IELTS Vocabulary – Part 30

Win – to achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition, election, fight, etc.

Sentence – Don’t try to win a friend by presenting gifts. You should instead contribute your sincere love and learn how to win others ‘heart through appropriate ways.

Hold – to take and keep something in your hand or arms.

Sentence – I count religion but a children toy, and hold there is no sin but igno-rance.

To nominate – to officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honour.

Sentence – They said Democrats should be allowed to nominate the Democrat of their choosing, and Republicans, the Republican candidate of theirs.

To near – not far away in distance.

Sentence – I couldn’t find a parking space near the shops.

To impact – the force or action of one object hitting another.

Sentence – An adequate environmental impact assessment was not carried out on the bypass project.

Charter – a formal statement of the rights of a country’s people, or of an organization or a particular social group, that is agreed by or demanded from a ruler or government.

Sentence – The charter states that the press shall be devoted to printing and publishing in the furtherance and dissemination of knowledge.

Eccentric – strange or unusual, sometimes in a humorous way.

Sentence – She gives the impression of being rather conventional, but under the surface she is wildly eccentric.

Consecutive – Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without an interruption.

Sentence – The foot, the bottom, the abyss, that beckons for the third consecutive season.

Morose – unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak or smile.

Sentence – Before a morose crowd limply reaching double figures battle commenced at three o’clock.

Disagree – to not have the same opinion, idea, etc.

Sentence – You must continue to see them no matter how much you may disagree with them.

Invoice – a list of things provided or work done together with their cost, for payment at a later time.

Sentence – We will be pleased to delete the charge from the original invoice.

To withstand – to be strong enough, or not be changed by something, or to oppose a person or thing successfully.

Sentence – Our toys are designed to withstand the rough treatment of the average five-year-old.

Insupportable – difficult or impossible to bear.

Sentence – You are thinking insupportable it would be to spend many evenings in such a tedious company.

Meeting – a planned occasion when people come together, either in person or online (= using the internet), to discuss something.

Sentence – Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

To convey – to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people.

Sentence – We would like to take this opportunity to convey our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims.

To denationalize – to change an industry from being publicly owned to being privately owned.

Sentence – There was little or no attempt to denationalize the giant state monopolies thereafter.

Abstract – existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object.

Sentence – External connections are sufficiently captured by abstract causal organization.

Attractive – very pleasing in appearance or sound.

Sentence – The scenery in Switzerland is exceedingly attractive to the tourists from the whole world.

Illiberal – limiting freedom of expression, thought, behaviour, etc.

Sentence – The main 3 types of personality disorder of violence criminals are impulsive, illiberal and antisocial personality disorder, respectively.

To overhaul – to repair an engine, machine, etc. so that every part of it works as it should.

Sentence – He was explicit about his intention to overhaul the party’s internal voting system.