BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 341

Belie – To give a false representation to; misrepresent

Sentence – The smile on his lips belies the pain he’s been feeling

Arrant – Complete and wholly

Sentence – You are an arrant fool

Untoward – Inconvenient

Sentence – I find attending lectures on Zoom untoward as it does not make me feel included in the class

Byzantine – Complex and intricate

Sentence – You can’t just end a marriage like that, you have to complete the byzantine procedures of filing a divorce case in the courts

Conciliate – To make peace with

Sentence – All attempts at conciliation have failed and civil war seems inevitable

Equivocate – To speak vaguely, with the intention of misleading someone

Sentence – Politicians often say that they will work on the issue of climate change, but they are just equivocating to get the votes

Truculent – Have a fierce, savage nature

Sentence – The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports is inspiring

Diatribe – A verbal attack against a person

Sentence – Because Sheila was unhappy with the administration, she launched a lengthy diatribe against the board during lunch.

Quisling – A traitor

Sentence – He had the quisling owner of the factory arrested

Artless – without cunning or deceit

Sentence –  My artless comment was mistaken for rudeness