BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 308

Gathering – When many people come together as a group.

Sentence – I only see him in social gatherings.

Conference – A formal meeting to talk about business matters.

Sentence – Please do not disturb, we will be in conference.

Assembly – When a group of people meets for a particular purpose.

Sentence – The principle gave a speech at school assembly.

Convention – When people with the same interests or profession meet.

Sentence – He’s attending a teachers’ convention in Rome.

Session – A period of time used for a particular activity.

Sentence – The live video chat session is starting now.

Mendicant – a pauper who lives by begging

Sentence – The form of government was borrowed largely from those prevailing in the mendicant orders.

Augur – predict from an omen

Sentence – Does this augur disaster for our team?

Hoary – having grey or white hair as with age

Sentence – His hair was a hoary white.

Grandiloquent – lofty in style

Sentence – Her speech was full of grandiloquent language, but it contained no new ideas.

Picayune – small and of little importance

Sentence – Jim was not upset because he lost only a picayune amount of money at the casino.

Denigrate –  belittle someone

Sentence – There are many doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country.

Didactic –  instructive with a moral intent

Sentence – It is a didactic novel that set out