IELTS VOCABULARY

Sweatshop: workplace in which workers are employed at low wages and under unhealthy or oppressive conditions.

Sentence: Her rapid rise from sweatshop worker to society portraitist is miraculous.

Slump: to sit or fall down suddenly and heavily

Sentence: This is the worst slump in property prices since the 1980’s.

Seclusion: the state of being alone, away from other people

Sentence: He’s been living in seclusion since he retired from acting.

Flabbergast: to shock or surprise (someone)

Sentence: We were flabbergasted by the news that he had won the lottery

Offshoring: the practice of basing a business or part of a business in a different country

Sentence: She claimed that offshoring was the only way for most companies to grow to a significant size.

Consumerism: the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.

Sentence: Bottled water very clearly reflects the wasteful and reckless consumerism in this country.

Extreme: reaching a high or the highest degree; very great

Sentence: We took shelter from the extreme heat under a palm tree.

Aversion: a feeling of strong dislike or unwillingness to do something:

Sentence: Many people have a natural and emotional aversion to insects.