【Nick每日分享】IELTS Vocabulary 6.20

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Vocabulary is the fast-track to improving all your language skills! The more vocab you know, the more you can read, listen, speak and write.
The examiner will give you higher marks for using and understanding the more academic style of vocabulary. My experience with learning vocab in another language is this: don’t try to learn very long lists everyday, you will forget most of them. 6-8 words a day, but really learn how to use them in sentences is best. Imagine the improvement in your vocabulary and ability to speak English after doing this for a few months!

define, verb
determine the essential quality of
give a definition for the meaning of a word
Define `sadness'
determine the nature of
What defines a good wine?
show the form or outline of
The tree was clearly defined by the light
decide upon or fix definitely

derive, verb
reason by deduction; establish by deduction
obtain
derive pleasure from one's garden
come from
The present name derives from an older form
develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
She was descended from an old Italian noble family

distribute, verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
administer critical remarks to everyone present
distribute or disperse widely
make available
The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
give to several people
The teacher handed out the exams
cause be distributed


commission, verb
put into commission; equip for service; of ships
place an order for
charge with a task

commission, noun
a special group delegated to consider some matter
a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
he works on commission
the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
put the ships into commission
a group of representatives or delegates


complement, noun
a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
a complete number or quantity
a full complement
number needed to make up a whole force
a full complement of workers
something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner
one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response

conform, verb
be similar, be in line with
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

contemporary, noun
a person of nearly the same age as another

contemporary, adj
characteristic of the present
contemporary trends in design
belonging to the present time
contemporary leaders
occurring in the same period of time

minimal, adj
the least possible
needed to enforce minimal standards

mutual, adj
common to or shared by two or more parties
concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return

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Nick在British Council 工作了10年，是前雅思高级考官，改过无数的雅思考卷，非常清楚考官判分要求。
他有超过二十年的教学经验，去过不同的亚洲国家教英文。他专门教授亚洲人的口语，特别清楚我们学英语的困难和弱点。他此前曾于全球著名的国际学校、顶级大学以及世界五百强的机构教授学生、CEO人数超过十万。他的很多雅思学生也在跟他学习了很短的时间内进步超过一分，有些更是拿了British Council的雅思奖学金出国。

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