BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 637

Nocturnal: done, occurring, or active at night.

Sentence: I was surprised to have a nocturnal visitor”

Call back: to telephone somebody after they have telephoned you

Sentence: He didn’t return my call, so i knew something was wrong.

Heredity: the process by which characteristics are given from a parent to their child through the genes.

Sentence: Radiation has a strong effect on the heredity of fruit flies

Offshoring: the practice of basing a business or part of a business in a different country

Sentence: She claimed that offshoring was the only way for most companies to grow to a significant size.

Ingenious: very intelligent and skilful,

Sentence: She was ingenious at finding ways to work more quickly

Consumerism: the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.

Sentence: Bottled water very clearly reflects the wasteful and reckless consumerism in this country.

Dial tone: the sound a landline phone makes when you pick it up

Sentence: I think the line’s dead. There’s no dial tone when you pick up the phone.

Stoicism: the quality of experiencing pain or trouble without complaining or showing your emotions:

Sentence: He endured the pain of his wounds with great stoicism.