IELTS Vocabulary – 4

Heavily Invested         to have given a lot of time and effort to something and care about it very much

Sentence – Similarly, other professionals working in the field of catastrophic illness should have other interests that they are heavily invested in emotionally.

Attracting Eye Balls    catching attention

Sentence – World cup victory is a recent piece of news that attracted our eye balls.

Hate Mongers            persons who incite hate

Sentence – People believe they were surely some hate mongers with an aim to incite violence.

Imposters       persons who pretend to be someone else in order to deceive others

Sentence – Some species of birds have developed the ability to distinguish between model and mimic and will feed on the imposters.

Alter Ego         a person’s secondary or alternative personality

Sentence – Emmett’s cybersex alter ego appears and gives him the courage to be the strong, tough man he dreams of being.

Myriad            Many, number of

Sentence – Armour is beautifully made from a myriad of tiny metal scales making it lightweight and very flexible but stronger than steel.

Sky Scrappers tall buildings

Sentence – London, the city where I came from is full of sky scrappers.

Marvellous     wonderful, brilliant

Sentence – We had a marvellous meal at that restaurant you recommended – incidentally, I must give you the number of a similar one I know.

Humongous    huge, enormous

Sentence – Incidentally, the only thing that would scare us more than driving next to Axl Foley’s humongous noggin on the highway is being forced to see the movie.

Grand Edifice  huge building

Sentence – The town hall is the only grand edifice surviving from the 15th century.

Turns Upside Down   Put in disorder, mix or mess up

Sentence – If elevator goes out of function, the whole world turns upside down for the residents.

Road Block     a problem

Sentence – Just as we were crossing Chelsea Bridge we were stopped by the police at a road block.

Fool’s Errand  a needless or profitless endeavor

Sentence – It would be a fool’s errand to build tall residential places in the countryside.

Chronically     to a very great extent; extremely

Sentence – Although most chronically infected patients appear to have clinically apparent hepatitis, a subclinical chronic carrier state also exists.

Jam-Packed    crowded, full, packed

Sentence – In this jam-packed DVD some of the most unusual card effects and bizarre methods are revealed in full at last.

Signature Style           someone’s unique style

Sentence – Despite a penchant for contagious geometric patterns, Mr Orozco does not have an identifiable signature style.

Banter a joke, pun

Sentence – He also noticed similarities between the banter he made up for between-songs breaks.

Rib-Tickling     excessively funny

Sentence – He routinely cuts his assistant in half, then cracks up his audience with a bit of rib-tickling humor.

Monotony      boredom, dullness

Sentence – These are the experiences of monotony, fragmentation and excessive pace in work and social interaction patterns.

Crestfallen      sad and disappointed

Sentence – He looked so crestfallen that Old Bulldog didn’t know what to do for a minute.

Hoodwink       deceive or trick

Sentence – People expect others to be honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people.

Tread Cautiously        move carefully/warily

Sentence – A White House document cautioned political appointees such as Herman to tread cautiously in their political work.

To And Fro      move repeatedly from one place to another and back again

Sentence – Then he batted it to and fro, chasing it up one aisle and down another and slapping it silly.

Enchanting     very attractive or charming

Sentence – That the world should be so enchanting after the enchantment of Vitor’s lovemaking was entirely appropriate.