IELTS VOCABULARY

Badinage (Noun): Witty conversation.

Sentence: We had badinage last night.

Dogmatic (Adjective): Thrusting one’s opinion or beliefs while reluctant to accept those of others.

Sentence: The leader seems quite dogmatic.

Effete (Adjective): No longer effective.

Sentence: The chamber is currently exhausted.

Fulminate (Noun): Protest strongly against something.

Sentence: There is always some fulmination to new rules.

Gofer (Noun): Person who runs errands.

Sentence: I am hunting for a gofer.

Hark (Verb): Reminds something from the past.

Sentence: She was harking back to childhood upon seeing her school.

Ineffable (Adjective): Too sacred to be spoken.

Sentence: Sculptures of temple deities are impossible to be described in words.

Jink (Verb): Sudden quick change of direction.

Sentence: The pilot jinked the plane for an emergency landing.

Knoll (Noun): Small hill or mound.

Sentence: The resort is ideally located amidst knolls.

Languish (Verb): Be kept in an undesirable place or situation.

Sentence: He was languishing in jail.

Mettle (Noun): Spirit or strength during difficulty.

Sentence: One must try to practice mettle in crisis.

Nimble (Verb): Quick or agile in movement.

Sentence: The dwarf nimble easily through the crowd.

Oppugn (Verb): Question the truth or validity of something.

Sentence: Youngsters are often, oppugn superstitions.