BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 482

Slash: To Cut

Sentence: We had to slash (our way) through the long grass to clear a path.

Slither: move smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion.

Sentence: The snake slithered through the garden

Snare:  A Trap

Sentence: “traps are used by poachers to snare animals”

Squirm:  Wrigling

Sentence: His first reaction was a squirm of embarrassment

Shriek: utter a high-pitched piercing sound

Sentence: She shrieked when she saw a mouse.

Spooky: INFORMAL:

Sentence: I bet this place is really spooky late at night

Sullen: bad-tempered:

Sentence: She sat in sullen silence

Skeletal: relating to or functioning as a skeleton:

Sentence: He suffered serious skeletal injuries in the accident

Screech: to make an unpleasant, loud, high noise

Sentence: She was screeching at him at the top of her voice.

Shiver: shake slightly:

Sentence: Arthur shivered involuntarily as he came out of the building