IELTS Vocabulary Part – 178

Huge – extremely large in size or amount.

Sentence – A huge bomb blast rocked central London last night.

Hole – an empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the object’s surface, or an opening that goes completely through an object.

Sentence – Water poured through the hole, saturating the carpet.

Magnify – to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens.

Sentence – Additionally, you can magnify a funny line by using the pause to accentuate your physical delivery.

Lethal – able to cause or causing death; extremely dangerous.

Sentence – Neutron bombs release lethal radiation instead of exploding with a lot of heat and wind.

Immune – protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood.

Sentence – Most people who’ve had chicken pox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives.

Mourn – to feel or express great sadness, especially because of someone’s death.

Sentence – As the nation continued to mourn, the new President of South Africa paid his own tribute.

Ban – forbid.

Sentence – The British Medical Association is/are campaigning for a complete ban on tobacco advertising.

Infrequent – not happening very often.

Sentence – Apart from infrequent exceptions such as these, chantry priests were indistinguishable from parish chaplains.

Spontaneous – happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced.

Sentence – With such spontaneous performances the players clearly enjoying themselves – the pieces are easy to enjoy.

To cite – to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened.

Sentence – Doctors are required to cite a study confirming any medical benefits of the drug and provide a written prescription.

Uncooked – not having been cooked.

Sentence – Her speciality was a kind of uncooked avocado mousse that was better avoided, although her martinis were good.

Arrive – to reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.

Sentence – Our new stock of winter clothes will arrive soon.

Dark – with little or no light.

Sentence – He groped for the doorhandle in the dark.

Unlawful – not allowed by law.

Sentence – It is unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment on pupils.

Knowingly – in a way that shows you know about something.

Sentence – He accused them of knowingly spreading falsehoods about him.

Moderately – in a way that is neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, or strength.

Sentence – The company remains moderately profitable, but it is not making as much money as it should.

Insurgent – someone who is fighting against the government in their own country.

Sentence – The attack happened yesterday in Mahmoudiya, the Sunni insurgent stronghold about 20 miles south of Baghdad.

Uprising – an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power.

Sentence – The group, which began its uprising in February 1996, has links with other revolutionary groups.

Clerk – a person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties.

Sentence – He left school at 16 and went to work as a bank clerk.

Miserable – very unhappy.

Sentence – He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.

Curative – able to cure or cause to get better.

Sentence – Too much is spent on expensive curative medicine and too little on preventive medicine.

Equity – the value of a company, divided into many equal parts owned by the shareholders, or one of the equal parts into which the value of a company is divided.

Sentence – The rules of common law and equity are both, in essence, systems of private law.