IELTS VOCABULARY

Propeller: a device that causes a ship or aircraft to move, consisting of two or more blades that spin at high speed

Sentence: the ship’s propeller was damaged in the collision

Acromegaly: enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face

Sentence: The man’s acromegaly was evident in his enlarged hands and feet

Acrophobia: a morbid fear of great heights

Sentence: My acrophobia makes it hard for me to look out of tall windows

Snowplow: a vehicle or device for removing snow from roads or railroads:

Sentence: A snowplow clearing a street can block a driveway.

Ruminative: thinking deeply and for a long period:

Sentence: Her writing is less descriptive, more ruminative.

Bionics: the science of creating artificial systems or devices that can work as parts of living organisms:

Sentence: Bionics may make it possible to replace eyes, ears, lungs, hearts and even brains.

Devise: to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination:

Sentence: He’s good at devising language games that you can play with students in class.

Prototype: the original model of something from which later forms are developed

Sentence: Our first prototype digital camera appeared back in 1976.