Vocabulary For IELTS
Reinforce – to make something stronger.
Sentence – Remember you want your visuals to reinforce your message, not detract from what you are saying.
Reiterate – to say something again, once or several times.
Sentence – You might also reiterate that you recommend this person “whole heartedly” or “without reservation.”.
Repudiate – to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable.
Sentence – Under the pressure of family members, Ankush had to repudiate from the competition.
Resident – a person who lives or has their home in a place.
Sentence – A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the Revolution.
Restrict – to limit the movements or actions of someone, or to limit something and reduce its size or prevent it from increasing.
Sentence – Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem of traffic congestion.
Rotate – to turn or cause something to turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point.
Sentence – The members of the club can rotate and one person can do all the preparation for the evening.
Salient – The salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things about them.
Sentence – It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember the whole book, just tell me the salient quotes of the character.
Scenario – a description of possible actions or events in the future.
Sentence – The worst-case scenario was that he would have to have an operation.
Sedentary – involving little exercise or physical activity.
Sentence – The simple act of giving up a sedentary occupation brought about the improved the state of health.
Seek – to try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object.
Sentence – Those who foolishly seek power by riding on the back of the tiger and up inside.
Sporadic – happening sometimes; not regular or continuous.
Sentence – Why, after a campaign punctuated by sporadic Khmer Rouge attacks, was the election allowed to proceed relatively peacefully?
Stimulate – to encourage something to grow, develop, or become active.
Sentence – The family is shaping excellent personality life textbook, is to stimulate the spirit of power source, is the emotional rain nourishes the soul.
Stringent – having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting.
Sentence – Parents must comply with the stringent rules for vehicular access, which are explained in a Headmaster’s letter.
Superfluous – more than is needed or wanted.
Sentence – There is no superfluous decoration in Shaker design, yet there is a powerful beauty in its functional simplicity.
Suspension – the act of stopping something happening, operating, etc. for a period of time.
Sentence – The suspension is designed to cushion passengers from the effects of riding over rough roads.
Tantamount – being almost the same or having the same effect as something, usually something bad.
Sentence – This has been distorted in the press as tantamount to planning violent attacks on the summit.
Teeming – If a place is teeming, it is full of people.
Sentence – Morton drifted into the grand salon, which was teeming with people.
Tremendous – very great in amount or level, or extremely good.
Sentence – This book was the outcome of a tremendous amount of scientific work.
Trivial – having little value or importance.
Sentence – The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.
