BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 303

Abnegation Renunciation of a belief or doctrine; Denial

Sentence Monks practice abnegation of the material aspects of human life.

2. Aggrandize To enhance power, wealth, or status

Sentence: A generous grant, enabled the library to significantly aggrandize its collection of books on tape.

3. Fatuous Devoid of intelligence

Sentence: Ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their course

4. Gratuitous Uncalled for or unwarranted

Sentence: The film was criticized for its gratuitous violence.

5. Iconoclast Someone who criticizes or attacks cherished ideas and beliefs

Sentence: Notorious as an iconoclast, that music critic isn’t afraid to go after sacred cows

6. Idiosyncratic Something peculiar to an individual

Sentence: His teaching methods are idiosyncratic but successful.

7. Incumbent A person who is currently in an official position.

Sentence: He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality

8. Inveterate Habitual

Sentence: He has an inveterate tendency to tell some very tall tales

9. Libertarian Someone who cherishes ideas of free will

Sentence:  This pinpoints a fundamental weakness in the libertarian defense of a market economy.

Licentious Someone who is promiscuous

Sentence: A moralist who decried what she regarded as the licentious and corrupt culture of the entertainment industry

11. Largesse Kindness or generosity in bestowing gifts or money

Sentence: He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.

12. Multifarious Multifaceted or diverse

Sentence: Spain is a composite of multifarious traditions and people.

13. Obdurate Being stubborn and refusing to change one’s opinion

Sentence: He is known for his obdurate determination.

14. Ostracism Excluding a person or certain section from the society by the majority’s consent

Sentence: She broke taboos, risking ostracism and derision in the process.