BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 446

Eclectic: deriving the best ideas and styles from a diverse range of sources

Sentence : My university is offering an eclectic mix of courses.

Egregious : reprehensible or outrageously bad

Sentence : It is an egregious abuse of copyright.

Embezzlement : misappropriation of funds

Sentence : He has charges of fraud and embezzlement.

Enervate : lacking in vitality or mentally/ morally drained

Sentence : The weather has an enervating heat today.

Ephemeral : lasting for a short duration

Sentence : Fads are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old.

Equanimity : maintaining composure in stressful situations

Sentence : He accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity.

Fatuous : devoid of intelligence

Sentence : It was a fatuous comment.

Gratuitous : uncalled for or unwarranted

Sentence : Gratuitous violence was reported.

Iconoclast : someone who criticizes or attacks cherished ideas and beliefs

Sentence : I hope I’m an iconoclast. My role is the one who doesn’t give a hoot.

Idiosyncratic: something peculiar to an individual

Sentence : He emerged as one of the great, idiosyncratic talents of the nineties.

Incumbent : something that is morally binding

Sentence : The government realized that it was incumbent on them to act.