Vocab for IELTS Unit 6

the state of being exact or correct

• accuracy
• communication
• conjecture
• hesitation

an opinion that is formed by guessing

• conjecture
• accuracy
• hesitation
• dialect

a movement that you make with your hands/ head to show a particular meaning

• gesture
• dialect
• mother tongue
• sign language

slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain or nervous

• hesitation
• conjecture
• accuracy
• gesture

a person who studies languages

• linguist
• linguistic
• linguister
• linguistor

mother tongue is

• a language
• a part of the body
• a person
• an expression

the form of a language in one area that may be different from other forms of the same language

• dialect
• mother tongue
• accent
• native language

to make something clearer or easier to understand

• clarify
• communicate
• comprehend
• define

to understand something fully

• comprehend
• communicate
• demonstrate
• explain

differentiate = ...

• distinguish
• define
• clarify
• demonstrate