IELTS VOCABULARY

Earthy: Something that contains or looks like soil or dirt.

Sentence: The cabin has an earthy smell.

Budding: beginning to develop or show signs of future success in a particular area:

Sentence: While still at school she was clearly a budding genius.

Wavy: having a series of curves:

Sentence: Sarah has wavy blond hair.

Frigid: Extremely cold.

Sentence: Few plants can grow in such a frigid environment.

Pristine: clean and fresh as if new; spotless.

Sentence: My office is a mess but her office is always pristine

Stifling: extremely hot and unpleasant:

Sentence: I can’t bear this stifling humidity.

Crisp: Describing a cool temperature.

Sentence: a wonderful crisp spring morning

Forlorn: alone and unhappy; left alone and not cared for:

Sentence: She looked like a forlorn figure standing at the bus stop.