BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 295

Hostile – showing or feeling opposition or dislike

Sentence – She was openly hostile towards her parents.

Partake – eat or drink

Sentence – Would you care to partake of a little wine with us?

Qualms – a misgiving

Sentence – I have no qualms about recommending this approach.

Harmony – the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect.

Sentence – This design aims for harmony of form and function.

Dignity – the state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect.

Sentence – Only a truly free person has human dignity.

Quell – suppress (a feeling).

 Sentence – She quelled an urge to race up the stairs.

Unrest – a feeling of disturbance and dissatisfaction in a person.

Sentence – The real danger is civil unrest in the east of the country.

Garrulous – excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Sentence – My garrulous neighbour had given away the secret

Ebullient – cheerful and full of energy.

Sentence – He wasn’t his usual ebullient self.

Illiterate – unable to read or write.

Sentence – He’s illiterate when it comes to computers.

Thorn – a thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn.

Sentence – The rose has its thorns.

Coir – fibre from the outer husk of the coconut

Sentence – The floors were carpeted with coir.