8/20/09

IELTS - synonym word

1.Get: Acquire, Receive, Obtain, Attain, Gain
2.Do: participate in, perform, conduct, undertake, engage in
3.Go: attend
4.Have: encounter, experience, undergo
5.Do not have: lack
6.Important: essential, crucial, necessary, indispensable, vital, imperative, key, critical, ultimate,
7.serious: urgent, alarming, pressing, severe, grave
8.big: considerable, significant, great, large, sizeable, immense, major, principle
9.small: insignificant, insubstantial, minimal, minor, negligible
10.things: priorities, sectors, industries, items, objects, articles, issues, concerns
11.People: the public, the general public, tax-payers, public transport users, art lovers…
12.many: numerous, various, large number
13.more and more: increasing number, increasing
14.more: additional, added, further
15.too much: excessive, an excess of
16.not enough: insufficient, inadequate
17.enough: sufficient, adequate
18.decrease: alleviate, ease, reduce
19.increase: exacerbate, compound
20.consider: take into consideration
21.reasonable : plausible
22.without: lack/in the absence of
23.involved in = associated with = in terms of
24.prosper = thrive = enrich
25.strategy = facility = utility

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