IELTS VOCABULARY

Uplift: To raise someone’s spirits or improve their mood or situation.

Sentence: The community event aimed to uplift those in need and foster a sense of belonging.

Conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question.

Sentence: Finding a solution to the environmental conundrum requires innovative thinking and collaboration.

Empowerment: The process of becoming stronger and more confident in one’s abilities or rights.

Sentence: The organization focuses on empowerment through education and skill-building workshops.

Serendipity: The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

Sentence: Sometimes, serendipity leads us to opportunities we never expected.

Incandescent: Emitting light as a result of being heated; passionate or brilliant.

Sentence: Her incandescent enthusiasm for the project motivated the entire team.

Resplendent: Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.

Sentence: The resplendent sunrise reminded them of the beauty of new beginnings.

Obliquely: not in a direct way; indirectly.

Sentence: He referred only obliquely to their recent problems.

Timid: showing fear and lack of courage

Sentence: I was too timid to ask for what I wanted

Cleft: a split or indentation in something

Sentence: The river begins as a trickle of water from a cleft in the rock.

Brackish: slightly salty

Sentence: The diner complained that his meal was too brackish to consume

Ineluctable: impossible to avoid or evade

Sentence: The success of the team this season seemed to be ineluctable.

Volitional: acting as a result of a decision or choice

Sentence: the singer wished it to be known that he had left the band (out) of his own volition

Reproachful: expressing disapproval, blame, or disappointment

Sentence: She gave her daughter a reproachful glance.