BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 286

Overseer – a person who supervises others, especially workers.

Sentence – I was promoted to overseer.

Inimical – unfriendly; hostile.

Sentence – It may have become inimical to our happiness.

Disqualify -make (someone) unsuitable for an office or activity.

Sentence – The lack of a good education might disqualify you from some jobs.

Perjury – the offence of wilfully telling an untruth

Sentence – They also could face criminal prosecution for perjury.

Mishap – an unlucky accident.

Sentence – They met with a slight mishap on the way.

Artless – without skill or finesse.

Sentence – He laughed within himself at this artless story.

Counteract -act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it.

Sentence – This drug should counteract the poison.

Gaily -in a cheerful or light-hearted way.

Sentence – She gaily announced that she was leaving the next day.

Plebeian – a commoner.

Sentence – He was born of plebeian origins.

Sepulchre – a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

Sentence – He thought himself in a sepulchre.

Paucity -the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

Sentence – There was also a general paucity of trained operatives.

Dexterity – skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

Sentence – Dexterity comes by experience.

Reck -heedless of danger or the consequences of one’s actions

Sentence – He had always been reckless with money.

Peerless – unequalled; unrivalled.

Sentence – The peerless boxer never loses a fight.