*🔰VOCABULARY for THE IELTS READING MODULE🔰* ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️ 🔹 amorphous - having no definite form or distinct shape 🔹 ample - more than enough in size or scope or capacity 🔹 anachronism - locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed 🔹 analogous - similar or equivalent in some respects 🔹 anecdote - short account of an incident 🔹 animosity - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility 🔹 annihilate - kill in large numbers 🔹 anomaly - deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule 🔹 anonymous - having no known name or identity or known source 🔹 antagonism - an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility 🔹 antecedent - someone from whom you are descended 🔹 anthropomorphic - suggesting human features for animals or inanimate things 🔹 anticipate - be excited or anxious about 🔹 antipathy - a feeling of intense dislike 🔹 antithetical - sharply contrasted in character or purpose 🔹 apathy - an absence of emotion or enthusiasm 🔹 aptitude - inherent ability 🔹 arbitrary - based on or subject to individual discretion or preference 🔹 arcane - requiring secret or mysterious knowledge 🔹 archaic - so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period 🔹 varchetype - something that serves as a model 🔹 ardent - characterized by intense emotion 🔹 arduous - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion 🔹 aristocratic - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility 🔹 artifice - a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture 🔹 ascetic - characteristic of the practice of rigorous self-discipline 🔹 aspire - have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal 🔹 assimilation - the process of absorbing one cultural group into another 🔹 assuage - provide physical relief, as from pain 🔹 atone - make amends for 🔹 attest - provide evidence for 🔹 attire - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion 🔹 attribute - a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity 🔹 attribution - assigning to a cause or source 🔹 audacious - disposed to venture or take risks 🔹 audible - heard or perceptible by the ear 🔹 augment - enlarge or increase 🔹 augur - predict from an omen 🔹 augury - an event indicating important things to come 🔹 auspicious - indicating favorable circumstances and good luck 🔹 austere - severely simple 🔹 authentic - conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief 🔹 authoritarian - characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule 🔹 authoritative - of recognized power or excellence 🔹 avarice - reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth 🔹 avenge - take action in return for a perceived wrong 🔹 aversion - a feeling of intense dislike 🔹 avid - marked by active interest and enthusiasm 🔹 avuncular - resembling an uncle in kindness or indulgence 🔹 awe - an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖