IELTS VOCABULARY

Naive – showing a lack of experience 

Sentence –  It would be naive of us to think that football is only a game.

Primitive – a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.

Sentence – Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools.

Abstract – something detached from physical, or concrete, reality

Sentence – We have lost the abstract sense of beauty.

Collage – a piece of art created by combining photos

Sentence – Make a spring collage with pictures from magazines of animals and flowers

Seascape – a view of an expanse of sea.

Sentence – I wish the seascape as my background.

Cityscape – the visual appearance of a city or urban area

Sentence – At night the cityscape is stunning.

 Portraiture – the art of painting or taking portraits.

Sentence – I am going to have my portraiture taken.

Shallow – not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought.

Sentence – The water gets quite shallow towards the shore.

Subdued – quiet and rather reflective or depressed.

Sentence – She spoke in a subdued voice. 

Distorted – pulled or twisted out of shape

Sentence – Pain had distorted her face.

Freehand – done without the use of anything to guide the hand.

Sentence – I can’t draw very well freehand.

 Meandering – following a winding course.

Sentence – Village, made of two converging streams meandering streams by.

Bumpy – uneven, with many patches raised above the rest.

Sentence – The road is very bumpy

Gooey – soft and sticky.

Sentence – If it is gooey inside then you will need to increase cooking time.

Tacky – not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.

Sentence – I believe that the advertisement is very tacky.

Velvet – a closely woven fabric of silk

Sentence – She was dressed in black velvet.