IELTS Vocabulary Part – 192

High – (especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top to bottom.

Sentence – He batted the ball high into the air.

Convalesce – to rest in order to get better after an illness.

Sentence – These two physical symptoms are the most important causes of disability and failure to convalesce.

Outside – not inside a building.

Sentence – Signs with three balls hang outside pawnbrokers’ shops.

To renounce – to say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something.

Sentence – You will have to renounce citizenship of this country if you apply for citizenship of another.

More and more – increasingly, or an increasing number of.

Sentence – It has developed very fast in the past years, more and more people come here to seek opportunities.

To grouse – to complain angrily.

Sentence – Throughout the day the grouse drums in the woods, and the woodcock performs its exuberant ritual at dawn and dusk.

To assure – to tell someone confidently that something is true, especially so that they do not worry.

Sentence – You think you are clever; on the contrary, I assure that you are very foolish.

Advocate – to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something.

Sentence – is a strong advocate of reforms on the political system.

Coiffure – the style in which someone’s hair is cut and arranged.

Sentence – Would her pearls, her coiffure, help her after all endure the presence of her unspeakable brother?

Forehead – the flat part of the face, above the eyes and below the hair.

Sentence – I vaguely remember, you thin lips stuck on my forehead carefully,as if the whole world becomes quiet.

Discount – a reduction in the usual price.

Sentence – If you promote our goods, we will give you a good discount as our part of the bargain.

To appear – to start to be seen or to be present.

Sentence – Ministers must appear before parliament and justify their actions.

Except – not including; but not.

Sentence – The exam went quite well, except at the end when I tripped up on the final question.

To survive – to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation.

Sentence – I have only one heart.How can I survive if I devote it all to you.

Migrant – a person that travels to a different country or place, often in order to find work.

Sentence – City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

Dead – not now living.

Sentence – A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead ten or fifteen years.

Notwithstanding – despite the fact or thing mentioned.

Sentence – He insisted on going to the football match, notwithstanding his doctor’s advice to the contrary.

A native – relating to or describing someone’s country or place of birth or someone who was born in a particular country or place.

Sentence –  Before all this the island was populated by native American Arawaks.

To visualize – to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, in order to imagine or remember him, her, or it.

Sentence – It can help to visualize yourself making your speech clearly and confidently.

Informal – not formal or official.

Sentence – The restaurant is informal, stylish and extremely good value.