BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 534

Courage (n): bravery.

Sentence: He fought his illness with great courage

Head start (n): advantage over others.

Sentence: If we leave early, we can get a head start on the holiday traffic.

Scrimp (v): to spend as little money as possible.

Sentence: She scrimped and saved to care for her two younger sisters.

Income (n): the money you receive, usually from a job.

Sentence: I haven’t had much income from my stocks and shares this year.

Ongoing (adj): continuous.

Sentence: No agreement has yet been reached and the negotiations are still ongoing.

Deflect (v): change the course of something.

Sentence: she refused to be deflected from anything she had set her mind on

Buildup (n): an increase or accumulation of something, usually before an event.

Sentence: You should clean the mechanism regularly to prevent buildup of dirt.

Kick off (pv): to start or to begin:

Sentence: That era was when advertising really kicked off as an industry.

Take advantage of (id): make something from a situation, can be both positive and negative.

Sentence: Let’s take advantage of the good weather and go to the beach.