IELTS VOCABULARY

Trite – unoriginal

Sentence – Her remarks sounded trite and ill-informed.

Taciturn- reserved, silent

Sentence – Why do the aged tend to be taciturn ?

Superfluous – more than enough

Sentence – She fined away super luaus matter in the design.

Succinct – brief

Sentence – Keep your answers as succinct as possible.

Repudiate – refuse to accept

Sentence – Government officials were urged to repudiate the treaty.

Rancor – bitterness

Sentence – I have no rancor against him.

Profusion – excess of something

Sentence – Roses grew in profusion against the old wall.

Precocious – developed early

Sentence – My precocious little girl thinks she knows everything there is to know about life. 

Levity – humour

Sentence – It was cruel levity in you to do that.

Laconic – to the point

Sentence – He sent me a laconic private message

Intrepid – fearless

Sentence – At this moment the three intrepid travellers appeared.

Incorrigible – cannot be corrected

Sentence – He’s an incorrigible liar.

Extol – to praise

Sentence – She was extolled as a genius.

Inane – stupid or silly

Sentence – There are so many inane television quiz shows.

Enervating – exhausting

Sentence – She was enervated by the luxury of palace life.

Eclectic – a mix of various ideas or styles

Sentence – He has an eclectic taste in music.