IELTS Vocabulary Part – 162

Doubt – (a feeling of) not being certain about something, especially about how good or true it is.

Sentence – Without the slightest doubt this is a remarkable exhibition.

Wrong – not correct.

Sentence – I hate to see things done by halves– If it be right, do it boldly, –if it be wrong, leave it undone.

Away – somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation.

Sentence – The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.

To notify – to tell someone officially about something.

Sentence – You’ll need to notify security if you want to work late in the office.

Mannequin – a large model of a human being, used to show clothes in the window of a shop.

Sentence – Taken into consideration this practical application, a novel method for parameterized mannequin modeling was proposed.

Dicey – slightly dangerous or uncertain.

Sentence – Through this conservative normativist theory Dicey attempted to stem the tide of government growth in a collectivist direction.

Empty – not containing any things or people.

Sentence – As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers.

Misery – great unhappiness.

Sentence – The demise of the industry has caused untold misery to thousands of hard-working tradesmen.

Impartial – not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument.

Sentence – Still less can they accept impartial public broadcasting combined with a biased press and biased satellite television.

To behave – to act in a particular way.

Sentence – Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

Bendy – Something that is bendy can be easily bent into new shapes without breaking.

Sentence – Police had considered taking action against David as they said he was carrying an offensive weapon his bendy rubber truncheon.

Extra – added to what is normal.

Sentence – Use over your favourite lipstick to add extra gloss.

To administer – to control the operation or arrangement of something.

Sentence – A crisis centre was set up to administer supplies and hard-currency deals were being negotiated to buy in supplies from abroad.

Murderer – the crime of intentionally killing a person.

Sentence – The police identified the murderer from a smudge of blood on the shirt.

To maintain – to continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less.

Sentence – He has occasional injections to maintain his good health but otherwise he lives a normal life.

Mediocre – not very good.

Sentence – In 1964, however, after two mediocre seasons, a brash new chairman, John Ireland, suddenly sacked him.

Aromatic – a strong, pleasant smell, usually from food or drink.

Sentence – Organic compounds including a number of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are also present in coal dust.

Dispute – an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border.

Sentence – Production has halted at all of the company’s factories because of the pay dispute.

Ambitious – having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich.

Sentence – We were going to do something more ambitious over Christmas this year but we never got it together.

To foretell – to say what is going to happen in the future.

Sentence –  The most extreme pessimists foretell a future of demographically driven privation, environmental overshoot, and economic collapse.

To ignore – to intentionally not listen or give attention to.

Sentence – The management’s decision to ignore the safety warnings demonstrated a remarkable lapse of judgment.