Vocabulary for IELTS
Believable – If something is believable, it seems possible, real, or true.
Sentence – In addition, government policies need to be believable; banning cigarette advertising would almost certainly cut consumption.
Omnipotent – having unlimited power and able to do anything.
Sentence – We had built a giant and omnipotent mortgage department; then we let half of it leave and fired the rest.
To imitate – to mimic.
Sentence – Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers, who may imitate them and style themselves upon them.
Belly – the stomach or the front part of the body between your chest and your legs.
Sentence – Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.
Nice – pleasant, enjoyable, or satisfactory.
Sentence – A nice wife and a back door will soon make a rich man poor.
Gratis – free of charge.
Sentence – Any unit and individual shall provide convenience for reporting gratis and shall not obstruct the reporting.
Well mannered – behaving in a pleasant and polite way.
Sentence – A few other members of the music world – too embarrassed or well mannered to have left – applauded with him.
Able – capable.
Sentence – Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
To glitter – to produce a lot of small, bright flashes of reflected light.
Sentence – They rise, a coronet of tops, beyond the glitter and goo of Strath Bran, looking quite unapproachable.
Ballot – a system or occasion of secret voting.
Sentence – There should be a seven-day cooling-off period between a strike ballot and industrial action.
Formerly – previously.
Sentence – The Orkney islands were formerly dependencies of Norway and Denmark.
New – recently created or having started to exist recently.
Sentence – The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness, beauty and truth.
Precept – a rule for action or behaviour, especially obtained from moral thought.
Sentence – In other words we would have been better off cashing the precept and keeping the money under the mattress
Approve – to have a positive opinion of someone or something.
Sentence – Do not take it for granted that the board of the directors will approve of the plan.
Before – at or during a time earlier than.
Sentence – Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.
Fanatic – a person who is extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable.
Sentence – I am a 13 years old Andre Agassi fanatic who is very satisfied with the newsletters, and great photos.
Precedence – the condition of being dealt with before other things or of being considered more important than other things.
Sentence – Ceremonial and precedence notably lost most of the power to agitate rulers and governments which they had hitherto possessed.
Yield – to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information.
Sentence – Inevitably the transition will yield some sticky moments.
Economic – making a profit, or likely to make a profit.
Sentence – The government has initiated a programme of economic reform.
Suggest – to communicate or show an idea or feeling without stating it directly or giving proof.
Sentence – Latest statistics suggest the North/South divide is becoming even more pronounced.
Inheritor – a person who has been given something by someone who is dead.
Sentence – In order to become the inheritor of underglaze red, his only friends are clay, glaze, and kiln; and his love is porcelain.
Unusual – different from others of the same type in a way that is surprising, interesting, or attractive.
Sentence – If you experience any unusual symptoms after withdrawal of the treatment then contact your doctor.
