IELTS Vocabulary Part – 237

FORTUNE – A very large amount of money.

Sentence – I always spend a fortune on presents at Diwali.

UBEROUS – Fertile; Abundant.

Sentence – Because the ground is very uberous, we expect to grow a surplus of crops this year.

UGLIFY – To make ugly.

Sentence – Some Americans are making every effort to uglify China.

LEECH – A person who stays around another people and uses them for the personal gain.

Sentence – She would leech on to him and drain the life out of him.

BONHOMIE – Friendliness and happiness.

Sentence – She is known for her bonhomie and is a skileed doctor.

PERTURBED – Troubled in mind.

Sentence – He nodded, obviously perturbed about something.

APPREHENSION – Anxiety about the future.

Sentence – He was feeling sick with the apprehension.

VOUCHSAFE – to grant as a privilege or special favour.

Sentence – He vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples.

VULGAR – Rude or likely to offend people.

Sentence – He always crack vulgar jokes.

VOYAGE – A long journey by sea or in space.

SENTENCE – A voyage to Mars.

APPALLING – Shocking and very bad.

Sentence – Today’s drive to home was appalling.

KINAESTHETIC – The sensory perception of movement.

Sentence – The kinesthetic game combines student movement with test prep activities.

HERETIC – A person whose religious beliefs are believed to be wrong or evil.

Sentence – He was regarded as heretic by the common people.

ENDORSE – Show support or approval.

Sentence – He makes more money by endorsing sports clothing than by playing football.

PROLOGUE – A piece of writing or a speech that introduces a play, poem, etc.

Sentence – The play begins with a brief prologue.

EPILOGUE – A short piece that is added at the end of a book, play, etc.

Sentence – The novel’s epilogue brought closure to the story.

ABSTRUSE – Difficult to understand.

Sentence – Until last week, that point may have seemed a little abstruse.

DISTRAUGHT – Extremely sad and upset.

Sentence – He shook his head, obviously still distraught by the mere thought of it.

DEMURE – Shy, quiet and polite.

Sentence – She is very demure and sweet.

KNOTTY – Full of knots.

Sentence – It was his knotty idea.