IELTS VOCABULARY

Conker – the hard, shiny dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree.

Sentence – Have you seen Smith’s conker ? He’s got ever such big one!

Hover – remain in one place in the air.

Sentence – You don’t hover round the table.

Plonk – set down heavily or carelessly.

Sentence – I heard something go plonk.

Smoulder – burn slowly with smoke but no flame.

Sentence – It took hours for the ruins to smoulder out.

Astounded – shock or greatly surprise.

Sentence – I’m absolutely astounded.

Quarry – a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.

Sentence – The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest.

Murmur – a low continuous background noise.

Sentence – She replied in a low murmur.

Reverie – a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream.

Sentence – She fell into a reverie about her childhood.

Vandal – a person who deliberately damage property belonging to others.

Sentence – All the seat – covers on the train have been torn by vandal.

Frivolous – not having any serious purpose or value.

Sentence – Sorry, I was being frivolous.

Sinister – giving the impression that something harmful

Sentence – I found his silence rather sinister.

Earnestly  – with sincere and intense conviction

Sentence – I earnestly beg you to reconsider your decision.

Fathomless – unable to be measured or understood

Sentence – The silence was fathomless and overwhelming.

Chiseled – cheat or swindle (someone) out of something.

Sentence – They chiseled me out of my money.

Nuisance – a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance.

Sentence – The dogs next door are a real nuisance.