BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 358

Quiescent: peacefulness, dormant, inactive

sentence: It is nice to have a quiescent day to spend with friends and family.

Degust : to eat slowly to appreciate the taste

sentence: Mary degusted the incredible chocolate cake from grandma’s secret recipe

Poignant: touching and moving

sentence: The Pursuit of Happyness is a memorable and poignant movie.

Abate : to become smaller

sentence: It seemed that over time, the wins of the football team began to abate.

Ravenous : extremely hungry

sentence: Goldilocks was ravenous, but she could not eat the first two bowls of porridge!

Defunct : no longer existing or functioning

sentence: Funky music, hair, and clothes from the 1970s are now defunct!

Alacritous : brisk or lively

sentence: The alacritous young boy jumped into a pile of leaves.

Cachinnating : to laugh loudly

sentence: Olivia and Alyssa were up cachinnating long past their bedtime.

Albeit : although

sentence: Tom began painting the fence, albeit with a grumpy attitude.

Banal : boring and lacking in originality

Sentence – He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.