BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 427

Perspicacious– having a ready insight into and understanding of things.

Sentence – He’s an impartial and perspicacious judge.

Intransigent -refusing to change one’s views

Sentence – He can be intransigent and pig – headed at times.

Quixotic – extremely idealistic

Sentence – He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour.

Mellifluous -pleasingly smooth and musical to hear

Sentence – I grew up around people who had wonderful, mellifluous voices.

Esoteric-likely to be understood by only a small number of people

Sentence – Some words are really too esoteric for this dictionary.

Pluviophile-a person who enjoys rain and rainy days, and who is fascinated by the sights, sounds

Sentence – My sister is a real pluviophile; she really enjoys the weather in the rainy season.

Recalcitrant -a person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude.

Sentence – The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstraters.

Ephemeral -lasting for a very short time.

Sentence – Her success as a popular singer was ephemeral.

Flap – move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly.

Sentence – The jacket was fastened with a complicated buttoned fla