BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 609

Ruminative: thinking deeply and for a long period:

Sentence: Her writing is less descriptive, more ruminative.

Croon: to sing or talk in a low, gentle, musical voice:

Sentence: He held his baby in his arms and crooned softly to her

Hustings: The political activities, meetings and speeches that happen before an election.

Sentence: Three weeks before the election the candidates are all out on the hustings.

Grass roots: Ordinary people in a society, as opposed to those who are in power.

Sentence: The leadership needs to hear first-hand what grass-roots members are thinking.

Effervescent: active, positive, and full of energy:

Sentence: She’s one of those effervescent personalities that you often see hosting TV game shows.

Acrophobia: a morbid fear of great heights

Sentence: My acrophobia makes it hard for me to look out of tall windows

In the limelight: Being in the center of attention, much like actors on stage.

Sentence: She claims she never sought the limelight.

Apparent: Seeming obvious or visible.

Sentence: Because of exam pressure nowadays, my friend gets angry without any apparent reasons.

Acromegaly: enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face

Sentence: The man’s acromegaly was evident in his enlarged hands and feet