BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 293

Finifugal – afraid of finishing anything

Sentence – My sister is never going to finish reading this book, she is finifugal.

Ataraxia – a state of freedom from emotional disturbance

Sentence – Only by suspending judgment can we attain a state of ataraxia.

Nubivagant – to move through the clouds

Sentence – I suspect I will never again see a crowd of 35,000 transform with such speed into nubivagant hip-swivelling beasts

Petrichor – the smell of earth after rain

Sentence – And surface from the cellar door like worms into the petrichor.

Reverie – a day dreamer

Sentence – She fell into a reverie about her childhood.

Lacuna – a blank space, a missing part

Sentence – It is this lacuna that the book purports to fill.

Irenic – promoting peace

Sentence – In pursuing that end, however, he can be less than irenic, even caustic

Tacenda – things better left unsaid

Sentence – My mother sometimes says things that my dad thinks is tacenda.

Alfresco — taking place or located in the open air

Sentence – The restaurant has a lovely outdoor patio for customers who want to dine alfresco.

Convivial —friendly

Sentence – Carl was a convivial party host who made everyone feel at home

Doldrums —a state of inactivity

Sentence – Her career was in the doldrums during those years.

Dumfounded —speechless with amazement 

Sentence – We were dumbfounded at what we saw.

Finagle — to cheat a person

Sentence – The finagle factor is still at work.

Flyspeck — a tiny stain

Sentence – She grew up in a flyspeck of a town.

Futz — to pass time in idleness

Sentence – I spent all day futzing with those file folders.

Gizmo — gadget

Sentence – There are now electronic gizmos that do the job – and take all the fun out of it.

Halcyon — calm

Sentence – I was very content during the halcyon days of my childhood. 

Kaput — ruined

Sentence – Their marriage is kaput.

Moocher — to borrow 

Sentence – We are a moocher in this world to find the food.

Quixotic —extravagantly chivalrous

Sentence – This ended in a quixotic campaign for statehood.