BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 299

Gauche: Tactless

Sentence – We’re all a bit gauche when we’re young.

Haughty: Proud

Sentence – He spoke in a haughty tone.

Hovered: Remain in one place in the air

Sentence – Some birds hover when they look for animals to kill on the ground.

Impasse: A situation in which no progress is possible

Sentence – Negotiations have reached an impasse.

Incorrigible: Not able to be changed or reformed

Sentence – He was an incorrigible liar too.

Inextricable: Cannot be taken out, irredeemable

Sentence – Knowledge and economic power have become inextricable.

Knotty: Puzzling

Sentence – The new management team faces some knotty problems.

Ligature: Something that is used to bind

Sentence – Despite the ligature, her head tilted forward an inch.

Macabre: Horrible

Sentence – She has a rather macabre sense of humour.

Modalities: A Specific mode in which something is expressed or is experienced something exists

Sentence – Modality is an important grammatical category in human languages.

Nullify: Make void

Sentence – It can nullify the evil eye.

Ostensible: Apparent

Sentence – The ostensible reason wasn’t the real reason.

Oust: To eject

Sentence – He was ousted as chairman.

Overt: In the open

Sentence – There was little overt support for the project.

Pacify: To calm

Sentence – She resigned from her position to pacify her accusers.

Palatial: Like a palace

Sentence – They lived in a palatial apartment.

Pretence: An attempt to make something that is not the case appears true

Sentence – Their friendliness was only pretence.