IELTS VOCABULARY

Calamity: a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering:

Sentence: A series of calamities ruined them – floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.

Cast out: to get rid of someone or something, especially forcefully:

Sentence: Cast out by his family, he was forced to fend for himself.

Clammy: sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way:

Sentence: It was a hot, clammy day.

Cloven: used to describe something, especially an animal’s hoof, that is divided into two parts:

Sentence: The devil was painted with horns and cloven hoofs.

Contempt: a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something

Sentence: He rewarded their kindness with hostility and contempt.

Convulse: to (cause to) shake violently with sudden uncontrolled movements:

Sentence: A racking cough convulsed her whole body.

Crazed: behaving wildly

Sentence: His baseball glove is among the objects crazed collectors want to buy

Crevice: a small, narrow crack or space,

Sentence: The harsh light revealed every crevice and wrinkle in his face.

Cursed: used to describe something that is annoying to you in an angry way:

Sentence: It’s a cursed nuisance, having to work late every evening!

Disintegrate: to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces:

Sentence: The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth’s atmosphere.