| ignore | Ignorance | instruct | Instruction |
| inhibit, prevent | inhibition, prevention | advance | Advancement |
| dispose of, | Disposition | innovate | Innovation |
| eliminate | Elimination | prohibit | Prohibition |
| insert | Insertion | survive | Survival |
| isolate | Isolation | accompany | Company |
| accumulate | Accumulation | appreciate | Appreciation |
| clarify | Clarification | conform to | Conformity |
| detect | Detection | exhibit | Exhibition |
| reduce, minimize | reduction | accommodate | Accommodation |
| dwell | Dwelling | assure | —- |
| cease | Cease | violate | Violation |
| persist | Persistence | encounter, confront | encounter, confrontation |
| quarry | Quarry | misuse, abuse | misuse, abuse |
| commerce | Commerce | trade | Trade |
| overuse | Overuse | to prioritize | Priority |
| announce, express | announcement, expression | stimulate | Stimulation |
| associate | Association | imitate, replicate | imitation, replication |
| tackle, handle, approach the problem | Approach the problem | Compile, accumulate, collect | Compilation, accumulation, collection |