BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 498

Throng: press tightly together or cram

Sentence: he pushed his way through the throng

Venerate: regard with feelings of respect and reverence

Sentence: Philip of Beverley was venerated as a saint

Sublime: of high moral or intellectual value

Sentence: The book has sublime descriptive passages.

Suffrage: a legal right to vote

Sentence: Even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not
permit women’s suffrage

Beseech: ask for or request earnestly

Sentence: Stay a little longer, I beseech you

Fathom: come to understand

Sentence: “the locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity

Mortify: cause to feel shame

Sentence: “he was suitably mortified by his own idiocy”

Caprice: a sudden desire

Sentence: The $300 million palace was built to satisfy the caprice of one man.