IELTS Vocabulary – 2

Inborn Gift         a skill by birth

Sentence – Natural talent is one such inborn gift that we realise with the gradual passage of time.

For That Sake     for that purpose

Sentence – For that sake, I’ve tried number of things but nothing worked out for me.

Accomplished    highly trained or skilled

Sentence – Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

Hone     refine or perfect (something) over a period of time

Sentence – The course is specifically designed to hone their skills to a professional level.

Infusing               filling; pervading

Sentence – The chief agent for infusing ministerial faces with enthusiasm and for making policies stick must be the prime minister himself.

Get Their Eyes Off           stop watching something

Sentence – People can’t get their eyes off from the TV.

Cloud Nine         a feeling of well-being or elation

Sentence – New York couple really will be on cloudnine when they marry later this month: they’ll exchange vows in zero gravity.

Kinfolks               relatives, family members or friends

Sentence – All his poor kinfolks came to spend their holidays at his home.

Vuvuzelas           The vuvuzela is a horn, about 65 centimetres (2 ft) long, which produces a loud monotone note

Sentence – Complaints from teams may quieten the rowdier African fans and their vuvuzelas

Coruscated         sparkled, scintillated

Sentence – Stadium coruscated with flood lights and loud music blares amazed me.

Bucket List          a list of things someone wishes to do in the future

Sentence – SO algorithm uses Bucket List and Singly Threaded Ternary Tree to manage and search the terrain polygon.

Crafted designed, planned

Sentence – A team of White House aides has crafted a series of proposals, including convening a commission or a White House conference.

Uphill Task          difficult task

Sentence – Voice over Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it’s an uphill task.

Primordial           basic and fundamental

Sentence – The Neanderthal Man is one of our primordial ancestors.

Capitalism           an economic system focused on capital accumulation

Sentence – The institutions of manufacturing capitalism gradually spread worldwide.

Strike A Balance               make something equally proportioned midway between two or more conflicting or contrasting things

Sentence – In the staffroom, they talk of trying to strike a balance between children seeing teachers as friends, and being over-familiar.

Overbearing       unpleasantly overpowering

Sentence – It’s generally seen that high paying jobs are more demanding and overbearing on life.

Fathom                to understand

Sentence – A fathom is the unit of measurement used in calculating sea depth.

Reeling Under    to struggle under something

Sentence – Due to Covid-19, the whole world was reeling under lockdowns.

Stumbled Upon                  came across, to discover something by chance

Sentence – You’ll feel like no one else has stumbledupon it since the French poet Arthur Rimbaud lived here as a coffee trader in the 1880s.

Prey       a person or thing that becomes the victim

Sentence – The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.

Congregations   a group of people assembled for religious worship

Sentence – Whatever the style, congregations show few inhibitions in facial expression and in their use of the body to express devotion.

Endure  to sustain

Sentence – We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

Quintessential   extremely essential

Sentence – Retail sales of the quintessential red meats are plummeting, whilst vegetarianism has become a fashionable norm.

Life Pursuits       life goals

Sentence – It is impossible to even think of our life pursuits without the use of cell phones.

Cautionary Tale                a story that gives a warning

Sentence – It is a cautionary tale told with sad humour on the border between innocence and togetherness.