BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 284

Shambling – moving with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.

Sentence – He’s made an absolute shambles of his career.

Iconoclastic – criticizing or attacking cherished beliefs or institutions.

Sentence – His plays were fairly iconoclastic in their day.

Venal – showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt.

Sentence – The venal policeman accepted the bribe.

Dour – relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.

Sentence – No wonder he looked so dour.

Louche – disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.

Sentence – To most people that just sounds like a louche accountant.

Transitory – not permanent.

Sentence – We hope this hot weather will be transitory.

Extol – praise enthusiastically.

Sentence – She was extolled as a genius

Insatiable – impossible to satisfy. “an insatiable hunger for success”

Sentence – She has an insatiable curiosity about life.

Fervid – intensely enthusiastic or passionate

Sentence – The inventor’s fervid imagination allowed him to create many wonderful products.

Allay – diminish or put at rest

Sentence – The police tried to allay her fears but failed.

Noxious -harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Sentence – We must trace the source of these noxious.

Meander – follow a winding course.

Sentence – I liked to meander through familiar streets.