IELTS Vocabulary Part – 160

Disadvantaged – not having the standard of living conditions, education, etc. that most people have.

Sentence – He just wanted people to stop calling him disadvantaged, an underachiever.

Abundant – more than enough.

Sentence – Shandong province is famous for its abundant agricultural resources.

To misconceive – to understand something incorrectly, or to think that something is different to the way it really is.

Sentence – Hence the misconceived view that researchers’ research is theory-based whilst teachers’ is not.

Denims – a thick, strong cotton cloth, often blue in colour, used especially for making jeans.

Sentence – Lowering his denims to his knees, he winced as the blood soaked cloth pulled free from his wound.

Connect – to join or be joined with something else.

Sentence – Northbound and eastbound trains connect at New York.

Ecstasy – a state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling pleasure.

Sentence – Closing his eyes momentarily, he felt a rush of ecstasy pulsing through his body.

Magistrate – a person who acts as a judge in a law court that deals with crimes that are less serious.

Sentence – A city magistrate ruled that the novel was obscene and copies should be destroyed.

Eager – wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable.

Sentence – There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.

Wise – having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life.

Sentence – Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.

Crusade – a long and determined attempt to achieve something that you believe in strongly.

Sentence – Footballers launched an unprecedented crusade against racism on the terraces.

To establish – to start a company or organization that will continue for a long time.

Sentence – Establish which boundary hedges are yours, and which belong to a neighbour.

Neutral – not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups involved in an argument or war.

Sentence – In addition to the 81 positive comments, 26 students had neutral, mixed, negative or off topic views.

Vicious – Vicious people or actions show an intention or wish to hurt someone or something very badly.

Sentence – The more pesticides are used, the more resistant the insects become so the more pesticides have to be used. It’s a vicious circle.

Interplay – the effect that two or more things have on each other.

Sentence – The interplay between the new politics and the modern media will unbalance the political process and inhibit its workings.

To desert – to abandon.

Sentence – And yet he refused to desert me, the vessel from which this pain has poured.

Touchdown – the landing of an aircraft or of some types of spacecraft.

Sentence – Tony blocked Tom, allowing Jack to run for the touchdown.

Oblique – having a sloping direction, angle, or position.

Sentence – Mr. Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action.

To accomplish – to finish something successfully or to achieve something Hashish – cannabis.

Sentence – To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.

To close – to change from being open to not being open, or to cause something to do this.

Sentence – There was manifest relief among the workers yesterday at the decision not to close the factory.

Defective – a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to work correctly.

Sentence – The insistence that manmade women be accepted as women is the institutional expression of the mistaken conviction that women are defective males.