Vocabulary For IELTS
Frugal – careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount
Sentence – He was a hardworking, frugal and thrifty man who was saving to buy a small cottage from his employer.
Gregarious – (of people) liking to be with other people
Sentence – A gregarious single woman in her mid-thirties, she came to me feeling atrophied in her position with a major insurance company.
Misanthrope – a person who dislikes people and avoids people
Sentence – I used to worry that my discomfort at weddings meant that I was a misanthrope or lacking the distinctly feminine gene that makes centerpieces and pew markers appealing.
Pacifist – a person who does not believe in war or violence.
Sentence – The Labour candidate advocating a pacifist programme, reversed a large Conservative majority in a seat never before held by Labour.
Repudiate – to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable
Sentence – You have taken a huge loan from the bank, you cannot repudiate it so easily.
Astute – able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it
Sentence – An astute businessman and virtual workaholic, he has his finger in more proverbial puddings than Little Jack Horner.
Candor – the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or embarrassing subject
Sentence – Her sweetness, her candor, her joie de vivre and fresh beauty-why had he been so long in appreciating it?
Tangible – real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced
Sentence – Max will probably escape punishment for his crimes because there is no tangible evidence to make a case against him.
Copious – in large amounts, or more than enough
Sentence – Her intestinal symptoms progressed and she vomited copious amounts of fluid every two to three hours.
Effeminate – An effeminate man behaves or looks similar to a woman
Sentence – A gentle, almost effeminate scholar, Minh Mang reinforced the Confucian administration he had inherited from his father.
Finagle – to use tricks and dishonest methods to get what you want
Sentence – The cheap, used irrigation gear he could finagle leaks more than it irrigates, leaving mosquito pools that qualify this farm as malarious.
Prolific – producing a great number or amount of something
Sentence – Noam Chomsky is a very prolific author. He’s written many books and articles.
Ad lib – said without any preparation or practice
Sentence – The teacher lost all of his teaching notes on the way to class and was forced to ad lib the lesson.
Animosity – strong dislike, opposition, or anger
Sentence – I have no animosity against him, and he’s clearly seeking to pick a quarrel with me.
Earnest – seriousand determined, especially too serious and unable to find your own actions funny
Sentence – So David made earnest supplication that Ahithophel’s counsel might be frustrated.
Epitome – a perfect example
Sentence – Send the epitome or abstract of an unregistered title, or Office Copy Entries and filed plan with the draft contract.
Genre – a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics
Sentence – People are afraid of the horror genre as a whole and parents are afraid their children might be exposed to bad influences.
Permeate – to spread through something and be present in every part of it
Sentence – These responses began to permeate Israelite life: and the prophet Jeremiah preached against the cults and idolatry.
Taciturn – tending not to speak much
Sentence – I decided that a weak-minded wife was the most likely answer; it would explain the seclusion, the taciturn servants.
