IELTS VOCABULARY

Fax Machine: A device that sends and receives printed documents over a telephone line.

Sentence: The client asked for the signed agreement to be sent via the fax machine.

Stimulate: to make something develop or become more active; to encourage something.

Sentence: The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy.

Bull Market: a market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying.

Sentence: There was a decline in prices after the bull market peaked in April 2000

Insight: the ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way;

Sentence: His book offers some fresh insights into the events leading up to the war.

Post-it Notes: Small adhesive papers used for temporary notes or reminders.

Sentence: She stuck a Post-it note on her monitor as a reminder of the deadline.

Leverage: power or ability to act or to influence people, events, decisions, etc

Sentence: The company wants to leverage its brands more effectively

Volatility: a tendency to change quickly and unpredictably

Sentence: The international oil markets have been highly volatile since the early 1970s.

Accumulate: To collect a large number of things over a long period of time

Sentence: I seem to have accumulated a lot of books.