IELTS VOCABULARY

Hobble: to walk in an awkward way

Sentence: The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick

Riverbank: the land at either edge of a river:

Sentence: They followed the riverbank downstream

Resplendent: attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous.

Sentence: “she was resplendent in a sea-green dress”

Writhe: to make large twisting movements with the body

Sentence: he pain was so unbearable that he was writhing in agony.

Baking tray : a metal tray that slides into an oven, on which food can be cooked or heated up

Sentence: how many cookies can we bake on this baking
tray?

Blender : an appliance for turning soft foods into a smooth liquid

Sentence: if you’ve got a blender, you can make milkshakes and smoothies.

Haunt: to cause repeated suffering or anxiety

Sentence: Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Ethereal: extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world

Sentence: She’s the prettiest, most ethereal romantic heroine in the movies.

Perennial: lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time

Sentence: Flooding is a perennial problem for people living by the river.

Dishwasher : a machine that can wash kitchenware and tableware like dirty dishes

Sentence: our friends have dishwashers, but we wash the dishes by hand in the sink.