IELTS Vocabulary
Curler – a small plastic tube that you twist hair around to make it curl.
Sentence – Use an eyelash curler to curl lashes first – this will open the eye and groom the lashes.
Grasping – (of people) always trying to get and keep more of something, especially money.
Sentence – Abandoned by her family and deserted by her servants, Elena Petrescu was incapable of grasping that a revolution had happened.
Skull – the bones of the head that surround the brain and give the head its shape.
Sentence – He can’t seem to get it into his skull that I’m just not interested in him.
Conscientious – putting a lot of effort into your work.
Sentence – If Lois had to shout in her conscientious efforts, Paul had turned out to be naturally brilliant around hearing aids.
Hate – to dislike someone or something very much.
Sentence – I hate the way she always criticizes me.
Foyer – a large open area just inside the entrance of a public building such as a theatre or a hotel, where people can wait and meet each other.
Sentence – When the doors opened he charged across the foyer, scattering people, and disappeared into Fleet Street.
Maneuver – manipulate.
Sentence – If executed close enough to the Moon, this maneuver can place the spacecraft on a collision course with the Moon.
Numerous – many.
Sentence – Numerous loving wishes for my wife who will always be my valuable Christmas gift and everything to me.
Wonderful – extremely good.
Sentence – May its blessings lead into a wonderful year for you and all whom you hold dear.
Bloodbath – an extremely violent event in which a large number of people are killed.
Sentence – Both men know the only way ahead to avoid a national racial bloodbath is to get together and start talking again.
Cruel – extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally.
Sentence – The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.
Important – necessary or of great value.
Sentence – Every person has two education, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself.
Quite – completely.
Sentence – I’ve eaten so much, I’m really quite uncomfortable.
In the meantime – meanwhile.
Sentence – Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult, but in the meantime she relies on your support.
Reminiscence – the act of remembering events and experiences from the past.
Sentence – This hopefully will provide a wealth of reminiscence and anecdote, and might take place anywhere from Putney to Paris.
Obligatory – expected because it usually happens.
Sentence – Identification with one’s community is, though not morally obligatory, a desirable state, at least if that community is reasonably just.
Unforeseen – not expected.
Sentence – Other unforeseen difficulties have taken a further 4 percent, but Remington is confident the contingency reserve will cover it.
After – following, next.
Sentence – After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while.
Intellectual – relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially complicated ideas.
Sentence – High levels of lead could damage the intellectual development of children.
Contemporary – existing or happening now.
Sentence – In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
Humble – not proud or not believing that you are important.
Sentence – He had risen from humble origins through hard work.
Religious – relating to religion.
Sentence – In the various regions of India, Hindus worship different gods and observe different religious festivals.
Impolite – behaving in a way that is not socially correct and shows a lack of understanding of and care for other people’s feelings.
Sentence – It’s impolite to challenge their integrity, the veracity of their self-expression.
