BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 318

SHOT UP – TO GROW IN SIZE

SENTENCE – DAVID HAS REALLY SHOT UP SINCE I SAW HIM LAST.

SOARED – TO RISE VERY FAST

SENTENCE – ALL NIGHT LONG FIREWORKS SOARED INTO THE SKY.

ROCKETED – TO INCREASE OR RISE VERY QUICKLY

SENTENCE – THEIR TEAM ROCKETED TO THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE.

ESCALATED – TO BECOME GREATER OR HIGHER

SENTENCE – WE DO NOT WANT TO ESCALATE THE WAR.

 TREBLED – TO BECOME OR TO MAKE SOMETHING THREE TIMES BIGGER.

SENTENCE – HER BOTTOM LIP TREMBLED, AND TEARS WELLED UP IN HER EYES.

 QUADRUPLED – TO MULTIPLY OR BE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR

SENTENCE – 20 IS THE QUADRUPLE OF 5.

MODERATELY – WITHIN A MIDDLE RANGE IN SIZE

SENTENCE – COOK IN A MODERATELY HOT OVEN.

 SLIGHTLY – A LITTLE

SENTENCE – I WAS SLIGHTLY TANNED BY THE SUN.

MINIMALLY – TO AN EXTREMELY SMALL EXTENT

SENTENCE – THE EPISODE WAS REPORTED MINIMALLY IN THE PRESS.

STEADILY – IN A GRADUAL, REGULAR WAY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME

SENTENCE – . A FULL CUP MUST BE CARRIED STEADILY.

DRAMATICALLY – IN A VERY SUDDEN OR NOTICEABLE WAY

SENTENCE – VIEWING FIGURES FOR THE SERIES HAVE DROPPED DRAMATICALLY.

PLUMMETED – TO FALL SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY FROM A HIGH LEVEL

SENTENCE – THE ROPE SNAPPED, CAUSING THE CLIMBER TO PLUMMET SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

SLUMPED – TO FALL SUDDENLY AND BY A LARGE AMOUNT

SENTENCE – SHE FAINTED AND SLUMPED TO THE FLOOR.