BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 526

Proscribe: outlaw something.

Sentence- Government should proscribe the use of plastic to control pollution.

Noxious: Harmful; injurious.

Sentence- We carry oxygen tanks and gas detectors which detect noxious
gases and low oxygen

Thwart: To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.

Sentence- He never did anything to thwart his father

Adversary: An opponent or rival.

Sentence- Davis beat his old adversary in the quarter-finals

Blaring: Any loud noise

Sentence- The radio was blaring out the latest pop songs

Dormant: Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

Sentence- Her emotions have lain dormant for many years.

Listless: Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness

Sentence- He was listless and pale and wouldn’t eat much.

Drill down: something is to explore it in more depth.

Sentence- “I think we can drill down into this further when we meet with the
Product team.”