IELTS Vocabulary
STRAIT -A a very difficult situation, especially one caused by having no money.
Sentence – This company is in financial straits.
PERSIST – To continue to exist
Sentence – If the symptoms persist, contact your doctor.
FOE – A person who feels enmity
Sentence – She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.
FERVENT – Having or showing very strong feelings about something
Sentence – They remain among the most fervent participants in politics.
REJOINDER – A reply or response to a remark, question, especially the quick one.
Sentence – Dean ignored the rejoinder.
SUBDUE – To defeat somebody/something or bring somebody/something under control.
Sentence – The kidnapper quickly subdued the small child.
BASIN – An area of land from which water flows into a river
Sentence – The Yamuna river basin.
TREASON – The criminal act of causing harm to your country.
Sentence – He was executed for treason
BRIGANDAGE – The life and practice of highway robbery and plunder.
Sentence – Brigandage of the classical type has almost disappeared from Italy.
SUFFICE – To be enough for somebody/something.
Sentence – A smile will always suffice to make someone’s day.
PROSPEROUS – rich and successful.
Sentence – He is a prosperous person.
MALIGNANT – That spreads in the body (used for the disease).
Sentence – She has malignant brain tumour.
DUGOUT – A trench that is dug and roofed over as a shelter for troops.
Sentence – The tunnel and dugouts are on this side of the stadium.
FLOURISHING – To be strong and healthy.
Sentence – Those plants you gave me are flourishing.
VICTORIOUS – Having won a victory.
Sentence – It did not need a little victorious war.
RUTHLESS – Hard and cruel.
Sentence – He could be ruthless, but was not habitually cruel.
AQUILINE – Hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.
Sentence – The man has a strong and aquiline nose.
PENNILESS – Having no money.
Sentence – She fell in love with a penniless artist.
ASSASSINATION – To murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons.
Sentence – The judge escaped assassination by drug dealers.
VANISHING – To stop existing.
Sentence – Create combos of vanishing jewels and play to your heart’s content.
IELTS Vocabulary
IELTS Vocabulary