IELTS Vocabulary
Vestige – a small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from something that existed in the past.
Sentence – This was on-the-edge black comedy that dispelled any vestige of condescension that might have been felt towards the performers.
Turgid – (of speech, writing, style, etc.) boring and too serious about its subject matter.
Sentence – Not far away a turgid and fast moving river rushed southward in narrow gorges.
Sustain – to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time.
Sentence – His comforting words helped to sustain me in my faith during those dark days.
Stupendous – very surprising, usually in a pleasing way, especially by being large in amount or size.
Sentence – The advance publicity has been stupendous, and the first issue is alleged to have sold out straight away.
Stable – firmly fixed or not likely to move or change.
Sentence – The situation in the country has remained relatively stable for a few months now.
Simper – to smile in a silly or annoying way.
Sentence – The model makes the calculation simper than load-shedding strategy by neighbor.
Glib– speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty.
Sentence – Tozer once said, “When we become too glib in prayer we are almost certainly talking to ourselves.”.
Retrieve – to find and bring back something.
Sentence – Employers are anxious to retrieve the investment they have made in training their employees.
Renegade – a person who has changed their feelings of support and duty from one political, religious, national, etc. group to a new one.
Sentence – In very general terms, the Renegade Jacket takes this principle to its logical conclusion.
Redolent – smelling strongly of something or having qualities (especially smells) that make you think of something else.
Sentence – Slightly spicy and redolent with cilantro, the velvety soup also contained chopped tomatoes, corn, carrots, celery and onion.
Rebuke – to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done.
Sentence – The rebuke or the dismissal, then, becomes more fuel for their assumption that things are always being done to them.
Range – the goods made by one company or goods of one particular type that are sold in a shop.
Sentence – We offer our customers a comprehensive range of financial products.
Querulous – often complaining, especially in a weak high voice.
Sentence – They go in for querulous and disputatious argument.
Proximity – the state of being near in space or time.
Sentence – Gradually your proximity grows and you no longer care about anyone else.
Prior – existing or happening before something else, or before a particular time.
Sentence – Students should have prior experience of veterinary practice.
Platitude – a remark or statement that may be true but is boring and has no meaning because it has been said so many times before.
Sentence – We shall have to listen to more platitudes about the dangers of overspending.
Permeate – to spread through something and be present in every part of it.
Sentence – Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete.
Peremptory – expecting to be obeyed immediately and without any questions.
Sentence – Nevertheless, the peremptory dismissal of the book which established the modern discipline of macroeconomics is disconcerting.
Bestow – to give something as an honour or present.
Sentence – He went the rounds of other bedrooms, to bestow his nightly blessing on the women residents.
Credence – the belief that something is true.
Sentence – Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
