IELTS VOCABULARY-270

Always~ forever

Sentence – He is always with me.

Inevitable ~ unstoppable

Sentence – It was inevitable that there would be job losses.

Happily ~ Fortunately

Sentence – The children played happily in the sand.

Enlarge ~ expand, magnify

Sentence – I want to enlarge the lawn.

 Despise ~ hate, detest, loathe

Sentence – He despises me.

 Receive ~ Get

Sentence – I received a letter from her yesterday.

 Ratify ~ approve, confirm

Sentence – We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.

  Interesting~ provocative

Sentence – This chapter is intersected

  Confuse ~ Mixed Up

Sentence – Don’t confuse me now!

  Choosy~ picky

Sentence – Don’t be choosy! Just buy it.

Serious ~ grave, solemn

Sentence – Hope! You will not take my joke seriously.

  Scared ~ Afraid

Sentence – I’m scared getting scolded.

  Fatal ~ deadly, mortal, killing

Sentence – If she gets ill again it could prove fatal.

  Confine ~ Restrict

Sentence – He did not confine himself to the one language.

Shrine ~ holy place

Sentence – The museum is a shrine to the great Spanish artist.

  Overturned ~ upside down

Sentence – The building was overturned at the earthquake.