IELTS Vocabulary Part – 161

Mischievous – behaving in a way, or describing behaviour, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage.

Sentence – I was very shy but his mischievous grin put me at my ease and we strolled along behind Sally and her beau.

Dormant – Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later time.

Sentence – The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.

Idle – not working or being used.

Sentence – To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.

Turbulent – involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments, or violence.

Sentence – This is a consequence of the fact that turbulent flows normally occur at high Reynolds number.

To disclose – to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden

Sentence – He received an anonymous letter threatening to disclose details of his affair if he didn’t pay the money.

Dally – to waste time or do something slowly.

Sentence – These people might include the chief clerks and foremen who control the dally ordering, production and distribution processes.

Isolated – not near to other places.

Sentence – Police officers had a siege mentality that isolated them from the people they served.

Missing – lost.

Sentence – I missed you but I missing you. I missing you but I missed you .I see you but I seeing you . I seeing you but I see you.

Drab – boring, especially in appearance; having little colour and excitement.

Sentence – Their clothes hung loosely on their frames, drab coats and washed-out dresses covered with a film of dust.

Fortunate – lucky.

Sentence – The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.

Mendacity – the act of not telling the truth.

Sentence – So dogs may be able to sniff out bombs. But they can’t pick up the smell of mendacity.

Superb – of excellent quality; very great.

Sentence – A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a couple of superb goals from Anthony Edwards.

Leading – very important or most important.

Sentence – A leading article in “The Times” accused the minister of lying.

Chiefly – mainly.

Sentence – The tumultuous Cultural Revolution was chiefly responsible for the searing desire for change in China.

Aggressive – behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person.

Sentence – There appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance.

Noon – twelve o’clock in the middle of the day, or about that time.

Sentence – It looks like high noon for the nation’s movie theaters, now we are in the age of the home video.

Vague – not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided.

Sentence – Readers familiar with English history will find a vague parallel to the suppression of the monasteries.

Misfortune – bad luck, or an unlucky event.

Sentence – The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me.

Misread – to make a mistake in the way that you read something.

Sentence – Mothers may also misread signals and think the baby is crying because he is hungry.

Deceptive – the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage.

Sentence – I found the deceptive cairn and followed the instructions to find the real summit over a slight drop in the ridge.

Lacking – missing.

Sentence – They are lacking in nothing, but real happiness.

Jealous – upset and angry because someone that you love seems interested in another person.

Sentence – Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he went off with her best friend.