IELTS Vocabulary

Impetuous: likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions.

Sentence – When the impetuous wealthy young man rushed up to him, he turned the conversation to the subject of money.

Impute: to say that someone is responsible for something that has happened, especially something bad, or that something is the cause of something else.

Sentence – Certainly they impute to the accused a degree of mystical malevolence just like that implied in witchcraft charges.

Inconsequential: without consequence, trivial, doesn’t matter.

Sentence – I wave a fluttery wave of inconsequential cheerfulness and close the door, having reached new heights of cynical disinterest.

Inevitable: certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented.

Sentence – It seems almost inevitable that North African economies will still be primarily oriented towards Europe.

Intrepid: extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations.

Sentence – While some intrepid individuals did speculate in currency futures, highly trained specialists dominated the pits.

Intuitive: based on feelings rather than facts or proof.

Sentence – The importance of intuitive mythologies is that they make available a language for public discussion and for the individual learning-experience.

Jubilation: a feeling of great happiness, especially because of a success.

Sentence – During a day of extraordinary jubilation, more than 100,000 people poured through the increasingly open border to the West.

Lobbyist: someone who tries to persuade a politician or official group to do something.

Sentence – Indeed, there are times when the lobbyist will act more out of loyalty to his network than to his client.

Longevity: living for a long time.

Sentence – There is an 11-year difference in longevity between babies born in the richest and the poorest postcodes in Britain.

Mercantile – Connected with trade and commercial affairs.

Sentence – Suppose the students at Mercantile High develop a craving for Banana on a Stick and buy out his entire supply every afternoon.

Trade – The activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people and countries.

Sentence – There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world’s trade.

Commerce – The buying and selling of goods and services.

Sentence – Commerce officials called this an oversight and said Huang received no intelligence briefings during this period.

Transaction – A piece of business that is done between people, especially an act of buying or selling.

Sentence – Transaction costs have encouraged firms to expand their own internal capacity in preference to extensive reliance on outside suppliers.

Dealing – The way of doing business with somebody.

Sentence – We’re dealing with probably the biggest missing link in what we know about human evolution.

Patronage – The system by which an important person gives help or a job to somebody in return for their support.

Sentence – His system of political patronage and agile intimidation of potential enemies reigns supreme in the economically depressed territories.

Objective – Something that you are trying to achieve.

Sentence – The objective of the research is to gain a better insight into labour market processes.

Startup – A company that is just beginning to operate.

Sentence – The Palo Alto startup is quietly developing an online service that will help businesses and consumers choose and manage health plans.