10 Academic Words that will Help you Score IELTS Band 9 (Part 2)

Updated On Jul 02, 2021

10 Academic Words that will Help you Score IELTS Band 9 (Part 2)

Continuing the previous topic last week, today, I will introduce you to ten more academic words, which are very powerful if you use correctly. Therefore, you could improve your Band score in IELTS Writing.

Intrusion (n): When someone does something or something happens, that affects you private life or activities in an unwanted way.

This is a governmental intrusion on the freedom of the press.

Involuntary (adj): Happening without the person concerned wanting it to.

The distinction between voluntary and involuntary unemployment is often blurred.

Itinerary (n): a plan of a journey, including the route and the places that you visit.

Visits to four different countries are included in your itinerary.

Lucid (adj): clearly expressed; easy to understand.

There is only one lucid explanation for this problem.

Lucrative (adj): producing a large amount of money; making a large profit.

Many of the engineers left the service for more lucrative jobs abroad.

Ludicrous (adj): Unreasonable; that you cannot take seriously.

It was ludicrous to think that the plan might succeed.

Jurisdiction (n): the authority that an official organization has to make legal decisions about somebody/something.

The British courts have universal jurisdiction over torture cases.

Lenient (adj): not as strict as expected when punishing somebody or when making sure that rules are obeyed.

School examiners say that marking has become more lenient in recent years.

Loathe (v): To dislike somebody/something very much.

Many of the people fear and loathe the new government.

Obsess (v): to completely fill your mind so that you cannot think of anything else, in a way that is not normal.

Modern people are becoming obsessed with material wealth.

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Janet

Janet had been an IELTS Trainer before she dived into the field of Content Writing. During her days of being a Trainer, Janet had written essays and sample answers which got her students an 8+ band in the IELTS Test. Her contributions to our articles have been engaging and simple to help the students understand and grasp the information with ease. Janet, born and brought up in California, had no idea about the IELTS until she moved to study in Canada. Her peers leaned to her for help as her first language was English.