IELTS Vocabulary Part – 242

LENIENT – not as strict as expected.

Sentence – The judge was lenient with terrorist.

LANGUID – weak or faint from illness or fatigue.

Sentence – The illness made him feel languid.

LAMENT – to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively

Sentence – She lamented having lost her best friend.

JOVIAL – happy and friendly.

Sentence – Santa Claus is known as a jovial man.

JITTERY – nervous or worried.

Sentence – Mostly students feel jittery during their exams.

IRATE – very angry.

Sentence – His owner was so irate that he threw him out of the place.

IMPROVISE – to make or manage something without preparation

Sentence – There isn’t much equipment. We’re going to have to improvise.

INSOLENT – lacking respect; rude.

Sentence – I usually ignore insolent people.

INQUISITIVE – interested in finding out about many different things.

Sentence – He has an inquisitive nature.

IMPLIED – to suggest something in an indirect way

Sentence – He implied that we were emotionally immature.

HYSTERICAL – very excited and unable to control your emotions (very funny)

Sentence – His last film was hysterical.

HESITANT – slow to speak or act because you are uncertain

Sentence – I’m hesitant to marry her.

HECTIC – very busy with a lot of things that you have to do quickly.

Sentence – Today was too hectic for me.

HARMONIOUS – friendly, peaceful and without disagreement

Sentence – It can add a harmonious feel to your space

HUMILIATE – to make somebody feel very embarrassed

Sentence – You should not humiliate her in public.

GALLANT – brave; heroic.

Sentence – He is a very gallant gentleman.

GNARLED – full of knots or gnarls

Sentence – Old people have gnarled hands.

FRETFUL – behaving in a way that shows you are worried.

Sentence – My brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth.

FIERCE – angry, aggressive and frightening

Sentence – I do not love fierce animals.

FORMIDABLE – difficult to deal with

Sentence – There is, however, one formidable difficulty.