One word.
Band 6.
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Not a dictionary. Each lesson answers one question: “If I use this word, how much better does my IELTS band become?”
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A different order
We don't start with the definition. We start with the value.
Traditional learning goes word → meaning → example. We flip it: show the upgrade first, so you feel why the word matters before you ever learn what it means.
See the mistake
Start from the vague word you already overuse — big, good, reduce — and feel the ceiling it puts on your band.
Climb the matrix
Watch one idea rise from Band 6 to Band 9 — same meaning, sharper collocation, more natural English.
Weigh it like an examiner
Every lesson closes by measuring the word against the examiner's criteria — naturalness, register and lexical resource — then you use it yourself.
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Recent upgrades
/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ · verb
mitigate
substantial
big → substantial investment
The Band 7 upgrade to “big” when you mean serious, measurable size.
Read lessonexacerbate
make worse → exacerbate the crisis
The precise verb for “make a bad situation worse” — the opposite of mitigate.
Read lessonpivotal
important → a pivotal role
Say “important” one more time and lose a mark. Say “pivotal” and gain one.
Read lessonalleviate
reduce → alleviate poverty
For easing suffering and pressure — the social-issues cousin of mitigate.
Read lessonprevalent
common → increasingly prevalent
Describe how widespread something is, with academic precision.
Read lessonOne upgraded word, every day.
Each issue shows exactly how one word lifts your Writing and Speaking band.
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