IELTS Vocabulary Part – 194

To begin – at the start of a process, event, or situation.

Sentence – To begin with, she is too young for that kind of job.

Infuriate – to make someone extremely angry.

Sentence – It will infuriate the Right because of Mr Heseltine’s interventionist approach to industrial policy.

Animated – full of interest and energy.

Sentence – It was strange to see these Prague streets, usually so animated, now completely empty and deserted.

Chorus – part of a song that is repeated several times, usually after each verse.

Sentence – The children repeated the words after her in chorus.

Necessary – needed in order to achieve a particular result.

Sentence – If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

Provided – to give someone something that they need.

Sentence – The Malvern Hills have provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades.

Remorse – a feeling of sadness and being sorry for something you have done.

Sentence – She knew that the next day she would be guilty and full of remorse.

Domesticate – to bring animals or plants under human control in order to provide food, power, or company.

Sentence – Anyone who intends to domesticate and breed wildlife under special state protection shall obtain a license.

Steady – happening in a smooth, gradual, and regular way, not suddenly or unexpectedly.

Sentence – A steady growth in the popularity of two smaller parties may upset the polls.

Testament – testimony.

Sentence – The celibacy that is accepted in the New Testament is one that comes as the result of a spiritual gift.

Applicable – affecting or relating to a person or thing.

Sentence – Appraisal has traditionally been seen as most applicable to those in management and supervisory positions.

Difficult – needing skill or effort.

Sentence – It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

Trustworthy – able to be trusted.

Sentence – Those who advocate total manipulation urge that a trustworthy mode of communication is always open to cheating.

Mend – to repair something that is broken or damaged.

Sentence – Will you please mend the sleeve of my blouse?

Moral – relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than to laws.

Sentence – Throughout life, we rely on small groups of people for love, admira-tion, respect, moral support, and help.

Nobility – honesty, courage, and kindness.

Sentence – The order of precedence for titled nobility in Britain is duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron

Repute – reputation.

Sentence – This repute seemed to give the new managers the confidence to approach their bosses as resources.

Abbreviate – to make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word.

Sentence – She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way.

Unhurt – not harmed.

Sentence – Pilot Stephen Grey was unhurt apart from a minor neck injury which hospitalised him for a short period.

Imperative – extremely important or urgent.

Sentence – It is imperative for your recovery to continue the treatment for at least two months.

Dilute – to make a liquid weaker by mixing in something else.

Sentence – The poisons seeping from Hanford’s contaminated land quickly dilute in the water.

Prosperous – successful, usually by earning a lot of money.

Sentence – The once prosperous town has hemorrhaged manufacturing jobs over the last 15 years.

To fabricate – to invent or produce something false in order to deceive someone .

Sentence – In this project, students will fabricate composite materials using different high performance fibres and lay-up designs.