Step Up To IELTS – Vocabulary

Unit 6 – Value For Money (Part 1)

1. / accuracy / n / how correct or exact something is
2. / admire / v / to respect or approve of someone or something
3. / annual / adj / measured over a period of one year / happening once a year
4. / appear / v / to start to be seen: Then a bright light appeared in the sky
5. / birthrate / n / a measurement of the number of babies born per woman on average, typically during a particular period
6. / central / adj / controlled or organized in one main place
7. / commodity / n / a product that you can buy or sell
8. / concern / v / to be about something; to relate to: if a story or film concerns a particular subject, it is about that subject
9. / concluding / adj / last in a series of things
10. / content / n / the information or ideas that are talked about in a book, speech, film, etc
11. / continuous / adj / ongoing; happening or existing without stopping
12. / cover / v / to include or deal with a subject or piece of information: the book covers European history from 1789-1914
13. / decade / n / a period of ten years
14. / destination / n / the place where someone or something is going to
15. / elsewhere / adv / in or to another place
16. / expert / n / someone who has a lot of skill, knowledge or experience about something
17. / explain / v / to make something clear or easy to understand by giving reasons for it or details about it
18. / figure / n / a chart or diagram / a number that expresses an amount, especially in official documents: Government figures shows a rise in unemployment
19. / forecaster / n / a predictor; someone who says what is likely to happen in the future: A weather forecaster