YES-IELTS Glossary of Terms

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YES-IELTS Glossary

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L

less common lexical item

This is similar to less common vocabulary.

Lexical items include not only words, but also parts of words, phrasal verbs, sayings, collocations, idioms, and expressions.

less common vocabulary

Less common vocabulary includes using such items as idioms and expressions. You can develop your “less common” vocabulary by reading widely in English.

IELTS-Simon has a short but good post about this here: http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2011/06/ielts-advice-less-common-vocabulary.html

lexical features

Lexical features include collocations, writing style, idioms, word form, and spelling.

LR

Lexical Resource

One of the four band descriptors for IELTS writing.