Vocabulary for IELTS
Impasse – a situation in which progress is impossible, especially because the people involved cannot agree.
Sentence – As stockpiles dwindled, the continuing impasse in negotiations rendered military conflict increasingly likely.
Thrive – to grow, develop, or be successful.
Sentence – While the insects thrive, residues from years of spraying are showing up in the water and food that humans consume.
Successful – achieving the results wanted or hoped for.
Sentence – A successful job search needs to be as well organised as any other executive task.
Hypothesis – speculation
Sentence – According to the hypothesis of the Weather Department, it will rain for the next 1 week.
Hard – firm.
Sentence – Expericence is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Backbone – spine.
Sentence – As criticism is the backbone of the scientific method, this accounts for the indentations permanently sunk into my chest.
Constitution – structure.
Sentence – The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections.
Sunrise – dawn
Sentence – Sunrise over the Himalayas is a magnificent sight.
Valueless – worthless.
Sentence – The average hospitalization costs decreased after deleting valueless period of hospitalization, and the hospital’ s income rose each day.
Awful – atrocious.
Sentence – The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.
To demonstrate – to protest.
Sentence – You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a literal understanding of the text.
Adult – grown
Sentence – As an adult, you can assess the situation realistically.
Measure – degree
Sentence – The measure will mainly be carried out by government officials.
Divide – split.
Sentence – Think of me sometimes while Alps and ocean divide us,but they ever will,unless you wish it.
Manmade – artificial.
Sentence – No manmade nuclear repository could hope to cope with this kind of natural event either.
To put sth. Back – to postpone.
Sentence – But a long-running dispute by benefit staff forced the council to put back its own deadline for thousands of outstanding benefit claims.
Cussed – stubborn
Sentence – While she had inherited from her father, and the stallion’s father before him, a stubborn and cussed temperament.
Loveable – habitable
Sentence – At that moment the doubtful attractiveness of Romola’s face was transfigured to the most loveable womanliness by mingled pity and affection.
Obdurate – stubborn
Sentence – Gedge smiled less and the attitude was so workman-like, it all seemed hurried and obdurate.
Intermittent – sporadic.
Sentence – Parents who do not detect an intermittent hearing loss can become irritable and controlling and label their child as disobedient and unresponsive.
Drastic – extreme.
Sentence – The clear message of the scientific reports is that there should be a drastic cut in car use.
Moreover – in addition.
Sentence – Moreover what seems to have been a clerical error made even that original level low.
Detached – indifferent.
Sentence – Through all the arguments among other committee members, she kept a detached attitude.
Immaculate – spotless.
Sentence – The following day, the feast of the immaculate conception, there was a closing ceremony in St Peter’s Square.
Dedicated – believing that something is very important and giving a lot of time and energy to it.
Sentence – They had joined a religious order and dedicated their lives to prayer and good works.
Ignorant – not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something.
Sentence – Never make your students feel stupid or ignorant.
Constant – happening a lot or all the time.
Sentence – He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance.
Intolerant – disapproving of or refusing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own.
Sentence – This was a Britain intolerant of difference, uncomfortable with outsiders and resentful of insiders.