IELTS VOCABULARY

Administrator: a person who manages or has a talent for managing

Sentence: The new administrator in accounts is a real stunner

Comprehensive: including everything that is necessary; complete:

Sentence: We offer you a comprehensive training in all aspects of the business.

Concentration: the ability to think carefully about something you are doing and nothing else

Sentence: When you’re tired it’s easy to lose your concentration.

Consciousness: the state of being aware of and responsive to one’s surroundings.

Sentence: He never regained consciousness and died in hospital on New Year’s Day.

Consideration: careful thought, typically over a period of time.

Sentence: You should give some serious consideration to your retirement plans

Controversial: causing disagreement or discussion

Sentence: The death penalty has always been a controversial issue

Correspondent: one who has regular commercial relations with another

Sentence: Our correspondent has been assessing the impact of the sanctions.

Demonstration: an act of showing that something exists or is true by giving proof or evidence.

Sentence: The rise in unemployment is just another demonstration of the government’s incompetence.

Extraordinary: very unusual, special, unexpected, or strange:

Sentence: His decision to hold talks is extraordinary because it could mean the real end of the war.

Participation: the action of taking part in something.

Sentence: We honor our Olympic athletes for their participation in those games.

Psychological: affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional state of a person.

Sentence: John received constant physical and psychological abuse from his father.

Sophisticated: having, revealing, or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.

Sentence: He’s transformed from an awkward teenager into a sophisticated young man.