Vocabulary for IELTS
Abet – to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal.
Sentence – Both were accused of aiding and abetting the transfer abroad of ￡2.6m of St Piran assets in breach of the undertaking.
Accumulate – to collect a large number of things over a long period of time.
Sentence – In that situation failure to accumulate in the face of rapidly rising real wage costs spells disaster.
Agitate – to make someone feel worried or angry
Sentence – The itinerant returned with new resolves to agitate at the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1758.
Alert – quick to see, understand, and act in a particular situation
Sentence – Every police car and foot patrol in the area is on full alert.
Alluring – the quality of being attractive, interesting, or exciting
Sentence – In defiant frustration, Nicole dabbles in the underground Seattle rock scene, where the older guys are equally alluring and dangerous.
Ample – more than enough
Sentence – The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day.
Baffle – tocause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something
Sentence – The side baffle is equipped with pneumatic trimming facilities.
Bicker – to argue about things that are not important
Sentence – In the morning Bicker was ill-tempered when he was told of the latest addition to the company, but Ratagan was pleased.
Blame – to say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening
Sentence – It’s natural to recriminate against someone who has tried to put the blame on you.
Blend – a mixture of different things or styles
Sentence – I tried to blend into the crowd, but I was obviously not dressed for the occasion.
Audible – able to be heard
Sentence – The lecturer spoke so quietly that he was scarcely audible at the back of the hall.
Coerce – to persuade someone forcefully to do something that they are unwilling to do
Sentence – International law possesses the attributes of norm and coerce, which are the common natures of law.
Morale – the amount of confidence felt by a person or group of people, especially when in a dangerous or difficult situation
Sentence – The bonus helped maintain morale among the staff.
Prevail – to get control or influence
Sentence – If my wretched brother should somehow prevail.
Prudent – careful and avoiding risks
Sentence – When your overtures are misconstrued, the prudent course is sometimes to apologise and withdraw.
Retort – to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way
Sentence – The teacher’s demonstration might be countered by the retort that other things besides chalk leave white traces on a blackboard.
Scapegoat – a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done
Sentence – Alternatively the committee could have served as a scapegoat if Pomgol activities had failed completely.
Sedate – avoiding excitement or great activity and usually calm and relaxed
Sentence – Doctors have been told not to sedate children with an anaesthetic that may be linked to five deaths.
Superstition – belief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.
Sentence – There’s an old superstition that young girls going to bed on this night dream of their future husbands.
Supplement – somethingthat is added to something else in order to improve it or complete it; something extra
Sentence – The money I get from teaching the piano is a useful supplement to my ordinary income.
