[THOUGHT PROCESSES]IELTS Vocabulary: Learn 300 Essential Words for IELTS

🗽anticipate=> anticipation=> anticipates

=> Banks anticipate further rate cuts over the next 3 months.

=> I anticipated rain, so I took an umbrella.

=> Police anticipate that rivalry between drug gangs will lead to war.

-anticipate a decline

-anticipate a slowdown

-anticipate a rise

-widely anticipated

---->expect----> wait for----> foresee=> await=> predict=> forecast

🗽appreciate=> appreciation=> appreciated=> appreciates

=> Many governments don’t appreciate the importance of free speech.

=> It is essential to appreciate the side effects of using antibiotics.

=> I greatly appreciate your help.

-appreciate the importance

-appreciate the seriousness

-much appreciate

-fully appreciate

----> understand----> recognize----> acknowledge

🗽comprehend=> comprehension=> comprehended=> comprehends

=> He can’t comprehend the implications of the new policy.

=> Patients may not have enough information to comprehend their illness.

=> We fully comprehend the seriousness of the situation.

-fully comprehend

-scarcely comprehend

-comprehend the importance

-comprehend the implications

----> understand----> realize----> grasp----> appreciate

🗽conceive=> conceived=> conceives=> conception

=> The government was unable to conceive the idea that they were wrong.

=> JK Rowling conceived the idea of Harry Potter when she was on a train.

=> She cannot conceive of herself being anything else but a doctor.

-conceive of something

-conceive that something

-can’t conceive of something

-conceive an idea

----> come up with----> believe----> realize----> create----> accept----> perceive

🗽envisage=> envisaged=> envisaging

=> He envisages a better future for the country.

=> The peace plan envisaged the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

=> I cannot envisage a stronger EU without making it more democratic.

-envisage the creation

-envisage the possibility

-originally envisage

-previously envisage

----> envision----> see----> consider----> visualize----> picture----> imagine

🗽infer=> inference

=> I inferred from what she said that you have not been well.

=> Astronomers can infer the mass of a star by its movement.

=> We can infer from his behavior that he does not like you.

-infer the meaning

-infer the existence

-infer from something

-reasonably infer

----> deduce----> assume----> guess----> speculate----> conclude----> reckon

🗽recall=> recalling=> recalls=> recollection

=> I suddenly recalled where I left my phone.

=> People often recall with sadness how life used to be simpler.

=> Her recall of detail is amazing.

-recall a conversation

-recall with happiness

-fondly recall

-correctly recall

----> remember----> remind----> think of