IELTS VOCABULARY

Pleonastic: using more words than are needed to express a meaning, either unintentionally or for emphasis:

SENTENCE: The prose is often pleonastic in nature.

Egregious: extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable:

SENTENCE: It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance.

Salubrious: A salubrious place is pleasant, clean, and healthy to live in:

SENTENCE: He doesn’t live in a very salubrious part of town.

Nonpareil: better than any other:

SENTENCE: He was the teacher nonpareil.

Irascible: made angry easily:

SENTENCE: She’s becoming more and more irascible as she grows older.

Antipathy: strong dislike or opposition:

SENTENCE: His letters show a deep and intense antipathy toward workers.

Temerity: a willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people:

SENTENCE: She had the temerity to call me a liar.

Scourge: something or someone that causes great suffering or a lot of trouble:

SENTENCE: Pop-up ads have been described as the scourge of the Internet.