Vocabulary for IELTS – Part 15

Impasse – a situation in which progress is impossible, especially because the people involved cannot agree.

Sentence – As stockpiles dwindled, the continuing impasse in negotiations rendered military conflict increasingly likely.

Thrive – to grow, develop, or be successful.

Sentence – While the insects thrive, residues from years of spraying are showing up in the water and food that humans consume.

Successful – achieving the results wanted or hoped for.

Sentence – A successful job search needs to be as well organised as any other executive task.

Hypothesis – speculation

Sentence – According to the hypothesis of the Weather Department, it will rain for the next 1 week.

Hard – firm.

Sentence – Expericence is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Backbone – spine.

Sentence – As criticism is the backbone of the scientific method, this accounts for the indentations permanently sunk into my chest.

Constitution – structure.

Sentence – The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections.

Sunrise – dawn

Sentence – Sunrise over the Himalayas is a magnificent sight.

Valueless – worthless.

Sentence – The average hospitalization costs decreased after deleting valueless period of hospitalization, and the hospital’ s income rose each day.

Awful – atrocious.

Sentence – The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.

To demonstrate – to protest.

Sentence – You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a literal understanding of the text.

Adult – grown

Sentence – As an adult, you can assess the situation realistically.

Measure – degree

Sentence – The measure will mainly be carried out by government officials.

Divide – split.

Sentence – Think of me sometimes while Alps and ocean divide us,but they ever will,unless you wish it.

Manmade – artificial.

Sentence – No manmade nuclear repository could hope to cope with this kind of natural event either.

To put sth. Back – to postpone.

Sentence – But a long-running dispute by benefit staff forced the council to put back its own deadline for thousands of outstanding benefit claims.

Cussed – stubborn

Sentence – While she had inherited from her father, and the stallion’s father before him, a stubborn and cussed temperament.

Loveable – habitable

Sentence – At that moment the doubtful attractiveness of Romola’s face was transfigured to the most loveable womanliness by mingled pity and affection.

Obdurate – stubborn

Sentence – Gedge smiled less and the attitude was so workman-like, it all seemed hurried and obdurate.

Intermittent – sporadic.

Sentence – Parents who do not detect an intermittent hearing loss can become irritable and controlling and label their child as disobedient and unresponsive.

Drastic – extreme.

Sentence – The clear message of the scientific reports is that there should be a drastic cut in car use.

Moreover – in addition.

Sentence – Moreover what seems to have been a clerical error made even that original level low.

Detached – indifferent.

Sentence – Through all the arguments among other committee members, she kept a detached attitude.

Immaculate – spotless.

Sentence – The following day, the feast of the immaculate  conception, there was a closing ceremony in St Peter’s Square.

Dedicated – believing that something is very important and giving a lot of time and energy to it.

Sentence – They had joined a religious order and dedicated their lives to prayer and good works.

Ignorant – not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something.

Sentence – Never make your students feel stupid or ignorant.

Constant – happening a lot or all the time.

Sentence – He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance.

Intolerant – disapproving of or refusing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own.

Sentence – This was a Britain intolerant of difference, uncomfortable with outsiders and resentful of insiders.