BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 636

Nostalgia: a longing for something past

Sentence: Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays.

Manslaughter: the unintentional murder of someone

Sentence: She was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for manslaughter

Grass roots: Ordinary people in a society, as opposed to those who are in power.

Sentence: The leadership needs to hear first-hand what grass-roots members are thinking.

Delinquent: illegal or not acceptable, or behaving in a way that is illegal or not acceptable:

Sentence: They are carrying out research on the causes of delinquent behaviour among young people.

Carp (Verb):

Meaning: Complaint continually.

Sentence: Our neighbours keep carping about poor facilities in our county.

Hark (Verb):

Meaning: to listen closely or give attention to something

Sentence: All of the children stopped to hark the Christmas carollers singing outside the window.

Dictatorship: A form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained

Sentence: I absolutely believe in a dictatorship when it comes to leading my band.

Pessimism: a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst
will happen.

Sentence: “the dispute cast an air of deep pessimism over the future of the peace talks”