IELTS VOCABULARY

Foible: Weakness

Sentence: They have to tolerate each other’s little foibles

Galore: In abundance

Sentence: there were prizes galore for everything

Recuperate: Recover

Sentence: She has been recuperating from a knee injury

Redundant: Exceeding what is natural or necessary, superfluous

Sentence: many of the old skills had become redundant

Spineless: Lacking courage

Sentence: A spineless person does not have much determination and is not willing to take risks

Chagrin: Disappointment

Sentence: to my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen

Gesticulate: To gesture with the arms

Sentence: they were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down

Naïve: Unsophisticated, inexperienced

Sentence: They make the naive assumption that because it’s popular it must be good

Prodigal: Recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish

Sentence: The prodigal landlord spends the money as fast as he receives it