VOCABULARY FOR IELTS READING

Endorsement: a statement or action which shows that you support or approve of something or someone

Sentence: An endorsement for a drink-driving offence remains on a driving licence for 11 years.

Eloquent: fluent or clearly expressing or indicating something in speaking or writing.

Sentence: His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.

Exasperate: to make (someone) very angry or annoyed.

Sentence: We were exasperated by the delays.

Disseminate: to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc

Sentence: The Internet allows us to disseminate information faster.

Exoneration: the act of showing or stating that someone or something is not guilty of something

Sentence: He offered to include the written exoneration in the man’s personnel file.

Divergence: a situation in which two things become different, or the difference between them increases.

Sentence: There’s a substantial divergence of opinion within the party.

Abbreviated: shortened; made briefer

Sentence: We were forced to abbreviate our trip due to the bad weather.

Pragmatic: solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now,

Sentence: His pragmatic view of public education comes from years of working in city schools.

Revelation: a surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others.

Sentence: The revelation that she was a drug user was not a surprise to me.

Buttress: to make support for an idea or argument stronger by providing a good reason for it

Sentence: the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times

Immanent: present as a natural and permanent part of something

Sentence: Hope seems immanent in human nature.