IELTS Vocabulary
Indispensable essential, crucial, necessary
Sentence – Written sources are considered virtually indispensable for today’s history teaching.
Repercussions an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one
Sentence – Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world.
Inevitable unavoidable
Sentence – It is very inevitable for me to reach the hospital, my wife is going to have a baby.
Doomed an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated
Sentence – The plan was doomed to fail by their refusal to give it any financial support.
Emotional Fallout emotional breakdown
Sentence – It became difficult for me to handle the emotional fallout after failure.
With The Likes Of similar to
Sentence – The company has introduced new prices which it says are necessary to survive competition with the likes of Vebacom and Mannesmann.
Call It A Day decide or agree to stop doing something
Sentence – We realized we weren’t going to get the job finished, so we decided to call it a day.
Down In The Dumps depressed or unhappy
Sentence – She supposed she was feeling a bit down in the dumps, apprehensive too about celebrating Christmas Day at the Danbys.
Toiling working extremely hard or incessantly
Sentence – Against their huge bulk, the pilgrims and mule toiling up the almost invisible pathways are tiny and humbled.
Let Off A Bit Of Steam to do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy
Sentence – Any time I need to let off a bit of steam, I call my friends and and talk.
Arrogate – to claim or seize without justification
Sentence – Governments should not be deluded into thinking that they can arrogate to themselves powers that they do not and cannot possess.
Blandishment – something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.
Sentence – But this remedy fails to confront the reality of a male youth culture nearly immune to all the blandishments of established society.
Bilk – to defraud; cheat
Sentence – City police expresses east, current, network bilk case and photograph comparing in ascendant trend last year.
Congruity – the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
Sentence – Moral construction of higher schools must be emphasized the congruity of theory and practice, knowing and doing.
Cupidity – strong desire, esp for possessions or money; greed
Sentence – A method for seal identification is proposed, which based on cupidity algorithm and polygon triangulation cutting algorithm in computational geometry.
Ephemeral – lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
Sentence – Likewise, those that thought they were too ephemeral and effervescent, began to appreciate them.
Exhort – to try to influence (someone) by words or advice : to strongly urge (someone) to do something
Sentence – He exhorted delegates to fight corruption, bureaucracy and incompetence.
Flagrant – conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Sentence – If a flagrant oversight like this could occur it says little for the prospects of men of lowly status being correctly recorded.
Grandiloquence – a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Sentence – This will be hard because of the excesses of grandiloquence the politicians have indulged in.
IELTS Vocabulary
IELTS Vocabulary