IELTS Vocabulary Part – 240

STRAIT -A a very difficult situation, especially one caused by having no money.

Sentence – This company is in financial straits.

PERSIST – To continue to exist

Sentence – If the symptoms persist, contact your doctor.

FOE – A person who feels enmity

Sentence – She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.

FERVENT – Having or showing very strong feelings about something

Sentence – They remain among the most fervent participants in politics.

REJOINDER – A reply or response to a remark, question, especially the quick one.

Sentence – Dean ignored the rejoinder.

SUBDUE – To defeat somebody/something or bring somebody/something under control.

Sentence – The kidnapper quickly subdued the small child.

BASIN – An area of land from which water flows into a river

Sentence – The Yamuna river basin.

TREASON – The criminal act of causing harm to your country.

Sentence – He was executed for treason

BRIGANDAGE – The life and practice of highway robbery and plunder.

Sentence – Brigandage of the classical type has almost disappeared from Italy.

SUFFICE – To be enough for somebody/something.

Sentence – A smile will always suffice to make someone’s day.

PROSPEROUS – rich and successful.

Sentence – He is a prosperous person.

MALIGNANT – That spreads in the body (used for the disease).

Sentence – She has malignant brain tumour.

DUGOUT – A trench that is dug and roofed over as a shelter for troops.

Sentence – The tunnel and dugouts are on this side of the stadium.

FLOURISHING – To be strong and healthy.

Sentence – Those plants you gave me are flourishing.

VICTORIOUS – Having won a victory.

Sentence – It did not need a little victorious war.

RUTHLESS – Hard and cruel.

Sentence – He could be ruthless, but was not habitually cruel.

AQUILINE – Hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.

Sentence – The man has a strong and aquiline nose.

PENNILESS – Having no money.

Sentence – She fell in love with a penniless artist.

ASSASSINATION – To murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons.

Sentence – The judge escaped assassination by drug dealers.

VANISHING – To stop existing.

Sentence – Create combos of vanishing jewels and play to your heart’s content.